Cricket News

Tony Palladino took a hat-trick and Tim Groenewald claimed a five-wicket haul to put Derbyshire in command on the first day against Leicestershire

Speaking about England's decision to rest James Anderson from the final Test against West Indies Andy Flower defended the rotation policy

In the 2012-13 season, Kingsmead will be without its usual Boxing Day Test, breaking a tradition that has stood fairly firm since readmission in 1992

Following PCB chief Zaka Ashraf's trip to India last week which led to increased optimism about resumption of cricketing ties between the two countries, he met with senior politicians in Pakistan to discuss the issue

Cheteshwar Pujara took a huge step towards Test selection as he added 73 with No. 10 Shami Ahmed to take India A to a thrilling win in the first unofficial Test

Waqar Younis, the former captain and coach of Pakistan, has been interviewed for the position of Australian bowling coach, as Cricket Australia intensifies its search for the man to replace Craig McDermott

A timeline of the dispute between Chris Gayle and the West Indies Cricket Board

South Africa have replaced their traditional Boxing Day Test with a Twenty20 international for the 2012-13 home season

West Indies A redressed a disappointing second-innings collapse during a spirited last hour with the new ball on the third day

Chris Gayle's 15-month international exile is over after he was formally recalled to the West Indies ODI squad for the forthcoming series against England, due to begin at Southampton on June 16

In-form batsmen Michael Lumb and Riki Wessels struck half centuries to help Nottinghamshire keep their hopes alive in this year's CB40 with a comfortable victory over struggling Somerset.

Ravi Bopara confirmed his recovery from a leg injury with a brilliant 120 not out as Essex easily reached their target of 225 to beat Gloucestershire by eight wickets at Chelmsford and claim their first CB40 victory of the season.

Warwickshire went top of Group C as they crushed a weakened Derbyshire by 105 runs in a one-sided match.

Michael Carberry blasted 148 not out as Hampshire eased past Scotland's challenge at West End by six wickets and with almost four overs to spare.

Holland stretched their lead at the top of Group A with a 43-run victory over Leicestershire at Grace Road.

Richard Pybus, at his first press conference as Bangladesh coach, was clear about what his plan of action is - developing a fighting unit, without focussing on reputations

The BCB has sold various sponsorship rights for $14 million for four years to Aamby Valley, an affiliate of Sahara India Parivar, and Axiom Technologies

Sandipan Das, a batsman from Bengal, and Kerala's wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson have been named in India's Under-19 squad that will play the Asia Cup

Pakistan fast bowler Sohail Tanvir has been retained for the ODIs in Sri Lanka as a replacement for the injured opening batsman Nasir Jamshed