Cricket News

The final 50 over B&H competition (for now at least) starts today with some interesting confrontations

Somerset got off to a disappointing start in their quest to win the last-ever Benson and Hedges Cup, when they lost to Warwickshire at Edgbaston in a rain-affected match today

The weather that was so good for the start of the Frizzell County Championship could not extend its favours to include the start of the last-ever Benson and Hedges Cup competition

Subhash Gupte, the legendary former Indian leg-spinner, was not happy with the Indian team management's decision to drop Anil Kumble from the recently concluded second Test at Port of Spain

LAHORE, April 27: The chairman of Pakistan cricket selectors, Wasim Bari, confirmed Saturday that Saeed Anwar would not be selected for the two-Test series against New Zealand but hinted the inclusion of wrist spinner Danish Kaneria

Hampshire select from 13 for their opening Benson & Hedges Cup match against Kent at The Rose Bowl on Monday.

LAHORE, April 27: Former captain Wasim Akram Saturday said he would say goodbye to international cricket after next year's World Cup in South Africa

Leicestershire completed an emphatic victory over Hampshire to become the first visiting team to win a Championship match at The Rose Bowl

LAHORE - It was indeed a solidly relentless all-round display in the field throughout, as Pakistan blanked out the Black Caps with great authority, taking the third and last game of the series by a convincing margin of 66 runs, with a bit more than

Principally, Tuesday's victory loses out to thefirst victory from the historical angle

Following the conclusion of their championship match against Sussex at Hove Somerset face a hectic nine days, during which they will play their five zonal Benson & Hedges Cup matches

Somerset had to settle for a draw at Hove in their opening championship match of the season that ended today

Leading South African cricket officials paid tribute on Saturday to Minister of Safety and Security and former Minister of Sport, Steve Tshwete, who died at the weekend

With the first home game of the season, against Glamorgan on Tuesday, just a couple of days away, the builders at the County Ground are busy putting the finishing touches to the various improvements that have taken place over the winter months

Four former South African Test players - Andrew Hudson, Craig Matthews, Omar Henry and Pat Symcox - have been appointed to serve on a National Cricket Committee set up on Saturday to examine issues around the national side following South Africa's

Hampshire suffered their first ever Championship defeat at the Rose Bowl, when they went down to an Innings defeat against Leicestershire.

"Viv Richards was dead right when he said that this generation of West Indian cricketers do not play for the West Indies, would not put their lives at stake for the islands

As he sat in his office looking out over a rainswept County Ground this morning, Somerset chief executive Peter Anderson reflected upon a couple of issues which he has spoken about recently

Play did not start until 3:15pm at The Rose Bowl, where Hampshire resuming from their overnight 245-8 still needed 34 more runs to avoid being asked to follow on.