Cricket News

Jacques Kallis systematically deflated Sri Lanka in the morning, and AB de Villiers went ballistic after lunch to set the tone for a nightmarish day, before Graeme Smith's attacking declaration gave the visitors respite

Ricky Ponting knew a big score was coming, and satisfyingly he achieved it in Sydney when his team really needed him, with 134 runs that matched the innings of his pomp

When asked by a columnist who had scathingly criticised him in the past what his maiden double-ton would mean in the long run, Michael Clarke said he hoped it would earn him respect

Maddy Green and Katie Perkins have made it to the New Zealand women's squad that will take on Australia in the Rose Bowl series later this month

Wellington completed an eight-wicket win against Northern Districts in a rain-marred, bottom-of-the-table HRV Cup match in Mount Maunganui

Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting both scored milestone hundreds to put Australia in complete control on the second day against India in Sydney

Sulakshan Kulkarni, the Mumbai coach, says Kaustubh Pawar typifies the defiant attitude of Mumbai batsman and says it is nice to have a batsman in the side who is willing to keep the ball on the ground

England's Test squad arrived in Dubai at the beginning of a year that will play a big role in determining the legacy that this generation of players leaves behind

Chris Mpofu has been ruled out of Zimbabwe's tour of New Zealand with a lower back injury. He pulled out of the Stanbic Bank T20 series in November and has failed to recover in time which begins on January 17.

A round-up of the second day's play from the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy Elite League

Tamim Iqbal has been banned for one domestic game following an altercation with Mohammad Ashraful during a Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match

Nishantha Ranatunga, the SLC secretary, has described the financial situation the board is in as a "short-term liquidity problem," and said it was nothing more serious than that

On another eventful day in Bangalore, which saw fifteen wickets fall, Haryana ended the day with a slight edge after Karnataka lost two quick wickets at the end of the day

Jimmy Adams, the former West Indies all rounder, has been appointed the new head coach at Kent. The county have been without a head coach since Paul Farbrace left the county in September.

Trevor Bayliss, the former Sri Lanka coach, has been named as Kolkata Knight Riders' new head coach, replacing Dav Whatmore

A positive start by Michael Clarke and a late surge by Tom Cooper helped Adelaide Strikers beat Brisbane Heat by 31 runs at the Gabba

Nuwan Kulasekara, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, will join the national squad for the ODI series in South Africa after four months on the sidelines

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has approached the BCCI about the possibility of hosting IPL matches, the new SLC president, Upali Dharmadasa, has said

Kaustubh Pawar rescued Mumbai from a precarious position with a fiercely-determined century and along with the lower order, all but batted Madhya Pradesh out of the Ranji Trophy

Duncan Fletcher under whose watch India have lost five straight away Tests and are struggling at the end of the first day of the sixth, would not say if he felt the Indian batsmen are doing badly, but hoped they would click together