Cricket News

James Kirtley, the former England fast bowler and Sussex veteran, has announced that he will retire from first-class cricket at the end of the summer

James Kirtley announces retirement

12-Aug-2010•Andrew Miller

Seamers help South Africa A surge ahead

South Africa A surged ahead on the third day in Pallekele, bowling out Sri Lanka A for 326 and extending their lead to 280 with eight wickets still in hand

Michael Lumb will miss Twenty20 finals day and England's two Twenty20s against Pakistan after being ruled out for the season due to a broken foot

Lumb out for season with broken foot

Scott Styris had talked about the "lack of respect" from the opposition and the media ahead of the tournament, but after their 200-run demolition of India, they won't be taken lightly by Sri Lanka

Hosts face up to confident New Zealand

12-Aug-2010•The Preview by Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Pakistan rule out Gul replacement

The Pakistan team management in England has decided against calling up a replacement bowler for the injured Umar Gul

A round-up of the final and third-place play-off of the Emerging Players Twenty20 tournament

Henriques, Starc help AIS to T20 trophy

Indian fast bowler Munaf Patel will join the one-day squad for the tri-series in Sri Lanka

Munaf to join ODI squad in Sri Lanka

A round-up of the second round of games from the Women's European Championship in Ireland

Ireland seal passage to next round of qualification

Durham made a solid start to their pursuit of 171 to beat Lancashire at Old Trafford today

Durham dig in for final day chase

Positive batting from Ben Wright and Tom Maynard put Glamorgan into a useful position going into the final day of their County Championship match against Worcestershire

Glamorgan prosper despite Cosgrove duck

Leicestershire's James Taylor posted his third century in four matches against Middlesex to leave this County Championship clash at Lord's intriguingly poised

Taylor ton sets up final day

Few batsman can have been monitored for so long without drawing conclusive judgement as James Hildreth

Hildreth's sixth drives Somerset

11-Aug-2010•Jon Culley

Dockrell stars on rainy first day

Twelve wickets tumbled on a rainy first day of the Intercontinental Cup clash between Ireland and Netherlands in Dublin, the hosts closing the day 100 runs in arrears at 88 for 2

11-Aug-2010•The Bulletin by Liam Brickhill

Stanikzai leads Afghanistan's dominance

Afghanistan's batsmen dominated Scotland after being inserted on the first day of the Intercontinental Cup fixture in Ayr

Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has said the ICC must settle on two formats - Tests and Twenty20s - to secure the future of the game and market it better

ICC must focus on Tests and T20s - Martin Crowe

11-Aug-2010•Siddhartha Talya

Meaker strikes raise Surrey's hopes

Two late wickets for Stuart Meaker gave Surrey an outside chance of toppling second division leaders Sussex with a day to go of their County Championship tussle at Guildford

Allrounder Julia Chibhabha, sister of Zimbabwe batsman Chamu Chibhabha, returns to the women's national squad for the Women's World Cup Regional Qualifiers to be held in Kenya in December

Julia Chibhabha returns for Zimbabwe

Derbyshire will have to rewrite the county's record books to deny promotion-chasing Northamptonshire victory at Chesterfield

Derbyshire face record chase

Jacques Rudolph has been appointed as the captain of the Titans for the forthcoming season. He will replace Pierre Joubert who stepped down at the end of the 2009/10 season

Jacques Rudolph appointed Titans captain