West Indies Chairman of Selectors Joey Carew has named seven players as contenders to replace Shivnarine Chanderpaul as captain.

John Bracewell has made a surprising selection for the Test match between New Zealand and South Africa starting tomorrow.

A fantastic, fighting century by Ricky Ponting has led Australia to a three wicket victory in the first test against Bangladesh.

Pakistani allrounder Shahid Afridi announced his retirement from Test cricket – in order to concentrate on ODIs ahead of the World Cup

England claimed a morale-boosting victory in the sixth ODI at Jamshedpur today, as Andrew Strauss guided them to a five-wicket win.

An extremely close run out decision, which saw
Matthew Hayden dismissed for 72, inspired a brave
Bangladesh to keep their dreams alive

Venugopal Rao, the 24-year old Andhra Pradesh batsman, will lead India A in the EurAsia Series in Abu Dhabi later this month.

New Zealand have named two teams to play against International A and Academy teams in Australia in June and July.

Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff has been named Wisden’s Cricketer of the Year.

Much to the relief of many around the Caribbean, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has resigned from the captaincy of the West Indies team.