Pakistan captain Waqar Younis defended his captaincy on Tuesday, claimingthat his tenure had coincided with an overall improvement in the team'sperformance.Following Pakistan's poor performance in Morocco and Nairobi there has beenspeculation that Waqar could lose…
Surrey have taken a firm grip on their Frizzell County Championship match at Old Trafford. Lancashire, replying to Surrey's 382, closed on 163 for seven in their first innings, still 219 behind. A century from…
Alex Tudor is aiming to convince England's selectors that he is fit for next week's second Test against India at Trent Bridge.The Surrey seamer missed England's 170-run opening Test victory at Lord's with shin splints…
Life has not been easy for Otago in this State Championship season and, as the season draws towards an end, as the last round of matches takes its course, there seems little possibility of an…
At the end of a week that has seen the players practice on grass for the first time this season, Somerset Coach Kevin Shine said that he was delighted with the way that everything had…
After an opening session which promised plenty in the way of rearguard resistance, South Australia's middle order has collapsed to present ladder leader Queenslandwith a ten wicket win on the final day of the teams'…
Hampshire's batsmen dominated the opening day at Derbyto leave Derbyshire regretting their decision to putthe visitors in.Although Graeme Welch bowled Giles White in the thirdover of the morning, the rest of the day was hard…
David Collier, the ECB chief executive, has claimed that members of the South Africa squad "provoked" Kevin Pietersen into the exchange of messages that led to him being dropped by England earlier this summer.Last week,…
A viper of a pitch and some ordinary batting have conspired to turn this into one of the lower scoring Supersport Series games of the season, but an unbroken sixth wicket partnership of 55 between…
New Zealand's cricket players have asked for patience and understanding from the public in their dispute with New Zealand Cricket.They said they were hoping to reach agreement with NZC within the week.The parties resume negotiations…