Champions Twenty20 League

Champions League expanded from eight to 12 teams

May 24, 2009: The domestic Twenty20 winners of West Indies, Sri Lanka and New Zealand, as well as Delhi Daredevils, will also get an opportunity to participate in the inaugural Champions Twenty20 League, to be held from October 8-23 in India, just after the Champions T

ICC women's World Twenty20 2009

Aguilleira tips improved West Indies performance

May 24, 2009: West Indies women captain Merissa Aguilleira is confident of a much-improved performance in the women's World Twenty20

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings, IPL semi-final

'One more win will be nice' - Kumble

May 24, 2009: Royal Challengers Bangalore reached the final on the back of a five-game winning streak, and captain Anil Kumble has asked for one more victory to cap their resurgence

ICC World Twenty20

Sehwag, Gambhir have to shed fatigue - Tendulkar

May 24, 2009: Sachin Tendulkar has stressed the need for adequate rest for Indian players ahead of the World Twenty20 in June, and particularly for the openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir

The Ashes 2009

Mentors put Watson on flight to England

May 23, 2009: Shane Watson has relied on four Australian greats to help lift him on to his first Ashes tour

The Ashes 2009

England switched Ashes venues on purpose - Ponting

May 23, 2009: Ricky Ponting believes the Ashes schedule was changed deliberately to avoid England hosting the first game at Lord's

English cricket

Clarke reveals big-money offers

May 23, 2009: Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman, has revealed that there have been three offers to play England in one-off Twenty20 matches worth US$20million after the collapse of the Allen Stanford deal

England v West Indies, 2nd ODI, Bristol

Strauss calm over injuries

May 23, 2009: Andrew Strauss has admitted that the injuries to Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen are not ideal, but he isn't fretting about their availability for the Ashes

Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils, IPL semi-final, Centurion

Twenty20s on par with Tests - Gilchrist

May 23, 2009: Purists may think Twenty20 is a watered-down version of cricket but Adam Gilchrist has said the game's shortest format is as intense as Test cricket

2011 World Cup

Abu Dhabi willing to step in as World Cup host

May 23, 2009: Dilawar Mani, the chief executive of the Abu Dhabi Cricket Council, will be meeting the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt in the coming week to discuss the possibility of Pakistan hosting their World Cup matches at a neutral venue

RBS Twenty20 Cup

Shoaib to play domestic Twenty20 next week

May 23, 2009: Shoaib Akhtar was named captain of the Islamabad Leopards for next week's RBS Twenty20 Cup, just two days after he was dropped from Pakistan's squad for the World Twenty20 due to a skin infection

IPL 2009

We would have done better under Ganguly - Dinda

May 23, 2009: After the Kolkata Knight Riders disappointing run in South Africa, Ashok Dinda, the fast bowler, has said the side would have performed better under the leadership of Sourav Ganguly, who was replaced by Brendon McCullum as captain for the IPL this year

Indian Premier League

Modi hints at two IPL tournaments a year

May 23, 2009: Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, has hinted that the Twenty20 tournament could be held twice a year, once in India and a shorter one overseas

Indian Premier League 2009

We were tired of losing, coming second - Jennings

May 22, 2009: After the disastrous beginning in South Africa which saw Royal Challengers Bangalore lose four of their first five games, coach Ray Jennings said the most important turning point had been the execution of tactics on the field

Indian Cricket League

Razzaq says he's out of the ICL

May 22, 2009: Abdul Razzaq, the Pakistan allrounder, says he has been released from his contract with the ICL

Zimbabwe cricket

Zimbabwe invests in new domestic structure

May 22, 2009: More details of Zimbabwe's domestic restructuring have emerged

Board threatens vendors with legal action

ECB demands clampdown on onselling of tickets

May 22, 2009: The ECB is pressing for more stringent laws to tackle the selling-on of tickets, according to a report in the Guardian

Indian Cricket League

South Africa offers amnesty to ICL players

May 22, 2009: Cricket South Africa has unveiled an amnesty offer for South African players associated with the ICL, and offered them a chance to return to official cricket if they terminate their contracts with the league by May 31

Zimbabwe news

South Africa to resume ties with Zimbabwe

May 22, 2009: Cricket South Africa has decided to resume bilateral ties, suspended last year, with Zimbabwe Cricket

The Ashes 2009

Use World Twenty20 to build Ashes momentum - Gough

May 22, 2009: Darren Gough believes England can use the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 to build vital momentum ahead of Australia's arrival later this summer