Cricket News

Peter Fulton believes New Zealand's final Super Eights match against Australia on Friday will be anything but a meaningless game even though both teams have already qualified for the last four

Ricky Ponting believes New Zealand are as big a threat to Australia's World Cup defence as any team and said their fighting spirit would make them a tough opponent

When England's Kevin Pietersen bats against South Africa in a crucial World Cup Super Eights match on Tuesday he will be short of neither motivation nor confidence

The West Indies are eyeing a pair of wins not only to sustain their slim World Cup semi-final hopes, but also to put themselves in a confident frame of mind ahead of a tour to England

Ireland have earned a place on the ODI championship table after beating Bangladesh

A month to the day after the dramatic tie that set in motion this quite remarkable Irish odyssey, they produced one more standout performance

Sri Lanka's experience of facing Lasith Malinga should help their batsmen deal with Shaun Tait's slinging action, according to the coach Tom Moody

Plays of the day from Ireland's win over Bangladesh

Monday's match in Grenada features the two teams that most observers agree are best-equipped to win the World Cup - Australia, the runaway favourites, and Sri Lanka, the romantics' choice

Sussex suffered a significant blow ahead of their County Championship defence with Michael Yardy picking up a broken finger after being struck by Steve Harmison at Lord's

Andrew Flintoff shrugged off his latest health scare by turning up to training at Windward CC in Barbados

Mohammad Ashraful was in sublime touch during his innings of 35 but his dismissal swung the advantage Ireland's way

Bangladesh will beef up security during India's tour next month, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Sunday

Champions and favourites Australia have cruised to victory in their five matches in the Super Eights but they could be tested for the first time in this World Cup when they take on Sri Lanka in Grenada on Monday

The BCCI's Working Committee, that met in Mumbai on April 7, decided that Tendulkar and Yuvraj had breached the board's Code of Conduct. The notices to both players with a seven-day deadline were sent on April 9

Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan fast bowler and captain, has lashed out at Inzamam-ul-Haq and termed him a 'dictator' in Pakistan cricket

West Indies were not fit enough to challenge opponents in better condition and needed to lift their work-rate to again become a threatening side, according to Clive Lloyd

Adam Gilchrist has been thoroughly impressed by the outstanding glovework of his peers at the World Cup and named Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, who Australia will line up against on Monday, as one of the best

Bennett King, West Indies' coach, hopes his team can win the last two matches of their lacklustre World Cup campaign to recover some lost pride

Glenn McGrath, who is usually so certain of Australia's ability to beat all opposition, said their match against Sri Lanka on Monday would be a "big test" and the conditions would favour Sri Lanka