Yorkshire and England cricket legend Fred Trueman has
been diagnosed with small cell carcinoma, a rare form
of cancer.

Sri Lanka closed 22 ahead of England after day four at Lord’s, with captain Mahela Jayawardene providing them with a glimmer of hope.

An ICC Tri-Nation Series between Canada, Zimbabwe and Bermuda is to played from May 16-20 at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad.

Despite a better batting performance on day three, Sri Lanka are still in a mess, following on and 173 runs behind.

The rain washed out the possibilty of a result at Port-of-Spain, when an interesting game looked to be on the cards.

The International Cricket Council has followed other sporting codes lead in introducing an anti-doping ruling.

Carlton Baugh and Ian Bradshaw have been called up for the final two one-day internationals against Zimbabwe in Trinidad this weekend.

Kevin Pietersen and Sajid Mahmood were the stars of a terrific display from England at Lord’s, as Sri Lanka were left trailing by 460.

Today (Friday) is the 138th anniversary of the first
Australian tour of England.

Michael Vaughan is now likely to miss the whole Test series against Sri Lanka after he suffered a setback in his return from injury.