*                      Consolation win for beleaguered England.Pietersen hits fifty:At Eden Gardens Calcutta t20 India 120,120-9,20 overs lost to England 121-4,18.1 overs(Pietersen 53) by 6 wickets Scorecard

*                     Azhar century puts Pakistan in driving seat.No 2nd innings recovery from Sri Lanka so Pakistan take series lead with commanding win:At Dubai ICS 2nd Test Sri Lanka 239.79(Sangakkara 78) & 257,109.5 overs(Mathews 52*,sajad Ahmed 5-68) lost to Pakistan 403,141.3 overs(Azhar Ali 100) & 94-1,24.1 over by 9 wickets  Scorecard 

*                     England Women complete clean sweep over South Africa Women in ODI series More

*                     Zim win high scoring thriller with one ball to spare:At Bulawayo 3rd ODI New Zealand 328-5,50 overs(LRPL Taylor 118,Williamson 100*) lost to Zimbabwe 329-9,49.5 overs(Waller 99*,BRM Taylor 75) by 1 wicket Scorecard

*              Ireland heavily defeat Canada in ODI:At Dublin ICC Intercontinental Cup OD 7th Match Ireland 328-6,50 overs(Joyce 88,Porterfield 67,Wilson 56*) beat Canada 195,48.4 overs(Limbada 50) by 133 runs Scorecard     and Match 8  Ireland wins again but by 56 runs Scorecard  Match 6 Netherlands beat Kenya by 4 wkts with 5 overs to spare Scorecard

*             Somerset fail again at the final hurdle so Surrey take the 40/40 title:At Lord's Clydesdale Bank 40 Final  Somerset 214,39.2 overs(Butler 86,Dernbach 4-30) lost to Surrey 189-5,29.3 overs D/L Method with 15 balls left Scorecard

*             India post their largest total of the tour but still lose via D/L method as debutant Bairstow and Bopara mount final victorious onslaught on India's hapless bowling.MP Singh was injured on wet surface Scorecard

*                 Australia recover from loss of early wickets after being inserted in damp conditions.Michael Hussey & Marsh save innings.Sri take 1st innings lead but Oz make big reply 2nd innings as Clarke & Hughes score tons but Hussey misses out on 2 tons in the match and match saved:At Colombo SSC 3rd Test Australia 316,104 overs(M Hussey 118,Marsh 81,Eranga 4-64) & 488,138.4 overs(Hughes 126,Clarke 112,M Hussey 93,Herath 7-157) drew with Sri Lanka 473,174 overs(Mathews 105*,Dilshan 83,Sangakkara 79,Siddle 4-91) & 7-0,2 overs  Scorecard Australia won series 1-0.

*              Paul Stirling ton sets up large Irish 1st innings total and then Canada lose wickets regularly and Gunasakera is stumped,collapse and follow on,Cheema hit whirlwind 97 (off 45 balls) in vain as Ireland win in 2 days:At Rathmines Dublin Ireland 462,104.5 overs(Stirling 107,Cusack 81,KJ O'Brien 79,Wilson 61,Chohan 4-101) beat Canada 194,44 overs(Gunasekera 66) & 257,49 overs(Cheema 97) overs by an innings & 11 runs Scorecard

*               Results of the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee meeting in London More

*               England & India tie thanks to Duckworth/Lewis and the rain in exciting match at HQ.Dhoni & Raina counterattack with profit to rescue India's innings.Bopara stars for England but misses out on ton:At Lord's 4th ODI India 280-5,50 overs(Raina 84,Dhoni 78*) tied with England 270-8,48.5 overs(Bopara 96,Bell 54,RP Singh 3-59) D/L Method Scorecard

*                    Doyle clubs Woodhouses to victory  in rain reduced 10 over thrash Village Final. Report  More

*                    Ireland take 1st innings lead through White century recovering from 58-5:At Belfast  ICC Intercontinental Cup  Namibia 244,70.4 overs &  226,79.3 overs(Viljoen 87) lost to Ireland 298,73.5 overs(White 125*,Dockrell 55,Viljoen 5-87) & 176-5,40.2 overs Scorecard

*                    Sri Lanka collapse yet Oz openers look comfortable :At  2nd Test Sri Lanka 174,64.1 overs(Mathews 58,Harris 3-38) & 317-6,114.3 overs draw with Australia 411-7dec,132 overs(Marsh 141,M Hussey 142) Scorecard

*                    Devon 228 & 195 defeated Cambridgeshire 182 & 72 by 169 runs to take the Minor Counties Championship Scorecard

*                    Rain delays start of 2nd ODI  but reduced 23/23 match sees a host of boundary shots as India set a challenging total curtailed at close by england's brilliant catching.Kieswetter swashbuckling cameo sets England innings on rapid victory path.Cook hits unbeaten eighty to silence critics of his )DI prowess: At Southampton 2nd ODI 23/23 India 187-8,23 overs(Rahane 54,Raina 40,Bresnan 4-43) lost to England 188-3,22.1 overs(Cook 80*,Kieswetter 46) by 7 wickets  Scorecard

*                 Cambridge Granta beat Basingstoke & North Hants  in the final of the Bertie Joel Cup Final at Sutton on Monday September 5th More

*                    Shrewsbury CC beat West Indian Cavaliers and Cambridge Granta beat fancied Ealing  More The final will be played on September 17th at Derbyshire CCC's Ground, a long way from Lord's where it was held for so many years and should be still today.

