Cricket News

Promotion-chasing Derbyshire had to settle for eight points from their County Championship Division Two clash with Leicestershire after the match was abandoned as a draw without a ball being bowled on the final day at Grace Road.

For the first time since 1964 - at Lord's against Australia - the first two days of an England home Test were washed out after the second day at Edgbaston went the same way as the first.

James Sutherland said that players' payments would be improved "in the vicinity of $80 million" over the next five years under the terms put to them by CA.

Mark Boucher has said he will consider delaying his retirement if the South Africa coach Gary Kirsten wanted him to be available for the tour to Australia in November

Allister de Winter will have the perfect chance to audition for the job as Australia's bowling coach after winning the role for the upcoming one-day tour of England

Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, has said his team's batsmen need to prepare better to take on Pakistan's pace attack

Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, has said losing the toss worked to his team's advantage during its win over Sri Lanka in the first ODI in Pallekele

Australia will play an international match in Canberra for the first time next summer, as part of the national capital's centenary celebrations

Paul Collingwood's fears of a hand injury proved unfounded after he went for a scan and his battling innings has kept alive Durham's chances of a first win

Graham Gooch, England's batting coach, admitted that Kevin Pietersen's retirement from international limited-overs cricket has opened up a big hole

Cricket SA have secured a major sponsor for one-day cricket, after they battled to get corporate backing for the 2011-12 season

The tournament director of the 2012 World Twenty20 to be held in Sri Lanka has denied that there were any security threats to the event

Australian cricket will be in search of a new Test match sponsor ahead of the 2013-14 Ashes series, after Vodafone announced it would end a union that has lasted 11 years

Kent chief executive Jamie Clifford said the poor weather that washed out most of day two could affect the county's finances

Top-of-the-table Derbyshire were again left frustrated by the weather, as rain reduced the third day's play against Leicestershire to 18.1 overs

Ravi Bopara moved closer to his second century of the week on a rain-shortened second day of Essex's match at Northamptonshire

England's ambitions to inflict a 3-0 whitewash upon West Indies were frustrated as rain washed out the first day of the third Test

Stuart Meaker led a Surrey fightback with three wickets during the two brief spells of play possible on the second day against Sussex