New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram scored his first century against England on Monday to ensure a draw in the first Test on the final day at Lord's.

Delhi Daredevils beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by five wickets in their Indian Premier League match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday.

Chris Tremlett had been added to England's squad for the second npower Test at Old Trafford as a replacement for the injured Matthew Hoggard.

The England and Wales Cricket Board, the England playing squad and the Professional Cricketers Association have all welcomed the proposed involvement of Sir Allen Stanford.

Sussex welcome back Mushtaq Ahmed from injury for the LV County Championship Division One clash with Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting is against the proposed super-contracts in the Indian Premier League. He feels having no cap on players' salary will adversely affect the level of competition of the Twenty20 extravaganza.

CARLTON cricket club remain the team to beat in the SNCL Premier Division after two wins over the weekend kept them top of the tree by ten points.

NATHAN PIETSCH continued his amazing form to help Carlton II stage a miraculous comeback against Fauldhouse on Saturday and keep the Grange Loan side top of Baillie Gifford Ea

The International Cricket Council on Monday expressed surprised at film star Shah Rukh Khan's statement that its anti-corruption unit had asked him not to be with the team on the playing field, saying the IPL is a domestic tournament and

The Indian Premier League said franchise owners will be issued an all-area accreditation badge, which will permit them to sit in the team dug-out during the Twenty20 matches.

Mumbai Indians have been bolstered by the inclusion of Barbadian all-rounder Dwayne Smith in the squad following the departure of fellow-West Indian Dwayne Bravo, who has returned home after the team's victory over Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League

The diamond-studded Indian Premier League winner's trophy, encrusted with rubies and yellow and blue sapphires, was unveiled in Mumbai on Monday by IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi

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HERIOT'S all-rounder Jack Ritchie scored a battling half-century against last year's champions Greenock, but it wasn't enough as his side slid to their second def

Jersey are set to host Division Five of the World Cricket League this week, with participants coming from all around the world to contest the event.

The ECB Premier Leagues are now in their 12th season having been introduced in 1997 - the same year the England & Wales Cricket Board was created. There are now 25 around the country.

The third game of the MCCA Trophy was a crunch match for Cumberland as losing would have ended their interest in the competition, but a four-wicket victory over Oxfordshire kept their hopes alive.

England kept alive possibility of an unlikely victory with three New Zealand wickets before lunch at Lord's. The tourists were 71 runs ahead on 113 for three at the interval.

GORDON GOUDIE, a 20-year-old seam prospect, is aiming to be among the wickets when Scottish Saltires cricketers return to the Capital in August having given another economical

AUSTRALIA players have reverted back to wearing their baggy green caps after courting controversy by donning training caps in their tour match against Jamaica XI .