The Buzz

Even when not on air commentators need to be careful about what they say

Sir Ian Botham is set to take a break from his commentary duties in South Africa to return to Sri Lanka with the Laureus Sport for Good foundation, where he will mark the fifth anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, and Sourav Ganguly will arrive late

Twenty20 cricket has been accused of all sorts of crimes against civilised behaviour in its short but eventful existence, but now - in a bizarre development - a police chief in England has held the format up as the perfect role-model in the fight

Kevin Pietersen is set to become a father for the first time next summer, after it was confirmed on Monday night that his pop-star wife, Jessica Taylor, is three months’ pregnant.

Maybe Shivnarine Chanderpaul reads the paper, maybe he doesn’t

Cricketers have stated some unusual excuses for missing games

Jack Hyams, the world’s most prolific club cricketer, will celebrate his impending 90th birthday with a pair of fixtures at the Clive Woodbridge Oval in Valencia, Spain, this weekend.

Just days after an Auckland woman cricketer broke a world record for catching 33 tennis balls within a minute, the Guinness Book of Records had another cricket entry when Neville Wadia became the oldest player to hit a century in minor cricket

Move over Jonty

Stephen Fleming may not be interested in coaching his nation's cricket team, but he hasn't been lost to New Zealand sport entirely

Kevin Pietersen and MCC have teamed to help this year’s BBC appeal for Children in Need

Remember Jason Krejza

Listeners to the BBC's Test Match Special are in for a rare treat this winter, in the form of a gruff, monotone Zimbabwean, whose guarded utterances required the travelling press corps to develop forensic journalistic skills during his

For the last five years Eric Tindill , a double international for New Zealand at Test level in cricket and rugby , has been cricket’s oldest living Test player