Cricket News

Sylvester Joseph's half-century was not enough to save West Indies A from sliding to a 20-run defeat to Sri Lanka A in the opening one-dayer of the five-match series at St Kitts yesterday

Khaled Mashud has been replaced by Nadif Chowdhury, a Bangladesh under-19 batsman, for the two one-day matches against Scotland starting December 15

Brian Lara, the West Indies captain, refused to make any excuses for the poor show by his side in the third one-day against Pakistan at Lahore, blaming the bowlers for the reversal

The Pakistan board will conduct a thorough inquiry over the sudden failure of one of the six transformers at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore during the third one-dayer between Pakistan and the West Indies

A round-up of the first day's play in the quadrangular stage of the Patrons Trophy

A round-up of the second day's play of the third round Ranji Trophy Plate Division matches

John Buchanan feels no sympathy for his opposite number Duncan Fletcher after England's second consecutive Test loss

Michael Clarke has vowed not to look too far ahead after his short-term Test future was sealed with Damien Martyn's sudden retirement

Martin Snedden, the CEO of New Zealand Cricket, has admitted that the desultory attendances at the Christchurch Test have left him baffled

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

Mluleki Nkala, the 25-year-old allrounder, has been named captain of Zimbabwe A for their match against Bangladesh A tomorrow in Dhaka

David Graveney, the England chairman of selectors, has defended Duncan Fletcher, the England coach, following England's defeat at Adelaide last week while dismissing rumours of a rift between the captain and coach

Bernard Perera, Sri Lanka women's coach, expects big improvements following the takeover of the women's game by Sri Lanka Cricket

Shahikala Siriwardene is determined her Sri Lankan side will learn from their mistakes at the last Asia Cup earlier this year

Gwen Herath, the flag bearer of women's cricket in Sri Lanka for nearly a decade, has silently quit following the merger of the Women's Cricket Association of Sri Lanka (WCASL) with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)

Andrew Strauss was satisfied with England's efforts after a useful two-day work-out against Western Australia at Perth

A summary of the fourth day's play in the fifth round of the State Championship

Centuries to Cameron White and Michael Klinger powered Victoria to their highest total in a domestic one-day game and an eight-wicket win over New South Wales at Canberra's Manuka Oval

A round-up of the first day's play of the third round Ranji Trophy Plate Division matches

In yet another low-scoring contest that was turned into a tricky run-chase thanks to Messers Duckworth and Lewis, Pakistan scampered to a seven-wicket win to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series