Cricket News

Andy Flower has defended the performance of England's bowlers after suggestions his team have an over-burdening reliance on James Anderson

Ricky Ponting hit a masterly 65, his highest score in the Friends Life t20, but it was not enough to prevent Essex from ending Surrey's run of four successive victories with an eight-wicket triumph

Before heading to South Africa with Australia A, David Warner spoke to the media about the problems of the last month, missing the Ashes and what the future holds

David Warner's days as a Test opening batsman are done, and perhaps so too those as a serial source of trouble in Australian cricket

Hampshire opener Michael Carberry returned to Canterbury to haunt his old county with a first century of the County Championship season

Murray Goodwin's 70th first-class hundred put Glamorgan in a healthy position on the opening day at Old Trafford

On what is expected to be a difficult track in Providence, the frailty of both side's batting could again be on display

Rohit Sharma, the India batsman, has said he is relishing opening the batting for India in one-day cricket

Chris Wright, the Warwickshire and England Lions pace bowler, has been ruled out for the remainder of the season due a stress fracture of his back

Even in the midst of a defeat that will sting as much as any in recent Ashes memory, Darren Lehmann and Australia had reason not to get too wrapped up in grief about a game of cricket as news of the death of Jason Gillespie's father, Neil, came in

Australia's coach Darren Lehmann has declared that the team's long-standing and disproportionate reliance on their bowlers for major runs must end if the Ashes are to be won from 1-0 down

Trent Johnston, who has been in the vanguard of Ireland's recent renaissance, has announced he will retire from international cricket at the end of the year

Andy Flower has praised the "resolve and resilience" of his team after England's narrow victory in the first Investec Ashes Test at Trent Bridge

Moin Khan, the former Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper, has been appointed the chief selector of the Pakistan national team

Tim Bresnan and Graham Onions will again be pushing for Steven Finn's place in England's bowling attack after the selectors named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second Investec Test at Lord's

Cheteshwar Pujara has said that exposure to the one-day format at the international level would help him change people's perception about him being only a longer-format player

After staging possibly one of the greatest ODI comebacks, that helped Pakistan thrash West Indies by 126 runs, Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi said his goal going into the game was to give back to the team and not just 'survive'.

A flamboyant knock of 77 from 18-year-old Babar Azam and a stable 37 from Hussain Talat helped Zarai Taraqiati Bank chase 156 with two balls to spare against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited in Karachi

South Africa's tour of Sri Lanka marks the start of a crucial phase for the team with regards to preparations for the 2014 World T20 and the 2015 World Cup, and captain AB de Villiers is looking for more consistency from his side