Australia have begun their warm-up for the Twenty20 World Cup with their worst batting performance since 2005. How a total of 89 against Pakistan would give captain George Bailey the …

England captain Alastair Cook has said the international future of Kevin Pietersen needs to be “resolved” in the next few weeks. Pietersen has been in England exile since being dropped …

England batsman Jonathan Trott has been ruled out of the final weeks of the domestic season with a broken hand, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced. However, …

Hashim Amla piled on the runs once again as he led South Africa to a series-levelling seven-wicket win in the fifth and final one-day international against England at Trent Bridge. …

Australia crashed to their second-lowest total of 89 en route to a seven-wicket thrashing at the hands of Pakistan in the opening match of their Twenty20 series. Pakistan made short …

Australia have been bowled out for 89 against Pakistan in Australia’s second-lowest total in Twenty20 International history. George Bailey’s side narrowly beat Australia’s record-low score of 79 against England in …

Australia’s David Hussey says fellow spinner Xavier Doherty is maintaining a positive attitude for the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka despite being overlooked for the one-day series against Pakistan. …

Australian pace legend Dennis Lillee will coach aspiring fast bowlers through an online programme to be launched next year, media reports said on Tuesday. Lillee, who ran the MRF pace …

South Africa’s Wayne Parnell has told England to expect a fired-up Dale Steyn as the Proteas look to square the five-match one-day series at 2-2 in Wednesday’s day/night finale in …

Australia Twenty20 captain George Bailey says his side will carry winning momentum into their series against Pakistan in Dubai following Australia’s 2-1 victory in their one-day international clashes. But the …

Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, the legspinning allrounder nicknamed “Boom Boom”, is in doubt for Wednesday night’s opening Twenty20 match against Australia because of a thumb injury. The No.4-ranked bowler in T20 …

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has banned former international Shariful Haque indefinitely after an inquiry found him guilty of spot-fixing, officials say. The 36-year-old was accused of approaching national player …

Ireland have pulled off a major coup with the signing of former Australia paceman Craig McDermott as their new bowling coach and consultant. McDermott held a similar role with Australia …

Australia coach Mickey Arthur has defended the decision to hold star allrounder Shane Watson back from the one-day international series against Pakistan which ended on Tuesday morning. Australia won the …

Australia vice-captain Shane Watson says the three-match series against Pakistan starting on Wednesday night could be the start of something big for his side as they prepare for the T20 …

Australian captain George Bailey says in-form pace bowler Mitchell Starc may be rested from Wednesday night’s opening T20 international clash with Pakistan. Starc was man of the series in the …

Mike Hussey has revealed how the pain of being whitewashed by England helped inspire Australia’s one-day cricket team to their stirring 2-1 series victory over Pakistan. The cool head of …

Veteran Mike Hussey and youngster Glenn Maxwell scored half-centuries to guide Australia to a brilliant series win with victory in the third and deciding one-day international against Pakistan. Set a …