Pedro Collins will replace his half-brother Fidel Edwards in the West Indies squad for the second Test against India.

Shoaib Akhtar has been told by a Pakistan board medical commission that he shouldn’t bowl for three weeks due to his injury problems.

Dilhara Fernando, Ruchira Perera and Russel Arnold have been called up for the upcoming five match one-day series against England.

Fast bowler Simon Jones has flown to Colorado for a surgical consultation on his injured knee.

Courage under pressure. It is what keeps the sport alive. Fidel Edwards and Corey Collymore survived 3.1 overs to save the fist Test.

Scans have revealed that stand-in England captain Andrew Flintoff is suffering from bone fragments in the area of his ankle.

The ever astounding Muttiah Muralitharan claimed 8/70 in England’s second innings as Sri Lanka won the final Test to draw the series.

Daniel Vettori has received the worst possible news, with a scan confirming a stress fracture in his back forcing him to return to NZ.

Wasim Jaffer’s maiden double century and some late hitting from Mahendra Dhoni allowed India to set West Indies a target of 392.

A stolid gutsy century from the unfashionable Wasim
Jaffer (113*) has given India an 85 run lead with eight
wickets in hand