*                Tino Mayowo hits unbeaten century but Pakistan take first innings lead then Zim collapse in 2nd innings:At Bulawayo 1st Test Zimbabwe 412,150.2 overs(Mayowo 163*) & 141,56.3 overs(Taibu 58,A Cheema 4-24,M Hafeez 4-31) beat Pakistan 466,156.1.1(M Hafeez 119,Y Khan & 88-3,21.4 overs) by 7 wickets  Scorecard

*                   Rain washes out first ODI with India in strong position.Patel misses out on ton.Tendulkar drops out with injury:At Chester-Le-Street India274-7,50 overs(PA Patel 95) v England 27-2,7.2 overs  Scorecard No result

*                   Jayawardene & Matthews put on 148 but Oz deliver heavy defeat:At Galle 1st Test Australia 273,86.3,overs(M Hussey 95)  & 210,59.2 overs(Clark 60,Herath 5-67) beat Sri Lanka 105,50 overs(Lyon 5-34)  & 253,95.5 overs(M Jayawardene 105,Mathews 95,Harris 5-62) by 127 runs Scorecard

*                   Michael Roberts guided Berkshire to victory in rain reduced final at Lord's:At Lord's Minor Counties Trophy Final Herts 194-9,36 overs lost to Berks 196-4,33.2 overs(Roberts 97*) by 6 wickets Scorecard

*                Ray Illingworth honoured on sixtieth anninversary of his debut for Yorkshire Neil Whitaker reports from

*                   Sri Lanka wins final ODI but loses series 2-3.At  Colombo Australia 211,46.1 overs lost to Sri Lanka 212-6, 47 overs by 3 wickets Scorecard  Australia win series 3-2

*                   Bangladesh gain consolation win in last ODI but lose series 2-3:At Bulawayo Bangladesh 253-6,50 overs beat Zimbabwe 160,38.2 overs Scorecard Zim win series 3-2

*                   Australia take winning lead in 5 match ODI series as Sri Lanka collapse to Lee & Doherty:At Colombo 4th ODI Sri Lanka 132,38.4 overs(Sangakkara 53,Lee 4-15,Doherty 4-28) lost to Australia 133-5,28 overs(Marsh 70 ) by 5 wickets Scorecard

*                   England go top of Test rankings with innings defeat ofIndia.Tendulkar falls short of century.Innings collapses once Tendulkar & Mishra partnership broken,21-7.Swann takes sixfer on fifth day sell out.Rain spoils 1st day at the Oval after Strauss & Cook take England safely through to lunch.Bell & Pietersen dominate day 2 and entertain the full house.Dravid alone resists in India's reply but falls cheaply when India follow on:At Oval 4th Test England 591-6dec,153 over(Bell 235,Pietersen 175)  beat India 300, 94 overs(Dravid 146*) & f/o 283,91 overs(Tendulkar 91,Mishra 84,Swann 6-106)  Scorecard England win series 4-0 Photographs

*                  England are world's best, so why can't they leave Ireland alone? Neil Drysdale (Glasgow Herald) writes in CricketEurope

*                  England Women defeat New Zealand by 58 runs Scorecard NatWest Quadrangular Series

*                  Lancashire CCC wins Court of Appeal ruling so may now press ahead with redevelopment plans. More

*                 Sri Lankans coast to victory as Chandimal scores century.Earlier Cook had scored a century:At Lord's 3rd ODI England 246-7,50 overs(Cook 119,Pietersen 41) lost to Sri Lanka 249-4,48.2 overs(Chandimal 105*,M Jayawardene 79) by six wickets Scorecard 

*                Ireland thanks to John Mooney beat Namibians:ICC Intercontinental ODI Cup Ireland  241,49.5 overs(Moone 86,NJ O'Brien 57) beat Namibia 215,48.4 overs(Snyman 61) by 26 runs Scorecard

*              Australia Women beat New Zealand Woman by 29 runs Scorecard. England Women beat India Women  by 6 wickets Scorecard  Natwest Women's Quadrangular Series

*              No rain so Sri Lanka play well and England comes a long way second.Jayawardene hits 144 off 150 balls:At Headingly 2nd ODI Sri Lanka 309-5,50 overs(D Jayawardene 144,Sangakarra 69*,Matthews 46*) beat England 240,45.5 overs(Morgan 52) by 69 runs Scorecard Series 1-1 Neil Whitaker reports

*              Sri Lanka's top order collapse to Anderson & Bresnan after England post challenging total in rain reduced match:At Oval 1st ODI  England 229-8,32 overs beat Sri Lanka  121,27 overs by 108 runs Scorecard

*              India's top three fall cheaply but Laxman & Raina restore innings then bishoo & Edwards enduce 2nd collapse.Windies openers plus Bravo swiftly removed.India steadily build leadafter fist innings lead of 11.:At Bridgetown  2nd test India 204,68 overs(Laxman 85,Raina 53) & 229-3,89 overs(Laxman 72*) v West Indies  190,73 overs(Samuels 78*) Scorecard Why not play Gayle?

