Cricket News

Though South Africa lost to Australia in Canberra, AB de Villiers was able to take away a solid gameplan for the World Cup when they would play Ireland here: batting the opposition out

The Zimbabweans' woes continued on their tour to Bangladesh, as they were convincingly beaten by the BCB XI in a warm-up game before five-match ODI series that begins on Friday

A round-up of Vijay Hazare Trophy matches on November 19, 2014

James Faulkner was the key to Tasmania clinging on for a draw in their Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia in Hobart, where the final day ended with the Warriors still two wickets short of victory

Centuries from Thirush Kamini and Poonam Raut was underpinned by Harmanpreet Kaur's nine wickets as India Women beat South Africa Women by an innings and 34-run win in the only Test in Mysore

Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan allrounder, has been released from the Test squad so that he can undergo independent testing on his suspect bowling action on November 24 at Loughborough University in England

New Zealand endured a fruitless morning session, tied Pakistan down after lunch for Younis Khan's bonus wicket, and struck thrice with the second new ball after tea

In Brisbane, Ryan Harris collected seven wickets for the match and bowled Queensland to victory over New South Wales

On a pitch that had produced 1038 runs in the first innings combined, Peter Siddle ran through South Australia in their second innings and collected 5 for 31, bowling Victoria to an innings victory and not surprisingly being named Man of the Match

Centurion Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc were central figures in Australia's commanding 73-run victory over South Africa in Canberra, despite a pair of sparkling innings by Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers

West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has opted out of the tour of South Africa for personal reasons

The BCCI is looking at investigating whether any of its member units' representatives have been feeding data to its opponents in a prolonged court battle regarding the IPL corruption scandal

Dale Steyn has said that his ODI captain AB de Villiers has given him the "license to run in and try to hit the stumps and attack the body a little bit more"

The BCCI has altered the draw of the Vijay Hazare Trophy knockouts, swapping the line-up for the pre-quarterfinals which will be played in Rajkot on Wednesday

Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir's prospects of making an India comeback are all but over, as the pair stayed away from selection for the 15-member North Zone squad for the Deodhar Trophy

The BCCI has given N Srinivasan a clean chit and said no action will be taken against IPL COO Sundar Raman in the IPL corruption case

Jim Allenby is to leave Glamorgan and join Somerset, with Craig Meschede moving in the opposite direction on a season's long loan.

A round-up of the Dhaka Premier Division matches on November 18, 2014

India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the winner of the Polly Umrigar award for 2013-14, the BCCI has announced

With the Brisbane Test against India less than a month away, Australia coach Darren Lehmann has indicated that "there's a few things going on behind the scenes", as the team look for a replacement captain to fill in for Michael Clarke, who could miss the