Cricket News

L Balaji has been replaced by Vinay Kumar in the Twenty20 squad to play England, following Balaji's stress injury on his toe

Faf du Plessis will lead South Africa in the three Twenty20 internationals against New Zealand in December

Wellington's seven-wicket victory against Plunket Shield leaders Central Districts gave them 20 points

Australia's final home series before the twin peaks of India and England are to be scaled in 2013 has the Test team leaning towards the developmental

On the eve of the first Test in Hobart, Mahela Jayawardene backed his bowlers in the face of staunch criticism, but maintained it was his batsmen who would need to deliver a maiden win on Australian soil

David Warner can take a lesson from Michael Slater as he aims to find the balance between aggression and care at the top of the order

Michael Bates, the Auckland seamer, has been named as a replacement for Mark Gillespie in New Zealand's Twenty20 squad for the tour of South Africa

On the eve of another home Test series played in a first-class cricket vacuum, Australia's team performance manager Pat Howard has admitted it will take years for international sides to find a way of coping adequately with the mounting tension between Twe

South Africa will not take their summer series lightly, even though they are of significantly lower-profile than the contests fought earlier in the year

Kevin Pietersen, playing with admirable responsibility on a sub-standard Nagpur pitch, held England together on the opening day of the final Test

Mahela Jaywardene has confirmed he will step down from the captaincy at the end of Sri Lanka's tour of Australia - a move he had hinted at for some months now

ESPNcricinfo's preview of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Hobart

Allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has married Umme Ahmed Shishir, a US-based software engineer, in a ceremony in Dhaka on Wednesday

A round-up of the pro-50 Championship matches played on December 12, 2012

Eight players who helped England Women win the World Cup in 2009 are part of the squad for their title defence in India next year

ESPNcricinfo previews the fourth Test between India and England in Nagpur

Perth Scorchers were thrashed by Melbourne Stars in one of the most bizarre games of cricket ever witnessed in Australia

Lions' left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso and all-rounder Chris Morris are expected to receive their first call-up to South Africa's Twenty20 squad

The BCCI has chosen not to respond to the comments made by former selector Mohinder Amarnath in which he said that MS Dhoni's sacking from the captaincy role after the tour of Australia was blocked by the BCCI president

MS Dhoni, India's under-fire captain, has said this is the time for the team to show character