Cricket News

With conditions in Durban set to assist the swinging ball, the fourth ODI could be one for the bowlers

Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of the remaining two ODIs against Pakistan and the first four weeks of the IPL with back trouble

Shane Watson's return to India ahead of the fourth Test in Delhi will create a selection conundrum if the captain Michael Clarke is passed fit after suffering back pain in Mohali

Australia coach Mickey Arthur has said the selectors would welcome Michael Hussey back if he decided to make a return for this year's Ashes series, given the lack of experience in Australia's Test squad

Rangana Herath marked his birthday with a seven-wicket haul that set Sri Lanka up for victory in the Colombo Test

Nick Compton has admitted that his mind often drifts towards the Ashes as he drifts off to sleep but he is trying to keep his emotions in check

Mitchell Starc will fly home from India to have surgery on his ankle and will miss the fourth and final Test in Delhi

Doug Bracewell, the New Zealand seamer, will be added to the New Zealand squad for the final Test in Auckland if he gets through Central Districts' Ford Trophy game against Canterbury on Wednesday unscathed

Sri Lanka want to wrap up Bangladesh early so they can avoid batting on an already deteriorating pitch in Colombo

Success on pre-season tours has been the precursor to good performances during the season for many counties in previous years, so Nottinghamshire can take heart from winning the Barbados T20 cup.

A round-up of the matches played in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on March 18, 2013

Australia's captain Michael Clarke has said that a defensive, time-wasting mindset never entered his thinking as India slowly cruised to a six-wicket victory that won them the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Mohali

Nitish Kumar made a controlled 89 as Canada built a solid total on the first day of the bottom-of-the-table encounter with Kenya.

Gary Wilson allayed Irish fears of playing spin in Asian conditions with a composed half-century to bring Ireland home in their opening World Cricket League Championship match of this tour.

Tamim Iqbal, the top-scorer of Bangladesh's second innings so far, said the team needed to stage a strong recovery on the fourth day and was aiming at setting a target of at least 250

India opener Shikhar Dhawan is unlikely to play the fourth Test against Australia because of an injury sustained in the field

Praveen Kumar, the India seamer, has expressed regret and guilt over the episode that resulted in him being suspended by the BCCI for all matches run by the board

Michael Clarke has never missed a Test match due to his ongoing back injury but faces an enormous challenge to prove his fitness over the next three days after struggling through the Mohali Test

MS Dhoni said he did not want to gamble by launching into his signature big hits, even though Australia had packed the inner ring with single-saving fielders, during the chase

Nadir Shah, the Bangladesh umpire, has been handed a ten-year ban by the BCB on charges of corruption alleged by a TV sting operation in 2012