Cricket News

Steven Finn sums up England's frustration after long day in the field with joke about opening batsman Alex Hales, who was called into action as a bowler of last resort

Two days after heroic innings in Cape Town, England all-rounder admonished for sledging batsman Temba Bavuma

Bavuma grew up playing with a homemade bat fashioned out of wood, but on Tuesday scored the first Test hundred by a black South African

England 629/6 and 16/0 lead South Africa 627/7 by 18 runs - Bore draw looks inevitable but Bavuma and Hashim Amla reach momentous landmarks

A total of 10 dropped catches cost England dear at Newlands as South Africa scored 627-7 in reply to the tourists' 629-6 in the second Test.

Temba Bavuma says sledging from the England fielders inspired him as he became the first black African batsman to score a Test century.

Hashim Amla's double century and Temba Bavuma's maiden hundred dominated day four of the second Test in Cape Town as South Africa as good as matched England's mammoth first-innings total before declaring.

ECB have updated the players on the security situation and will rely on advice from the Foreign Office

Over-by-over and reaction as Hashim Amla keeps England toiling

Perth Scorchers were walloped by Adelaide Strikers in Tuesday's Big Bash League encounter - despite their seamer, Joel Paris, taking a stonking catch in the deep.

Adelaide Strikers moved top of the Big Bash League table with a 36-run victory over Perth Scorchers at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday.

South Africa lost three wickets for 10 runs before Temba Bavuma settled South Africa's nerves in the afternoon session on day four of the second Test.

There are have now been TWO double centurions in the second Test at Cape Town.

A Mumbai schoolboy has become the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in an innings.

Australia have withdrawn from the U19 World Cup in Bangladesh later this month because of concerns over the "safety and security" of the squad.

West Indian batsman fined by Melbourne Renegades after asking Mel McLaughlin for a drink during interview

New Zealand sealed the one-day series against Sri Lanka with Martin Guptill's century spearheading a 36-run victory in the fifth and final one-dayer at Mount Maunganui in Tauranga.

Heavy rain prevented play on day three of the third test between Australia and the West Indies in Sydney, but that did not stop fans turning out in pink to raise awareness of breast cancer in honour of Glenn McGrath's la...

Chris Gayle has apologised to a female journalist after asking her out for a drink in a live television interview during a Big Bash League (BBL) game.