*              Scots prevail over Dutch in opening ODI:At Aberdeen 1st ODI Scotland 255-7,50 overs v Netherlands 240,39 overs b 15 runs Scorecard

*             Belgium beat Austria in ECC t20 division 2 Final by 73 runs Scorecard  Competition

*             Sri Lanka stroll to easy win over England at Bristol in t20 Scorecard

*               England Women defeat Australia & New Zealand Women beat India Women Quadrangulsr Series

*            Scotland & Netherlands share points in rain ruined match Scorecard ICC Intercontinental Cup

*            Windies' tail fights hard but India win comfortably by 63 runs. Harbhajan & Raina rescue India innings from obliteration then Windies flounder but for Barath.Dravid century alone allows  India to set testing target of 326:At Kingston 1st Test India 246,61.2 overs & 252,94.2 overs(Dravid 112,Sammy 4-52,Bishoo 4-65) beat West Indies 173,67.5 overs & 262,68.23 overs Scorecard

*            Windies win final ODI comfortably as Bravo & Sarwan set up victory despite Sarwan's injury:At Kingston Jamaica India 251,47.3 overs(Kohli 94, Russell 4-35) lost to West Indies 255-3,48.4 overs(DM Bravo 86,Sarwan 75rh) by 7 wickets  Scorecard  India win series 3-2 

*            England win toss and insert Sri Lanka after delayed start.Sri Lanka lose 4 wickets between showers.After another delayed start day 2 more Sri Lankan wickets as Tremlett takes sixfer.Swann makes break after fruitless Broad short delivery barrage.Strauss & Trott fall early day 3 but Pietersen takes England into lead:At Rose Bowl Southampton 3rd Test Sri Lanka184,64.2 overs & 334-5,104 overs(Sangakkara 119,Samaraweera 87*) drew with England 377-8dec,92.4 overs(Bell 119*.Pietersen 85,Morgan 71,Cook 55)  Scorecard

*             Australia Women win final ODI by 19 runs to take Rose Bowl series 4-2 despite late order fifty by Nicola BrowneScorecard  Report     

*          Windies gain an emphatic win withe series already lost. Pollard all too rare blitz raise Windies to decent total.At North Sound Antigua 4th ODI West Indies 249-8,50 overs(Pollard 70,Simmons 67) beat India 146,39 overs(Martin 4-36,Russell 3-15) by 103 runs Scorecard India lead series 3-1

*           India wins battle of late order stands.Number 10 Russell hits 92*:At North Sound Antigua West Indies 225-8, 50 overs(Russell 92*) lost to India 228-7,46.2 overs by 3 wickets Scorecard

*           Sri Lankans tail collapses and young Topley takes four wickets.Bopara fails but Dutchman ten Doeschate thrashes Sri Lankan attack:At  Chelmsford 3 day tour match Sri Lankans 337-9dec,90.4 overs(Sangakkara 153,Thirimanne 104ret) & 7-1,2.2 overs v Essex 351,73.4 overs(ten Doeschate 164,Westley 99)  Scorecard

*           Mohammed Amir flouts ban by playing for Surrey club Addington 1763 in a league match in the lowly Surrey Cricket League.Or did he? What jurisdiction does ICC have with respect to Surrey Cricket Leage matches or for that matter the Surrey Championship, Surrey County League, Surrey Downs League   ? More and More

*           India comfortably win second match reduced by rain.Windies top order fires but middle folds:At Port-of-SpainTrinidad 2nd ODI West Indies 240-9,50 overs lost to India 183-7,33.3(37) overs D/L Method Scorecard

*           Pakistan eyes legal action over ICC rule change More

*           India win opening t20 in Port Of Spain by 16 runs Scorecard. Still no Gayle for Windies & comfortably win opening ODI though Sarwan at last chose some form Scorecard

*           England invited to bat and lose three early wicket but recover powerfully.Prior hit ton then Dilshan leads robust riposte.Rain curtails play on Sunday as Dilshan misses out on doubleton.All set for interesting final day:At Lord's 2nd Test England 486,112.5 overs)Prior 126,Cook 96,Morgan 79,Broad 54,Bell 62,Wlegedara 4-122) & 145-2,38.2 overs v Sri Lanka 479,131.4 overs(Dilshan 193)  Scorecard

*           Murray Goodwin hits record Sussex score in drawn match with Yorkshire Scorecard and brilliant teenager Ben Stokes hits 185 before injuring finger badly attempting catch Scorecard  More

*           Paul Stirling hits century but Ireland lose again in penultimate over:At Belfast 2nd ODI Ireland 238-8,50 overs(Stirling 109) lost to Pakistan 242-5,48.4 overs) by 5 wickets Scorecard Pakistan win series 2-0

*           Rain delays start again but England achieve remarkable victory with time to spare after declaring once Bell had completed 13th test century.Trott reaches double ton & Bell just short of century.Pietersen goes cheaply.Sri Lanka win toss and bat & lose two wickets by close but reach decent total  day 2 with Prasana Jawardene century.Strauss before stumps:At Cardiff 1st Test Sri Lanka 400,118.4 overs(P Jayawardene 116) & 82,24.5 overs v England 496-5dec,155, overs(Trott 203,Cook 133,Bell 103*)  Scorecard

*           Afghanistan reach 274 but still lose to Pakistan 'A' who take series 3-0. Scorecard  Series

