Cricket News

New Zealand survived a tense period immediately after lunch, during which they nearly threw away their tight grip on the match, to clinch a four-wicket victory in the third one-day international at Christchurch

The first of five days of Australian celebrations were interrupted by a solid England batting performance as they tried to upstage the hosts

Ashwell Prince has been South Africa's batting star in the first two Tests against India, scoring 97 in a lost cause at the Wanderers before coming up with a matchwinning 121 at Kingsmead

Somerset have confirmed that Justin Langer, who is retiring from Test cricket after the final Ashes Test at Sydney, will be their captain for the 2007 season

The thought of stepping out onto the turf at a venue where he spent his formative years filled Paul Harris with excitement. Harris will make his debut in the third Test against India at Cape Town

Morne van Wyk, the hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman for the Eagles, will captain Rest of South Africa in their three-day match against Pakistan, which starts on January 6 at Kimberley

The Duckworth-Lewis method of reaching targets in interrupted one-day internationals has now been the official decider for 10 years

Spotlight on Pathan, Kaif and Raina as they plot their return to Team India

Irfan Pathan prepares to play his first Ranji Trophy game against Uttar Pradesh since being sent home from the tour of South Africa, Sidharth Monga reports from Bardoa

Two days on from an ultimately emphatic victory in Durban, Graeme Smith was confident that his South African side held the edge going into the decisive third Test at Newlands

Rahul Dravid was confident that India could come back strongly after having gone down by 174 runs at Kingsmead to leave the series all square

If India are to win this series, they'll have to do it the hard way. South Africa have won ten Tests and drawn three at Cape Town. The three losses can be discounted, having come against mighty Australia

Adam Voges kept his name in the frame for Australia's one-day squad with a powerful 74 off 45 balls to set up a 26-run win for Western Australia against New South Wales at Perth

Aiden Blizzard marked his Twenty20 debut with a ferocious 38-ball 89 as Victoria began their campaign with a comprehensive 34-run win against South Australia

Middlesex's offspinning allrounder, Jamie Dalrymple, is in line for an Ashes debut at Sydney tomorrow, as England seek to avert their first Ashes whitewash for 86 years

Ricky Ponting has praised the work of the coach John Buchanan for much of Australia's recent success

Nobody knows it better than the top five Indian batsmen that they have let down their side badly. The management would surely show more guts in putting Sehwag on the bench for Cape Town

Clinton Perren smashed 82 from 37 deliveries to set up a Queensland victory in the first Twenty20 match of the season

The Zimbabwe cricket board has backed Sharad Pawar's nomination for the post of ICC president