Cricket News

Former Bengal medium-pacer Premangsu Chatterjee, who holds the record for the best figures in an innings for an Indian in first-class cricket, has died in Kolkata

Former Bengal medium-pacer dies

Rahul Dravid has said the upcoming England-India Test series will throw up an interesting contest between Graeme Swann and India's batsmen

Dravid looks ahead to Swann battle

Ireland were given a rude awakening by Scotland at the Grange, as their oldest rivals showed them that they can no longer rest on their laurels as No. 1 Associate nation

Berrington helps Scotland secure high-scoring thriller

12-Jul-2011•The Bulletin by Ger Siggins in Edinburgh

Surgery sidelines Pujara for four months

Cheteshwar Pujara, the Indian batsman, will be out of action for four months after undergoing knee surgery

Australia A piled on the runs against Zimbabwe XI on day one of the two-day tour match in Kwekwe, going to stumps on 427 for 4

Warner, Ferguson thump Zimbabwe

Mitchell Johnson's first advice from the new Australian bowling coach Craig McDermott must have seemed fiendishly simple

McDermott tells Johnson to get a grip

12-Jul-2011•Daniel Brettig

Johnson says no to BBL

Mitchell Johnson has boldly turned his back on the Twenty20 Big Bash League in order to keep himself fit for one of Australia's most taxing Test match summers

12-Jul-2011•Daniel Brettig

Durham struggling for quarters after defeat

Durham's hopes of booking a Friends Life t20 quarter-final place took a major knock with a four-wicket defeat to Warwickshire off the last ball at Edgbaston

A second successive century from their captain, James Foster, and a four-wicket haul for trialist Tom Craddock gave Essex a vital edge in their County Championship Division Two game against Leicestershire at Grace Road

Craddock stakes claim for full deal

Glamorgan paid a high price for a dropped catch as Jon Clare scored the second century of his career to rescue Derbyshire on the opening day of the Championship match at Derby

Clare leads Derbyshire fightback

Stuart Broad began impressively, but centuries from James Hildreth and Craig Kieswetter made it Somerset's day

Broad made to work hard by twin tons

11-Jul-2011•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Panesar impresses during long spell

Hampshire fought back with two wickets in the last hour after they had been dismissed for 206 by Sussex on the opening day of the Championship Division One clash at Hove

Even Mark Ramprakash struggled to bring a semblance of common sense batting to County Championship proceedings at The Oval,

Blake rises above poor batting

Tim Bresnan kept in the frame for an England place in the first Test against India at Lord's next week by grabbing four Worcestershire wickets

Bresnan takes timely four as bowlers dominate

Yasir Hameed, the Pakistan batsman, has set his sights on a return to the national team after serving his ban from domestic cricket last season

Hameed sets sights on comeback

Mark Garaway has decided to leave his post as Cricket Ireland's High Performance Director, citing family reasons

Garaway leaves High Performance post

The Scottish monsoon season put paid to Sri Lanka's ODI against Ireland on Monday

Rain thwarts series opener

11-Jul-2011•Ger Siggins in Edinburgh

SLC officially postpones Sri Lanka Premier League

Sri Lanka Cricket has officially announced the postponement of the Sri Lanka Premier League to 2012

Fast bowler Kyle Jarvis is close to a national re-call after being included in Zimbabwe XI's squad for their two-day match against Australia A at Kwekwe

Jarvis returns to Zimbabwe set-up