Cricket

Cricket

Latest Cricket News


News Round-Up

Bhatia, Awana star as Delhi crush Punjab

A round-up of the action from the third day of matches in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2011-12

Yorkshire bullish despite heavy losses

Yorkshire lost nearly half a million pounds in 2011, completing a poor year for the county during which they were relegated in the County Championship

Mominul pulls off tight win for Barisal Burners

Mominul Haque blazed an unbeaten 53 off just 28 balls to power Barisal Burners to an unlikely four-wicket win with three balls to spare against table-toppers Khulna Royal Bengals

Focus turns to World Twenty20

Pakistan could be forgiven for a certain lack of enthusiasm as they approach the final stage of their three-series contest against England in the UAE. Beaten, homesick and recovering from flu, the Pakistan team looked a dispirited bunch by the time Englan

Anti-corruption training for county overseas players

All overseas cricketers who sign up for a stint in English county cricket will be forced to complete the anti-corruption training

Dockrell sets up Ireland victory

Ireland marked their inclusion in the Twenty20 international rankings table with a comprehensive six-wicket victory against Kenya

Bangladesh security team to visit Pakistan in March

A security team from Bangladesh will visit Pakistan on a two-day tour from March 2 to assess the security plan for their proposed cricket tour in April this year, ESPNcricinfo has learnt

Punjab take title with thumping 511-run win

Punjab completed an emphatic 511-run humbling of Sind to take the Pentangular Cup for the first time on the final day in Lahore

Former Pakistan players blame selection for loss in ODIs

Former Pakistan players have said team selection was the main reason for Pakistan's 0-4 loss to England in the ODI series in the UAE and have called for separate teams for each format

No rift in team, Sehwag 'misquoted' - Rajiv Shukla

The BCCI top brass have denied reports of an alleged rift in the Indian team, saying that the media have taken an "exaggerated" stand in the wake of stand-in captain Virender Sehwag's contentious comments following India's defeat to Sri Lanka on Tuesday

Pakistan calls for consensus on Woolf report

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suggested the ICC executive board should consult other cricket boards on the recommendations of the Woolf report

Imran Nazir hit on the head

Dhaka Gladiators opener and Pakistan batsman Imran Nazir was hit on the head by a Peter Trego bouncer during the Bangladesh Premier League game in Chittagong today

Gloucs appeal against Bristol planning refusal

Gloucestershire have appealed against the decision to reject planning permission to develop their Bristol home.

Seventh defeat ends Sylhet's semi-final hopes

Sylhet Royals' nightmarish run in the BPL extended to seven losses in seven games, as Dhaka Gladiators added to the crowd in the middle of the table, with an eight-wicket win in Chittagong

Clarke and IMG reach settlement

The expensive legal battle between Giles Clarke, chairman of the ECB, and the American sports marketing firm, IMG, has been settled out of court.

Blues win despite Coulter-Nile

Nathan Coulter-Nile pressed his case for an Australia call-up with a compelling allround display, but New South Wales were still able to achieve a four-wicket victory over the Warriors

Malaysia stay top after tense win

A round-up of the fourth match-day's action from the ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Singapore

Voges to return to Notts

Adam Voges, the Australian batsman, is expected to return as Nottinghamshire's overseas players for 2012. The signing is expected to be announced at the county's AGM on February 27.

Pune's shopping list

ESPNcricinfo looks at five players that might be on Pune Warriors' radar

Warriors move for Katich

Western Australian cricket officials have sought permission from Cricket New South Wales to speak to Simon Katich about ending his first-class career in his home state

Cricket: Latest Videos
cricket happenings south africa win t20 series 2-1 on the last ball in auckland
cricket happenings south afr...

Beserker T20 RS cricket bat review by cricket store online 45mm edges
Beserker T20 RS cricket bat ...

Cricket BCCI denies rift within Team India
Cricket BCCI denies rift wit...

Indian Cricket Loses Its Sahara
Indian Cricket Loses Its Sah...

Watch Online Cricket Pakistan vs England Live Streaming 23 Feb 2012
Watch Online Cricket Pakista...

Live Cricket Match ScoreCard 1st T20I Match Pakistan vs England 23 Feb 2012
Live Cricket Match ScoreCard...

Cricket commentator Ranil Abeynaike dies
Cricket commentator Ranil Ab...

Gloucestershire Cricket Clubs considers move
Gloucestershire Cricket Club...

SA V NZ: 3rd T20 Replay (PART 1/5)
SA V NZ: 3rd T20 Replay (PAR...

