New Zealand Under-19s saved their best until last as they squared the one-day series against England Under-19s with a convincing six-wicket victory at Northampton. Michael Bracewell and captain Kane Williamson led the run chase with composed half-centuries as they hunted down the total with 13 balls to spare.
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Southpaw Yuvraj Singh set Colombo ablaze on India’s Independence Day to score an enthralling century in India’s warm up match.
Yuvi’s knock was studded with 13 six’s as India flattened Sri Lanka XI by 92 runs.
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Lancashire batsman Iain Sutcliffe has announced his retirement from first-class cricket with immediate effect.
The 33-year-old’s last match was the LV County Championship Roses clash with Yorkshire, which ended in a draw at Old Trafford on Friday. Read more
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Michael Clarke is to captain Australia for the one-day series against Bangladesh as Ricky Ponting continues his recovery from wrist surgery.
Clarke led Australia in two one-day internationals against the West Indies in July after Ponting returned home.
Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has been selected, despite breaking a finger, and opener Matthew Hayden, who has an Achilles tendon […]
Veteran fast bowler Andrew Caddick has agreed a new one-year deal to stay at Somerset for the 2009 season.
Caddick, 39, has spent much of this year recovering from major back surgery but has now returned to fitness.
“He has been a wonderful servant and is vital to the continued development of the side,” director of cricket […]
Yorkshire finished the Roses match well on top, with Lancashire having to fight hard to avoid defeat, but it is inevitable that they will have a couple of regrets and ‘what if’ questions. A delayed declaration, unwarranted trust in the weather forecast, and their lack of a good second spinner: all were factors that reduced […]
Yuvraj Singh’s first experience of Sri Lanka in two years fetched him 172 from 121 balls in a warm-up match but he’s all too aware that the real test starts next week when the first of five ODIs gets underway in Dambulla. There were no signs of the back and knee injuries either, which have […]
Jacques Rudolph hit a steady half-century to help Yorkshire establish a 124-run lead over Lancashire at lunch in their LV County Championship Division One Roses clash at Old Trafford.
Yorkshire resumed on 234 for two and Andrew Gale added 25 runs to his overnight 111 before he was caught by Glen Chapple off the bowling of […]
Powered by Yuvraj Singh’s brutal century, the Indians cruised to a pre-ODI series 92-run win against a Sri Lankan XI at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo. Yuvraj hit 13 sixes in a 121-ball 172, taking the Indians to 342 for 5, and in reply the opposition - comprising ten internationals - produced a sloppy […]
West Indies great Sir Viv Richards has revealed the Stanford Superstars squad to take on England for a USD 20 million purse.
Richards, who acted as chairman of selectors for the squad, named a combination of established names and unknowns in a 17-man party for the match to be played on November 1. […]
Ricky Ponting expects crucial decisions on Pakistan in the next few days after a security update from the ICC failed to ease the Australian players’ concerns. James Sutherland, Cricket Australia’s chief executive, agreed that it was crunch time, while the ICC conceded it still had just enough time to switch the Champions Trophy to Sri […]
The South Africa selectors have sprang a surprise by naming two spinners in their squad for next month’s Champions Trophy.
Warriors duo Johan Botha and Robin Peterson have both been included on the 15-man list named by Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive officer Gerald Majola.
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