Cricket News

Cricket Australia has agreed to the BCCI's proposal to convert the seven-match ODI series scheduled for October to two Tests and three ODIs

Australia agree to India Test proposal

Ness Wadia, one of the co-owners of the Kings XI Punjab, accused the media of sentencing suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi without a trial and expressed his desire to see Modi back at the helm

'All the franchises miss Lalit Modi' - Ness Wadia

Zimbabwe's bowling coach Heath Streak has said the country will be ready for Test cricket next year

Zimbabwe could play Tests next year - Heath Streak

India's under-fire seam attack came good when it mattered, setting up MS Dhoni's side's fourth win in seven tournament finals

Seamers set up India's thumping title win

24-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Most franchises in favour of current format - Mallya

The BCCI has set up a three-man committee consisting of Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi to make recommendations to the BCCI based on discussions with IPL team owners

Modi dismissed Srinivasan's response as illegal, for it was, according to him, a private decision and not one taken by the board

'Srinivasan's response a mockery of rule of law' - Modi

Trevor Penney, the former Sri Lanka coach, has swapped jobs with Lachlan Stevens to become Trevor Barsby's assistant at Queensland

Bulls appoint Trevor Penney as assistant coach

Richie Berrington and Moneeb Iqbal orchestrated a stunning comeback after it seemed all was over for the hosts

Scotland stun India A in thriller

Steve O'Keefe, a New South Wales slow-bowling allrounder, had a match-winning impact for an Australian side over the past week

O'Keefe emerges from spin shadows

24-Jun-2010•Peter English

Allround Essex too strong for Glamorgan

Essex moved into the top four of the Friends Provident t20 South Division with a comprehensive 66-run victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol

Surrey's teenage batsman Jason Roy hit the first Twenty20 hundred by a Lions batsman since the short-form format started eight seasons ago to ease his side to a 38-run win over lacklustre Kent.

Teenage Roy stuns Kent with century

Leicestershire reactivated their faltering Friends Provident t20 campaign with a demolition job on Warwickshire at Edgbaston

Maddy and Tahir lead Warwickshire win

Matt Prior made the sixth highest score in Twenty20 history as Sussex Sharks maintained their stranglehold on the South Division with a crushing 53-run win over Glamorgan Dragons at Hove

Prior hundred powers Sussex win

The low intensity of floodlights at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium has been a talking point during the Asia Cup, and it could be a factor in Thursday's final as well

Sri Lanka Cricket defends Dambulla lights

23-Jun-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Dambulla

Naved-ul-Hasan eager to 'clear things' with PCB

Pakistan fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has said he is ready to meet the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt to "clear things out" with regard to the one-year ban slapped on him by the board

A sterling allround performance by Andre Russell helped West Indies A recover from a treacherous start batting first to deliver a comfortable win against Ireland in Belfast

Russell fires with bat and ball to take West Indies A to victory

Eoin Morgan's first one-day century came against Canada, his second versus Bangladesh and his third on Tuesday against Australia at the Rose Bowl

Morgan rates match-winning hundred his best

Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan captain, has said that he wanted former captain Younis Khan in the squad for the tour of England but various issues, such as form and discipline, had prevented the batsman's selection

Form and discipline kept Younis out - Afridi