Cricket News

Preview of the fourth ODI between West Indies and New Zealand in St. Kitts

Jacob Oram knows New Zealand have by no means got a hold on Chris Gayle, but have realised just how much they can control a game once they get him out early

Irfan Pathan, the India allrounder, will join the squad for the Sri Lanka tour after fast bowler Vinay Kumar was ruled out with a hamstring injury

The South Africans took six wickets for 64 runs after tea to dismiss Kent for 210 at Canterbury. Imran Tahir cleaned up the tail to record his best figures for his adoptive country.

Brett Lee has confirmed his retirement from international cricket but he has declared his intention to play on in the BBL and the IPL

Tim Southee has been added to New Zealand's Test squad for the ongoing tour of the West Indies as a replacement for Mark Gillespie, who was ruled out last week due to an ankle injury

Scott Borthwick's best bowling performance of the season enabled Durham to take an unexpected advantage against Worcestershire before rain returned at New Road.

Adam Voges and Chris Read benefited from drops in the field by Middlesex to help Nottinghamshire to a commanding 231-run lead

In a summer filled with poor weather, organisers of the Cheltenham Festival, just like the Olympics, are praying for just two weeks without rain but it seems even that has been denied to them.

The Ireland-Afghanistan Intercontinental Cup match in Dublin, which lost two days to rain, ended in a draw

Ian Bell continued his excellent recent form with a half-century at Edgbaston as he returned to red-ball cricket

Mithali Raj, the India Women's captain, has reclaimed the top spot in the one-day batting rankings, displacing West Indies' Stafanie Taylor

In ten innings since that his Test debut at Lord's, Jonny Bairstow has mustered 131 runs. He did not add to this tally against Hampshire at West End.

Steven Croft's hundred saved Lancashire from squandering their excellent position on day two at Guildford

The batting of Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq, the gutsiness of Adnan Akmal and the swing of Junaid Khan in the series pleased the Pakistan captain

Alimuddin, the former Pakistan opener who faced the first ball bowled by an international side in Pakistan, has died

Thami Tsolekile, South Africa's replacement wicket-keeper, has accepted that he may not play a major part against England, despite receiving an SOS to join the squad after Mark Boucher's enforced retirement.

AB de Villiers says he is "looking forward to the challenge" of combining his role as a batsman with succeeding Mark Boucher, as expected, as South Africa's Test wicketkeeper.

It was a relief for Scotland and Canada finally to get a cricket match, after their 4-day Inter Continental Cup match at Uddingston last week was completely washed out, and the two one-day internationals suffered a switch of venue.

Lance Klusener, the former South Africa allrounder, has been appointed coach of the Dolphins franchise and will begin working with the team on July 16, on a two-year contract