Cricket News

Bangladesh will get more matches to fine-tune their World Twenty20 preparations after it was announced that they will play two Twenty20s in Netherlands next month

Australia's players have not ruled out industrial action if they cannot reach agreement with Cricket Australia over a new pay deal by the June 30 deadline

Sachin Tendulkar has officially become a Member of Parliament after taking oath at a ceremony in New Delhi

A five-wicket haul by West Indies A's Jonathan Carter restricted India A's lead to 25 after three half-centuries by the middle order

Mohammad Hafeez said he was always confident his bowlers would be able to defend any target on a Hambantota pitch that tested the batsmen

Phil Mustard and his cousin Chris Rushworth were the stars of Durham's 91-run win against Nottinghamshire in their Clydesdale Bank 40 clash

Shahid Afridi rescued Pakistan's innings from despair and built his team a middling total with a half-century. He then proceeded to tenaciously defend his hard work

Women cricketers have appealed for a one-time payment from the BCCI, inline with the board's recent gesture where former Test and first-class male cricketers benefitted

England have omitted James Anderson from their squad for the third Test against West Indies

Three wickets each for Bengal medium-pacer Shami Ahmed and legspinner Rahul Sharma helped India A bowl out West Indies A for a modest 252

Ajmal Shahzad and Kyle Hogg put on 32 for the ninth wicket to secure Lancashire's first victory of the season in a tense finish

Group B leaders Surrey continued their unbeaten start to the CB40 campaign with a convincing victory over Glamorgan in Cardiff.

After thwarting Nick Compton's bid to complete 1,000 runs before the end of May, the weather was the key influence in crushing the possibility of a positive result at New Road, where Worcestershire and Somerset settled for a draw after more than a quarter

A combination of courageous batting by Northamptonshire and bad light frustrated Yorkshire in their victory bid on the final day at Headingley

Steven Finn took three wickets in Sussex's second innings as Middlesex's bowlers combined well to set up victory

Speculation surrounding the naming of England's squad for the third Test against West Indies centres on the possibility of both senior quicks being rested

ESPNcricinfo previews the second Twenty20 international between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Hambantota

Sunil Narine was absent but West Indies were buoyed by Adrian Barath and Darren Bravo, who made half-centuries at Leicestershire

New Zealand are headed towards fielding a second-string side in their first Test against England next year

Ireland will host Bangladesh for three Twenty20 internationals in July, Cricket Ireland has confirmed