Cricket News

Ricky Ponting has called on Joe Root to "step up big time" and stop looking "like a little boy" if England are to have any chance of claiming at least one victory from the two remaining Ashes Tests.

Where do England turn as they bid to stop Australia in the festive Test? To Tom Curran, reckons Mike Selvey, but not yet Mason Crane…

Ben Stokes could make a multi-million-pound return to the Indian Premier League in 2018 after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) indicated he will be free to do so if he wishes.

David Willey thinks his dreams of playing Test cricket are all but over as he considers a career as a limited-overs specialist.

Angelo Mathews will miss the third and final Twenty20 international as India take on Sri Lanka in Mumbai, live on Sky Sports Cricket.

Jonny Bairstow has launched a robust defence of England's opening bowling partnership of Stuart Broad and James Anderson.

Security will be boosted at England and Australia's fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne after 19 people were injured when a car was driven at pedestrians outside one of the city's major transport hubs.

Mitchell Starc's participation in the Boxing Day Ashes Test appears in doubt after his pace partner Pat Cummins described the left-armer as only "50/50" to be fit in time.

Ben Stokes will return to the UK for "family reasons" after a month-long spell with New Zealand side Canterbury.

While many of you will be concerned with the number of Christmas presents you hope to receive, Benedict Bermange is just concerned with numbers.