SA V NZ: 3rd T20 Replay (PART 2/5)
SA V NZ: 3rd T20 Replay (PAR...

SA V NZ: 3rd T20 Replay (PART 3/5)
SA V NZ: 3rd T20 Replay (PAR...

SA V NZ: 3rd T20 Replay (PART 4/5)
SA V NZ: 3rd T20 Replay (PAR...

SA V NZ: 3rd T20 Replay (PART 5/5)
SA V NZ: 3rd T20 Replay (PAR...

Cricket´s day for Keira
Cricket´s day for Keira

Pakistan vs England Youtube Highlights 1st T20I Match at Dubai Feb 23, 2012
Pakistan vs England Youtube ...

Subah Ka Bouncer (22/02/2012)
Subah Ka Bouncer (22/02/2012...


ODI Cricket Rankings Test Cricket Rankings
1 South Africa 1 Australia
2 Australia   2 South Africa
3 India   3 India
4 New Zealand   4 Sri Lanka
5 Pakistan   5 England
6 England   6 Pakistan
7 Sri Lanka   7 West Indies
8 West Indies   8 New Zealand
9 Bangladesh   9 Bangladesh
India Cricket Logo India Australia Cricket Logo Australia South Africa
Pakistan Cricket Logo Pakistan   New Zealand England Cricket Logo England
Sri Lanka Cricket Logo Sri Lanka West Indies Cricket Logo West Indies Bangladesh Cricket Logo Bangladesh

BBC Cricket News

England waiting on Bopara fitness

England will wait until the morning of the match to decide whether Ravi Bopara is fit to play in Thursday's opening Twenty20 international against Pakistan.

Ireland beat Kenya by six wickets

Ireland beat Kenya by six wickets in the first of three Twenty20 internationals between the sides in Mombasa.

England women seal series victory

England recover from a poor start to beat New Zealand and take an unassailable 3-0 lead in their Twenty20 series.

Clarke & IMG settle legal dispute

England & Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke and media giant IMG have settled their legal dispute out of court.

Yorks announce £460,000 deficit

Yorkshire County Cricket Club announce a loss of £460,000 for 2011, their second consecutive annual deficit.

Cook hails 'brilliant' whitewash

Alastair Cook enjoys his side's effort against Pakistan and reveals he is staying on for the Twenty20 series.

England debut a 'dream' - Briggs

Hampshire's left-arm spinner Danny Briggs says his England one-day international debut against Pakistan on Tuesday was a "dream come true".

My one-day career over - Ponting

Ricky Ponting admits he does not expect to play international one-day cricket again after being dropped from the Australia team.

Patel wins ECB increment contract

England all-rounder Samit Patel is awarded an ECB increment contract after playing nine one-day internationals.

Pietersen seals series whitewash

Kevin Pietersen hits his second consecutive one-day international century as England complete a 4-0 series win over Pakistan in Dubai.

Pakistan v England fourth ODI as it happened

Kevin Pietersen scores a second successive century as England beat Pakistan by four wickets to record a 4-0 series whitewash.

Pattinson injury blow for Notts

Nottinghamshire bowler Darren Pattinson is set to miss the start of the season with a stress fracture of his back.

Morgan will not adapt his style

England batsman Eoin Morgan insists that he has no need to adapt his batting style to play Test cricket.

Glamorgan's North suffers injury

Glamorgan's new overseas batsman Marcus North is set to miss the rest of Western Australia's season after he damaged a finger in his right hand.

Levi sets Twenty20 century record

South African Richard Levi hits the fastest Twenty20 international century as the Proteas beat New Zealand.

AUDIO: Broad 'delight' to be back in charge

England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad talks of his "delight" at being back in charge for the three-match series against Pakistan.

AUDIO: Imran Khan would welcome Amir return

imran khan

AUDIO: Right decision on Ponting - Vaughan

Former England captain Michael Vaughan tells BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast that dropping Ricky Ponting from one-day cricket was the right decision.

AUDIO: 'Ricky will be very disappointed'

Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden says that Ricky Ponting will be "very disappointed" that his one-day international career has seemingly come to an end.

AUDIO: Success makes up for Tests - Morgan

Batsman Eoin Morgan speaks to BBC Test Match Special's Simon Mann about England's "up and down" fortunes on their time in the United Arab Emirates, and believes their success in the one-day games against Pakistan has made up for being whitewashed in the Test series.

