Cricket News

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday denied it had made any offer to former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin to lift the life ban imposed on him

Sri Lanka's captain Sanath Jayasuriya warned team-mates of an Indian backlash after the tourists crashed to a 10-wicket defeat in the first Test here on Friday

Teenager Andover off-spinner Matt Hooper has bowled Hampshire into the semi-finals of the ECB Under-17 County Championship

West Indies comfortably completed a 3-0 one-day series victory over Kenya with a seven-wicket win in the final game in Nairobi

BAT Sports, Portsmouth and Winchester KS can begin to put the celebratory champagne on ice as a wet Saturday gave their respective Southern Electric Premier League championship prospects a significant boost

The Yorkshire weather scuppered Australia's hopes of having a day off tomorrow as rain restricted play on the fourth day to just 25 overs but their declaration gave England a target for victory

Tickets for the Cheltenham and Gloucester Final at Lord's on September 1st will go on sale to the general public at The County Ground in Taunton from 9am on Monday

Somerset Chief executive Peter Anderson recently attended a meeting of the First Class Cricket Forum at Lord's, where one of the subjects debated was whether regional sides should be selected to play against touring sides

A last-wicket stand of 36 in 33 balls between Scott Boswell and James Ormond gave Leicestershire Foxes a dramatic win over Yorkshire Phoenix in the Norwich Union League clash at Grace Road

Portugal are the 2001 ECC Trophy champions

As if Sanath Jayasuriya and Muthiah Muralitharan were not enough, India now have to contend with the firepower of Dilhara Fernando too in the next two Tests

One-day bests from Robert Croft (92) and Andrew Davies (5-39) were the backbone of Glamorgan's 178--run Norwich Union League Division Two victory over bottom-placed Essex at Sophia Gardens

Warwickshire tightened their hold on third place in the First Division of the Norwich Union League by taking swift and emphatic revenge for their C & G Trophy semi-final defeat at Taunton

Durham recovered from the shock of losing three quick wickets to Hampshire seamer Alex Morris to end a truncated third day on 87 for four, 98 ahead, at Chester-le-Street

One West Indies selector has come out strongly in favour of the new fitness policy being implemented by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)

Lahore, August 18 - The Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board, Lt

Roland Perry on Saturday asserted that his chronicle of the Dream Team was an authentic version of Sir Donald Bradman while seeking to put at rest doubts raised by former India captain Sunil Gavaskar

All-rounder Robin Singh on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to retire from international cricket and said he was perfectly fit and raring to make a comeback

It is touch and go whether Michael Vaughan will be available for the Fifth Test against Australia at The Oval next week

Middlesex batsman Owais Shah, who made his debut for England this summer in the NatWest series, has beaten seven rivals to win the prestigious Cricket Writers' Young Player of the Year award