Cricket News

Peter Siddle must get through Wednesday's FR Cup match against New South Wales to play in Saturday's opening Test against Pakistan

It won't matter whether Ricky Ponting or Phillip Hughes play against Pakistan on Boxing Day, they can both expect a barrage of short balls

Indian captain Virender Sehwag has praised his bowlers for their performance in the third ODI against Sri Lanka. The hosts won comfortably by seven wickets to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series

Cricket Kenya's chief executive Tom Tikolo has resigned after it was discovered US$10,000 was unaccounted for

Jonathan Trott won't be changing the way he bats despite riling the South Africans with the slow nature of his preparations

Dale Steyn is not a certain starter for the Boxing Day Test in Durban and expects an early decision to be made over the state of his hamstring injury

Karachi Blues snatched the upper hand on an action-filled first day at the National Stadium in which 17 wickets went down

The 15-man squad also includes Peter Moor and Tino Mutombodzi, both of whom participated in the 2008 edition

Gordon Drummond will lead Scotland in the Intercontinental Cup while Gavin Hamilton will take over the reins for the ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers

The Jamaican board has defended the innovations to be introduced in this season's four-day first-class tournament - including day-night games - after concerns were raised about the quality of the pink balls to be used

Anthony McGrath has resigned as Yorkshire's captain after one season in charge

After Virender Sehwag had bludgeoned 44 from just 28 balls, an unhurried and unbeaten 96 from Sachin Tendulkar took India to a facile victory that took them 2-1 ahead in this five-match series

Kenya finished a mixed 2009 with a resounding 199-run victory over neighbours Uganda

It took last-pair heroics from Hiren Varaiya and Alfred Luseno to help Kenya scrape to a one-wicket win over Uganda

Phil Jaques and Usman Khawaja posted centuries before New South Wales' bowlers gave the leaders Victoria a fright in the draw at Newcastle

Anil Kumble, the former India captain, has said the ICC's match referees don't seem to punish the instigators of on-field spats severely enough

Western Australia completed their domination of South Australia with a 104-run win that moved them off the bottom of the table

The New Zealand captain has put off surgery in his bowling shoulder, fearing that it could keep him out of cricket for upto 12 months

Phillip Hughes has won a recall to the Australian squad for the Boxing Day Test

The offspinner Saeed Ajmal picked up four wickets and the Pakistanis' top order had another hit out before the three-tour game ended in a draw