Australian coach John Buchanan has confirmed that he will step down after the World Cup in the Caribbean in March/April next year.

Dhaka all-rounder Mehrab Hossain jnr is the only new figure in Bangladesh’s 18-man preliminary squad for the ICC Champions Trophy.

Shahid Afridi set up Pakistan to an easy victory in the Twenty20 International at Bristol, despite a fifty from Marcus Trescothick.

Steve Harmison has been withdrawn from the Natwest Series against Pakistan as a precautionary measure.

Former England umpire Dickie Bird has commented on the Pakistan ball-tampering saga saying captain Inzamam-ul-Haq should be cleared.

The England Cricket Board appear unlikely to support the Australian Board’s plan to use the best umpires available for the Ashes.

England and Pakistan are preparing to go ahead with their Twenty20 match on Monday, now that the storm of a week ago is dying down.

It’s the best part of a week since the Fourth Test at the Oval exploded from a cricketing contest into a full-on international incident

Sir Clyde Walcott, the brilliant former captain and strokemaker for the West Indies of the 1950’s has died.

Cricket Australia’s board has come up with an idea to have English and Australian umpires for the Ashes.