*           Pakistan thrash Ireland in rain reduced match:At Belfast 1st ODI Ireland 96,20 overs(36) lost to Pakistan  97-3,27.3 overs(36) by 7 wickets Scorecard

*           Chennai Super Kings take the title in one sided final after Gayle goes for duck:At Chennai India Premier League Final Chennai Super Kings 205-5 beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 147-8 by 58 runs Scorecard

*           Marcus Trescothick destroys Yorkshire's bowling with innings of 189 & 151 * More

*           Ramprakash the master county batsmen passes 35,000 First Class runs at Oval against Glamorgan More Another Middlesex cast off Owais Shah hits 96 against his former club More  Sonny Ramadhin's grandson,Kyle Hogg, takes 7-28 to rout Hants at Southampton More

*           Despite topping the League Royal Challengers Bangalore lose 1st qualifying final to Chennai Super Kings with two balls to spare Scorecard   Mumbai beat Kolkata Knight Riders in Elimination Final with 4 balls to spare Scorecard

*         Morgan gets nod over Bopara from England selectors for 1st test More

*         Shane Warne finally bows out after last IPL game More 

*         Pakistan win toss and bat lose 3 early wickets to Rampaul.Azhar steadies the innings only be run out in comical mix up.Bad light stops play early.Last wicket pair thwart Windies with 78 runs then Windies collapse apart from Samuels.Centuries from Taufeeq & Misbah pot Pkistan in pole position :At St Kitts 2nd Test Pakistan 272,109.5 overs(Azhar Ali 67,Tanvir Ahmed 57,Umar Akmal 56) & 377,112.2 overs(Taufeeq Umar 139,Misbah 102*)  v West Indies223,83.5 overs(Samuels 57,Rampaul 34*) & 130-5,53 overs(DM Bravo 50,Nash 30*) Scorecard

*         Napier equals first class record with sixteen sixes at Whitgift in innings of 196 off 130 balls Essex v Surrey 

*         ICC Under 19s 2012 Youth World Cup in Queensland Groups announced More 

*          Morgan & Patel  excel while Bopara fails.Taylor shows potential as Lions post big score then force tourists to follow on but openers add 200 for 1st wicket:At Derby England Lions 498-8 dec,109 overs(Morgan 193,Patel 119,Taylor 76) & 183,47.5 overs lost to Sri Lankans 266,63.5 overs(Randiv71*,Dernbach 5-42) & f/o 448,104.4 overs(Paranavitana 125,Dilshan 117) by 38 runs  Scorecard

*          ICC Intercontinental Cup 2011-13 fixtures and participating teams announced.Namibia and United Arab Emirates join top six Associate and Affiliate countries in competition More

*          The eleventh MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture will be delivered by Kumar Sangakkara at Lord’s on Monday 4th July 2011. More

*         Strauss hits big ton off Sri Lankans & Dan Housego follows his example.Sri Lankan openers stroke tons off mediocre Middlesex attack then bowl out Middx and chase home target to win:At Uxbridge Middlesex 360-8,100 overs(Strauss 151,Housego 104) & 161,48.5 overs lost to Sri Lankans 309-2dec,69 overs(Dilshan 123rt,Paranavitana 103rt) & 216-6,44 oversby 4 wickets Scorecard

*        Cambridge MCU beat Surrey by 10 wickets.  student Paul Best hit 150 off Surrey's bowling Pietersen out to Ansari & Woolley Scorecard  

*        Andy Flower, Andrew Strauss and Hugh Morris, the management trio that led the England cricket team to its first Ashes Series triumph on foreign soil in 23 years, have been honoured with the Leadership in Sport Award at the Sport Industry Awards 2011 ceremony on 11^th May, the 10^th anniversary of the prestigious event. More

*         Windies win toss and bat but struggle on dreadful pitch which turns and keeps low on first day,tail wags a bit.Pakistan slump after lunch.13 wickets on day 2.Bishoo & chanderpaul add 48 for last wicket to set Pakistan a difficult target on this pitch of 219.Pakistan lose 3 wickets for 2 runs,Shafiq dropped before scoring and surviving ball hitting stumps without disturbing bails  and Misbah survive until stumps.Sammy fifer and Rampaul with 4 wkts give Windies welcome Test win:At Guyana 1st Test West Indies 228,98 overs(Ajmal 5-69) & 152,61.2 overs(Ajmal 6-42) beat Pakistan 160,64.4(Bishoo 4-68) & 178,73 overs(Misbah 52,Sammy 5-27,Rampaul 4-48) by 40 runs Scorecard 

*         Nick Compton grandson of Denis hit 254* for Somerset Scorecard

*         Kuwait beat Nigeria in ICC World Cricket League Final Scorecard Both teams go up to Divison Six More

*         Chanderpaul, Edwards, Sarwan & Bishoo in Test squad   More

*         Chris Gayle discarded by dunderhead Windies selectors hits another whirlwind ton and takes 3 wickets as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeat Kings XI Punjab by 85 runs Scorecard

*         Alastair Cook,ignored by England for ODIs in Australia and World Cup becomes England's new ODI skipper announced ECB at Lord's May 5th.Broad to be 20/20 captain & Strauss remains Test leader More

