Cricket News

Nottinghamshire Outlaws continued their relentless run towards the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals with their fifth win in five home matches as Northamptonshire Steelbacks were beaten by 23 runs

Notts secure fifth home win

England Lion James Taylor put his name in the frame for the forthcoming one-day series against Sri Lanka with a match-winning cameo for Leicestershire against Derbyshire

Taylor cameo secures Leicestershire win

The BCCI has denied permission to the 12 Indian cricketers who wanted to participate in the Sri Lanka Premier League

No Indians in SLPL, says BCCI

No play was possible on the first day of the County Championship match between leaders Durham and Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street because of rain

Rain allows teams recovery time

Vikram Solanki's fourth consecutive half-century in the County Championship kept resurgent Worcestershire on track in their bottom-of-the-table Division One clash with Hampshire at New Road

Solanki on brink of first ton for a year

Kevin Pietersen enlivened another day heavily disrupted by the weather at the Rose Bowl with a positive 85 as England moved into the lead on 195 for 4

Pietersen shines after frustrating delays

18-Jun-2011•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Stanford spectre to force extra T20s

Rahul Dravid may have played 150 Tests in a career spanning 15 years, but admits he still feels the pressure to contribute to the team

There's always a pressure to score runs - Dravid

18-Jun-2011•Sriram Veera in Kingston

Eden Gardens to host three internationals in 2011-12

The BCCI has awarded Kolkata three matches during India's home series against England and West Indies between October and December 2011

Abhimanyu Mithun will not be available for the first West Indies-India Test that begins on June 20 in Jamaica, due to visa issues

Mithun to miss first Test, Munaf doubtful

18-Jun-2011•Sriram Veera in Kingston

DRS has to be totally error-free - Srinivasan

N Srinivasan has reiterated the BCCI's stance against the use of the DRS, saying it was not convinced the technology used at present was accurate all the time

Chris Gayle continues to be ignored for selection following an unproductive meeting with the WICB management on and has been left out from the squad for the first Test against India

Barath replaces Brathwaite as opener

Glamorgan Dragons' Friends Life t20 floodlit clash against Hampshire Royals was washed out by the rain at Cardiff.

Hopes dashed as rain returns

Spin twins Adil Rashid and Azeem Rafiq bowled Yorkshire to a breathtaking victory by 11 runs with five balls remaining in a tight Roses clash

Rashid helps secure Roses victory

Worcestershire registered their second Friends Life t20 victory of the week as they squeezed past local rivals Warwickshire by one wicket in near darkness at Edgbaston

Andrew seals thrilling win in the dark

Leicestershire Foxes suffered their third consecutive Friends Life T20 wash-out at Grace Road, with the North Group clash against Durham Dynamos abandoned after only five overs

Cobb fifty in vain

The Northamptonshire Steelbacks and Derbyshire Falcons' hopes of kick-starting their Friends Life T20 campaigns were thwarted as persistent rain washed out their match at Wantage Road

Weather rules out basement battle

Gloucestershire Gladiators and Essex Eagles had to settle for a point each after their Friends Life t20 South Group match at Bristol was abandoned without a ball bowled

Rain ruins Bristol encounter