Cricket News

Nick Compton was happy to play a supporting role as Alastair Cook continued his remarkable from in the Test series against India

Somerset have continued to cement their reputation as one of the best run, and financially secure, county set-ups after they announced a record profit

Test cricket's two leading wicket-takers, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, will face off in the Big Bash League season opener

The preview of the fourth ODI between Bangladesh and West Indies in Mirpur

Chris Jordan, the former Surrey allrounder, has signed a two-year contract with Sussex

Scott Henry outshone the Test aspirants Usman Khawaja and Alex Doolan on a barren opening day's play for the Sri Lankan tourists in Canberra

A round of matches in the Faysal Bank T-20

Shane Warne has clarified his comments regarding a Test comeback, declaring that he is "not even considering" such a move in the lead-up to next year's Ashes

England's openers delivered a lesson in old-fashioned Test-match batting after their bowlers had dismissed India for 316 at Eden Gardens

Phillip Hughes has been chosen to fill the gulf left by the retired Ricky Ponting, taking his place in Australia's Test squad to face Sri Lanka in the first Test in Hobart

Offspinner Harbhajan Singh and batsman Ajinkya Rahane will join their respective Ranji Trophy teams for the next group game that begins on Saturday

Lions topped the Momentum One Day Cup table after their last group match, against Knights, was abandoned due to rain

Virender Sehwag's run-out says a lot about the tentativeness and lack of confidence India currently afflicting India

Round-up of the Faysal Bank T-20 Cup matches on December 5, 2012

Persistent rain on the fourth day robbed Northern Districts of a chance to push for their first win in the Plunket Shield as they drew the match against Canterbury at Seddon Park in Hamilton

With the series at stake, West Indies saved face with a four-wicket win in Mirpur, set up by the spinners and a calm century by Marlon Samuels

Usman Khawaja will be an Australian Test aspirant one day and a Twenty20 billboard the next after a compromise between Cricket Australia and the Sydney Thunder

Dale Steyn will miss his return bout with Ricky Ponting in the BBL after the Cape Cobras withdrew his permission to play at the last possible moment

Though Sachin Tendulkar shrugged off one of the worst slumps of his career with a resolute 76, it was the visitors' day as a high-quality England attack nipped out seven wickets on a track that gave them little encouragement

Josh Hazlewood is out of contention for the Test series against Sri Lanka after complaining of foot soreness reminiscent of the stress fracture he suffered last season