Cricket News

India hadn't seen the best of Alastair Cook in the first two Tests. Now they have. His unbeaten 182, a 19th Test hundred, carried England into a position of complete control

Cook hundred puts woeful India to the sword

11-Aug-2011•The Report by Andrew McGlashan

Seamers, top order put India in control

A round-up of the action on the first day of the final round of three-day matches in the Emerging Players Tournament

Shaun Tait, the Australia fast bowler, has signed up with Dolphins, the Durban-based franchise, for the Pro20 competition for the 2011-12 season

Shaun Tait joins Dolphins for Pro20

Mitchell Johnson produced the fourth-best figures in Australia's one-day history to set his team on the path to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Pallekele

'Calm' Johnson enjoys tough conditions

A group of disaffected Kent members have announced they will stand as 'reform candidates' at the next elections for the Kent general committee

Angry Kent members seek election

10-Aug-2011•George Dobell

Norton Fredrick dies at 73

Norton Fredrick, the former Sri Lankan first-class cricketer, died on Wednesday at the age of 73 following a terminal illness at his home in Wattala

10-Aug-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Arafat enjoys happy return

Surrey all-rounder Yasir Arafat returned to his old stomping ground in Kent to help dismiss his former county for 266 on the opening day of the 160th Canterbury Festival Week clash

Sri Lanka A edged a high-scoring day at Trent Bridge, chasing down a rain-reduced target of 272 with five wickets to spare to beat Nottinghamshire

Sri Lanka A edge high-scoring battle

Martin Guptill and Wes Durston dented Gloucestershire's promotion hopes with a double century stand to put Derbyshire on top in the County Championship match at Derby

Guptill and Durston put Derbyshire on top

The weather continues to disrupt Durham's bid for a third County Championship title in four years

Weather disrupts Durham again

Worcestershire squandered a decent position on the first day of their County Championship match at Sussex despite a debut half-century from teenager Aneesh Kapil

Anyon and Panesar give Sussex the edge

Jonny Bairstow scored his maiden one-day century in his first innings at Lord's as bottom-of-the-table Yorkshire beat Middlesex by 22 runs

Bairstow ton downs Middlesex

Plays of the Day from the first day of the third Test between England and India at Edgbaston

Bresnan's bouncing bomb bursts Dravid's dam

10-Aug-2011•Andrew Miller and Nagraj Gollapudi at Edgbaston

Kamran vows to make a comeback

Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has expressed his disappointment at losing his central contract for the second half of 2011

Afghanistan won their second straight one-day match in the tournament, edging Canada by 17 runs in a rain-curtailed game in Toronto

Afghanistan sneak win in rain-hit game

Six players from four countries have been nominated in each of the three major categories for the eight annual ICC Awards 2011

Amla, Zaheer, Watson nominated for top ICC awards

The ICC has declared India seamer Snehal Pradhan action to be illegal after conducting an independent test

ICC declares Pradhan's action illegal

Michael Lumb's move from Hampshire to Nottinghamshire has been confirmed after the signing of a three-year deal at Trent Bridge

Lumb signs three-year Nottinghamshire deal