Cricket News

Wet weather across the country on Wednesday was enough to see Essex, Hampshire and Kent through to the Royal London One-Day Cup quarter-finals.

Pakistan duo's suspensions expire on Sept 2 meaning they would be free to be selected for series

Alastair Cook's side can emulate success of England teams in 1926, 1953 and 2009 with victory at Oval

Sir Ian Botham is tipping England to clinch a 4-1 series win with victory in the fifth Investec Ashes Test at The Oval, starting on Thursday.

Hashim Amla hit his 21st one-day international century as South Africa beat New Zealand by 20 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Alastair Cook admits he considered standing down at the end of this summer as Test captain but enthusiasm for the job has been rekindled

Michael Vaughan: England's batting has been held together by one man, Joe Root, with the odd cameo or two from Moeen Ali. The rest have not been in great form and that has to change

Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan believes England will be making a “very good choice” should they add Mahela Jayawardene to their coaching set-up.

Pakistan players Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif will be eligible to return to competitive cricket on September 2 after serving bans for corruption.

Ben Duckett and Rob Keogh have renewed their contracts with Northamptonshire until the end of the 2017 season.

Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood is to be rested for the fifth and final Investec Ashes Test at The Oval.

Joe Root talks The Oval, his art skills, playing detective, and why some of his team-mates fancy a crack at San Marino...

Australia captain Michael Clarke says the team are desperate to improve on their recent performances and end the Investec Ashes series on a high at The Oval this week.

Ashes 2015: Bowler has not recovered from side strain in time for final Test against Australia

England seamer James Anderson has been ruled out of the fifth Investec Ashes Test against Australia, which starts at The Oval on Thursday.

Arun Harinath has signed a new deal at Surrey which will keep him at the club until 2017.

Steve Smith blogs on being named Australia captain, Michael Clarke's farewell and playing positively at The Oval.

All-rounder Ed Barnard has signed a three-year contract at Worcestershire, following Joe Clarke and Ross Whiteley in committing to the club.

Mitchell Johnson has refused to enter the debate surrounding the legacy of Michael Clarke, insisting the Australia skipper deserves respect for his service to his country.

Yorkshire have announced that exciting young England all-rounder David Willey will join them from Northamptonshire at the end of the current season after signing a three-year contract.