Cricket

• Michael Vaughan voices England fears on Andrew Flinto
• 06th August 2010
  Former England captain Michael Vaughan fears all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will never represent his country again. Flintoff, 32, has not featured since the final Ashes Test in August 2009 and then had major knee surgery and a further operation in January. ...

• England captain Strauss backs Pietersen and Cook
• 06th August 2010
  Andrew Strauss has tipped out-of-form England batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Alastair Cook to prove their worth in the second Test against Pakistan. Pietersen has passed 50 on only five occasions in his last 22 Test innings, while Strauss's opening partner C...

• England's 2009 World Cup heroine Nicky Shaw retires
• 11th July 2010
  England all-rounder Nicky Shaw has retired from international cricket. The right-arm seamer, 28, won the player of the match award in the 2009 World Cup final after taking 4-34 as England beat New Zealand in Sydney. "Whilst I have enjoyed my time pl...

• England to host 2013 Champions Trophy tournament
• 01st July 2010
  England will host the 2013 Champions Trophy, the International Cricket Council has confirmed. The event began as the ICC Knockout in 1998, changing to a round-robin format in 2002, and is the second biggest 50-over competition after the World Cup. It has...

• Andrew Flintoff sets sights on bowling comeback
• 30th June 2010
  All-rounder Andrew Flintoff hopes to be cleared to bowl before the end of the summer as he continues his recovery from knee surgery. Flintoff has not played since England's Ashes win over Australia last summer. "I've been hitting balls in the nets a...

• World Cup set for umpiring move
• 30th June 2010
  The International Cricket Council is expected to confirm on Thursday that the umpire decision review system (DRS) will be used in next year's World Cup. But DRS, used in some Tests, will not be trialled in one-day internationals before the ICC's flagship ...

• Zimbabwe target return to Test cricket after World Cu
• 16th June 2010
  Zimbabwe will play a home Test series against Bangladesh in May 2011 following a positive meeting with the International Cricket Council. Chairman Peter Chingoka said: "We are developing a strong and competitive domestic competition as a result of th...

• Kevin Pietersen's Hampshire future in doubt
• 16th June 2010
  Hampshire batsman Kevin Pietersen has cast doubt over his future commitment to staying at The Rose Bowl. The 29-year-old England star made his first Hampshire appearance in two years in Sunday's FP t20 win over Surrey. That was only his 11th Hampshire ga...

• Ruthless England seal innings win against Bangladesh
• 08th June 2010
  England wrapped up a 2-0 series victory over Bangladesh after winning the second Test at Old Trafford by an innings and 80 runs. Pace bowler Steven Finn claimed 5-42 as England took 10 wickets in a session to win with two days to spare. Andrew Strauss en...

• Younus Khan international cricket ban lifted
• 07th June 2010
  Former Pakistan captain Younus Khan has won his appeal against an indefinite ban from international cricket. The 32-year-old was one of six players punished by the Pakistan Cricket Board in March following an inquiry into the winter tour to Australia. Bu...

• Second cricketer approached by match-fixing bookmakers
• 27th May 2010
  The England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed a second player has reported match-fixing approaches by bookmakers. An anonymous county player said on Wednesday he had been asked to name his price by an Indian businessman to fix televised one-day matche...

• Flintoff to ignore Australia bids
• 20th May 2010
  Andrew Flintoff is not prepared to discuss the possibility of playing domestic Twenty20 cricket in Australia until he is fully fit. There have been reports that state sides Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria are lining up bids to sign him. But his spokesm...

• England beat Australia to win World Twenty20 title
• 17th May 2010
  England secured their first victory at an ICC limited-overs tournament with a crushing seven-wicket win against Australia in the World Twenty20 final. Australia slipped to 8-3 after being put in by Paul Collingwood but recovered to post a competitive ...

• New Zealand's Shane Bond quits international cricket
• 16th May 2010
  Shane Bond, one of the finest fast bowlers ever to appear for New Zealand, has announced his retirement from all cricket at the age of 34. He excelled in one-day internationals and Twenty20s, but persistent injuries limited him to just 18 Test caps. Bond...

• Lancashire's Mike Watkinson explains Shoaib Malik move
• 16th May 2010
  Shaoib Malik's versatility is the reason Lancashire have signed him, says director of cricket Mike Watkinson. The former Pakistan captain will arrive at Old Trafford ahead of their opening game of the FP t20 on 4 June. Watkinson told BBC Radio Manchester...

• England beat Sri Lanka to reach World Twenty20 final
• 14th May 2010
  England strolled to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20 semi-finals to reach an ICC tournament final for the first time since 2004. Led by Stuart Broad (2-21), the bowlers excelled in St Lucia with only Angelo Mathews (58) making a...

• England's Kevin Pietersen and wife have baby son
• 11th May 2010
  England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has become a father after his wife Jessica Taylor gave birth to a baby boy. The couple's first child was born on Monday morning after Pietersen flew back from the ICC World Twenty20 to be present at the birth. "This...

• Pietersen set to fly home from ICC World Twenty20
• 10th May 2010
  England batsman Kevin Pietersen is to return home from the ICC World Twenty20 to be with his wife, Jessica, for the birth of their baby. Pietersen, 29, who won Man-of-the-Match awards in England's last two games, hopes to return to the Caribbean for the s...

• Ravi Bopara set to replace Pietersen for England
• 10th May 2010
  Ravi Bopara will have a chance to shine in England's World Twenty20 game with New Zealand on Monday after father-to-be Kevin Pietersen returned home. Bopara has been out of favour but is certain to be selected, with a place in the last four up for grabs f...

• Lancashire bat out day to draw with Somerset
• 08th May 2010
  Somerset fast bowler Alfonso Thomas took a season's best 4-33 but could not stop Lancashire batting out the day to avoid defeat at Old Trafford. After the home side resumed on 32-0, still 59 in arrears, Thomas (4-33) took the first four wickets as Lancash...