Cricket News

Bangabandhu National Stadium: Today, in the morning when I went to the ground to witness this clash between the Asian all stars and the best of the rest, I had no idea what I was in for

Jamaican allrounder Andre Creary will lead a 15-man West Indies squad for the Under-19 World Cup beginning in New Zealand in January

Steven Smith, the Australian legspinner, is eager to make a mark if given an opportunity to play on Boxing Day against Pakistan

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is likely to skip the IPL for the third consecutive year for the sake of preserving himself for Australia

Ricky Ponting is likely to continue his streak of not having missed a Test for Australia since October 2004, after his left elbow showed no ill effects from two days of batting in the nets ahead of the Boxing Day Test

Cricinfo previews the first Test between Australia and Pakistan at the MCG

Virender Sehwag believed his team was handed an advantage when Kumar Sangakkara opted to bat

South Africa coach Mickey Arthur is confident Dale Steyn will be fit to resume his new-ball duties in the second Test at Durban

There was no way Andrew Strauss was going to reveal England's plans for the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead, but an unchanged line-up is an increasing possibility.

A round-up of the first day's play in the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals

The 15-man squad includes Amit Majumder who featured along with Mahmudul Hasan in the 2008 edition

About ten minutes into the morning's play, the theme for the day had become visible and about six hours later, you were left a bit surprised that Karnataka didn't have to veer away from Plan A

New South Wales legspinner Steven Smith has been included to the Australian squad as injury cover for Nathan Hauritz whose groin injury puts him in doubt for Boxing Day

USA have announced the squad for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup scheduled for January 15-31, 2010 in New Zealand

After a protracted period of speculation and discussion, Sussex have confirmed the release of Rory Hamilton-Brown to join Surrey next season, where he will become captain

No tickets were sold for the fourth ODI between India and Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens after the Cricket Association of Bengal decided to offer available seats to its members and affiliated clubs

Virtually chanceless centuries from Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir made sure they would go to their home ground, Feroz Shah Kotla, with the series in the bag

Pakistan are set to play two Twenty20 internationals against England in Dubai in February to warm up for the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies at the end of April

The batsman Salman Butt has said Pakistan will take a spin advantage into the series against Australia, labelling offspinner Saeed Ajmal as "much better" than Nathan Hauritz

Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has said had requested Younis Khan to make himself available for the one-day series in Australia in January