*         Rampaul & Sammy rout Pakistan.Simmons & Edwards make it a 10 wicket win:At Providence Guyana Pakistan 139 lost to West Indies 140-0,23.3 overs(Simmons 77*,Edwards 44*) by 10 wickets Scorecard Pakistan won series 3-2

*         Flower stays loyal to England More

*         Roberts calls for complete WICB overhaul.Hunte & Hilaire should resign More

*         Rain and Bravo six sneaks windies a rare odi win.Sarwan returns to side:At Bridgetown 4th ODI Pakistan 248-9,50 overs(M Hafeez 121) lost to West Indies 154-4,39.4 overs(Simmons 76) D/L Method Scorecard

*         Adelaide Oval with drop-in pitches after South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) members approved a major upgrade to the venue.  More

*         Selectors asked me to retire - Chanderpaul More Pity Hilaire will not retire then cricket would rejoice!

*         Yorkshire's Barney Gibson has become the youngest English first-class cricketer - aged 15 years and 27 days.More

*         Duncan Fletcher is appointed National Coach for India More

*         Rampaul & Bishoo nearly achieve impossible but Misbah takes Pakistan to third win:At Bridgetown 3rd ODI 45/45 reduced West Indies 171,43.4 lost to Pakistan 177-7,40.1 overs by 3 wickets Scorecard

*         Chanderpaul questions   WICB Chief Hilaire's   comments    More

*         BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2011 Harry Pearson was last night the acclaimed winner of this prestigious award -presented in a packed Long Room at Lord’s -  for his book “Slipless in Settle – A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket”.More

*        Kraigg Brathwaite & Anthony Alleyne centuries set up Windies' win in only youth test:At ICC Gobal Academy Only Test Australia U-19s 350,76.1 overs(Patterson 123) & & 228,64.2 overs lost to West Indies U-19s 426-8dec,96 overs(Brathwaite 168,Alleyne 106) & 156-6,33 overs & 228,64.2 overs by 4 wickets  Scorecard 

*         Dutch winning ways continue with victory over Derbyshire Scorecard  Clydesdale Results

*         Ahmed Shehzad century ensures comfortable win over Windeis who scored too few and had only leggie Bishoo to worry Pakistan's batsmen:At St Lucia West Indies 220,50 overs lost to Pakistan 223-3,48 overs(A Shehzad 103) by 7 wicketsScorecard

*         Dutch joy and Yorkshire blushes as Netherlands win opening Clydesdale 40/40 match  Neil Whitaker reports  More Clydesdale Results

*         Chris Gayle's century in 55 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore emphasises what Windies are missing thanks to their incompetant selectors Scorecard

*         Easy win for Pakistan over substandard Windies:At St Lucia 1st ODI West Indies 221-6,50 overs(DM Bravo 67) lost to Pakistan 222-2,41.3 overs(M Hafeez 54,Misbah-ul0Haq 73*,Asad Shafiq 61*) by 8 wickets Scorecard

*         Sri Lanka players to play IPL till May 18.Other players to be added to squad for early matches More

*            Windies Under 19s beat Oz to take series 2-1:At Dubai 3rd ODI West Indies U-19s 229-8,50 overs(Mayers 98*) beatAustralia U-19s 211,48.3 overs Scorecard

*         Slinger Malinga announces retirement from Test cricket More

*         Windies Board's endless sqabbles with their leading player is an indictment of the board's mangement capacity.The sooner they resign the better for Windies cricket! Gayle says he had no option but to join IPL More 

*         Barking born Varun Chopra has now hit double tons in successive matches for Warwickshire More

*         Windies win T20 as Bishoo takes 4 wkts:At St Lucia T20 West Indies 150-7,20 overs beat Pakistan 143-9,20 overs by 7 runs Scorecard

*         ICC to reconsider decision to exclude Associates from next 50/50 World Cup More

*         One run defeat sees Uganda relegated with Bermuda from ICC World division 2 More UAE beat Namibia in final   More Points Table   The top four  UAE, Namibia, PNG and Hong Kong will each receive dedicated ICC High Performance grants while two out of the four will play in the ICC Intercontinental Cup   

*         Chris Woakes hits ton & takes 9 wickets in huge Warwickshire win over Somerset More

*         Windies selectors drop Gayle,Chanderpaul and Sarwan supposedly to help build for future. Gayle hit a triple century in last Windies' Test series More  Why drop the old guard?

*         Windies U-19s level series:At Dubai U-19s series West Indies U-19s 267-9,50 overs beat Australia U-19s 165,39.1 overs by 102 runs Scorecard Series 1-1

*        Chennai Super Kings recover from two ducks to post decent score thanks to Vija,Badinath and Dhoni but not enough as Paul Valthaty with unbeaten ton takes Kings XI to victory:At Chandigarth Match 9  Chennai Super Kings 188-4,20 overs beatKings XI Punjab 193-4,19.1 overs by 4 wickets Scorecard

*         Michael Hussey hits ton as Oz post bid total which proves too much for brave Bangladesh who nearly hit 300:At Mirpur 3rd ODI Australia 361-8,50 overs(M Hussey 108) beat Bangladesh 295-6,50 overs(Imrul Kayes 93) by 66 runs Scorecard James Pattinson whose brother played a Test for England made his debut for Australia

*         Several youngsters did well in the first round of Championship matches. Sam Northeastjust 21, hit a ton for Kent:schoolboy Rees Topley took 5-46 for Essex and Ben Stokes hit an unbeaten ton plus a sixfer for Durham.Not quite so young Adil Rashid took eleven wickets in Yorkshire's win.

