Cricket News

Joe Root and Charlotte Edwards have been named, respectively, as the England Men's and England Women's Cricketer of the Year for 2014-2015 by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Andrew Strauss steps up search for England coach and is expected to assure Australian that he would be handed full control of team affairs

Peter Handscomb's third half-century in his last four County Championship innings for Gloucestershire failed to stop Kent taking the upper hand on the opening day at Bristol.

Cricket's world governing body has recommended axing the batting powerplay and changes to fielding rules for one-day internationals in a bid to tame the dominance of batsmen.

Curtly Ambrose says the West Indies were desperate to beat England in their recent series because of the words of ECB chairman Colin Graves before the first Test.

New Zealand's greatest ever bowler says Brendon McCullum, Trent Boult, Tim Southee and co have class and aggression to hurt Alastair Cook's side

Steve James: Many have tried, and failed, to fulfil the void as Alastair Cook's opening partner. England need Adam Lyth to succeed

Matt Floyd looks forward to the IPL play-offs and sticks his neck out by predicting a Chennai-Mumbai final…

After a thrill-a-minute league phase, the IPL is down to the last four.

Stuart Broad insists his absence from a scheduled public appearance on Thursday morning has been blown out of all proportion.