You write off Pakistan at your own peril.

After parting ways with the 'rebel' Indian Cricket League, fast bowler Shane Bond is now determined to play for New Zealand again and eyeing a gradual comeback to the national team.

Did Sri Lanka mislead everyone with their patchy performances in the two warm-up games?

Even as the allegations of sexual exploitation of woman cricketer by an office bearer of Andhra Cricket Association has created a storm, the coach of Andhra Pradesh women cricket team Purnima Rao announced quitting her position.

West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has warned India that his side could "sting like a bee" in the one-day series starting next week in the Caribbean following their agonising Twenty20 World Cup semifinal defeat to Sri Lanka.

IT WILL be exactly ten years to the day today since Pakistan - and Shahid Afridi - last appeared in the showpiece Lord's final of a global cricket tournament.

STEVE Paige admits it's been a roller-coaster season for Watsonians so far, with a good result so often followed by a poor one, but the Myreside club's captain is con

HAVING just retained their national league status only with a play-off win over Kelburne last season, Edinburgh CC have no intention of going through that emotional turmoil ag

TILLAKARATNE Dilshan continued his prolific World Twenty20 tournament by powering Sri Lanka into an emotional final showdown after an emphatic victory over West Indies at the

FERGUSLIE start the defence of their Scottish Cup tomorrow when they entertain Stenhousemuir, but when they won it last season they were in the Premier Division.

We continue our 30-day countdown to the first Ashes Test with Michael Kasprowicz, the paceman who played a pivotal role with bat in hand in the 2005 Edgbaston Test.

Sachin Tendulkar is wrestling with the issue of Twenty20 cricket's place in his sport. It is a debate that perplexes many, but few have reached conclusions as elegant as Tendulkar's.

Claire Taylor's unbeaten 76 saw England into the final of the women's World Twenty20 as they beat arch-rivals Australia by eight wickets at the Oval.

Angelo Mathews's first over treble strike and Tillekaratne Dilshan's innings of 96 not out helped see Sri Lanka into the World Twenty20 final with a win over the West Indies.

Expect Brett Lee to be fired up by criticism from former Australia paceman Geoff Lawson as he fights for a place in the Ashes Tests, says teammate Simon Katich.

Shahid Afridi shone with bat and ball as Pakistan dumped South Africa by seven runs to storm into the World Twenty20 final here on Thursday.

Shane Warne believes England batsman Ravi Bopara will flop in the forthcoming Ashes series because he is more concerned with style than substance.

Popular quick Doug Bollinger has not given up on his Ashes dream, working around the clock to stay fit should he have to answer an urgent SOS from Australian selectors.

We continue our 30-day countdown to the first Ashes Test with Sir Donald Bradman, the iconic Australian legend whose statistics and stature are unrivalled in cricket.

We continue our 30-day countdown to the first Ashes Test with Headingley 1981, the match Australia could not lose but England won - and instantly became part of cricket folklore.