Cricket News

Steven Davies kept alive Surrey's hopes of clinching a semi-final place in the Clydesdale Bank 40 with a superb 101 off 85 balls as the Lions overcame the Unicorns by 66 runs at Wormsley

Davies downs Unicorns with ton

Holders Sussex Sharks kept their hopes of a third successive 40-over title alive thanks to a brilliant innings from skipper Mike Yardy

Sussex prevail in rain-reduced contest

Jacques Rudolph continued his phenomenal Clydesdale Bank 40 form as Yorkshire Carnegie extended their lead at the top of Group B with a five-run win over Middlesex Panthers at Scarborough

Rudolph keeps Yorkshire on top

Wes Durston was the star turn as Derbyshire thrashed Essex by 85 runs in their Clydesdale Bank 40 clash at Colchester

Durston stars in Derbyshire win

Durham captain Phil Mustard rediscovered his best one-day form by thrashing 90 off 72 balls in a five-wicket home win against Group C leaders Warwickshire in the Clydesdale Bank 40

Mustard returns to form for Durham

A two-paced hundred from Moeen Ali and a blistering half-century from Gareth Andrew enabled Worcestershire to register their first Clydesdale Bank 40 victory of the season by 178 runs against Glamorgan at New Road

Moeen Ali ton sets up Worcester win

An impressive bowling display from Chris Wood helped Hampshire to an eight-wicket victory over Scotland in the Clydesdale Bank 40

Wood sets up Hampshire win

Peter Ingram, the New Zealand batsman, has said learning from watching Virender Sehwag bat has helped transform his career

Peter Ingram credits Virender Sehwag for turnaround

22-Aug-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Bangladesh allows foreign players in domestic T20 competition

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has permitted the recruitment of foreign players for the country's domestic Twenty20 competition - the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League - to be held later in the year

England's cricketers are facing a ban from using Twitter and Facebook while on England duty, according to the Mail on Sunday

England players face Twitter ban

England have added Tim Bresnan to their squad for the final Test of the summer against Pakistan at Lord's on Thursday

Bresnan added to England squad

India succumbed so meekly that Sri Lanka waltzed through to the tri-series final without breaking into a sweat

Perera five-for takes Sri Lanka to final

22-Aug-2010•The Bulletin by Sriram Veera

WICB wants end to image rights dispute

The West Indies Cricket Board has called on the region's players' association to reconsider an offer from the ICC and international players' union in a bid to end "years of acrimonious relations"

Pakistan captain Salman Butt dedicated his team's victory at The Oval to the thousands of victims of the raging floods which have submerged vast swathes of the country

Butt dedicates victory to flood victims

21-Aug-2010•Nagraj Gollapudi at The Oval

Zimbabwe franchises announce new signings

With Zimbabwe's domestic season set to get underway on September 6, several franchises are finalising new contracts for coaches and players and it seems there will be several new faces when the season gets underway

Ashish Bagai returns as captain for the Intercontinental Cup fixture and two ODIs against Ireland after recovering from a knee injury

Ashish Bagai returns for Ireland matches

Zimbabwe Cricket's managing director, Ozias Bvute, has invited former Zimbabwe cricketer Henry Olonga to return to the country and help with efforts to re-affirm Zimbabwe's standing in world cricket

Bvute urges Olonga to return to Zimbabwe

A round-up of matches from the seventh day of the ICC World Cricket League Division Four

Cush century takes USA to title triumph