Cricket News

James Pattinson has asked Cricket Australia to choose a new long-term bowling coach with Test match experience

Vusi Sibanda, as expected, has been picked in Zimbabwe's squad of 15 for the first unofficial Twenty20 of the tri-series against South Africa and Bangladesh

Quetta wicketkeeper Bismillah Khan has had his appeal against a one-year disciplinary ban turned down by a PCB judicial commissioner, meaning he will not receive a central contract for 2012

Ian Bell's comeback hundred set up England for a comprehensive victory in the first one-day international against West Indies

From 166 for 2 chasing 244, Pakistan disintegrated to 179 for 9 in less than four overs to go down by 44 runs

Yorkshire recovered from 42 for 5 but still lost by two runs to Durham in an exciting finish to their opening FLt20 match

Lancashire sent defending champions Leicestershire sliding to their second successive defeat in the Friends Life t20 with an 11-run victory at Grace Road.

Worcestershire's hopes in the Friends Life t20 have taken a blow with the news that Sohail Tanvir has been delayed in arriving in the UK

Zimbabwe Select XI won both Twenty20 warm-up games against the Bangladeshis in Harare on Friday

Rob Nicol, the New Zealand batsman, has agreed to join Gloucestershire for the final two months of the season

Tim Murtagh is hoping to take his chance for international cricket with Ireland, starting with the visit of Australia to Belfast

Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd, the owner of IPL side Deccan Chargers, is exploring the possibility of selling all or part of the franchise and has appointed an investment banker to search for prospective buyers

The preview of the fourth ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo

ESPNcricinfo previews the first ODI between England and West Indies at West End

Tillakaratne Dilshan, the Sri Lanka batsman, has said the current captain Mahela Jayawardene may have to lead till the 2015 World Cup in order to provide sufficient time for a successor to be groomed

Durham have signed South African batsman Johan Myburgh as their second overseas player for the Friends Life t20

Ian Bell is an injury doubt for England's opening ODI against West Indies after needing ten stitches in a possible fractured jaw suffered during net practice

New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee, who failed to make the Test squad for the upcoming Caribbean tour, has said that he has been using the off-season to work on his batting, in a bid to cement his place in the Test side in the future

The Sheffield Shield could start in September this year as Cricket Australia considers how to ease the scheduling squeeze caused by the ICC World Twenty20 and the Champions League T20

The threat of a strike by Australia's players has eased significantly after productive talks between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association over the past two days