Cricket News

Ben Stokes, the Durham allrounder, and Kent quick bowler Matt Coles have been sent home from England Lions' tour of Australia for unprofessional conduct.

Faf du Plessis has been appointed full-time Twenty20 captain, beginning with the matches against Pakistan, after AB de Villiers requested to stand down from the role

Virat Kohli has replaced Daniel Vettori as captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore for this year's IPL

Cameron White and Michael Hill ground Queensland's injury-affected attack into the MCG dust but the Bulls' openers gave the visitors a chance of escaping with a draw

South Australia's tail wagged all the the way to a significant first innings lead before Chadd Sayers and Joe Mennie again confounded the New South Wales batsmen

Moises Henriques will make his Test debut in Chennai after beating Glenn Maxwell for the allrounder's position in Australia's line-up

Mashrafe Mortaza, captain of Dhaka Gladiators, said that the strength of individual players pushed his team to a second BPL trophy, in spite of the pressure of expectations weighing heavily on them

David Warner is preparing to bat with a splint - and through pain - in the first Test in Chennai as he continues his recovery from a fractured thumb

England marched to a business-like eight-wicket win at Napier to square the series at 1-1

Mosharraf Hossain expressed his happiness at having performed well for Dhaka Gladiators, after his three crucial wickets helped them clinch the BPL title for the second time

South Africa moved a step closer to a series whitewash with a six-wicket victory at Stellenbosch but their run chase was given a generous donation by the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Mosharraf Hossain, Anamul Haque and Alfonso Thomas helped Dhaka Gladiators to a second consecutive BPL title with a 43-run win over Chittagong Kings

Hashim Amla believes the second Test against Pakistan in Cape Town was South Africa's toughest challenge this summer

Shane Watson has confirmed that he will bat at No.4 in the first Test against India in Chennai if, as expected, David Warner is fit to play

A round up of the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches for February 19, 2013

Kenya have recalled seamer Ragheb Aga and batsman Dominc Wesonga for the Africa Twenty20 qualifiers in Uganda

Australia's batsmen intend to exploit the growing pressure on India's spin bowlers when the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series begins in Chennai on Friday

Former Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has expressed his disappointment with the think-tank for the selection of pacers Tanvir Ahmed and Rahat Ali

A thrilling century by Mitchell Marsh on his return to Western Australia's side was not enough to prevent Tasmania from completing a 51-run victory at the WACA Ground

Fifteen wickets fell on a day when the ball did just enough to catch the edge, allowing New South Wales to regain ground lost when bowled out for 157 by South Australia