New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum, who wants his bowlers to “fight fire with fire”, says seamer Neil Wagner’s aggression is a key reason for his selection for the second and …

A five-team Pakistan Twenty20 competition is set to get underway at the end of March with around 30 foreign cricketers expected to play. The event is being planned by the …

Pakistan will host a multinational Twenty20 competition in March in the hope of reviving international cricket in the troubled country. There has been no top-class international cricket in Pakistan since …

South Africa captain Graeme Smith has advised counterpart Brendon McCullum to block out “the noise” of criticism surrounding New Zealand cricket. Approaching his 10th anniversary in charge of South Africa’s …

Shaun Marsh and his Perth Scorchers went on a record run spree to crush the Adelaide Strikers by 98 runs on Thursday night and earn a Big Bash League home …

Opening batsman Shaun Marsh top-scored with 79 as Perth Scorchers set the Adelaide Strikers 190 runs to win Thursday night’s Twenty20 Big Bash League match. Marsh became the tournament’s top …

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene senses in-form speedster Lasith Malinga is playing on the minds of Australia’s batsmen but warns he’s not the tourists’ only one-day trump card. Malinga heads …

New South Wales will enter the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) semi-finals on Friday spurred by a rare reminder of what defeat tastes like. Victoria snapped the Breakers’ 23-game WNCL …

Australia’s acting captain George Bailey has rejected claims he will lead a second-string one-day international (ODI) side against Sri Lanka and accused the Nine Network of talking them down as …

Sydney Sixers allrounder Steve O’Keefe believes the table-topping Melbourne Renegades will fire in the Big Bash League finals despite the absence of their two key players. Some have suggested the …

Alex Hales delivered some of the Big Bash League’s most memorable fireworks on Wednesday night, but also a sobering reminder of England’s batting depth ahead of the two Ashes series. …

Debutants will fill the top three batting spots for Australia in Friday’s one-day international (ODI) series-opener against Sri Lanka at the MCG. Acting captain George Bailey confirmed on Thursday that …

Young swing bowler Trent Boult’s big-match temperament will be put challenged again when he leads the New Zealand bowling attack against South Africa in the second Test beginning on Friday …

Veteran all-rounder Grant Elliott has been called into the New Zealand cricket squad to replace the injured Corey Anderson for the one-day internationals against South Africa. South Africa-born Elliott, 33, …

Kevin Pietersen has rubber-stamped his return to the England set-up by signing a full central contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Pietersen was frozen out of the …

English opener Alex Hales ended the Sydney Sixers’ Big Bash League title defence in spectacular style as the table-topping Melbourne Renegades sounded an ominous warning ahead of the finals. Hales, …

An incredible knock from travel-weary English opener Alex Hales has all but ended Sydney Sixers’ Big Bash League title defence, as the Melbourne Renegades posted an imposing 5-178 in Wednesday …

The top-placed Melbourne Renegades will look at replacing controversial West Indian allrounder Marlon Samuels with another overseas player if a suspected serious eye injury ends his Big Bash League campaign. …