Essex defeated the touring Sri Lankans by 6 wickets in a warmup match for the upcoming one-day international series against England.

Kevin Pietersen’s been on the International scene 16 months. What I could ask that everyone in the country didn’t already know anyway?

Shaun Pollock could miss the first Test against Sri Lanka in July due to his wife expecting their second child a few days before.

Pakistan have named their squad to tour England, and have left out pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar due to injury.

India’s pace bowler Sreesanth has been ruled out of the second Test against West Indies with a sore heel.

Pace bowler Simon Jones is extremely unlikely to play in the upcoming Ashes series, due to keyhole surgery on his knee.

Andrew Strauss will lead a new-look England team in the upcoming one-day international series against Sri Lanka.

Shoaib Akhtar is likely to miss the early stages of Pakistan’s tour of England, as his ankle injury has failed to heal in time.

Australia Test opener Justin Langer is expected join Somerset later this year on a short-term contract.

Graeme Hick’s 151 not out for Worcestershire yesterday made him the 3rd player in history to score 60,000 runs in all forms of cricket.