Cricket News

Nasim Ashraf, chairman of the PCB, has reiterated Pakistan's commitment to a zero-tolerance policy on doping in the wake of criticism from Percy Sonn over the board's handling of the doping cases of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif

Damien Martyn desperately needs a big score in the third Test to rescue his career, according to Mark Waugh

Brad Hodge will miss Victoria's Ford Ranger Cup match against Queensland on Friday with a strained quadriceps

Sri Lanka's decision to bat first backfired spectacularly at Christchurch as New Zealand's fast bowlers, led by the fiery Shane Bond, bundled them out for 154 by tea on the opening day

West Indies hope to continue their successul one-day stint in 2006 with a victory in Pakistan

Munaf Patel's troublesome left ankle was examined by a specialist from Johannesburg on Wednesday, and the injury is not thought to be serious enough to prevent his participation in the rest of the tour

Ryan ten Doeschate broke an Intercontinental Cup record as he amassed an unbeaten 259 to help Netherlands to within sight of an innings victory over Canada in Pretoria

Mushfiqur Rahim, the wicketkeeper, has been added to the Bangladesh squad for the last two one-dayers against Zimbabwe at Mirpur

Rahul Dravid speaks to the media ahead of India's warm-up match at Potchefstroom

The Indians now have no option but to play the four-day game against Rest of South Africa with full intensity, in the hope that their misfiring batsmen will finally get some runs on the board ahead of the first Test, which starts in Johannesburg on Decemb

Zimbabwe's one-day series defeat to Bangladesh is set to open another can of worms with the board and local cricket followers infuriated by the team's poor performance

The person hoping most that Shane Watson's injured hamstring will prevent him from playing in the third Test is Damien Martyn

Chris Simpson turned from villain to hero for Queensland, claiming four wickets in their win over New South Wales after earlier losing his wicket in one of the strangest run-out scenarios possible

The trail of Mark Vermeulen, the former Zimbabwe Test player charged with arson attacks on the Zimbabwe cricket association's boardroom and training academy, has been adjourned after the prosecution failed to produce vital video evidence

Zander de Bruyn, captain of the Warriors, has had his appeal against a one-match suspension for time-wasting in the MTN Domestic Championship turned down

Navjot Singh Sidhu, the former Indian opener turned politician, has been sentenced to three years in prison for a 1988 murder case

The ICC has confirmed that Professor Bruce Elliott of the University of Western Australia has been appointed to reassess the bowling action of suspended Pakistan fast bowler Shabbir Ahmed

Daniel Harris led a steady but unspectacular batting effort as South Australia built a solid first-innings total against Tasmania

Duncan Fletcher was in a defiant mood on the morning after England's disastrous defeat in the second Test at Adelaide, insisting that England's batsmen were to blame for the collapse of their Ashes prospects, and not the defensive team selection that had

Sri Lanka look the better side on paper with New Zealand missing bowlers Kyle Mills, Michael Mason and allrounder Scott Styris to injury, their away record is very poor and they do not go into the first Test at Christchurch