Cricket News

Sri Lanka made hard work of their four-wicket defeat of unfancied Zimbabwe as they successfully, if not entirely convincingly, chased a handy total of 191

Arhtur Booth, who played four times for Lancashire in 1950 and 1951, has died at the age of 78

Brian Lara's position as West Indies captain has come under fire in recent months

Sri Lanka made hard work of their four-wicket defeat of unfancied Zimbabwe as they successfully, if not entirely convincingly, chased a handy total of 191

Bruce Collins QC, Dr Harry Harinath and Mark Taylor have been elected as the three new directors in the board of Cricket Australia for the 2004-05 season

At a sunny but cold and windy Oval, Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu won the toss and chose to field

New Zealand cricket has admitted players took money for autographs during their recent tour of England, but defended them, saying that the demands were made to deter commercial autograph hunters only

Eric Simons, the South African coach, has said that there were no plans to drop Herschelle Gibbs down the batting order despite his poor run in the last few months

Brett Lee or Glenn McGrath face the axe when Australia's ICC Champions Trophy campaign gets serious against New Zealand on September 16

At a sunny but cold and windy Oval, Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu won the toss and chose to field

Ruth Martin, New Zealand's first women's Test cricket captain, died in Christchurch last weekend

The defeat of Team USA at the hands of Australia marked the end of an unlikely journey which began two years ago in Argentina

Sri Lanka made hard work of their four-wicket defeat of unfancied Zimbabwe as they successfully, if not entirely convincingly, chased a handy total of 191

It was cold, windy and drizzling at Edgbaston, and there were few complaints when Pakistan's match with Kenya was called off for the day

At a sunny but cold and windy Oval, Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu won the toss and chose to field

Brian Lara's West Indian team has pledged financial support to the islands ravaged by Hurricane Ivan

Zee Telefilms has rejected the suggestion made by the Mumbai High Court last week, to go in for a fresh bidding process for the rights of international cricket in India for the next four years

Dav Whatmore, Bangladesh's coach, believes that his team can lift themselves from the thrashing they received at the hands of South Africa, and give West Indies a run for their money

The historic 19th century pavilion at Lord's is to be closed down on Monday afternoon, for a six-month refurbishment project that will restore the building to pristine condition ahead of next summer's Ashes series

Due to a change in training schedule, Australian captain Ricky Ponting's pre-match press conference will now be held from 0930 tomorrow (Sunday 12 September) and not at 1100 as previously advised