Cricket News

South Africa carried their Twenty20 success into the one-day series with a 66-run win over West Indies in the first game at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium in Antigua

South Africa continue success with 66-run win

22-May-2010•The Bulletin by Liam Brickhill

Morgan to debut as Collingwood and Broad rested

Andy Flower's stated determination to rest his key players in a bid to avoid burn-out ahead of this winter's Ashes and World Cup became apparent when the squad for next week's first Test against Bangladesh at Lord's was unveiled on Sunday morning

The appeals lodged by former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan against their one-year bans by the Pakistan Cricket Board have been adjourned to a later date

Malik and Naved appeals adjourned

The team will play three four-day games against Glamorgan and India A between June 5 and 20 before two limited-overs matches against Ireland in Stormont

Devon Smith to lead West Indies A

Marlon Samuels failed to fire on his comeback to the Jamaica team but the rest of the top-order batsmen contributed significantly to a match-winning total against USA

Jamaica top order sets up victory

Kumar Sangakkara has asked for teams to be given equal opportunity in Test cricket, saying the dwindling number of five-day matches Sri Lanka were playing was limiting their ambitions

Sangakkara wants equal opportunity in Tests

The 50-over format must come as a relief for West Indies, allowing Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul greater time to build their innings, while giving a misfiring top order an opportunity to rediscover lost touch

Hosts aim to fix batting woes

22-May-2010•The Preview by Siddhartha Talya

Essex and Surrey claim narrow wins

A round-up of all the action from the Clydesdale Bank 40

A Chris Schofield half-century guided Surrey to a two-wicket win over Glamorgan in their Clydesdale Bank 40 Group A game under the Swalec Stadium floodlights

Schofield guides Surrey home

Essex beat Holland by just one run as the hosts came close to causing a huge Clydesdale Bank 40 upset in Amstelveen

Essex edge last-ball thriller

Ravi Bopara boosted his chances of a Test recall with a seven-wicket haul as England Lions crushed Bangladesh in three days in the tour match at Derby

Allround Bopara hurries Lions victory

Kieron Pollard, the West Indies batsman, has been fined 25% of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct

Kieron Pollard fined for blocking bowler's path

In accordance with the ICC Code of Conduct, Graeme Smith, the captain, has been fined 20% of his match fee while the rest of the team has been hit with a 10% fine

Smith, South Africa fined for slow over-rate

The ICC Cricket Committee has recommended the UDRS should be introduced "as soon as possible" in all Test series as well as the 2011 Word Cup in the subcontinent

ICC backs umpire reviews for 2011 World Cup

Pending approval from the ICC, South Africa will host India in a one-off Twenty20 match for the Krish Mackerdhuj Trophy in January next year, at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban - one of the venues for the football World Cup

South Africa set to host India in one-off T20 in January

David Hussey, the Australia and Victoria batsman, will lead Nottinghamshire in the Friends Provident Twenty20 competition this English domestic season

David Hussey to lead Notts in Twenty20s

Graeme Smith looks to continue South Africa's winning run going into the ODI series against West Indies, as his side seeks to recover confidence after a forgettable World Twenty20 campaign

Smith looks to maintain winning momentum

Clint McKay, the Australia and Victoria fast bowler, has been signed up by Yorkshire for this season's Twenty20 competition in England

Clint McKay joins Yorkshire for Twenty20s