James Strong, chairman of the local organising committee for the 2015 World Cup, has died aged 68 after complications from surgery.He died on Sunday evening in a Sydney hospital, having held the tournament chairman's position…
After a day's play on England's tours to Australia or New Zealand, Rachael Heyhoe-Flint would take the score sheets, go to her hotel, compose a match report and dictate it over the phone to the…
ScorecardImtiaz Ahmed made an unbeaten 53 off 35 balls for UP•Dainik Dabang DuniaThis is what an underdog can do when it looks beyond reputation. After all, the favourites, no matter how formidable, are only as…
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsMichael Hussey made an unbeaten 115•Getty ImagesOn a rainy day in Hobart, Australia tightened their grip on the first Test considerably thanks to Michael Hussey's third century of the summer, a bold…
Stephen Peters will lead Northamptonshire in first-class cricket next season, after Andrew Hall stepped down as club captain. Alex Wakely has been named vice-captain and will take charge of Northants' CB40 and T20 sides.Hall, who…
Middlesex 49 for 0 trail Worcestershire 323 (Mitchell 133*, Kervezee 55, Roland-Jones 5-72) by 274 runs ScorecardMiddlesex made a positive start to their reply to relegation-threatened Worcestershire's 323 in the rain-ravaged Division One match at…
Australia's selectors have sprung no surprises with the squad for the ICC World Twenty20, naming the same 15 men they chose for the T20s against Pakistan in the UAE. The offspinning allrounder Glenn Maxwell is…
Surrey's captain, Rory Hamilton-Brown has taken indefinite compassionate leave and stepped down temporarily as Surrey captain following the death of his team mate Tom Maynard last month in an accident on the London underground.Hamilton-Brown has…
Australia have called up the uncapped allrounder Glenn Maxwell for their ODI and Twenty20 matches against Pakistan in the UAE. The batsman Callum Ferguson has also been recalled to the one-day side, having last played…
Sri Lanka squad for 1st Test v PakistanMahela Jayawardene (capt), Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Parnavithana, Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera, Dinesh Chandimal, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Chanaka Welagedara, Suraj Randiv, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Nuwan…