Cricket News

West Indies XI recovered from an indifferent start to complete a comfortable 31-run victory over Ireland in the first Twenty20 match between the two sides, as part of the Jamaica Cricket Festival at the Trelawny Stadium on Sunday

West Indies XI coast to 31-run win

Kolkata Knight Riders coach Dav Whatmore has endorsed his captain Sourav Ganguly's harsh words directed at the team after their tame seven-wicket defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore

Whatmore endorses Ganguly tirade after loss

Pakistan continue to be dogged by injury-concerns in the lead-up to the World Twenty20, as Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat remain doubtful starters for the tournament that begins in the West Indies on April 30

Concerns grow over Gul's fitness for World Twenty20

Shane Warne, the Rajasthan captain, singled out the dropped catch of Sachin Tendulkar as the turning point in his team's 37-run defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians in Jaipur, their first at the venue in nine games

Dropping Tendulkar cost us - Warne

Cricinfo previews the return match between Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers in Nagpur

Bangalore aim to ward off Deccan threat

11-Apr-2010•The Preview by Sriram Veera

Yorkshire left to regret missed chances

If Yorkshire struggle to avoid relegation this season, they may reflect on the third day of this match with a great deal of regret

11-Apr-2010•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Tom Westley impresses for Essex

Tom Westley confirmed his rich promise by guiding Essex out of trouble in their County Championship clash against Hampshire at Chelmsfor

Leicestershire, who finished bottom of Division Two last season, are on the brink of victory in their first County Championship game of the new campaign at Grace Road

Leicestershire on the verge of victory

Allrounder Robin Martin-Jenkins continued to play a major role as Sussex headed confidently towards a first win of the season against Glamorgan at the Swalec Stadium

Martin-Jenkins puts Sussex in command

Chris Rogers continued his prolific start to the season as he added an unbeaten 99 to his first-innings double hundred to give Derbyshire the chance to push for a final-day victory

Prolific Rogers builds Derbyshire lead

11-Apr-2010•Andrew McGlashan at The Oval

Lendl Simmons determined to win back place

Lendl Simmons has vowed to fight his way back into the West Indies team after the disappointment of being left out of the squad for the World Twenty20

Middlesex plunged to a 111-run defeat following another batting failure by Andrew Strauss in the County Championship Division Two match against Worcestershire at New Road

Alan Richardson seals Worcestershire win

Sachin Tendulkar shored up Mumbai Indians yet again, steering them into the semi-final with his fifth half-century of the IPL that took him to the top of the run-charts in the tournament

Dominant Tendulkar boosts Mumbai

11-Apr-2010•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Talya

Sarwan uses Jamaica festival to regain full fitness

The West Indies batsman is hoping the ongoing Jamaican Cricket Festival will help him regain full fitness ahead of the ICC World Twenty20

English county cricket faces a test of its integrity with two Essex players under investigation for what is believed to be 'spot fixing'

County cricket under betting spotlight

11-Apr-2010•Andrew McGlashan and Nagraj Gollapudi

Canada thumped by all-round Deonarine

Narsingh Deonarine's all-round effort helped West Indies XI crush Canada at the Trelawny Stadium

If the batsmen were looking for trouble, boy, they came to the right place

Delhi crumble on crumbling Kotla pitch

11-Apr-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Sarel Burger stars in big Namibian win

Sarel Burger's all-round effort helped Namibia brush aside Bermuda's challenge yet again in Windhoek