*         Shane Watson breaks records with 185 off 93 balls so Oz takes 2-0 lead:At Mirpur 2nd ODI Bangladesh 229-7,50 overs lost to Australia 232-1,26 overs by 9 wickets Scorecard

 
*         Jamaica claim fourth successive title:At Bridgetown Barbados 4day Final Jamaica 225 (Lambert 41, Austin 4-81, Kantasingh 4-89) and 15=2 beat Combined Campuses and Colleges 112 (R Reifer 42, Russell 3-11, Brown 3-34) and 122 (Phillips 34, Miller 4-33, Brown 4 -54) by eight wickets Scorecard
 
*        Malinga claims fifer (5-13) in Mumbai defeat of Delhi Daredevils IPL Match 4 Scorecard

*        Michael Clarke hits ton in Oz win:At Mirpur 1st ODI Australia 270-7,50 overs(Clarke 101) beat Bangladesh 210-5 by 60 runs Scorecard

*        Four Unis draw with counties in opening round of matches but Durham & Cardiff/Glamorgan suffered heavy defeats at hands of local CCC. Results & Scorecards Plunkett & Benkenstein hit tons off Durham Scorecard Alistair Cook takes 2nd innings ton off Cambridge Scorecard Croft rescues Glamorgan 1st innings after student seamers rout top order but Uni all out for 46 in 2nd innings Scorecard  Ed Young(Oxford MCCU) hits ton off Lancashire Scorecard  Sam Billings(L'borough) hits ton off N'hantsScorecard

*        Jayawardene century sets up commanding Sri Lanka total.Sehwag out for a duck,Tendulkar out early but Gambhir maintains chase and Dhoni wins the match in style:World Cup Final at Mumbai Wankhede Stadium Sri Lanka 274-6,50 overs(Jayawardene 103*) lost to India  277-4,48.2 overs(Gambhir 97,Dhoni 91*) by 6 wickets Scorecard India World Champions for 2nd time Toss taken twice More Matthews injury causes four changes in Sri Lanka team,Mendis dropped.Sreesanth replaces injured Nehra for India. India victory picture

*        Yuvraj Singh named as ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 player of the tournament    More

*       India wins toss and elects to bat drops Ashwin and pick Nehra.After Sehwag cameo Pakistan fielding lases allow India to post decent total.After a bright start Pakistan's batsmen throw match away with rekless shots abeeted by Misbah's go slow t: 2nd Semi Final at Mohali India 260-9,50 overs(Tendulkar 85,Wahab Riaz 5-46) beat Pakistan 231,49.5(Misbah ul haq 56)by 29 runs Scorecard

*       NZ win toss and bat first but fail to post challeging total.Despite brilliant fielding the bowlers were unable to restrict the Sri Lanka top order so Sri Lanka go through to final and Mural' plays his last international game at home:1st semi final at Colombo New Zealand  217,48.5 overs(Styris 57) lost to Sri Lanka 221-5,47.5 overs by 5 wickets Scorecard

*      India coast past Windies 1st innings total after losing twickets.windies'batting fails after being invited to bat with only Bravo playing an innings.Where oh where is Chris Gayle?: At Dominica  3rd Test West Indies 204,76.3 overs(I Sharma 5-77) v India 308-6,98 overs(Mukund 62,Laxman 56,Raina 50,Dhoni 60*). Scorecard *         Morgan & Patel  excel while Bopara fails.Taylor shows potential as Lions post big score then force tourists to follow on but openers add 200 for 1st wicket:At Derby England Lions 498-8 dec,109 overs(Morgan 193,Patel 119,Taylor 76) & 183,47.5 overs lost to Sri Lankans 266,63.5 overs(Randiv71*,Dernbach 5-42) & f/o 448,104.4 overs(Paranavitana 125,Dilshan 117) by 38 runs  Scorecard

*        ICC Intercontinental Cup 2011-13 fixtures and participating teams announced.Namibia and United Arab Emirates join top six Associate and Affiliate countries in competition More

*          The eleventh MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture will be delivered by Kumar Sangakkara at Lord’s on Monday 4th July 2011. More

*          Strauss hits big ton off Sri Lankans & Dan Housego follows his example.Sri Lankan openers stroke tons off mediocre Middlesex attack then bowl out Middx and chase home target to win:At Uxbridge Middlesex 360-8,100 overs(Strauss 151,Housego 104) & 161,48.5 overs lost to Sri Lankans 309-2dec,69 overs(Dilshan 123rt,Paranavitana 103rt) & 216-6,44 oversby 4 wickets Scorecard

*        Cambridge MCU beat Surrey by 10 wickets.  student Paul Best hit 150 off Surrey's bowling Pietersen out to Ansari & Woolley Scorecard  

*        Andy Flower, Andrew Strauss and Hugh Morris, the management trio that led the England cricket team to its first Ashes Series triumph on foreign soil in 23 years, have been honoured with the Leadership in Sport Award at the Sport Industry Awards 2011 ceremony on 11^th May, the 10^th anniversary of the prestigious event. More

