Cricket News

Steven Finn has been rewarded for his man-of-the-match winning performance in the first Test at Lord's with an incremental England contract for 2009-10

Finn awarded incremental England contract

Bangladesh's bowlers followed the example of their batsman at Lord's last week, and rose to the occasion on the first day at Old Trafford with a disciplined and diligent performance, backed up by superb fielding

Bell battles to keep England on top

04-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

George Dockrell to miss Australia ODI

Ireland will be without teenage left-arm spinner George Dockrell, who impressed during the World Twenty20, when they take on Australia in an ODI on June 17

Lancashire have signed up New Zealand's offspinning allrounder Nathan McCullum as their overseas player for the Friends Provident t20

Lancashire sign Nathan McCullum

Chris Gayle, the West Indies captain, has said his team didn't know how to "finish them off" after losing the fifth ODI to South Africa during a tense finish in Trinidad

We don't know how to finish them off - Gayle

Rudi Koertzen, the South African umpire, has announced his retirement from officiating in international cricket

Umpire Rudi Koertzen set to retire

Jim Cumbes, the Lancashire chief executive, has warned that a Test-match county could go bust in the near future unless changes are made to the bidding process for international matches

Lancashire chief warns of financial trouble

04-Jun-2010•Andrew McGlashan

Smith hails 'terrific result' for South Africa

Graeme Smith has praised his men for completing a clean sweep against West Indies with their one-wicket win in Trinidad

Darren Maddy scored 88 from 42 balls as Warwickshire crushed Northants by eight wickets at Edgbaston

Maddy masterclass crushes Northants

Nic Pothas and Neil McKenzie guided Hampshire to victory in the last over in a low-scoring Friends Provident t20 match at the Rose Bowl

McKenzie and Pothas steer Hampshire to victory

Holders Sussex continued their impressive defence of the Friends Provident t20 with a comfortable 28-run win over Middlesex in front of more than 15,000 at Lord's

Smith and Yardy keep Sussex on top

Yorkshire suffered a crushing 65-run defeat in their opening Friends Provident t20 clash with Derbyshire at Headingley

Bosman batters Yorkshire

Brendan Taylor, the Zimbabwe opener, has said he was under no pressure during his team's chase of 195 due to the steady partnership he shared with Hamilton Masakadza

'No pressure during chase' - Taylor

It's a contest between Ajmal Shahzad, the uncapped Yorkshire paceman, or Ryan Sidebottom to replace the injured Tim Bresnan, and the final decision will provide an insight into the selectors' long-term planning

England ponder youth over experience

03-Jun-2010•Andrew McGlashan at Old Trafford

Bangladesh ponder twin spin option

Jamie Siddons, the Bangladesh coach, is hoping the Old Trafford pitch offers assistance to his spinners, as his team aims to build on their efforts in the first Test and give England another tough five-day contest

03-Jun-2010•Andrew McGlashan at Old Trafford

Collingwood and Broad set for return

Paul Collingwood is set to make his first appearance since captaining England to victory in the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean, when he lines up for Durham in consecutive FP t20 matches against Derbyshire on June 13 and Leicestershire one day later

Partly misfortune but mostly indiscipline cost them the fifth and final ODI in Port of Spain to ensure South Africa swept an ODI series 5-0 for the third time against West Indies

South Africa whitewash hosts in tense finish

03-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Talya

Drummond to lead Scotland in tour of the Netherlands

Gordon Drummond has been named as captain of the Scotland team that will take on Holland in the four-day ICC Intercontinental Cup fixture in Deventer June 10 to 13, and the solitary ODI in Rotterdam on June 15

Vikram Solanki has received three penalty points under the ECB's discipline code, following an incident during Worcestershire's drawn County Championship fixture against Sussex at Hove on May 25-27

Vikram Solanki penalised by ECB