Cricket News

Everywhere you turned on the second day in Sydney there were stats, and Steven Smith was at the centre of most of them. But at the end of the day the only figure that really mattered was 501. That was the deficit India faced at stumps

Mark Craig ran through the Sri Lanka tail to complete one of New Zealand's most remarkable Test wins after they had conceded a heavy first-innings lead

South Africa are expected to name injured wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock in their World Cup squad although he is only expected to recover from an ankle ligament tear after the first two games in the tournament

Alviro Petersen has announced his retirement from international cricket following the series against West Indies and will take up a Kolpak deal in English county cricket

Sindh Knights were unable to get the 12 runs off the final over which would've given them their first win of the season, as Baluchistan Warriors hung on for an eight-run victory in Karachi

Mark Wood took four wickets as England Lions took complete control of their opening tour match on the second day in Soweto.

Peter Moores has insisted Alastair Cook was given "every opportunity" to prove himself ahead of the World Cup and defended England's decision to change the captaincy right before the tournament

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group B matches played on January 6, 2015

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group A matches played on January 6, 2015

Robin Uthappa is disappointed not to have made it into India's World Cup squad, but he says he has come to terms with the selectors' decision

Yogesh Rawat's inspiring spell coupled with a solid batting performance helped Madhya Pradesh stage a comeback against Mumbai on the second day at the Wankhede Stadium

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy Group C matches played on January 6, 2015

Brisbane Heat have strengthened their Lancashire connection by bringing in left-arm spinner Stephen Parry as one of their overseas players

Robin Uthappa's 16th first-class century and his fifth-wicket partnership of 177 with CM Gautam lifted Karnataka to a first-innings lead of 263 before they declared to leave Jammu & Kashmir an hour to bat out on day two

Two wickets apiece from left-arm spinners Brad Hogg and Ashton Agar stifled the Adelaide Strikers and handed them their first loss of the tournament by defending 133 at the Adelaide Oval to give the Perth Scorchers an 18-run win

Imran Tahir remains available for the T20 internationals against West Indies after a disciplinary panel ruled it could only hand down a domestic suspension for his show of "serious dissent" in a four-day match last month

India's bowling coach B Arun has conceded his team's bowlers need to be more disciplined, and that a lot of work needs to be done on them, after India conceded 348 runs on the opening day of the SCG Test against Australia

Alviro Petersen has announced his retirement from international cricket following the series against West Indies and will take up a Kolpak deal in English county cricket

South Africa duly completed an eight-wicket victory against West Indies on the fifth day, but initially at least it was not quite the stroll in the park that the scorecard suggests

Allrounders Stuart Binny and Akshar Patel have been included in India's squad for the 2015 World Cup