Cricket News

Ian Healy thinks Australia's high-class bowlers have masked fielding inadequacies and the team is not working enough on catching

A round-up from the County Championship as Mark Ramprakash clocked up 1000 runs for the season

Kent secured a three-wicket win against Bangladesh A on the second day at Canterbury

England Under 19 completed a 3-0 series whitewash over Sri Lanka Under 19 with a comprehensive 179-run

Brad Williams, the Australian fast bowler from Western Australia, has joined Durham as a replace for Mick Lewis

Sachin Tendulkar, who is recovering from an elbow injury, says he does not know if he will be fit for next month's Test series against Zimbabwe

Mark Chilton and Iain Sutcliffe's stand of 223 was the highlight of the day

Mashonaland completed a convincing 188-run victory over Midlands at Kwekwe Sports Club at the start of the extra half-hour on the third day of four

Charl Langeveldt, who yesterday replaced Nicky Boje for the South African squad for their tour of India, has an injury and may himself have to be replaced

With Charl Langeveldt injuring his back, David Terbrugge gave the South African selectors a timely reminder of his form with 5 for 42

On a day blighted by unseasonal and intermittent drizzle, the Australian fast bowlers made use of the bowler-friendly conditions and had India struggling at 2 for 22

The Delhi police, which uncovered the match-fixing scandal when South Africa last toured India, and is still investigating it, has said that it would like to question Nicky Boje if it gets the chance

Shane Watson, the Australia allrounder, will finally make his debut for Queensland in the ING Cup match against South Australia at Adelaide on Sunday

James Sutherland, the chief executive officer of Cricket Australia, has expressed worries about the effect increased professionalism is having on the lives of Australian cricketers

Darren Lehmann, who selflessly offered his Test place to Michael Clarke, is Wisden Australia's Cricketer Of The Year

Fast bowler Mluleki Nkala picked up four wickets and Mark Vermeulen cracked an unbeaten half-century to put Matabeleland in the driving seat on the first day of their Logan Cup match against Manicaland at Bulawayo Athletic Club

Dominic Thornely broke a domestic sixes record, shared a 219-run 10th-wicket partnership with Stuart MacGill, reached an unbeaten 261 and then joined his New South Wales team-mates as they forced Western Australia to follow on at the SCG

Hopes of reconciliation between the Zimbabwe board and the rebel cricketers were dealt a blow with the board's tetchy reaction to the news that Heath Streak had been drafted in to help with coaching at Matabeleland

Kevin Curran has been confirmed as Phil Simmon's replacement as Zimbabwe coach, hours after he leaked the fact to reporters

Muttiah Muralitharan has embarked upon a short tour of the war-torn areas of Sri Lanka's northern areas on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme to raise awareness of the suffering caused by a two-decade-long war