Cricket News

For the first of the warm-up games on this tour England take on an Otago side bolstered by the addition of the two Claire Taylors and Arran Thompson

Given the cool conditions that blew across Bert Sutcliffe Oval today, and the state of the tournament points table, it wasn't surprising that India barely went through the motions while Australia were hardly required to stretch themselves before

New Zealand might be the defending world champions but the trans-Tasman Rose Bowl is still out of their grasp after their six-wicket loss to Australia today at Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln University

Sky TV and the Waitangi Day crowds missed out on the game of the World Series of Women's Cricket as two top innings, by England's Charlotte Edwards and India's Mithali Raj produced an stunning finish at Lincoln 3

England's top One-Day International wicket-taker and appearance maker Clare Taylor says she still has lots to offer, even at the age of 37

England women have beaten India women with the last ball of the game at Lincoln Ground, Christchurch today in the final group match of the Women's Cricket World Series, winning the game by one run

England gave themselves a much-needed boost before heading to Australia to participate in the Ashes series when beating India by 90 runs to take third place in the World Series of Women's Cricket at Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln University today

England women have beaten India women in the Women's Cricket World Series at Lincoln, New Zealand today by 90 runs in the play off for third and fourth place

Australia showed all the fire and passion that has made them the powerhouse of women's world cricket by taking out the World Series of Women's Cricket by beating New Zealand by 109 runs at Bert Sutcliffe Oval at New Zealand's High Performance Centre

For the first time in nearly 15 years, Pakistan have their best chance to do anything other than be thrashed by Australia

The venue may not host day-night matches in the third edition of the IPL, after a floodlight glitch held up play in the fourth ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Kolkata

Australian one-day international batsman Darren Lehmann will be replaced in the 14-man squad for the Tri-Nations Cup involving Australia, Pakistan and Kenya by Queensland Bulls all-rounder Andrew Symonds.

LAHORE, Aug 22: Three Pakistani umpires were nominated Thursday by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to officiate in the tri-nation starting in Nairobi, Kenya, from Aug 29

New Zealand and Australia, the CricInfo Women's World Cup finalists in 2000, will play the opening game of next summer's Quadrangular Tournament at New Zealand Cricket's High Performance Centre at Lincoln University near Christchurch

Dinanath Ramnarine has suggested the West Indies first-class competition be extended to two rounds

This report has been made possible by the Scottish Cricket Supporters, who gave me a lift to the Harare South Country Club ground when I was unable to get petrol during the current fuel crisis

Zimbabwe A may have messed up on their first match of the Emerging Nations tournament, against Denmark in Harare, but they would have been quite humiliated without a fighting innings of 64 by their number four batsman Dion Ebrahim

Zimbabwe 'A', having let themselves down against Denmark in the opening match of the Emerging Nations tournament, were hoping to regain their pride by beating the strongest of the visiting teams, Kenya, at Old Hararians Sports Club in Harare

In a closely-fought match, Holland defeated Zimbabwe A by four wickets, the home side putting up another mediocre performance

In the final round of the Emerging Nations Tournament, Ireland completed a narrow victory over the hosts in an exciting finish