Cricket News

Pune Warriors' IPL 2013 home matches will be held at the stadium at Gahunje on the outskirts of the city it has been confirmed, despite the ongoing dispute between the Sahara Group and the Maharashtra Cricket Association

A round-up of the Faysal Bank One-Day Cup matches on March 15, 2013

Ravindra Jadeja was pleased to dismiss Australia captain Michael Clarke for the fourth time in the series

Despite getting a first innings lead of 229 runs, Ireland declined to enforce the follow-on against United Arab Emirates, and finished on 188-3 in their second innings as the match descended into a tedious draw

Duncan Fletcher has been handed a one-year extension to his term as India coach

Bangladesh's captain Mushfiqur Rahim has called upon his senior players to make use of a rare opportunity to succeed against a higher-ranked side in Test cricket, ahead of the second Test in Colombo

Canada scraped to a five-wicket win over Kenya in the first Twenty20 match between the two sides in Dubai

Pakistan's decision to include an extra pace bowler yielded rich rewards as Mohammed Irfan extracted significant bounce from the Centurion surface to dismantle South Africa's top order

Ian Blackwell, 34, has announced his retirement from cricket after struggling with a shoulder problem and losing a contract with Durham in January

Western Australia compensated for a first day wash-out by rushing through Queensland's batting then pushing to within sight of first-innings points on day two of the Sheffield Shield match at the WACA ground

South Australia's batsmen handed back to New South Wales the fighting chance they had been given by another fine display from Chadd Sayers on day two of the Sheffield Shield match at the SCG

A fully fit squad, with Tamim Iqbal and Rubel Hossain having recovered from their injuries, means Bangladesh will make a few changes to the playing XI for the second Test in Colombo

Victoria's batsmen failed to take proper advantage of the start their openers Chris Rogers and Rob Quiney had provided as Tasmania fought back on day two of the Sheffield Shield match at Bellerive Oval

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews suggested his side needed to stray from their traditional Test match strategy at home to give themselves the best chance of beating Bangladesh in the second Test

Anil Kumble believes Virender Sehwag is facing his biggest challenge of his career, after being dropped during the Australia series

Preview for the second Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo

Bruce Martin, with nine wickets in a Test-and-a-half, is comfortably the most successful stand-in spinner they have had since the tour of West Indies last year

Ricky Ponting is the first international player to join the newly formed Caribbean Premier League, which begins July 29

Australia's batsmen did their homework, fought hard and showed the right attitude. Yet they found themselves nursing a manifestly inadequate first-innings total