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The head of the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has accepted a challenge from the Vatican to play their first ever cricket match.

Virat Kohli struck 119 to help India to reach 255-5 on the opening day of the first Test with South Africa.

Former England coach Peter Moores says Andy Flower should continue to lead the team – as long as he remains motivated.

The tourists were beaten by 150 runs as Australia took a 3-0 lead in the series with two matches still to play.

Mushfiqur Rahim, the Bangladesh captain, expressed concern over the failure of his bowlers to defend scores of 171 and 188 in the Twenty20 Challenge Series against Bangladesh A.

A century from Steve Smith took the first day of the third Test away from England as the tourists were once again unable to capitalise on a promising position.

Captain Alastair Cook says his 100th Test will be the “toughest” of his career as England look to turn around the Ashes after two heavy defeats.

Dhaka – Former captain of Bangladesh National Cricket Team Shakib Al Hasan on Wednesday night met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and invited her to attend his wedding ceremony.

England are facing “annihilation” in the Ashes because they lack the “desire and heart” to compete with Australia, says former batsman Geoffrey Boycott.

St Jphn’s, Antigua,  CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has withdrawn the Under-19 team from its tour of Bangladesh.

England’s last four batsmen must survive the entire final day of the second Test to snatch an improbable draw as Australia close in on a 2-0 series lead.

Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s under-19 players will get their first taste of competitive cricket when they take on Pakistan in the first match of a tri-nations series also involving England at the Shaikh Zayed Stadium here on Saturday (9.30am).

Michael Clarke’s latest Ashes hundred underlined the Australia captain’s status as the best batsman in the world, team-mate Brad Haddin said.

Bangladesh cricket coach Shane Jurgensen says an improvement in fitness has played a key role in his team’s rise this year.

England captain Alastair Cook admitted player behaviour went “over the top” in the first Ashes Test and has urged both sides to improve their conduct.

Australia captain Michael Clarke has been fined 20% of his match fee for warning England’s James Anderson to expect a broken arm.

The preliminary hearing into the alleged match-fixing and spot-fixing scandal in the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League began in Dhaka on Sunday. Legal representatives of eight of the nine people charged participated in the proceedings; the next hearing is scheduled for…

England slumped to a humiliating 381-run defeat in the first Test as Mitchell Johnson once again blew their fragile batting away.

Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand captain, has said he needs more runs in Tests to “lead from the front” and is not as worried about his form in the shorter formats.

England suffered a calamitous second afternoon as they collapsed from 82-2 to 136 all out to hand Australia total control of the first Test.

Karachi – Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has described the current Pakistan batsmen as worse than their Bangladeshi counterparts after their pathetic show against South Africa in the ongoing One-Day International (ODI) series in the UAE. “I am saying this…

A focused, methodical approach from the players and coach has helped Bangladesh overshadow the controversies that piled up over the summer with a dominant show against New Zealand Bangladesh had a messy summer featuring corruption confessions, suspensions, unfair treatment of…

New Zealand picked up a hard-fought 15-run win over Bangladesh in their one-off Twenty20 on Wednesday. The win marked their only success of the tour as the Black Caps were mauled 3-0 in the three-ODI series, while the two-Test series…

Bangladesh will meet New Zealand in their last international match of the year at the Mirpur in a Twenty20 which is scheduled to start at 1.30pm on today, New Zealand will take on a side who never registered a T20…

England captain Alastair Cook says he is not worried about criticism from Shane Warne ahead of his ide’s penultimate Ashes warm-up match.

By Lynn McConnell Unable to bowl Bangladesh out in the Test series, unable to win one of the ODIs and unable to defend a total of 307 – New Zealand’s attack has become toothless.

Bangladesh don’t often go into the final match of a series with victory already secured. They are usually on the wrong end of a 2-0 scoreline, or as it has happened in six contests against higher-ranked sides, it is 1-1.…

Bangalore –  Rohit Sharma smashed his way into the record books with a stunning 209 as the Indian cricket team provided the perfect Diwali gift to the nation with a 57-run victory in the the series-deciding final ODI against Australia…

By: Matt Brown Black Caps coach Mike Hesson’s lamenting another disappointing batting effort in Bangladesh after losing the ODI series overnight.

England endured a chastening first day of their Ashes tour as a Western Australia Chairman’s XI made 369-4. Chris Lynn scored 104 and three other batsmen passed 50 as England’s seam attack was made to suffer at the Waca.