Cricket News

Spinners Gareth Batty and Zafar Ansari bagged a wicket apiece as Surrey clinched a tense 21-run win over Kent in a nerve-racking finish to their Championship Division Two match at The Oval

Surrey cling on for 21-run win

13-Jul-2011

Hansra leads understrength squad

Canada have announced their squad for the upcoming ICC America's T20 tournament in Florida

The ongoing two-week emerging players camp for fast bowlers at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore has helped iron out flaws in promising bowlers, Sarfraz Nawaz has said

Sarfraz impressed by fast bowling talent

Shane Watson is a back spasm away from the Australian captaincy

Clarke, Ponting invalided out of practice match

13-Jul-2011•Daniel Brettig

'Cricketing background huge advantage' - Vengsarkar

Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar believes his cricketing background will hold him in good stead in the upcoming MCA elections

13-Jul-2011•Tariq Engineer

Edwards and Bollinger join Sydney Thunder

Fidel Edwards, the West Indies fast bowler, will join his former captain Chris Gayle at the Sydney Thunder during this summer's Big Bash League

Lancashire Lightning took a huge step towards reaching the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals as they beat Northamptonshire Steelbacks by three runs at Wantage Road

Lancashire defend small total for vital win

Creating a professional ethos and identifying new talent are the key focus areas for West Indies as they aim to break into the top half of the Test table by 2015, their captain Darren Sammy has said

'West Indies aiming for top five by 2015' - Sammy

Ollie Rayner's carefully measured half-century gave Sussex a small but important first-innings advantage over Hampshire

Rayner gives Sussex slim advantage

Surrey's County Championship clash with Kent hangs in the balance heading into the final day at The Oval after a century by visiting captain Rob Key

Key hundred sets up tight finish

Billy Godleman hit a career-best 130 as Essex moved into a commanding position at the end of the third day of the County Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road

Godleman sets up victory chance

Alex Hales,a batsman who is beginning to warrant the attention of the England selectors, hauled Nottinghamshire back into the match

Hales puts his name in England frame

12-Jul-2011•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Chigumbura leads spirited response in draw

Zimbabwe XI batted out the second day against Australia A as the game ended in a draw

James Allenby and Mark Wallace scored centuries as Glamorgan staged a remarkable fightback in their County Championship match against Derbyshire at the County Ground

Allenby and Wallace turn match around

Yorkshire took command of their County Championship clash with Worcestershire after Ajmal Shahzad and Ryan Sidebottom put on 109

Shahzad and Sidebottom put Yorkshire in control

A round-up of the fourth day of matches in the ICC Africa Region Division One Twenty20 2011

Namibia continue to be unstoppable

The 2011 race for president of the Mumbai Cricket Association will mix politics with cricket as a former India captain goes up against a former chief minister of Maharashtra state

Vengsarkar v Deshmukh in Mumbai elections

12-Jul-2011•Tariq Engineer

Zaheer recommended for Arjuna Award

The Indian board has recommended Zaheer Khan for the Arjuna Award, Ratnakar Shetty, the BCCI's chief administrative officer, has said