New South Wales (NSW) have shown interest in signing two Indian batsmen - Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik and big-hitting West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard for this summer's domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament.
England's One-Day International series with South Africa has been cancelled after reported breaches of the teams' bio-secure environment in Cape Town.
The curtain finally came down on the glittering careers of cricket's most famous twins, Steve and Mark Waugh, when they played their final first-class match.
Bayliss replaces India great Anil Kumble, whose contract was not renewed after the team failed to make the play-offs in his three-year term.
He will lead for the home series against Zimbabwe and South Africa.
MacGill has broken his silence on his alleged kidnapping and assault
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has asked the organisers of Champions League Twenty20 to rework the event's schedule as a clash of dates with the domestic season in London could prevent the counties from playing in the cash-awash tournament.
The Australian umpire is set to become first female of officiate a men's Test match.
Curran went unsold in February's IPL auction but Kolkata Knight Riders recruited him for around $247,000 earlier this month to replace injured Australian paceman Mitchell Starc.
Cricket Australia (CA) has furloughed about 80 per cent of its workforce due to the coronavirus pandemic and state associations have made deep staff cuts in recent weeks.
He expressed hope that it will also benefit a large number of Hindi-speaking umpires and those giving training in this field, to whom the rules in English are hard to understand.
Cricket Australia on Tuesday confirmed that the Pink Test between Australia and India will remain at the Sydney Cricket Ground as scheduled.
It is learnt that BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, secretary Jay Shah and CEO Hemang Amin have all got in touch with their Cricket Australia counterparts after complaints reached them. They have been assured that the Indian contingent will be made to feel comfortable from here on. The series is tied 1-1 currently.
Australia pace bowler Sean Abbott has been ruled out of the first Test against India starting in Adelaide on Thursday due to a calf injury while all-rounder Moises Henriques has been added to the side.
The cricket bat Australia's Don Bradman used to make his highest first-class score is up for sale. The bat with which Bradman scored 452 not out for New South Wales against Queensland in 1930 will be auctioned in Melbourne next week.
England fast bowler Jofra Archer was on Thursday ruled out of this year's Indian Premier League due to a stress fracture. The England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed that Archer, who plays for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, will also miss England's Test tour of Sri Lanka.
England's five-match cricket tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead after a ban on 13 British journalists was rescinded.
A calf injury to explosive batsman Lynn opened an unlikely door for 34-year-old White, who played the last of his 88 ODIs in 2015 and has since been critical of a pro-youth policy he felt did not reward the performance of senior players.
"It has become apparent to me that my knee will not allow me to play Test match cricket," said the England fast bowler.
Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi who guided Pakistan to glory in the Twenty20 World Cup in England may soon receive an offer to play in Sheffield Shield for the Australian domestic side New South Wales.
Rajneesh Gupta lists some amazing coincidences in cricket -- a feature guaranteed to amuse you in these anxious times.
Former captain Michael Vaughan, who stood down during this year's series defeat by South Africa, is among 12 players given central contracts, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.
Warner managed only 67 runs while still hampered by the injury and Australia lost the series 2-1.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2019 as one of the most important global events.
The 34-year-old will miss tours to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka but hopes to be available for England's tour to West Indies in February next year.
A Twenty20 Champions League involving eight teams playing 15 matches will be staged this year either in India or the Middle East, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Saturday.
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh's son Austin is following in his father's footsteps. Playing in the Under 17 National Championships, Austin scored a brilliant century to help his team New South Wales Metro seal a massive victory over Queensland in the final. Austin smashed 122 runs from 136 balls, which included four fours and four sixes respectively, to help NSW Metro reach 6-274 from their 50 overs.
Dynamic Australian opener David Warner reckons he will have to face "at least six to nine months" of rehab for his groin injury but will be back in action for New South Wales next week.
Just 54 people turned up on the first day of an England-Pakistan Test a few weeks ago.
Former England and Wales Cricket Board ( ECB) boss Lord MacLaurin has endorsed the move not to include Kevin Pietersen in the national squad, saying he was never a ' team-man '.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India believes that it will be able to 'pull something off' towards the end of June as the body discusses resumption of training for the top Indian cricketers.
South Africa have included off-form opening batsman Hashim Amla in their squad for the Cricket World Cup in England and Wales starting next month, but there is no place for all-rounder Chris Morris.
Spinner Nathan Lyon will be pinching himself when he dons the baggy green cap of Australia and joins the 100-Test club for the fourth and final match against India at the Gabba on Friday.
Kevin Pietersen had first offered his resignation as captain after last month's drawn second Test against India in Mohali but he was advised to sleep over it before taking a final call, disclosed England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) vice-chairman Dennis Amiss. Amiss said Pietersen is a "marvellous, exciting" player whose future commitment is strongly welcomed.
Pakistan's Danish Kaneria has finally admitted his role in a fixing scandal that led to the imprisonment of former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield after six years of denials, Britain's Daily Mail reported.
Dimitri Mascarenhas was drafted into England's Twenty20 World Cup squad in place of injured Ryan Sidebottom.
Wright was called up for Wednesday's sixth match at The Oval and Saturday's finale at Lord's because of injuries to Ravi Bopara, Andrew Flintoff and Chris Tremlett, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement on Monday.
A factfile on Australian bowler Glenn McGrath, who is set to retire from cricket after the 2007 World Cup in West Indies.
Allan Donald will stay on as a consultant to England's fast-bowling programme until the end of the Twenty/20 World Championship in his native South Africa in September.
The ICC Cricket Committee recently recommended a ban on the use of saliva to shine the ball but allowed sweat as an interim measure to counter the coronavirus threat.
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