Cricket News

Prospects of a joint India-Pakistan team taking on a World X1 in a `Peace Cup' suffered a setback with the English Cricket Board (ECB) refusing to host the match

England have a horrible habit of underestimating Zimbabwe

Chris Read: rated by Rodney Marsh as one of the best young players he has seen Chris Read's hands look small and delicate

India A kick off their six-week tour of England with a one-day match against a combined British Universities XI at Durham today

It's amazing what a sporting gesture can do these days

Nobody really expects Zimbabwe to spring the surprise they did three years ago, when they beat West Indies in all three group matches to reach the final of the NatWest Series

A few decades - and several human-rights acts - have passed since anyone last extolled the benefits of a "damn good thrashing", but there's nothing like the prospect of a gruesomely one-sided contest to get an Australian's juices flowing

Gautam Gambhir scored a charming 128 not out to make light work of a spirited British Universities side, as India A launched their tour of England with an eight-wicket win at Durham

1983 A memorable day for Indian cricket, and a nasty surprise for West Indies

Within a day of Dennis Lillee's accusation that the International Cricket Council (ICC) was placing television-generated revenues ahead of the interests of the game, Malcolm Speed, chief executive of the ICC, hit back, clarifying that all the

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has come forward to help the cash-strapped Bangladesh board, doling out US$500,000, most of which will be used to install world-class facilities at the Mirpur Stadium

The Western Australian Cricket Association has announced appointment of Coaching Officers.

The Afghanistan Cricket Federation (ACF), which is already an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has been awarded associate membership of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) during an ACC meeting on June 14 in London

Fidel Edwards, a 21-year-old fast bowler from Barbados, was a surprise inclusion in the 14-member West Indies squad named for the second Test against Sri Lanka at Kingston, Jamaica

The ICC-player relationship took another turn for the worse when Tim May, joint chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA), hit out at the ICC for refusing to include a player representative on their management

Rain may have played spoilsport in the first Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies at St Lucia, but Brian Lara's scintillating double-hundred livened up proceedings before the game headed for a draw

The International Cricket Council (ICC), in order to improve the accuracy levels of umpires in adjudicating lbw decisions, has proposed to introduce white stump-to-stump lines on the pitch

The three most celebrated batsmen in the world, Sachin Tendulkar, Steve Waugh and Brian Lara, will gather in India early next month to promote the sport of go-karting

Berkshire made full use of a very flat wicket at the delightful Alderley Edge ground, batting to the 100 over 1st innings closure for a total of 466 - 5 wickets

Hampshire return to Frizzell Championship action after two weeks of Twenty20 games, and retain the same team that narrowly failed to defeat Durham.