Cricket News

The long-running saga of Bermuda's sub-standard pitch at the National Sports Centre, which has prevented the country hosting internationals, continues to rumble on - and is now in the hands of the government

Foreign soil plan lambasted 'reckless'

India finally gets a chance to erase the memories of a disastrous World Cup

India's chance for redemption

06-May-2007•Sidharth Monga in Kolkata

Collingwood desperate for return to winning ways

Paul Collingwood is determined that England put their Ashes nightmare behind them as they prepare for another packed summer of internationals against India and, in a week-and-a-half, West Indies

Dinanath Ramnarine disputes Bruce Aanensen on his version of the arbitration process

Ramnarine rebuts Aanensen on player contracts issue

06-May-2007•Mark Pouchet

Bangladesh confident of beating India

Bangladesh will want to give coach Dav Whatmore a victorious farewell

Ravi Shastri, the cricket manager of the Indian team, was in an upbeat mood on the eve of the team's departure for Bangladesh

Tendulkar has plenty to offer, says Shastri

06-May-2007•Sidharth Monga in Kolkata

BCCI appoints two-man team to study player contracts

The Indian board has appointed N Srinivasan, the BCCI treasurer, and Shashank Manohar, one of the vice-presidents, to study the contracts issue

Mahela Jayawardene has said that other teams, including Sri Lanka, are not strong enough to beat Australia

'We have to work hard to compete with Australia'

Sri Lanka Cricket expresses concern over future tours following recent air strikes

Political instability worries Sri Lankan board

In spite of his impressive domestic record, the closest Sharath came to playing for India was a solitary match for Board President's XI and one match for India A

Sharath retires from first-class cricket

Michael Tissera's last assignment as manager will be Sri Lanka's three-ODI series against Pakistan between May 18 and 22

Tissera quits as Sri Lanka manager

The three-match one-day international series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan will take place in Abu Dhabi between May 18 and 22

Sangakkara, Vaas and Murali to miss Abu Dhabi series

India's cricketers turn to yoga, following other top sportsmen the world over, to help ease their injury problems

Finally, turning to yoga

06-May-2007•Sidharth Monga in Kolkata

A Cup-ful of lessons

There were hundreds of lessons to be learned by the ICC, the WICB and regional governments from World Cup 2007. They would be foolish not to heed them

06-May-2007•Tony Cozier

Success for BBC in World Cup ratings battle

Roger Mosey, the BBC's director of sport, has revealed that their World Cup highlights programme attracted more than 17m people, compared to 6.6m who tuned into BSkyB's live coverage

The round-up from the fourth and final day of the latest County Championship matches

Steyn sends Worcestershire packing

Michael Vaughan, the England captain, might resort to using an oxygen chamber in a bid to hasten his recovery from a broken finger

Vaughan could turn to oxygen therapy

Shane Watson is hopeful that a new training routine will help put an end to the spate of injuries he has suffered in recent times

Watson looks to put a stop to injuries

Mark Boucher, Makhaya Ntini, Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock and Ashwell Prince have been nominated for the 2007 Mutual and Federal South African Cricketer of the Year award

Pollock in line for a host of awards