Cricket News

Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have confirmed their availability for the third edition of the IPL amid threats

Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana are to play each other in a fund-raising charity Twenty20 match to aid victims of the catastrophic earthquake which struck Haiti three days ago

A Brad Hodge-inspired Victoria have booked a place in the Big Bash preliminary final with a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Tasmania

Sachin Tendulkar has opted not to join Middlesex for this summer's domestic Twenty20 Cup, telling the county that the additional workload would place too much pressure on an already busy international schedule.

Graeme Smith's second century in as many innings hoisted South Africa into a position of utter authority on the second day of the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers, but England's fading hopes in the contest were boosted by a massive thunderstorm

Cricket Ireland has announced it will award six full-time contracts in the build-up to the 2011 World Cup

A round-up of the ninth day's games of the HRV Cup, New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 competition

The Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has replaced Yuvraj Singh as the captain of Kings XI Punjab for this year's IPL

Mohammad Yousuf was left shocked and disappointed by Salman Butt's poor running that resulted in two run-outs including Yousuf's, but he believed that Pakistan could still save the match

Until this match Ricky Ponting looked like a man whose best days were behind him

The depths of confusion surrounding the call-up of Imran Tahir to the South Africa squad for the second Test against England have been revealed

Plays of the day from the second day of the third Test between Australia and Pakistan

The trip will start with the two Tests (February 6-10 and 14-18) and will be followed by three ODIs, on February 21, 24 and 27 respectively

Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh's captain, Bangladesh's captain, is aiming to hold India to a draw in the upcoming first Test starting January 17 in Chittagong

A round-up of the first day's games at the Under-19 World Cup

MS Dhoni has hit back at the comments of Ian Chappell, who this week said that India do not have the resources to retain their No.1 spot in the ICC Test rankings for a long enough period to emulate Australia

Ricky Ponting's fifth Test double-century and Michael Clarke's highest Test score have left Pakistan facing a mountainous task to avoid defeat over the next three days in Hobart

Cricket Australia will let players involved in the IPL make their own decisions about whether to take part

Australian cricketers could be barred from participating in this year's IPL, after the right-wing political party, Shiv Sena, warned that they would not be welcome in parts of the country in retaliation for a series of attacks on Indian students in Melbou

Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of this year's IPL and ICC World Twenty20 after undergoing an arthroscopy on his left knee and will be sidelined for a further six months