Afghanistan cricket coach Kabir Khan is backing his team to clinch back-to-back wins over Kenya in Sharjah on Wednesday and Friday and seal direct qualification for a maiden outing at …

Former England captain Mike Gatting has laughed off suggestions Alastair Cook’s men could face an Australia ‘backlash’ when they defend the Ashes later this year. Despite losing the recent Ashes …

Tasmania’s Ben Laughlin has been reprimanded for excessive appealing in Sunday’s opening domestic one-day cricket match of the season against NSW. The medium pacer on Monday pleaded guilty to breaching …

England’s decision to take Monty Panesar to Australia in October was placed under the microscope again on Friday, when the spinner admitted acting in a “potentially threatening and intimidating” manner …

Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf will not be appearing in an Indian court after Mumbai police charged him for being involved in the spot-fixing scandal during this year’s Indian Premier League. …

Stand-in NSW skipper Brad Haddin says the controversial new format for the domestic one-day cricket competition is outstanding, but concedes interstate teams are unlikely to share his enthusiasm. All 20 …

Former Essex pace bowler Mervyn Westfield has revealed his torment at spending four months in prison after being found guilty of spot-fixing. Westfield was jailed in 2012 and banned from …

Teenage batsman Dominic Sibley hit 220 not out against Yorkshire on Thursday to become the youngest player to score a double century in the history of England’s County Championship. His …

The Pakistan Cricket Board has retained Admissible-ul-Haq as captain for next month’s Test series against South Africa and chosen 23-year-old batsman Umar Amin as skipper for a three-day warmup game …

A potential return to the top of the International Cricket Council’s one-day rankings and momentum for the Ashes are the two carrots Michael Clarke says are driving him to be …

England fast bowler James Anderson has warned that England’s pace attack will not rely on its size alone in the upcoming Ashes series against Australia. England’s selectors named one of …

Victoria on Thursday included Test quick Peter Siddle in a 14-man squad for their first three games in the upcoming one-day cup domestic cricket tournament. Victoria will play Tasmania at …

Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin will lead a near national strength NSW side in the opening domestic one-day cricket match of the season against Tasmania at Bankstown Oval on Sunday. Even …

The Perth Scorchers’ Champions League Twenty20 hopes are on thin ice following a heavy 62-run defeat to the Otago Volts on Wednesday night. The Scorchers were never in the hunt …

Disgraced Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi was Wednesday banned for life from holding any cricket post, three years after being thrown out of his own popular but tainted Twenty20 …

Disgraced Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi was on Wednesday banned for life from holding any cricket post, three years after being thrown out of his own popular, but tainted, …

Former England Test batsman Graeme Hick has been appointed as the high performance coach at Cricket Australia’s centre of excellence in Brisbane. Hick fills the role vacated by former Australian …

The new pitches at the redeveloped Adelaide Oval are expected to have the same characteristics as the previous surface, South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says. The premier inspected work on …