Cricket News

Tanya Aldred: Ignore the sceptics - Cook's men could pull off a shock in Australia in 2015

Glamorgan all-rounder Jim Allenby has been released from his contract to join Somerset, with Craig Meschede heading in the opposite direction.

New Zealand followed up their first-innings score of 403 by picking up two late wickets, leaving Pakistan on 34-2 at the end of day two of the second Test.

Australia are hopeful captain Michael Clarke will overcome a hamstring injury to lead the team in their series against India which begins next month.

Isa Guha, the newest member of the BBC's Test Match Special team, says Asian families should support England rather than the country of their birth