Cricket News

EXCITEMENT is growing as some of the greatest names in cricket head to Bexley CC early next month for a charity match against the best young talent from north Kent.

WILTSHIRE have made just one change for their second Minor Counties Championship Western Division match of the season this weekend.

Belfast: Jun 18, 2013 Rising Australia fast bowling hope Pat Cummins is to make an unusual return to action from injury by playing for the Northern Ireland Cricket Academy in Belfast on Wednesday.

The tournament has been somewhat overshadowed following the incident surrounding Australia batsman David Warner's attack on England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar.

Mumbai: Jun 18, 2013 Actor Vindoo Dara Singh , arrested for betting in the Indian Premier League 2013 and now on bail, has said that betting in the game should be made legal.

RECYCLING is being celebrated across the county this week with news that 60 per cent of the county's waste is being recycled.

Captain Michael Clarke says it will be difficult for errant batsman David Warner to hold his place in the Australian side for next month's first Ashes Test after his bar room punch-up with England's Joe Root.

After their nerve-racking 'quarter-final' over New Zealand in rainy Cardiff, the hosts are just two more wins away from rewriting national history by finally winning an International Cricket Council one-day international event.

Heading into a two-month break in the competition, the county only trail Group C leaders Somerset on net run rate with a game in hand to remain in a strong position to reach the semi-finals.

Australia will have to score at a rate of more than eight runs per over if they are to avoid an early exit from the Champions Trophy after Sri Lanka posted a score of 253 in today's final Group A game at the Kia Oval.

There is despair for Hovingham bowler Will Lund, left, and relief for Sheriff Hutton opener Rich Ainley after he narrowly missed playing on in Saturday's Hunters York & District Senior League division three clash at Sheriff Hutton.

Surrey have sacked team director Chris Adams and coach Ian Salisbury, with former England captain Alec Stewart taking temporary charge.

It will be the second time the 24-year-old has gone a whole campaign without being able to play a competitive first team game after he dislocated his shoulder several times in 2010, having toured with the England Performance Squad in South Africa earlier that year.

Islamabad: Jun 16, 2013 Pakistan cricket pundits on Sunday called for an overhaul of the team's coaching after their dismal showing at the Champions Trophy ended with a humiliating defeat to India .

SOMERSET have taken four early wickets in their YB40 game with Leicestershire at the County Ground which has been reduced to 25 overs a side.

An excellent half-century from captain Alastair Cook saw England set New Zealand 170 from 24 overs to win their critical Champions Trophy meeting in Cardiff.

Just 16 overs of play were possible as Ireland and Australia A were both frustrated by the heavy rain at Stormont on day two.

Pietersen, who has not played any cricket since March because of a knee injury, is on a tight schedule to prove his match fitness in time for the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge on July 10. Surrey's LV= County Championship fixture against Yorkshire on Friday has long been identified as the mercurial batsman's likely return.

England have found themselves at the centre of a tampering row after former captain Bob Willis accused them of scratching the ball.

England's limited-overs coach Ashley Giles denied his players tamper with the ball in the wake of allegations made by former captain Bob Willis.