Cricket News

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has said the 'underdogs' tag should inspire his young side to raise their game against a strong West Indies unit

Andre Russell, the West Indies quick, has said opening the bowling for his team suits him

Tasmania have finalised their contract list for the next year, with the former Queensland wicketkeeper Ben Dunk joining the Tigers on a one-year deal

The eight Big Bash League teams will begin their scramble for players next week, when the initial 12-day contract window opens

Jacques Faul, CSA acting chief executive, tendered a letter of resignation to the board yesterday but has accepted their request to reconsider

Long-term South Australia players Daniel Harris, Cameron Borgas and Aaron O'Brien have all lost their state deals after the Redbacks pruned their contract list significantly, having failed to win a Sheffield Shield match last summer

The veteran opener Chris Rogers has been offered a new contract with Victoria, a month after he spoke of his concerns at potentially being delisted by the state

Essex kept alive their hopes of gaining a place in the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals by beating Middlesex by two wickets in their South Group clash

Yorkshire's coach Jason Gillespie would no doubt jump on such talk as unwisely premature but the county's reinvention as a force in Twenty20 is beginning to look credible after victory over Notts at Trent Bridge.

Kent dismissed Surrey for 88 - their lowest total in Twenty20 - to keep alive hopes of reaching the quarter-finals and send the hosts out

Hamish Marshall led from the front as Gloucestershire boosted their hopes of a quarter-final place with a seven-wicket Friends Life t20 win over Worcestershire

Ernest Hilaire, the chief executive of the WICB whose tenure has been marked by standoffs with a number of senior players, most notably Chris Gayle, has decided not to seek a renewal of his contract when it expires in October

A battling unbeaten 67 by Ed Joyce ensured Ireland posted a competitive total in the World Cricket League ODI, and a combined bowling effort in helpful conditions guaranteed Afghanistan came nowhere near it

Mark Ramprakash has announced his retirement after a 26-year career after being told that he was not part of Surrey's selection plans for the rest of the season.

Arran Brindle struck an unbeaten 40 to help England Women win the third ODI against India Women

Sri Lanka Cricket has named 56 foreign players who will play in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League

Indian foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai has said the resumption of India-Pakistan bilateral cricket ties is dependent on the BCCI and the PCB

New Zealand's inexperienced line-up crumbled against disciplined bowling led by Andre Russell and their bowlers were swatted away by Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith

Pakistan and Australia will play three Twenty20s and three ODIs in the UAE in in August and September, it has been confirmed

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara made a return to the No. 1 spot in ICC Test batting rankings after scoring a big century against Pakistan in the drawn Test at the SSC