Cricket News

Australia began their Rose Bowl defence in the best possible way by demolishing New Zealand by 115 runs at the Adelaide Oval

Chris Gayle has been dismissed four times by Doug Bollinger this season and admits the left-arm fast man has his number

New Zealand could field up to three Test debutants in the one-off match against Bangladesh after calling up the opener Peter Ingram, the batsman Neil Broom and the fast bowler Andy McKay

Brad Haddin and Shane Watson are the latest members of Australia's one-day squad to be rested with both men to sit out of the third and fourth ODIs against West Indies

Surrey's CEO Paul Sheldon, envisages a future in which The Oval, soon to be regenerated as a 25,000-seater stadium, can be at the forefront of any further drive to globalise the game

Pakistan A prepared for their matches against England Lions with a crushing 119-run victory against UAE A at Sharjah

Netherlands began their campaign at the World Twenty20 Qualifiers with a six-wicket win over Canada at the Dubai International stadium.

South Africa captain Graeme Smith feels India's "conservative approach" in Nagpur cost them dearly and has said that playing an extra bowler in place of the untested Wriddhiman Saha would have been a more favourable option

Warwickshire have announced that the proposed £30m ground redevelopment due to be completed in summer 2011 will now be able progress as planned

The UAE batsmen continued a day of upsets at the World Twenty20 Qualifiers, by setting up an unlikely victory against Kenya in Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi

Suresh Raina, who made his international debut in 2005 and has played 87 ODIs, has been called up for the second Test

MS Dhoni, the India captain, has said his team was completely outplayed by South Africa

Afghanistan continued their fairytale rise in international cricket with a tense victory over tournament favourites Ireland in the World Twenty20 Qualifier in Dubai

A day after it was announced that Intikhab Alam will not be accompanying the Pakistan side that takes on England in two Twenty20 internationals in Dubai, speculation over the fate of the coach intensifies

A 97-run partnership between Carl Wright and Lennox Cush helped the USA to an unexpected six-wicket victory over Scotland in the opening game of the World Twenty20 Qualifiers.

James Smith and Michael Klinger helped deliver first-innings points for South Australia but the Redbacks will be hoping to push on for an outright win with two days to play

A round-up of the action from round nine of the 2009-10 New Zealand Cricket one-day competition

Half-centuries from Rhett Lockyear and Alex Doolan guided Tasmania to a strong position to push for first-innings points over Queensland

South Africa will play an additional Twenty20 international on their tour of the West Indies in May-June, the West Indies Cricket Board has confirmed

With the one-dayers against Bangladesh in the bag, the New Zealand captain has set his sights on the tougher assignment of hosting Australia