New panel to hear doping appeal
The verdict on Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif will be announced within a week of the hearing © AFP Justice Fakhruddin Ibrahim will head the new panel appointed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to…
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Cullinan predicts success for South Africa
Daryll Cullinan on Johan Botha: 'India is an unforgiving place to launch an international career...he is going to have to have nerves of steel' © Getty Images Daryll Cullinan, the former South African batsman, laments…
Dalmiya appointed patron-in-chief
Jagmohan Dalmiya arrives for the meeting© Getty ImagesJagmohan Dalmiya was today appointed the patron-in-chief of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), a position created with the sole objective of keeping him in…
Weston hundred highlights Zimbabwe's inadequacies
Close Middlesex 330 for 5 (Weston 129, Joyce 80, Shah 68)The sunshine may have been more like Harare than Hertfordshire, but it failed to inspire Zimbabwe who toiled with little reward on the opening day…
Cronje exaggerated effects of ban, says top UCB official
United Cricket Board vice-president Robbie Kurz said it was a "sad, sad day" when cricket found itself in court.Kurz was speaking on Wednesday afternoon after the first day's arguments of Hansie Cronje's challenge to his…
England hope for some Edgbaston magic
Match factsJuly 29-August 2, 2015Start time 11am local (1000GMT)Big PictureTen years ago next week Michael Kasprowicz's glove, Geraint Jones' dive and Billy Bowden's finger combined in Birmingham to create one of the most memorable finishes…
CSA announces women's squads for England tour
Mignon du Preez will lead 15-member ODI and T20I squads, after Cricket South Africa announced the women's sides that will take on England at home later this month.South Africa are scheduled to play three ODIs…
Flower reprimanded by ECB
Grant Flower, the Essex batsman, has been reprimanded under the ECB's disciplinary code following an incident against Derbyshire last week.The two umpires, George Sharp and Barry Dudleston, reported Flower for a Level One breach of…
Surrey sign Matthew Nicholson
Matthew Nicholson, who played a single Test for Australia in 1998, will boost Surrey's bowling attack © Getty Images Matthew Nicholson, the former Australia fast bowler and Azhar Mahmood, the Pakistan allrounder, will be Surrey's…
Ranatunga rolls back the years
Old Anandians 210 for 5 (Ranatunga 58*) beat Old Nalandians 208 (Jayawardene 109) by five wicketsScorecard Arjuna Ranatunga will be among the stars honouring the late Anura Ranasinghe © Getty Images Arjuna Ranatunga led the…