Cricket News

Muttiah Muralitharan has been named in Sri Lanka's 16-man squad for the short 'Top End Tour' of Australia tour which starts later this month

Brian Lara, only seven weeks after breaking the world Test batting record, has promised to resign as captain if West Indies do not beat lowly Bangladesh in the second Test at Sabina Park, starting today.

The veteran New South Wales batsman Michael Bevan has signed a two-year deal with Tasmania

Brian Lara, only seven weeks after breaking the world Test batting record, has promised to resign as captain if West Indies do not beat lowly Bangladesh in the second Test at Sabina Park, starting today.

A statement issued by 13 of Zimbabwe's rebel cricketers in Harare today might not signal the end of the dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, but it contains enough hints to suggest that the majority - if not all - of them have had enough

A hundred stand between Stephen Fleming and Michael Papps, along with a late flurry of boundaries from Chris Cairns, helped New Zealand to 351 for 6 on the second day of the second Test at Headingley

Muttiah Muralitharan, who has been named in a 16-man squad for Sri Lanka's tour of Australia, has released a personal statement asserting that his doosra, which has been barred by the ICC, is a fair delivery and will eventually be considered legal

A century from Ben Hutton, his first of the season, salvaged some respectability for Middlesex after two poor days, but the rest of the side will need to bat every bit as well as Hutton tomorrow if they are to salvage anything from this match

Muttiah Muralitharan has been named in Sri Lanka's 16-man squad for the short 'Top End Tour' of Australia tour which starts later this month

Sean Ervine, one of the rebel cricketers in dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, has signed a two-year contract with Western Australia

Bangladesh went to lunch on the first day of the second Test in Kingston at a respectable 73 for 3

Muttiah Muralitharan has been named in Sri Lanka's 16-man squad for the short 'Top End Tour' of Australia tour which starts later this month

Muttiah Muralitharan, who has been named in a 16-man squad for Sri Lanka's tour of Australia, released a personal statement today outlining his belief that his doosra, which has been barred by the ICC, is a fair delivery and will eventually be

Brad Williams is hopeful of making Australia's squad for next month's two-Test series against Sri Lanka after doctors cleared him of significant damage to his lower back

Andy Blignaut has announced he is determined to "give it my all" over the next three summers with Tasmania, after becoming the second of Zimbabwe's 15 unwanted white players to sign with an Australian state.

The Pakistan Cricket Board is reported to be having serious doubts about going ahead with this October's planned home series against Zimbabwe

Simon Jones, who has been ruled out of the rest of England's Tests against New Zealand with a stress fracture in his left foot, has pledged to be back and fit to play West Indies later this summer

Paul Wilson, the big-hearted former West Australian and South Australian fast bowler, has been appointed coach of the WA women's team for 2004-05.

Bangladesh go into tomorrow's second Test against West Indies in a confident mood, believing they are closer to their first Test win than they have ever been

Shoaib Akhtar is set to play for Durham as a specialist batsman