Cricket News

In the wake of the most serious drugs scandal to hit cricket, Shoaib Akhtar, the man at the centre of it, has called for greater awareness to be created among cricketers, especially in Pakistan, about doping issues.

It was a depressing end to a superb innings. As Alastair Cook trudged despairingly from the crease after recording his maiden Ashes century, he was so crestfallen he could barely raise his bat to acknowledge a deserved standing ovation

Nicky Boje, who announced his retirement from international cricket earlier in the week, has slammed South Africa's selection policies

The "A" word has not been spoken much by the Australians this week but after Glenn McGrath swept two late wickets he realised how close the prize was to returning "home"

Bangladesh had few problems in disposing of Scotland for the second time in three days, but another crushing defeat at Dhaka - the margin was 146 runs - left the Scots with some major headaches as the World Cup looms

South Australia's season hit rock bottom as they capitulated to the Queensland pace attack and lost within three days at Adelaide Oval

The Western Australia captain Marcus North led by example with a blistering century that set up a nine-run win for his side against Tasmania

West Indies A tied the fourth one-day with Sri Lanka A in a dramatic last-ball affair when Russell Arnold was run out while attempting to take a run to seal victory for his side

Yet another fine exhibition of seam bowling from Sreesanth led India's relentless march towards their first Test win in South Africa as they ended the day requiring another five wickets

Andrew McDonald and David Hussey scored centuries in a 258-run stand that put victory out of reach for New South Wales at the MCG

Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand left-arm spinner, has been rested for the two Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka at Wellington and Auckland on December 22 and 26

A round-up of the fourth day's play of State Championship matches from December 14 -17, 2006

A round-up of day two of the Quadrangular stage round three of the Patron's Trophy

Michael Holding believes that Glenn McGrath should bring the curtain down on his Test career at the end of the Ashes series and retire completely following next year's World Cup

Led by Alastair Cook's 116, England refused to relinquish the Ashes for one more day but a late burst from Glenn McGrath has put Australia on the brink

Chamara Silva completed a courageous comeback from the ignominy of a pair on Test debut at Christchurch with a magnificent unbeaten 152, his maiden Test century, on the third day that left New Zealand needing a mountainous 504 for victory - or, more impor

After a potentially match-winning spell of 5 for 40 on Saturday, Sreesanth spoke to the media about how a chat with Allan Donald in the morning had helped him

Mickey Arthur, who has asked for "fast and bouncy" pitches in the build-up to this Test series, admitted that South Africa had been comprehensively outplayed so far at the Wanderers

After a good opening day for Zimbabwe A, it was Bangladesh A's turn to dominate at Fatullah and they ended in a strong position

Inzamam-ul-Haq and Bennett King spoke to the media at the end of the series