Cricket News

The ICC's anti-corruption and security unit met with actress Nupur Mehta in connection with a Sunday Times report in March that said that the illegal booking mafia had hired an unidentified Indian actress to "honey trap" cricketers

Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Rangana Herath has been rested for the remaining three ODIs against Pakistan following a knee operation after the home series against England in March

The Ranji Trophy will now have the 27 teams divided into three groups, and the knockout matches will be five-day contests

Cricket Australia's chief executive, James Sutherland, has ruled out an extension of the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the players as the June 30 deadline draws closer with no sign of resolution

Like the first one, the second unofficial Test between West Indies A and India A in St Vincent was on its way to an exciting finish at the end of the third day

Simon Katich has announced his retirement from first-class cricket in Australia, ending a Sheffield Shield career that spanned 16 seasons for Western Australia and New South Wales

Denesh Ramdin, the West Indies batsman, has been fined 20% of his match fee for making a gesture directed at Viv Richards after reaching his century at Edgbaston

Tim Murtagh, the Middlesex seamer, has been named in Ireland's squad to face Australia in the one-day international at Stormont on June 23

Ian Bell has been recalled to the England one-day squad for the series against West Indies following the retirement of Kevin Pietersen

The Edgbaston Test met a watery end as the final day was washed out, leaving England 2-0 winners against West Indies in the three-Test series

Gloucestershire have appointed Hamish Marshall to captain their T20 side, in place of Alex Gidman - their captain in all formats since 2009.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is hopeful of their team visiting India for a maiden full-fledged tour this year, according to board president Mustafa Kamal

PK Dharma, a Tamil Nadu cricketer, has died at age 20, in what police say could be a case of suicide

Nigel Llong will replace Billy Doctrove, who announced his retirement recently, on the ICC's Elite Panel of international umpires

Captain Veerasammy Permaul led West Indies A's fightback in the second unofficial Test, helping them gain a slender lead over India A after the visitors had taken the honours on the first day

Ali de Winter has said he will encourage Australia's fast bowlers to continue following the Craig McDermott method when he takes over as stand-in bowling coach for the tour of England

Kevin Pietersen has blamed his decision to retire from limited-overs international cricket on England's unrelenting schedule but reiterated his desire to play in the World T20 in September.

Sussex moved level with Warwickshire at the top of Group C in the CB40 despite their clash with Derbyshire at Horsham being rained off.

Gloucestershire gave their CB40 campaign a boost after an impressive performance with bat and ball by Will Gidman helped them record a crushing 109-run victory over Worcestershire at New Road.

The 100th Tunbridge Wells festival week suffered more frustration when Kent's CB40 Group C match against Northamptonshire was abandoned as a no result with only 33 overs of play possible because of rain.