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Shane Warne has retired from all forms of cricket after announcing he will not play at this year’s Big Bash tournament with the Melbourne Stars.

A young Sri Lankan cricketer has been fined and given a warning by the country’s cricket board for trying to open an aeroplane door during a flight.

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Leicestershire all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan says the key to continuing their impressive record in the FL t20 competition is having fun.

The only thing you could be sure of, for most of this utterly engrossing first Test, was that you couldn’t be sure of anything. Now, at last, a little certainty has crept back in.

Ian Bell and Stuart Broad shared an unbroken century partnership to lift England to 326 for six on a compelling third day of the first Ashes Test against Australia on Friday.

England edge ahead after Agar`s 98Only two days in and already this series has contained enough drama, twists and turns for HBO to have commissioned it for a box set.

Returning to the team after seeming to be ruled out from the rest of the tournament with a hamstring injury 11 days ago, the inspirational wicketkeeper-batsman smashed 16 runs off three deliveries in the final over, bowled by Shaminda Eranga,…

First Test: England v Australia Venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham Date: 10-14 July Start time: 11:00 BST

McGrath, who played 124 Tests for Australia, forecast they would take the 2005 series 5-0, but England won the Ashes for the first time in 18 years.

England have named an initial 18-player squad for the women’s Ashes against Australia, which starts on 11 August.

Mushfiqur Rahim has been retained as Bangladesh’s captain, after he accepted the job following a discussion with BCB president Nazmul Hassan.

The ICC has given Bangladesh an August deadline to achieve satisfactory standards for its stadiums for next year’s World Twenty20 tournament.

The International Cricket Council announced its much awaited World Test Championship which will have its inaugural edition in England during the month of June and July in the year 2017.

Experienced opener Chris Gayle slammed 109 off 100 balls Friday as West Indies romped to a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the opening one-day cricket international in the Tri-Nation Celkon Mobile Cup at Sabina Park.

India, the most vibrant side in the tournament, won the Champions Trophy, depriving England of their first ODI title in a global event. In truth India won a T20 match, for that is what this showpiece event had been reduced…

The World T20 tournament could be moved from Bangladesh due to concerns at the country’s lack of adequate facilities. ESPNcricinfo understands that Sri Lanka and South Africa are potential alternative venues although discussions have yet to reach the official stage.

Bank Asia emerged champions in the Teletalk 3G Corporate Free Hit Indoor Cricket Tournament beating SQ Sports in the keenly contested final held on Friday at the Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Mirpur in the city.

Inspired by their bowlers, India made short work of Sri Lanka in the second ICC Champions Trophy semi-final in overcast Cardiff by eight wickets with 15 overs to spare on Thursday. Like the other semi-final on Wednesday at The Oval,…

England eased into the Champions Trophy final after finishing off South Africa in a semifinal at The Oval on Wednesday that had all the tension of a practice session.

Bangladesh might lose its ICC membership if the cricket board here doesn’t hold its election according to the ICC’s guideline, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan has said.

England do not make life easy for themselves in knockout tournaments, but they secured their passage to the Champions Trophy semi-finals through a collectively impressive performance from the bowlers which followed a brisk innings from Alastair Cook after the weather…

There will be more delays in the submission of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit report on alleged cricket corruption in the Bangladesh Premier League, according to BCB president Nazmul Hassan.

It has been a decade since South Africa’s miscalculation of Duckworth-Lewis saw them exit the World Cup in the first round. Finally, they will consider themselves redeemed.

The capital club have spent the past few weeks pondering who will replace Jose Mourinho following the Portuguese’s departure for Chelsea after three years in the Bernabeu hotseat.

Former captain Mohammad Ashraful, fast bowler Abul Hasan, spinner Enamul Haque junior and batsman Mohammad Nazimuddin have been excluded from Bangladesh’s preliminary squad for the series against New Zealand in October.

Hashim Amla`s 81 and a disciplined bowling display gave South Africa a 67-run win that pushes Pakistan to the brink of Champions Trophy elimination.

Lasith Malinga took the 22 yards out of the equation in a low-scoring thriller, but New Zealand survived him to register their first win over Sri Lanka in four years.

England and Australia locked horns for the first time this summer and Edgbaston, basking in golden sunshine for its 100th international match, was able to celebrate the start of the sequence with an emphatic England victory.

India’s new-look ODI team got off to a bumper start, negotiating short-pitched bowling to post 331 and then fielding superbly to pull South Africa back every time they threatened to break away. MS Dhoni squeezed the life out of South…