Cricket News

A rapid half-century by Steven Crook gave Northamptonshire the platform to open their Yorkshire Bank 40 account for the season with a 42-run win

Openers Josh Cobb and Greg Smith both hit centuries as Leicestershire beat Somerset by six wickets in a spectacular run-laden Yorkshire Bank 40 clash at Grace Road

Nottinghamshire maintained their 100 per cent start to this season's Yorkshire Bank 40 competition when they pulled off a comprehensive 89-run win over Netherlands at Trent Bridge

Chris Jordan played a crucial role with both bat and ball as Sussex kept up the pressure at the top of Group A

Half-centuries from Benny Howell, Michael Klinger and Ian Cockbain guided Gloucestershire to a 29-run victory against Unicorns in a Yorkshire Bank 40 Group C game in Bristol.

Moments after Mumbai Indians won their first IPL title, Sachin Tendulkar announced he had played his last IPL

All results were just about possible by the close last night but this game between two of the second division's promotion favourites turned into the dullest of stalemates

In the feudal world of cricket, an Associate nation has never beaten a Full Member in an international series, but Ireland came desperately close to beating Pakistan before a breathtaking partnership took the game, and series, away

Kept alive by Kieron Pollard's fighting 60 off 32, the Mumbai Indians bowlers attacked their way to a first IPL title

Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila have been remanded to two more days of police custody, while the third Ankeet Chavan has been moved to judicial custody

N Srinivasan has promised a fair investigation by a commission, which will include a member independent of the board, into the charges against Gurunath Meiyappan

If not, perhaps, quite a perfect day for England, but a day when several pieces of their pre-Ashes jigsaw fell into place with a satisfying click as they proved they have a Plan B to their bowling attack

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene feels Sri Lanka will be severely tested during the ICC Champions Trophy but hopes the team can bank on its experience to do well

Gurunath Meiyappan's suspension from cricket is the first big news on a day when the IPL final threatens to be totally overshadowed by off-field events

Gurunath Meiyappan, the top Chennai Super Kings official who was arrested by Mumbai Police on Friday night, has been suspended by the BCCI "from any involvement in the sport of cricket and in particular from any involvement with the Chennai Super Kings te

Friday's weather changed the shape of this match, denying Durham the opportunity to bat Middlesex out of sight and instead requiring Paul Collingwood to make the right decision on when to declare

For a moment after lunch, with the sun shining and wickets tumbling, there was great intrigue

Glen Chapple and George Bailey took turns to sparkle under an oh so welcome sun and this game is not quite ready to be written off as a watery draw

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is mulling the introduction of an anti-corruption law with the help of the law ministry to combat ill-practices in Bangladesh cricket

Worcestershire completed back-to-back wins in Division Two of the LV= County Championship as they beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets at New Road