Pietersen ruled out of New Zealand series

Captain Alastair Cook believes the spectre of Kevin Pietersen's return will create healthy competition in England's batting line-up during the second Investec Test against New Zealand. Pietersen is currently on the sidelines with a troublesome knee ...

Cricket comment: Rather than setting the scene for the start of the English domestic season, Wisden was published on the second day of the new county championship — surely a further sign that summer is starting earlier. The birth of a second child ...

Gulf News Chief Cricket Writer K.R. Nayar keeps you up to date with all the goings on as he covers the Champions Trophy live from England Tuesday June 18 Cricketeers are everywhere to help London: You can find them everywhere, ready to help with a ...

Johnson strikes trapping Kusal leg before as he shuffles across. SL 8-1. K Perera lbw b Johnson 4 (3b 1x4 0x6) Sri Lanka gets a boundary off leg byes in the second ball. Kusal Perera hits a boundary off the first ball from Johnson cracking him ...

2158 IST 39.1 overs. India 236-2. And there's the four that takes Karthik to his fifty and India to a comfortable 8-wicket win. The result means that Pakistan have no chance of making it to the semis ? India have knocked them out of the reckoning. ...

1526 IST 9 overs: WI 42-1. 9 runs from the over. Charles taking Bhuvi on in the last over. There hasn't been too much movement for the Indian bowlers but they have largely kept things in check by bowling good line and length. 1532 IST 8 overs: WI ...

The Budget Speech by the Member of the Mayoral Committee for finance in the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Geoffrey Makhubo, Council Chamber, Metro Centre, Braamfontein Johannesburg 2013 theme: 'Building corridors of freedom to our hearts desire' ...

SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, June 2, (AFP): Martin Guptill made the highest one-day international score by a New Zealand batsman as the Black Caps took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in their series with England on Sunday. Guptill's 189 not out was the ...

Key points - NZ WIN BY FIVE WICKETS - NZ chase 228 with 19 balls to spare - Guptill 103*, Taylor 54; Anderson 3-31 - Eng 227-9: Trott 37, Southee 3-37 - Email us at tms@bbc.co.uk Join the discussion Send an SMS to 81111 ...