Cricket News

West Indies A coach Hendy Springer has said that he is pleased by the commitment shown by his team to beat India A convincingly in Kingstown, St Vincent

Surrey made it two wins from as many Friends Life t20 starts and secured local bragging rights after securing an unlikely 28-run win over Middlesex amongst the showers at Lord's.

Sajid Mahmood had a night to forget as Lancashire lost to Derbyshire by 17 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method in a Friends Life t20 game played in steady rain under the County Ground floodlights.

Allen Stanford, the disgraced Texan cricket financier, has been sentenced to 110 years in prison by a US federal judge after being found guilty of a multi-billion dollar fraud.

West Indies coach hails Chris Gayle as the best one-day player in the world and backs his side for success in the ODI series with England

Jonathan Trott feels the special tradition of Ashes matches will be diluted if contests between England and Australia continue to spill outside the regular tours.

Sri Lanka Cricket has made a provision for reserve days for the two remaining ODIs against Pakistan in Colombo

Stephen Mangongo, the Zimbabwe assistant coach, has said his side have a point to prove in their upcoming Twenty20 tri-series against South Africa and Bangladesh despite the series not being granted official status

Chris Gayle has said that all differences between him and the WICB have been resolved and his aim now is to give a lift to Caribbean cricket.

Pakistan's "home" series of limited-over games against Australia is likely to be reduced to a mix of three ODIs instead of five, and three Twenty20 internationals

Australia's captain Michael Clarke believes the upcoming one-day tour of England will be valuable preparation for next year's Ashes

Ruby Monaghan, who has died at the age of 95, was the second woman to face a ball in Test cricket

Australia's captain Michael Clarke does not believe the nation's cricketers are making unreasonable demands of Cricket Australia in their ongoing pay negotiations

Lalchand Rajput, the coach of the India A team, has said the batsmen need to show resolve in difficult conditions to prove they are ready for the highest level of cricket

Australia's cricketers will fly out for a one-day tour of England and Ireland on Thursday knowing that time is running out for a new pay deal to be signed

Surrey opened their Friends Life t20 campaign with a 17-run victory over Essex at The Oval

A bludgeoned half-century from new boy Richard Levi and career-best bowling figures from Max Waller saw Somerset to a 63-run victory over Warwickshire

Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to franchise the seven teams that will comprise the Sri Lanka Premier League through a tender process that began today, and hold a draft to allocate players to each franchise

Johan Botha has been ruled out of the unofficial Twenty20 tri-series between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh with a knee injury

England's offspinner Graeme Swann has voiced sympathy for Kevin Pietersen's decision to retire from one-day internationals to escape a relentless international schedule.