Cricket News

A round-up of matches from the Caribbean T20 on Thursday, January 17, 2013

A fearsome spell of inswing bowling from Nuwan Kulasekara was the definitive performance in a bizarre third ODI at the Gabba, where both captains would have batted first, but 100 may have been a winning total

Shane Bond, the New Zealand bowling coach, has insisted that he and the head coach Mike Hesson have put behind them any disagreements over the handling of the team's captaincy changeover

Brian Lara believes the franchise system will widen the net to find talented cricketers across the world

A Twenty20 all-India university tournament, named the University Cricket Championship (UCC) has been launched and added to the cricket calendar

Chris Gayle will join the Jamaica squad in the ongoing Caribbean T20 as a replacement for the injured Andre McCarthy

Quinton de Kock's disciplinary hearing for allegedly pushing an opposition player in a first-class match will not take place before next Wednesday

Fast bowler Kyle Mills believes New Zealand are ready to test their skills in the shorter format of the ODIs, in which they hope to do better than the Test series being a 'quality white-ball unit'

A decision on Pakistan's participation in the Women's World Cup is likely to be taken on Friday, with the addition of a second venue in India the most likely solution

A century from Sheldon Jackson and handy contributions by the lower order helped Saurashtra post a challenging first innings total of 477, and put Punjab under pressure with three days remaining

Less than a day before they play their opening match in the BPL, Khulna Royal Bengal have only eleven players to choose their line-up from, after they lost seven Pakistani players due to the fallout between the PCB and BCB

A round-up of the QEA Trophy match between Lahore Shalimar and Abbottabad

Centuries from Aditya Tare and Ajit Agarkar helped Mumbai take a large, confident step towards a sizeable first-innings total in their Ranji Trophy semi-final against Services.

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has said his side is undaunted by the return of Australia's captain and several of their other key players for the third ODI in Brisbane

George Bailey could be "working in a coalmine or flipping burgers at McDonald's" if not for the money poured into cricket by Channel Nine, according to the network's executive producer of cricket, Brad McNamara

Michael Clarke has defended Australia's selection process throughout the summer, declaring that the policy of resting players with minor niggles made sense due to the evenness of Australia's talent base

Carl Hooper has denied any interest in coaching Bangladesh

ESPNcricinfo's preview of the third ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane

A round-up of matches from the Caribbean T20 on Wednesday, January 16, 2012

Cricket Australia and Hampshire Cricket have announced a partnership which will see some of Australia's most talented young cricketers spend the next English summer at the newly-formed Ageas Bowl International Cricket Academy