Fast bowler Steve Harmison has ended his one-day international retirement and returned to England’s squad for the series against South Africa.
The 29-year-old Durham star had retired from international one-day cricket after the 2006-07 Ashes series.
But he will replace the injured Ryan Sidebottom for the first match of the series against South Africa on Friday. […]
England’s latest opening combination, Ian Bell and Matt Prior, produced a steady if unspectacular effort as they added 77 for the first wicket in the opening one-day international at Headingley. Jacques Kallis made both breakthroughs, joining forces with AB de Villiers at backward point, and South Africa will be content that the game is well […]
Burly all-rounder Ian Blackwell struck his second Championship century of the season to help Somerset to a lead of 69 at 385-7 with a day left at Hampshire.
After large chunks of the first two days were lost to rain, Somerset needed quick runs as they resumed on 41-0.
Opener Marcus Trescothick hit 11 fours and a […]
After two low-scoring games in Dambulla, the teams move to three straight day-night contests at the Premadasa, and the statistics suggest what happens in the rest of the series could lie in the starts given by the top-order batsmen.
In 60 day-night games, Nos 1-3 average 35.78 per wicket, that figure falling to 29.84 for the […]
Netherlands bounced back from their crushing defeat in last week’s four-day game to cruise to a six-wicket win over Kenya in a rain-affected ODI in Rotterdam.
After the heavy rain over the previous week reduced the game to a 24-over affair, Netherlands captain Jeroen Smits unsurprisingly chose to bowl first on a slow pitch. […]
Ramnaresh Sarwan hit 49 not out as West Indies beat Bermuda by six wickets to book their place in the final of the tri-series in King City, Canada.
The stand-in skipper hit five fours and a six as they reached their target of 159 with more than 18 overs to spare.
Chris Douglas had top-scored with 53 […]
Brett Geeves, the Tasmania fast bowler, was considering a new career a year ago. He had struggled to pin down a permanent place in the triumphant Tasmania Pura Cup squad of 2006-07 and with the state’s pace stocks looking strong, he was in danger of being cut by the Tigers.
Now he could become Australia’s newest […]
A decision on whether to tour Pakistan should not come down to individual New Zealand players as younger members of the squad may feel pressured into going, according to Heath Mills. The future of next month’s Champions Trophy should become much clearer after a telephone hook-up on Sunday. Read more
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The fate of the Champions Trophy hangs on Sunday’s telephone hook-up after it emerged that India and Pakistan have hardened their position on the tournament going ahead as scheduled from September 12 onwards in Karachi and Lahore, leaving the ICC with the possibility of a cancellation otherwise. Read more
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