Cricket News

Western Australia showed there is no substitute for quality and experience, demoralising a young South Australia team and taking first-innings points within a day at Perth

Jesse Ryder's 60 steered Wellington to a comfortable six-wicket victory against Northern Districts at the Basin Reserve

Surrey have announced further extensive redevelopment plans for The Oval which include building a four-star hotel

A dramatic opening day at Port Elizabeth brought 16 wickets as South Africa were bundled out for 124 before fighting back with a powerful display from their own pacemen

Lou Vincent struck a quick hundred to lead Auckland to a 38-run victory against Canterbury at the Village Green in Christchurch

Michael Dighton's first Pura Cup century in nearly three years put Tasmania on top before Queensland fought back with late wickets at Hobart

David Graveney, England's chairman of selectors, has apologised for the manner in which he handled Darren Gough's omission from the 30-man preliminary line-up for the World Cup

Jacob Oram has been called into the New Zealand squad for the CB Series after recovering from a hamstring injury and Kyle Mills could also be a surprise addition, according to the New Zealand camp

Round-up of the first day's action of the third round matches of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, 2006-07

Australia's desire to turn first-class cricketers into ready-made Test and ODI back-ups has continued with established players dominating this year's Australian Institute of Sport intake

David Hussey kept his nerve with a century to drive Victoria to an outstanding win chasing 360 in a low-scoring match at the SCG

Darren Sammy has been ruled out of the tour of India due to an injury sustained in a Carib Beer Series match between Windwards Islands and Jamaica. Dwayne Smith replaced him in the squad which arrived in Mumbai on Thursday

A superb unbeaten 46 by Michael Hussey rescued Australia as they beat England by four wickets in a low-scoring match at Brisbane

Brad Hodge should not be written off as an international player and could have four years of Test and one-day cricket ahead of him, according to Allan Border

The ICC has announced that the sale of sponsorship rights for the eight-year period starting after the completion of the World Cup in March will start shortly.

A fortnight before he was due to take over as the chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board, Roland Toppin has announced that he is no longer available to assume the role

Herschelle Gibbs's appeal against his two-Test ban occurred via teleconference on Wednesday and Richie Benaud, Australia's nominee as a Code of Conduct Commissioner, will give his decision tomorrow

India begin their countdown to the World Cup with a no-frills, back-to-basics training camp

The ECB have confirmed the seven-man review committee which will undertake an assessment of English cricket following the Ashes whitewash

Two cars have been hit by a flying section of roof, but no-one has been hurt, after Lord's Cricket Ground fell victim to the gale-force winds that have been buffeting Britain all day