Cricket News

David Masters helped Essex fight back against promotion favourites Derbyshire after a four wicket haul by spinner David Wainwright had secured maximum bowling points for the Division Two leaders at Derby

Increasingly, it is difficult to dismiss the suspicion that Nottinghamshire's title challenge is on its last legs and that Warwickshire have one hand on the trophy

Tom Smith, fresh from a 44-ball hundred, showed his more patient side as he fought to stave off the threat of relegation for Lancashire

Yorkshire lived a little in Cardiff, qualifying for the Champions League in South Africa, but promotion to Division One is their priority and it is by no means certain.

Daryl Mitchell hit a well earned century as bottom-of-the-table Worcestershire attempted to ease the threat of relegation

Unmukt Chand, the captain of the Under-19 World Cup winning India team, is focused on the job ahead

Kevin Pietersen remains the centre of most cricket date in England but it as his batting most were talking about in Taunton as he struck a fantastic hundred

DLF Ltd, India's largest real estate firm, has decided not to renew its title sponsorship of the IPL, ending its five-year association with the tournament

The individual performance of the tournament from Jacob Oram helped Uva Next derail favourites Wayamba United by 20 runs

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has offered annual contracts to 105 first-class cricketers in addition to the 15 national cricketers

Australia were grateful for the 29 balls given up by Pakistan as the latter half of their innings collapsed, using them to secure a meritorious victory in the first ODI in the heat of Sharjah

South Africa became the first side to be ranked No. 1 in all three formats and did it in fitting style with a crushing 80-run victory

Damien Wright, the New Zealand bowling coach, will step down from the role at the end of the upcoming World Twenty20

Cricket Australia has moved to revamp its strength and conditioning structure by appointing Andrew Weller to the newly created position of physical performance manager

The ICC is working on developing technology that will allow the legality of bowlers' actions to be assessed during matches and training sessions

ESPNcricinfo's preview of the 1st SLPL semi-final between Wayamba United and Uva Next

ESPNcricinfo's preview to the first ODI between Pakistan and Australia in Sharjah

Andrew Strauss will not return to action for Middlesex this week after he and the ECB decided on further rest following the series against South Africa

A century from Dawid Malan acted as the catalyst for a Middlesex victory by 54 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method against Essex

Nagenahira Nagas beat Uva Next by six wickets in Colombo