CRICKET NEWS

Fast bowler Steve Harmison’s shin has become the fifth item on the England injury list ahead of the Third Test against India in Mumbai

Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh found plenty of positives to draw from their recent clash, but how significant are they for the future?

Test debutant Stuart Clark has scythed through the
cream of South African batting to claim 5-55, and help
bowl SA out for 205.

James Franklin made a weather-interrupted first day even more gloomy for the West Indies with five wickets.

Sanath Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas and Ruchira Perera have all been forced out of the first ODI against Pakistan through injury.

New Zealand have named an unchanged squad for the second test against the West Indies in Wellington.

This basic premise considered carefully, the upcoming series between Bangladesh and Kenya probably would not sell many tickets.

Fast bowler Tino Best has been called up as injury cover for Jerome Taylor, who was forced to return home with a hamstring injury.

Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of the remainder of the New Zealand test series after failing to recover from a left thigh injury.

A three-wicket burst from debutant Munaf Patel was the trigger for an Indian clean-up job on the final day of the Second Test at Mohali