Former Test paceman Jason Gillespie has been appointed Adelaide Strikers coach for the next two T20 Big Bash League seasons. The club confirmed on Wednesday that the South Australian stalwart …

Steve Smith’s magnificent summer has rolled into the Indian Premier League season, with the in-form batsman smashing an unbeaten 79 to steer Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable seven-wicket win over …

Middlesex have signed rising Australia star Joe Burns as their mid-season overseas replacement for his compatriot Adam Voges. Burns, who made his Test debut against India last winter, will arrive …

Kevin Pietersen said he’d been offered a “lifeline” after he capped what could turn out to be a memorable week in his turbulent career with a century on his Surrey …

All-conquering Test and one-day captain Michael Clarke credits the late and great Richie Benaud for creating the winning culture that has led to Australia becoming the most dominant force in …

Pakistan cricket coach Waqar Younis Friday warned only players with the right attitude will represent the national team as it embarks on a “new era” with their Bangladesh tour next …

Lancashire have signed Australian allrounder James Faulkner as their overseas player for the bulk of the English county cricket season. He will arrive after his Indian Premier League commitments to …

Richie Benaud’s dulcet tones and impeccable intellect confirmed his status as a national icon but, before that, it was the allrounder’s ability to turn Tests that so endeared him to …

At tea on the last day of the tied Test in December 1960, Richie Benaud and Alan Davidson were sitting with their pads on outside the dressing room at the …

Australian bowling legend Shane Warne has hailed Richie Benaud as a “legend on all levels” and thanked the cricket icon for acting as a mentor to him throughout his career. …

TRIBUTES FLOW FOR THE “VOICE OF CRICKET” RICHIE BENAUD: “I think that’s what set him apart from a lot of people who came before him and probably after him – …

Richie Benaud’s greatness as a player and commentator is known throughout the cricketing world. Less known, perhaps, is his personal kindness. In 1977 I was covering the Ashes series in …

Superlatives flowed from around the world as Richie Benaud was remembered as an Australian treasure, sporting icon and voice of cricket after his death on Friday, aged 84. The former …

TRIBUTES FLOW ON TWITTER FOR THE “VOICE OF CRICKET”: * Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee: “Very sad to hear the news today of the passing of Richie Benaud. What a …

Richie Benaud has been described as an Australian treasure and a cricket icon after his death, aged 84. The former Australian captain and commentary doyen died overnight in his sleep …

Former Australia cricket captain and renowned commentator Richie Benaud has died, aged 84, Channel Nine has reported. Benaud, arguably the most influential Australian cricketer post-World War II, had been fighting …

Zimbabwe have agreed to tour Pakistan for a five-match one-day series next month, the first Test-playing nation to visit in six years, Pakistan’s cricket chief said Thursday. “Zimbabwe’s final reply …

Ashes-winning captain Michael Vaughan and former skipper Alec Stewart have both expressed an interest in taking on the newly created post of director of England cricket. The England and Wales …