Cricket News

The New Zealanders' disappointing tour of England continued today as they kicked off their limited-overs section with a four-wicket loss to Derbyshire

Shane Warne's hopes of hauling in Muttiah Muralitharan's world record of Test wickets have been boosted by the latest positive reports on his broken hand.

Dennis Lillee, the champion former Australian fast bowler, has described Muttiah Muralitharan's decision to pull out of next month's two-Test series as "pathetic" and "a real cop-out".

Two days after Sourav Ganguly said Yuvraj Singh would replace Aakash Chopra as a Test opener, Virender Sehwag has suggested that he would prefer to open with a more defensive partner

Brad Williams, the Australian fast bowler, has been ruled out of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka which begins in Darwin on July 1

The Tasmanian Cricket Association has announced the list of 16 contracted players and two rookie contracted players for the next season

The West Indian selectors have named a 16-man squad for the four-Test series in England, which begins on July 22

Western Province Cricket Association has been forced to set out an organised 'conciliation' strategy, in an attempt to curb the rising level of racist and religious abuse among club cricketers

Dennis Lillee, the champion former Australian fast bowler, has described Muttiah Muralitharan's decision to pull out of next month's two-Test series as "pathetic" and "a real cop-out".

Yorkshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire joined Worcestershire in the semi-finals of the C&G Trophy

Pakistan have sacked Javed Miandad as coach of the national team and replaced him with Bob Woolmer, the former England batsman and South Africa coach

Dennis Lillee, the champion former Australian fast bowler, has described Muttiah Muralitharan's decision to pull out of next month's two-Test series as "pathetic" and "a real cop-out".

Maurice Odumbe has been named in a provisional 30-man Kenyan squad for the ICC Champions Trophy, according to a report in the Kenyan Daily Nation

Creagh O'Connor has been appointed as the deputy Chairman of Cricket Australia

Kenya is to take part in the ICC's Intercontinental Cup and has been drawn in the same group as Uganda and Namibia

Shane Watson and Andrew Symonds are being considered as possible replacements for Brad Williams, who was yesterday ruled out of next month's two-Test series against Sri Lanka

Andrew Flintoff has been rested from Lancashire's C&G Trophy quarter-final against Yorkshire, as he is suffering from an ankle injury

With Sourav Ganguly declaring that he will be the first choice opener for Tests, Yuvraj Singh has revealed that he wished to follow the same route as Virender Sehwag

Andrew Miller gives his marks out of ten for England's performance against New Zealand

Ted Martin, the world's oldest first-class cricketer and the first player in Australia to live to 100, has died in Perth at the age of 101.