Cricket News

Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, with team-mates and coaches accusing him of being a negative influence in the team

'Negative' Malik slammed by team-mates, coach

The fast bowler Andy McKay is itching to get back in to international cricket during New Zealand's series in Florida after a three-month lay-off due to a foot injury

Andy McKay raring for another chance

David Morgan, the outgoing ICC president, believes it "won't be too long" before day-night Tests are played in Australia or India

Morgan sees day-night Tests on horizon

Ricky Ponting has given Michael Clarke his support after the Twenty20 captain questioned his own form following Australia's loss to England in the World Twenty20 final in the Caribbean

Captain Clarke finds support from Ponting

Andrew Strauss used his return to the scene of his Ashes-winning triumph last summer to rediscover his batting form for Middlesex in their London derby against Surrey.

Strauss finds form at last

Alexei Kervezee laid on a family celebration with a maiden first-class century as Worcestershire systematically put Derbyshire on the rack in the County Championship at New Road

Kervezee carries Derbyshire into ascendancy

Ben Wright and captain Jamie Dalrymple cracked half-centuries as Glamorgan made inroads into Gloucestershire's competitive first-innings total on the second day of their County Championship clash at Cardiff

Dalrymple and Wright fight back for Glamorgan

Andrew Hall took three wickets in his first match since becoming Northamptonshire skipper as the hosts took control against Sussex on an enthralling first day of the County Championship clash at Wantage Road

Hall marks captaincy in style

In an intriguingly balanced match on a testing pitch, Hampshire have a platform from which they might just lift their spirits after a woefully poor beginning to the season with a win over the First Division leaders

Hampshire give themselves a shot at revival

18-May-2010•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Kartik cashes in on debut

Murali Kartik claimed his first wickets for Somerset as Yorkshire were bowled out for 405 on the second day of the County Championship Division One match at Taunton

Warwickshire seamer Andy Miller and Lancashire captain Glen Chapple each claimed five victims on an extraordinary second day of the County Championship match at Edgbaston in which 20 wickets fell

Miller ignites extraordinary day

Chris Gayle, the West Indies captain, has warned his under-performing batsmen the limited-overs series against South Africa could be their last chance

Misfiring batsmen on final chance - Gayle

Contrasting hundreds from Durham's Dale Benkenstein and Ben Stokes ensured that the County Champions reached a respectable 347 for 6 and held their own against fellow strugglers Kent on the second day in Canterbury

Benkenstein and Stokes keep Durham in touch

The BCCI has sent show-cause notices to seven of the eight players involved in the pub brawl in St Lucia on May 11, the day India were knocked out of the World Twenty20

BCCI issues show-cause notices to seven players

Younis Khan, the former Pakistan captain, has been signed up by Surrey for the ongoing domestic season in England

Younis Khan to play for Surrey

The World Twenty20 has been and gone, and while the tournament itself was an undoubted success, for the two teams who line up in Antigua on Wednesday, it was another anticlimactic affair

After the Lord Mayor's show

18-May-2010•The Preview by Andrew Miller

Collingwood ready to hand over to Strauss

England's victorious Twenty20 captain, Paul Collingwood, believes that his team's triumph in the Caribbean is on a par with last summer's Ashes win

Modi will now have to submit his response by May 31, a ten-day extension from the original deadline

Modi gets extension to respond to second show-cause