Cricket News

Pakistan's performance at The Oval was certainly one they will need to eradicate from their minds going into the NatWest Challenge decider at Lord's

Attacking batting from West Indies lit up the second half of the second day's play in the inaugural Test in St Lucia

Hampshire Hawks go into their final two Twenty20 matches, against Middlesex Crusaders on Monday at Uxbridge (23 June) and Surrey Lions at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday (24 June) both matches starting at 5.30pm

It's the penultimate day of the India A team's preparatory camp at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, and after 17 days of the grind, there's an end-of-term feel to the place as the players troop in for fielding practice in the afternoon

General Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan president, took some time off yesterday to watch the second NatWest Challenge match against England at The Oval - and give the Pakistan squad some advice

New Zealand Cricket will be $US 500,000 better off after some of the money withheld by the International Cricket Council pending a claim by Global Cricket Corporation was made available today

England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will all receive part of the money witheld by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for World Cup contract infringements

Sandeep Patil's appointment as India A coach for the tour of England has stirred much interest, not least because it comes on the heels of a long-drawn debate about the need for a foreign coach

Ian Harvey and Craig Spearman smashed the biggest partnership in the Twenty20 Cup so far as Gloucestershire completely demolished their West Country rivals Somerset at Taunton

Close on the heels of discussions over a third on-field umpire, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to have white stump-to-stump lines painted on the pitch to help umpires adjudicate lbws

Jack Russell will be out of action for at least a month after breaking his left thumb during Gloucestershire's Twenty20 Cup match against Northamptonshire at Bristol

Book Review: Dr tariq Raz on Commanders of Pakistan Cricket

Kepler Wessels, the former South Africa captain, believes England have no chance of beating South Africa in this summer's NatWest Series

The Crusaders, led by Swan Richards, left off where they had finished their 2001 tour to Europe - with a convincing win against Vienna CC in glorious conditions in Seebarn

Glamorgan lost their third Twenty20 match of the week, as group leaders Warwickshire maintained their unbeaten run in the competition with a 68 run victory at Edgbaston

Malcolm Speed, the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s chief executive, has urged English cricket authorities to ensure that there are no security lapses when England take on Pakistan in the second one-day game at The Oval

Steve Waugh has been retained as the captain of the Australian Test side for the series against Bangladesh, in a squad that contained no surprises whatsoever

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lanka's former captain, has bemoaned the decision to appoint two separate captains for Test and one-day cricket in a recent interview with the Daily Mirror

Daryll Cullinan could be preparing to switch from Gauteng to champions Easterns next season, according to reports in today's newspapers

Bangladesh are unlikely to have a sponsor for their tour of Australia, after talks between the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the airline Emirates broke down