Cricket News

Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner, has been barred from playing any official cricket in Pakistan until the outcome of his appeal against a lifetime ban

PCB bars Kaneria from all cricket till result of appeal

Kevin Pietersen has kept the door open for a return to limited-overs cricket for England

Pietersen keeps one-day door ajar

Left-arm spinner George Dockrell has been named the captain of the Ireland team for the Under-19 World Cup in Australia

Dockrell to lead Ireland in Under-19 World Cup

Shane Watson and Brett Lee are flying home early from Australia's poor ODI tour of England

Watson and Lee fly home to uncertain future

09-Jul-2012•Daniel Brettig

DRS research not shown to ICC board

Independent research that may have swayed the ICC's executive board into approving mandatory use of the DRS was not shown at its meeting in Kuala Lumpur

09-Jul-2012•Daniel Brettig

Rain ruins follow-up to exciting first day

Rain returned to haunt this Test series on day two in Pallekele, after the first day's promise of an exciting game

Twin centuries from Peter Trego, whose hundred came off 60 balls, and James Hildreth tested the South African attack on their first day of action in England

South Africans given testing opening day

09-Jul-2012•Firdose Moonda at Taunton

Aaron suffers injury setback

Varun Aaron, the India fast bowler, has suffered a recurrence of a back injury that had ruled him of India's tour to Australia last year and is likely to be out of cricket till at least September

Daniel Vettori has become the Big Bash League's first international signing for this season, agreeing to a three-year deal with the Brisbane Heat

Vettori signs three-year deal with Brisbane Heat

Scotland's two ICC World Cricket League (WCL) fixtures against Canada have been moved to Ayr Cricket Club

Scotland move WCL matches due to flooding

Durham and Lancashire tied their final Friends Life t20 North Group game at Chester-le-Street as both sides missed out on the quarter-finals

Durham stumble out after tie

Surrey's miserable Friends Life t20 campaign at least ended on a winning note with a seven-wicket victory over Sussex

Pietersen helps Surrey end on winning note

Nick Compton made an unbeaten 42 to secure victory for Somerset as both teams qualified for the quarter-finals

Compton the anchor in sticky chase

08-Jul-2012•Alex Winter at New Road

Warwickshire hopes sunk by Glamorgan

Rain and the Duckworth-Lewis method ended Warwickshire's hopes of victory against Glamorgan and a quarter-final spot

08-Jul-2012•George Dobell at Edgbaston

England level series with narrow victory

England Women levelled the one-day series against India Women after a three-wicket victory in Truro

Ian Saxelby took two wickets as Gloucestershire booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Friends Life T20 with a rain-affected eight-wicket win over Northamptonshire.

Saxelby books quarter-final place

A half-century from Michael Lumb helped Nottinghamshire romp to a 69-run victory over Leicestershire and secure a home FLt20 quarter-final

Lumb blitz secures home quarter-final

Yorkshire or Worcestershire will make a first appearance at T20 finals day after the two teams were drawn against each other in the last eight of the Friends Life t20

Yorkshire to meet Worcestershire in last eight