*         Windies win toss and bat but struggle on dreadful pitch which turns and keeps low on first day,tail wags a bit.Pakistan slump after lunch.13 wickets on day 2.Bishoo & chanderpaul add 48 for last wicket to set Pakistan a difficult target on this pitch of 219.Pakistan lose 3 wickets for 2 runs,Shafiq dropped before scoring and surviving ball hitting stumps without disturbing bails  and Misbah survive until stumps.Sammy fifer and Rampaul with 4 wkts give Windies welcome Test win:At Guyana 1st Test West Indies 228,98 overs(Ajmal 5-69) & 152,61.2 overs(Ajmal 6-42) beat Pakistan 160,64.4(Bishoo 4-68) & 178,73 overs(Misbah 52,Sammy 5-27,Rampaul 4-48) by 40 runs Scorecard 

*         Nick Compton grandson of Denis hit 254* for Somerset Scorecard

*         Kuwait beat Nigeria in ICC World Cricket League Final Scorecard Both teams go up to Divison Six More

*         Chanderpaul, Edwards, Sarwan & Bishoo in Test squad   More

*         Chris Gayle discarded by dunderhead Windies selectors hits another whirlwind ton and takes 3 wickets as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeat Kings XI Punjab by 85 runs Scorecard

*         Alastair Cook,ignored by England for ODIs in Australia and World Cup becomes England's new ODI skipper announced ECB at Lord's May 5th.Broad to be 20/20 captain & Strauss remains Test leader More

*         Rampaul & Sammy rout Pakistan.Simmons & Edwards make it a 10 wicket win:At Providence Guyana Pakistan 139 lost to West Indies 140-0,23.3 overs(Simmons 77*,Edwards 44*) by 10 wickets Scorecard Pakistan won series 3-2

*         Flower stays loyal to England More

*         Roberts calls for complete WICB overhaul.Hunte & Hilaire should resign More

*         Rain and Bravo six sneaks windies a rare odi win.Sarwan returns to side:At Bridgetown 4th ODI Pakistan 248-9,50 overs(M Hafeez 121) lost to West Indies 154-4,39.4 overs(Simmons 76) D/L Method Scorecard

*         Adelaide Oval with drop-in pitches after South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) members approved a major upgrade to the venue.  More

*         Selectors asked me to retire - Chanderpaul More Pity Hilaire will not retire then cricket would rejoice!

*         Yorkshire's Barney Gibson has become the youngest English first-class cricketer - aged 15 years and 27 days.More

*         Duncan Fletcher is appointed National Coach for India More

*         Rampaul & Bishoo nearly achieve impossible but Misbah takes Pakistan to third win:At Bridgetown 3rd ODI 45/45 reduced West Indies 171,43.4 lost to Pakistan 177-7,40.1 overs by 3 wickets Scorecard

*         Chanderpaul questions   WICB Chief Hilaire's   comments    More

*         BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2011 Harry Pearson was last night the acclaimed winner of this prestigious award -presented in a packed Long Room at Lord’s -  for his book “Slipless in Settle – A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket”.More

*        Kraigg Brathwaite & Anthony Alleyne centuries set up Windies' win in only youth test:At ICC Gobal Academy Only Test Australia U-19s 350,76.1 overs(Patterson 123) & & 228,64.2 overs lost to West Indies U-19s 426-8dec,96 overs(Brathwaite 168,Alleyne 106) & 156-6,33 overs & 228,64.2 overs by 4 wickets  Scorecard 

*         Dutch winning ways continue with victory over Derbyshire Scorecard  Clydesdale Results

*         Ahmed Shehzad century ensures comfortable win over Windeis who scored too few and had only leggie Bishoo to worry Pakistan's batsmen:At St Lucia West Indies 220,50 overs lost to Pakistan 223-3,48 overs(A Shehzad 103) by 7 wicketsScorecard

*         Dutch joy and Yorkshire blushes as Netherlands win opening Clydesdale 40/40 match  Neil Whitaker reports  More Clydesdale Results

*         Chris Gayle's century in 55 balls for Royal Challengers Bangalore emphasises what Windies are missing thanks to their incompetant selectors Scorecard

*         Easy win for Pakistan over substandard Windies:At St Lucia 1st ODI West Indies 221-6,50 overs(DM Bravo 67) lost to Pakistan 222-2,41.3 overs(M Hafeez 54,Misbah-ul0Haq 73*,Asad Shafiq 61*) by 8 wickets Scorecard

*         Sri Lanka players to play IPL till May 18.Other players to be added to squad for early matches More

*            Windies Under 19s beat Oz to take series 2-1:At Dubai 3rd ODI West Indies U-19s 229-8,50 overs(Mayers 98*) beatAustralia U-19s 211,48.3 overs Scorecard

*         Slinger Malinga announces retirement from Test cricket More

*         Windies Board's endless sqabbles with their leading player is an indictment of the board's mangement capacity.The sooner they resign the better for Windies cricket! Gayle says he had no option but to join IPL More 

*         Barking born Varun Chopra has now hit double tons in successive matches for Warwickshire More

*         Windies win T20 as Bishoo takes 4 wkts:At St Lucia T20 West Indies 150-7,20 overs beat Pakistan 143-9,20 overs by 7 runs Scorecard

*         ICC to reconsider decision to exclude Associates from next 50/50 World Cup More

*         One run defeat sees Uganda relegated with Bermuda from ICC World division 2 More UAE beat Namibia in final   More Points Table   The top four  UAE, Namibia, PNG and Hong Kong will each receive dedicated ICC High Performance grants while two out of the four will play in the ICC Intercontinental Cup   

*         Chris Woakes hits ton & takes 9 wickets in huge Warwickshire win over Somerset More

*         Windies selectors drop Gayle,Chanderpaul and Sarwan supposedly to help build for future. Gayle hit a triple century in last Windies' Test series More  Why drop the old guard?

