Cricket News

A quickfire 87 from Neil Broom propelled Otago to a five-wicket victory against Central Districts at Fitzherbert Park

A round-up of the second round matches of the KFC Cup matches

Bermuda lost a practice match against a local club W Connection Wanderers by 47 runs in Port of Spain on Tuesday

A century to Michael Klinger gave Victoria every chance of pulling off a remarkable win before New South Wales bounced back with late wickets on a wearing SCG pitch

England's 17th and 18th squad members were paraded this afternoon and in the Australian sections of the room the new figures were so anonymous there were thoughts of asking the ready-to-act security guards to uncover their identity

Justin Langer will add depth and experience to Western Australia for their Pura Cup match against an inexperienced South Australia at Perth on Friday

Ben Hilfenhaus, who made an impressive one-day international debut at Hobart on Sunday, will return to Bellerive Oval on Friday for Tasmania's Pura Cup match against Queensland

Australia will regain two of their most knowledgeable fast men for Friday's CB Series match against England with Glenn McGrath cleared of a groin problem and Brett Lee recovering from a chest infection

Shane Bond has been cleared of a stress fracture in his back and will stay on in Australia for the remainder of the CB Series

John Bracewell, the New Zealand coach, is at a loss to explain his side's disappointing batting in their opening two CB Series games

Greg Blewett remains hopeful he can play first-class cricket for two more years despite several states indicating they have no interest in signing him up

Adam Gilchrist says Australia are prepared to make the "hard call" if a senior player is not performing in the lead-up to the World Cup

Ireland have gone to the top of the ICC Associate ODI Rankings after the previous leaders Scotland were beaten by Kenya in a one-day international in Mombasa.

The former Australian opener, Matthew Elliott, has joined Yorkshire for the 2007 season as cover for Pakistan's Younis Khan

Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince and Andre Nel have all received a mid-season bonus from Cricket South Africa (CSA) because of their outstanding performances during 2006-07. Each man has received an upgrade to their current contracts

Russel Arnold and Upul Chandana have both been included in the 15-man squad for Sri Lanka's one-day tour of India next month, increasing their chances of participating in the World Cup

Andrew Flintoff has been reappointed as England's captain for their next match in the CB Series, against Australia at the Gabba on Friday, following the news that Michael Vaughan has been ruled out for the immediate future with a grade one tear to his lef

Herschelle Gibbs has appealed against the two-Test ban imposed by the ICC, claiming that he had not made any racist remarks during the first Test against Pakistan at Centurion

Luke Pomersbach guided Western Australia to a one-wicket win at Perth despite Shaun Tait giving South Australia hope late in the game

Moin Khan, former Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper, was freed on bail after a brief detention over a complaint that he beat up his wife at home.