Cricket News

Nicky Boje, the South African left-arm spinner, has decided to retire from international cricket to concentrate on his domestic career

Rod Marsh, the former Australia wicketkeeper who headed the ECB's Academy from 2001 to 2005, has slammed the England board, accusing it of virtually losing the Ashes when it decided to allow Troy Cooley to return to Australia

Daniel Smith, the wicketkeeper, has been chosen as a specialist batsman for New South Wales' Pura Cup match against Victoria

Ricky Ponting has admitted to being disappointed by the timing of Damien Martyn's shock retirement

Richard Done, the ICC's High Performance Manager, has questioned Bermuda fitness levels

Mumbai has been chosen as the venue for the World Cup 2011 final through a joint decision taken by the four subcontinental boards

A round-up of day two of the Quadrangular stage of the Patrons Trophy

Justin Langer believes Damien Martyn's unexpected international departure will stop a "mass exodus" of senior players over the next six months

Shane Watson is due to make his domestic return against South Australia on Friday after a series of injury setbacks

Ozias Bvute, Zimbabwe Cricket's managing director, has tried to cool temperatures after Zimbabwe's humiliation in Bangladesh

Now the chairman of the selection committee, Dilip Vengsarkar said that he would share his inputs with the team management, but insisted that he was not in South Africa on some sort of coercive mission

Zimbabwe plumbed new depths on day one of their game against Bangladesh 'A' at Mirpur when they subsided to 146 all out, mesmerised by the spin of Enamul Haque jnr.

Injured Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is unlikely to play at his home ground in Multan in the fourth ODI against the West Indies on Wednesday. Apart from Inzamam, Pakistan will be without Mohammad Yousuf, who will stay in Lahore to be with his wife, and

A round-up of the third day's play in the third round of Ranji Trophy Plate Group matches

Round up of the third day's action of the third round of the Ranji Trophy Super League

Sam Collins rounds up all the domestic action in South Africa for the week ending December 10, 2006

Zimbabwe won all three of their matches in the African pre-qualifiers in Nairobi to gain a place at next year's World Cup qualifying tournament in Pakistan

England's former captain and wicketkeeper, Alec Stewart, believes that Steve Harmison has to be picked for Thursday's crucial Test at the WACA despite concerns about his form, because he is a proven matchwinner, and winning the match is what England have

Andrew Symonds doesn't look like the sort of character to suffer from insecurity

Australia's legendary fast bowler, Dennis Lillee, has criticised England's administrators and believes that a lack of preparation has undermined what ought to have been another close-run Ashes contest