*         Windies U-19s level series:At Dubai U-19s series West Indies U-19s 267-9,50 overs beat Australia U-19s 165,39.1 overs by 102 runs Scorecard Series 1-1

*        Chennai Super Kings recover from two ducks to post decent score thanks to Vija,Badinath and Dhoni but not enough as Paul Valthaty with unbeaten ton takes Kings XI to victory:At Chandigarth Match 9  Chennai Super Kings 188-4,20 overs beatKings XI Punjab 193-4,19.1 overs by 4 wickets Scorecard

*         Michael Hussey hits ton as Oz post bid total which proves too much for brave Bangladesh who nearly hit 300:At Mirpur 3rd ODI Australia 361-8,50 overs(M Hussey 108) beat Bangladesh 295-6,50 overs(Imrul Kayes 93) by 66 runs Scorecard James Pattinson whose brother played a Test for England made his debut for Australia

*         Several youngsters did well in the first round of Championship matches. Sam Northeastjust 21, hit a ton for Kent:schoolboy Rees Topley took 5-46 for Essex and Ben Stokes hit an unbeaten ton plus a sixfer for Durham.Not quite so young Adil Rashid took eleven wickets in Yorkshire's win.

*         Shane Watson breaks records with 185 off 93 balls so Oz takes 2-0 lead:At Mirpur 2nd ODI Bangladesh 229-7,50 overs lost to Australia 232-1,26 overs by 9 wickets Scorecard

 
*         Jamaica claim fourth successive title:At Bridgetown Barbados 4day Final Jamaica 225 (Lambert 41, Austin 4-81, Kantasingh 4-89) and 15=2 beat Combined Campuses and Colleges 112 (R Reifer 42, Russell 3-11, Brown 3-34) and 122 (Phillips 34, Miller 4-33, Brown 4 -54) by eight wickets Scorecard
 
*        Malinga claims fifer (5-13) in Mumbai defeat of Delhi Daredevils IPL Match 4 Scorecard

*        Michael Clarke hits ton in Oz win:At Mirpur 1st ODI Australia 270-7,50 overs(Clarke 101) beat Bangladesh 210-5 by 60 runs Scorecard

*        Four Unis draw with counties in opening round of matches but Durham & Cardiff/Glamorgan suffered heavy defeats at hands of local CCC. Results & Scorecards Plunkett & Benkenstein hit tons off Durham Scorecard Alistair Cook takes 2nd innings ton off Cambridge Scorecard Croft rescues Glamorgan 1st innings after student seamers rout top order but Uni all out for 46 in 2nd innings Scorecard  Ed Young(Oxford MCCU) hits ton off Lancashire Scorecard  Sam Billings(L'borough) hits ton off N'hantsScorecard

*        Jayawardene century sets up commanding Sri Lanka total.Sehwag out for a duck,Tendulkar out early but Gambhir maintains chase and Dhoni wins the match in style:World Cup Final at Mumbai Wankhede Stadium Sri Lanka 274-6,50 overs(Jayawardene 103*) lost to India  277-4,48.2 overs(Gambhir 97,Dhoni 91*) by 6 wickets Scorecard India World Champions for 2nd time Toss taken twice More Matthews injury causes four changes in Sri Lanka team,Mendis dropped.Sreesanth replaces injured Nehra for India. India victory picture

*        Yuvraj Singh named as ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 player of the tournament    More

*       India wins toss and elects to bat drops Ashwin and pick Nehra.After Sehwag cameo Pakistan fielding lases allow India to post decent total.After a bright start Pakistan's batsmen throw match away with rekless shots abeeted by Misbah's go slow t: 2nd Semi Final at Mohali India 260-9,50 overs(Tendulkar 85,Wahab Riaz 5-46) beat Pakistan 231,49.5(Misbah ul haq 56)by 29 runs Scorecard

*       NZ win toss and bat first but fail to post challeging total.Despite brilliant fielding the bowlers were unable to restrict the Sri Lanka top order so Sri Lanka go through to final and Mural' plays his last international game at home:1st semi final at Colombo New Zealand  217,48.5 overs(Styris 57) lost to Sri Lanka 221-5,47.5 overs by 5 wickets Scorecard

*      India coast past Windies 1st innings total after losing twickets.windies'batting fails after being invited to bat with only Bravo playing an innings.Where oh where is Chris Gayle?: At Dominica  3rd Test West Indies 204,76.3 overs(I Sharma 5-77) v India 308-6,98 overs(Mukund 62,Laxman 56,Raina 50,Dhoni 60*). Scorecard

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