Cricket News

West Indies commanded top spot in Group C of the Under-19 World Cup, with another collective bowling performance setting up their third victory in three matches

Cameron White's return to the Australian team can be likened to that of the ageless Brad Hogg - a nod to experience over youth and to suitability for a very specific task, the wresting of the World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka in September

Nicola Browne is set to make a return to international cricket after she was named in the New Zealand squad for the ICC Women's World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

The Queensland fast bowler Alister McDermott is set to follow his father Craig in becoming an international cricketer after being added to the squad for Australia's ODIs against Pakistan in the UAE

Australia's selectors have sprung no surprises with the squad for the ICC World Twenty20, naming the same 15 men they chose for the T20s against Pakistan in the UAE

Will Beer and Chris Nash took three wickets apiece as Sussex defended 199 to move top of CB40 Group C with an important victory over Warwickshire at Hove

Rob Newton and James Middlebrook dug Northamptonshire out of potential trouble at West End with an unbroken stand of 72 after hosts Hampshire had threatened to get on top.

Another rainy day in a wet summer hasn't stunted the growth of Yorkshire opening batsman Joe Root

The IPL governing council has set August 31 as the deadline for the owners of Deccan Chargers franchise to clear player payments and sort out the financial problems with the banks to avoid any stringent action

For all the talk of Kevin Pietersen and, to a lesser extent Rory Hamilton-Brown, it was two unsung returnees who gave Middlesex an overwhelming advantage on the first day at The Oval.

Two wickets for Luke Fletcher put Durham in trouble on a curtailed first day at Trent Bridge

A Stewart Walters century helped Glamorgan to 242 for 3 and put them in control against Essex at Colchester

Under normal circumstances, the camera crews might have been at Lord's because Andrew Strauss was about to become the ninth England player to appear in 100 Tests. But these are not normal circumstances

The second four-day game at Lodge Road was headed towards a draw, with only 40 overs possible on the penultimate day

ESPNcricinfo previews the third Test between England and South Africa at Lord's

The implications of the Kevin Pietersen affair have been widespread within English cricket, but Andrew Hodd stands to benefit most from the controversy.

Graeme Smith has called suggestions that South Africa leaked details of messages sent by Kevin Pietersen "ridiculous"

Ian Blackwell has joined Warwickshire on loan from Durham until the end of the season.

Adnan Akmal, Pakistan's Test wicketkeeper, has said he is recovering well from the surgery to his left ring finger and will take his time before resuming training ahead of the South Africa tour early next year

Seamer Peter Connell and allrounder Nigel Jones have been recalled to the Ireland squad after two years for three one-dayers against South Africa A