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Cricket: England win toss and bat against New Zealand

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 06:15
England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the first Test at Lord's on Thursday. This was the first of a two-match series. jdg/bc

Cricket: New Zealand's Southee suffers injury

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 12:28
New Zealand paceman Tim Southee will take no further part in the tourists' ongoing warm-up match against the England Lions at Leicester because of a foot injury, a team statement issued Saturday said. However, a team spokesman said New Zealand coach Mike Hesson was confident the 24-year-old would be available for selection for the first Test against England at Lord's starting on Thursday. Southee bowled a short spell on the third day of the four-day match against the Lions on Saturday, having got through 14 overs at Grace Road on Friday.

Cricket: New Zealand's Southee suffers injury

Agence France-PresseMay 11, 2013 10:32
New Zealand paceman Tim Southee will take no further part in the tourists' ongoing warm-up match against the England Lions at Leicester because of a foot injury, a team statement issued Saturday said. However, a team spokesman said New Zealand coach Mike Hesson was confident the 24-year-old would be available for selection for the first Test against England at Lord's starting on Thursday. Southee bowled a short spell on the third day of the four-day match against the Lions on Saturday, having got through 14 overs at Grace Road on Friday.

Cricket: Zimbabwe defeat Bangladesh in second ODI

Agence France-PresseMay 5, 2013 11:45
Zimbabwe defeated Bangladesh by six wickets in the second One-day International at Bulawayo on Sunday to level the series at 1-1. Zimbabwe made 253 for four wickets in reply to the Bangladesh total of 252 for nine. str/ak/pi

Cricket: England Champions Trophy squad

Agence France-PresseMay 3, 2013 06:00
England 15-man squad announced Thursday for a one-day series with New Zealand and next month's ICC Champions Trophy tournament in the United Kingdom: Alastair Cook (capt), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (wkt), Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), Chris Woakes Fixtures NatWest ODI Series v New Zealand May 31: 1st ODI, Lord's June 02: 2nd ODI, Ageas Bowl, Southampton June 03: 3rd ODI, Trent Bridge

Cricket: English county scores

Agence France-PresseApril 26, 2013 15:15
English county championship scores on Friday (third day of four unless stated): First Division At Derby Derbyshire 256 (S Chanderpaul 87 no; H Gurney 4-86, S Broad 4-57) and 143-5 (S Chanderpaul 57) v Nottinghamshire 443 (J Taylor 112, E Cowan 59, A Hales 56) At Durham Durham 237 (P Mustard 70; T Bresnan 4-41) and 275-4 dec (M Stoneman 109, D Benkenstein 61 no) v Yorkshire 177 (G Onions 5-63) At The Oval Surrey 351 (G Wilson 124, V Solanki 51; C Jordan 5-92) and 66-1 v Sussex 526 (L P Wells 208, E Joyce 98, M Prior 62)

Cricket: English county scores

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 14:16
English county championship scores on Thursday (second day of four unless stated): First Division At Derby Derbyshire 256 (S Chanderpaul 87 no; H Gurney 4-86, S Broad 4-57) v Nottinghamshire 325-5 (J Taylor 67 no, E Cowan 59, A Hales 56) At Durham Durham 237 (P Mustard 70; T Bresnan 4-41) v Yorkshire 177 (G Onions 5-63) At The Oval Surrey 351 (G Wilson 124, V Solanki 51; C Jordan 5-92) v Sussex 204-2 (L Wells 108 no, E Joyce 51 no) At Taunton (first day of four)

Cricket: Pakistan association bans international players

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 04:31
Karachi cricket chiefs on Friday banned three international players, Sohail Khan, Fawad Alam and Khalid Latif, for lack of discipline during a domestic Twenty20 tournament. Sohail, 29, is banned from playing for Karachi in any domestic match, and Alam and Latif for playing in Twenty20s. All three bans are to last 12 months. "It is disappointing to ban players but we had to take the decsion so that an example is set," Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) president Sirajul Islam Bukhari told AFP.

LEAD Cummins routs T

April 11, 2013 17:20
Fast bowler Miguel Cummins sends down another delivery during his career-best performance on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy WICB) Fast bowler Miguel Cummins sends down another delivery during his career-best performance on Wednesday.

Trinidad opens tour with Back-to-back T20 wins

April 10, 2013 12:50
Trinidad and Tobago women’s cricket team had triumphant starts to their tour of South Africa by winning their two T20 matches in contrasting styles over the weekend. The visitors opened with a crushing nine wicket win over Gauteng but later were forced to scrape through needing a super over to pull-off a two run win over Northerns. A decent all round performance from Kirbyina Alexander led Trinidad who bundled out Gauteng for only 42 runs in 18.4 overs with no batswoman reaching double figures. Samantha Bissoon took two wickets for four runs while Alexander bagged two for six.
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