AUDIO: Ashes pain helped me improve - Finn

England pace bowler Steven Finn says being dropped during the Ashes has improved his game.

Jonathan Agnew column

"Once Pietersen and Cook's heads are in a good place, they bat beautifully"

'I've picked a winner with the Black Keys'

England women's seamer Isa Guha on flying business class, dressing room songs and the day the ball met the heavy roller

County ins & outs

Keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours

Ashes pain made me better - Finn

England pace bowler Steven Finn says being dropped from the Test team helped him improve his game.

India & Sri Lanka in Australia 2011-12

Fixtures, reports and scorecards for India's four-Test tour of Australia, and the tri-series also involving Sri Lanka.

Pakistan in Bangladesh 2011

Results and scorecards from Pakistan's tour of Bangladesh.

Yuvraj Singh in cancer recovery

Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, tweets that his tumour was "almost way out of the system"

Ireland cruise to win over Canada

Ireland cruise to an inninings and 11 runs victory over Canada within two days in the Intercontinental Cup game at Rathmines.

South Africa in New Zealand 2012

Fixtures, results and scorecards from South Africa's tour of New Zealand.

England cruise to series victory

Kevin Pietersen hits 111 not out as England seal the one-day international series against Pakistan with a nine-wicket win in Dubai.

Essex confirm signing of Petersen

Essex confirm South Africa batsman Alviro Petersen will join the club for the first half of the new county season.

Scots ease to I-Cup win over UAE

Richie Berrington leads the way as Scotland defeat United Arab Emirates in the Intercontinental Cup.

Glos confirm Muralitharan return

Gloucestershire confirm that Sri Lanka legend Muttiah Muralitharan will be returning to the county for this season's Twenty20 campaign.

Radford the renaissance man

How the man who saved Andrew Strauss's England career hopes to revive West Indies

Zimbabwe in New Zealand 2012

Results and scorecards from Zimbabwe's tour of New Zealand.

Cricket 'needs to police itself'

A culture of honesty among English county cricketers is the best defence against corruption such as spot-fixing, says players' chief Angus Porter.

England women ease to second win

England take 2-0 series lead as they comfortably beat New Zealand by 48 runs in second Twenty20 international.

Ricky Ponting's career in pictures

Pictures from ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting's career

In pictures: Basil D'Oliveira

Images from the life and career of South Africa-born England cricket legend Basil D'Oliveira, who has died at the age of 83.

Alec Stewart column

"You never want to see great players denied the chance to go out on their own terms but he still has a lot to offer Australian cricket"

Live cricket on the BBC

The BBC's Test Match Special will have ball-by-ball commentary on England's matches against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

ECB Cricket News

Broad backs England to shine in T20

Stuart Broad is confident England have what it takes to follow up their 4-0 ODI whitewash against Pakistan with further success in the three-game T20 series, which gets under way on Thursday.

Flower pleased with England riposte

Team director Andy Flower spoke of his pride after England sealed a hugely impressive 4-0 one-day international whitewash versus Pakistan in Dubai.

Unicorns at home on the seaside

The Unicorns will play Yorkshire at Scarborough on May 27 in one of their ‘home’ Clydesdale Bank 40 games during the 2012 domestic cricket season.

Gunn has whitewashes in her sights

Jenny Gunn says England women are not content with just winning the Twenty20 series and have set themselves the challenge of completing a perfect tour in the three one-day internationals that follow.

Statement on IMG

In May 2010, ECB chairman Giles Clarke CBE sent an email to the BCCI president, the contents of which were subsequently reported in the media and resulted in libel proceedings being issued by IMG.

England women wrap up series

England women took an unassailable 3-0 lead in their one-day international series against New Zealand but had to do it the hard way at Auckland.

White Rose in the red

Yorkshire have posted a loss of £460,000 for 2011. The figures are more encouraging than in 2010, when their overall deficit totalled £1.8million.

MCC world committee backs ECB

The MCC world cricket committee has urged national cricket boards to follow the example set by the ECB in offering an amnesty for players or administrators to report potential illegal activity.

De Lange holds his nerve

An extraordinary final over from seamer Marchant de Lange earned South Africa a thrilling win over New Zealand by three wickets at Eden Park in Auckland, handing them the Twenty20 series 2-1.

Miserly Dockrell spells Kenya misery

George Dockrell’s three wickets set up Ireland’s comfortable six-wicket victory over Kenya in the first of three T20 internationals at Mombassa.


© Copyright 2012 DesiRoots.com