Cricket News

A battling innings of 74 from veteran Paul Nixon was not enough to prevent Worcestershire taking command of their County Championship Division Two game against Leicestershire at Grace Road

Shantry puts Worcestershire on top

Rikki Clark returned his first ever five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, but visitors Warwickshire still struggled to stay in contention in the County Championship Division One clash at Canterbury

Kent on top despite Clarke's five

Deandra Dottin became the first woman to score a Twenty20 century, as her whirlwind unbeaten 112 off 45 balls helped West Indies open their account in the ICC World Twenty20 at Warner Park

Dottin hurricane gets Windies off the mark

Matt Prior scored his first hundred for over a year in front of England captain Andrew Strauss and national selector James Whitaker to hold Sussex's batting together on day one of their County Championship clash with Middlesex at Hove

Prior hundred rescues Sussex

South Africa A opened the tri-series with a one-sided hammering at the Shere Bangla Stadium, beating Bangladesh A by a whopping 203 runs

Miller and Ingram hammer Bangladesh A

Michael Hussey reprised his favourite role, of the rescue artist, to steer Australia to a competitive total before Dirk Nannes' pace and some world-class fielding confirmed there would be no repeat of last year's embarrassing first round World Twenty20 ex

Michael Hussey and Nannes take Australia through

05-May-2010•The Bulletin by Siddarth Ravindran

Make Pawar party in IPL tax case - Court

The Bombay High Court has directed that Sharad Pawar be made party in a petition regarding the levy of entertainment tax by the Maharashtra government on IPL matches held in the state

Andrew Hudson, South Africa's newly appointed convener of selectors, sees his role as one that will allow him to "give something back to the game"

I wish to give something back to the game - Hudson

05-May-2010•Firdose Moonda

Raina more than capable of handling short ball - Fleming

Stephen Fleming has attributed Suresh Raina's impressive show in the IPL and the ongoing World Twenty20 to his determination and effort to combat his weakness against the short ball

The veteran batsman Michael Dighton has been left out of Tasmania's list of contracted players for 2010-11, a group with few other changes from last season's squad

Tasmania cut Dighton from squad

05-May-2010•Brydon Coverdale

Symonds signs Twenty20 contract with Queensland

Andrew Symonds has stepped up his commitment to Queensland by signing a Twenty20 contract with the state for next summer

Defeats against India have put Afghanistan and South Africa in sudden-death mode going into their floodlit clash in Barbados on Wednesday

South Africa target Super Eights in must-win game

05-May-2010•The Preview by Siddhartha Talya

Australia expect pace and bounce in Barbados

Australia's coach Tim Nielsen is confident the Kensington Oval pitch will favour the team's fast bowlers when they take on Bangladesh on Wednesday

Australia have almost ensured there will be no repeat of their first-round exit in this event last year

Australia on the verge of second round

04-May-2010•The Preview by Peter English

McGrath hundred leads Yorkshire batting

Anthony McGrath scored a special century as Yorkshire's batsmen made excellent progress on the first day of their Championship match against Essex at Scarborough

Michael Carberry struck a second century of the season as Hampshire limped to 300 all out against Nottinghamshire on day one of their County Championship match

Carberry anchors Hampshire

Kent seamers Simon Cook and Matt Coles claimed four wickets apiece as Warwickshire were dismissed for only 250 in their County Championship Division One clash on a bright, yet breezy opening day in Canterbury

Seamers peg back Warwickshire

Luke Sutton's first century in the Championship since August 2007 rewarded Lancashire for their gamble of opening the innings with their wicketkeeper

Sutton holds Lancashire together

04-May-2010•Jon Culley at Old Trafford

Tremlett shines on Surrey debut

Chris Tremlett, the injury-plagued England fast bowler, took 4 for 35 in his first appearance since joining Surrey from Hampshire during the winter as Gloucestershire were dismissed for 229 at The Oval