Cricket News

Kieran Powell takes over from Kirk Edwards as captain of the West Indies A one-day team, for the tour of India in September

Michael Carberry, who is again interesting England with the bat, provided a turn up by starring with the ball as Hampshire booked a YB40 home semi-final

Andy Flower has declined to deny suggestions that he is considering stepping down from his day-to-day coaching position with the England Test team

England's players will be given extra security when they tour Australia later this year because the ECB apparently fears for their safety following comments made by the Australian coach, Darren Lehmann.

Ravi Bopara warmed up for England's two-match Twenty20 series against Australia later this week, and the NatWest series to follow, with 130 against Lancashire at Old Trafford, his highest List A county score since June 2008

Jos Buttler's intelligent innings of 68 not out guided Somerset into the Yorkshire Bank 40 semi-finals with a 13-run victory over arch-rivals Gloucestershire at a packed County Ground in Bristol.

Eoin Morgan warmed up for England's forthcoming limited-overs series against Australia with a season's best 90 to inspire his side's four-wicket win over Leicestershire at Lord's

Hampshire, winners of both one-day trophies last year, have claimed a home tie against the outsiders, Glamorgan in the semifinals of YB40. Nottinghamshire have a home tie against Somerset at Trent Bridge.

David Willey carried on where he left off in the Friends Life t20 final by pummelling his maiden senior century for Northamptonshire in their crushing 125-run Yorkshire Bank 40 win over Warwickshire

Alex Hales hit a match-winning 74 as Nottinghamshire beat Kent by five wickets at Canterbury to top Group A and earn themselves a Yorkshire Bank 40 home semi-final

An extraordinary onslaught by Will Smith propelled Durham to a 133-run victory in their final Yorkshire Bank 40 match and ended a miserable five days for Surrey at Chester-le-Street

Sussex finished the Yorkshire Bank 40 programme with a flourish when Luke Wright and Matt Machan sealed a comprehensive seven-wicket win with 11.3 overs to spare against Worcestershire at New Road

South Africa A are likely to be without Wayne Parnell as they attempt to defend 307 and level the two-match unofficial Test series against India A

South Africa A set up the last day of the second unofficial Test for an exciting finish by setting India A a target of 307 of which India scored three after losing M Vijay's wicket 13 balls before stumps on the third day in Pretoria

India batsman Manoj Tiwary's bid to make a comeback from injury have been struck a blow with him being advised a four-month rehabilitation after two knee surgeries

Darren Lehmann, the Australian coach, admits that he and his team have a lot to learn after their 3-0 Ashes defeat to England

Kumar Sangakkara will have to choose between playing for Kandurata Maroons and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the upcoming Champions League T20 in India

Money won't come around for a while, but that should not stop Brendan Taylor and his men from putting up a fight. Especially in these dark times, that is the bare minimum the followers of Zimbabwe cricket deserve

Hugh Morris will step down as managing director - England Cricket to take up the role as chief executive and director of cricket at Glamorgan County Cricket Club

The ECB hierarchy might take a dim view of an alleged late-night celebration which ended with them urinating on The Oval pitch on which they had completed their triumph only hours before