Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has pulled out of this season’s IPL, ensuring he’ll be well rested for a busy winter campaign. Cricket Australia announced on Thursday that Hazlewood, who …

Ashes-winning captain Michael Vaughan has indicated he would be interested in taking on the newly created post of director of England cricket, provided he could have a significant influence. The …

Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara has been named as the Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2015 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. Sangakkara joined India’s Virender Sehwag as the only two …

Australian batter Meg Lanning has been named Wisden’s inaugural Leading Woman Cricketer in the World. Lanning earned the accolade based on her standout performances during 2014, in which she was …

Pakistan’s veteran allrounder Mohammad Hafeez says he is confident of resurrecting his career with a remodelled bowling action five months after having it declared illegal. Spinner Hafeez’s action was reported …

World Cup batting glutton Martin Guptill is back in the Test frame while allrounder Mitchell Santner is poised for an international debut for New Zealand on their mid-year tour of …

Pakistan cricket selectors recalled star spinner Saeed Ajmal in all three formats for the Bangladesh tour on Friday, but there was no place on the plane for under-performing batsman Umar …

Days after being named as Australia’s back-up Test wicketkeeper, Peter Nevill has won the Steve Waugh Medal as the NSW team’s player of the year. The 29-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman, who played …

Kevin Pietersen “isn’t on the radar” for an England recall, coach Peter Moores told reporters on Thursday as his squad prepared to fly out to the West Indies. Incoming England …

Sri Lanka’s sports minister has urged the world’s number one batsman Kumar Sangakkara to reconsider plans to retire from Test cricket and urged him to play on for another year. …

Mustafa Kamal has resigned as president of the International Cricket Council after he was prevented from presenting the World Cup trophy. Kamal accused the ICC of behaving “unlawfully” after he …

Yorkshire have signed India’s Cheteshwar Pujara until the end of May after cancelling the contract of Younus Khan, the English county champions say. Veteran batsman Younus was due to be …

New Zealand pace bowler Kyle Mills has retired from all cricket, ending a 17-year international career. Mills, 36, represented New Zealand in 170 one-day internationals, 42 Twenty20s and 19 Tests …

World Cup hero Mitchell Starc will reportedly miss the first three weeks of the Indian Premier League due to injury. The Australian quick, who tops the ICC’s one-day bowling rankings, …

Mustafa Kamal resigned on Wednesday as president of the International Cricket Council, accusing colleagues within the game’s global body of acting “unlawfully”. Kamal, a Bangladeshi national, said the ICC had …

New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum has confirmed he has signed for the Birmingham Bears for the defence of their T20 Blast title. McCullum joins the Bears – Warwickshire’s T20 …

Incoming England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves has confirmed he is considering tabling proposals to shorten Test matches from five days to four. “Personally, I think we …

Having mixed the drinks during the 2012 Test tour of the West Indies Peter Nevill will get the chance to do so again but this time he’ll have one eye …