Join us for a feast of cricket on Sky Sports this Christmas!
The action comes thick and fast this festive time – not least on Christmas Day when we’ll bring you coverage of the opening day of the first Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka live on Sky Sports 2 from 9.30pm.
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West Indies batsman Assad Fudadin has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test tour of South Africa after fracturing a finger during fielding practice on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old fractured the little finger on his right hand in the warm-ups on the opening morning of the first Test in Pretoria.
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Lord’s has been proposed as the venue for the ICC Cricket World Cup final when the tournament is staged in England and Wales in 2019 – and the ‘home of cricket’ will also host the ICC Women’s World Cup final in 2017.
The England and Wales Cricket Board will also recommend to ICC that the semi-finals in the 2019 World Cup should be allocated to Old Trafford, Manchester and Warwickshire’s home of Edgbaston, with the opening game being staged at The Oval.
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All proceeds from Wednesday’s one-day international between Pakistan and New Zealand in Abu Dhabi will be donated to those affected by the Peshawar school massacre.
The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for opening fire on the Army Public School in the city on Tuesday, which resulted in the death of at least 140 people, most of them students, while also leaving scores injured.
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Australia will unleash a new-look fast bowling attack with debutant Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc named to take on India in the second Test in Brisbane.
They replace Ryan Harris, who is suffering a quad strain, and Peter Siddle, who is omitted from the team that won the opening Test by 48 runs in Adelaide on Saturday.
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Fast bowler Liam Plunkett and batsman Sam Robson were in impressive form for an England Performance Programme XI in South Africa.
Yorkshire paceman Plunkett took 4-36 against North West Dragons in Potchefstroom while opening batsman Robson contributed an unbeaten half-century as the tourists made 103-1 before the close of play on day one of the two-day match.
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Jason Gillespie says the loss of Michael Clarke to harm on day among the very first Test against India in Adelaide has spoilt an otherwise successful opening day for hosts Australia.
Australia made an emotional return to playing cricket, the very first time they have played because the departure of Phillip Hughes
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Michael Carberry understands how it feels to be on the peripheries of the England one-day international team so is distressed for Alex Hales to catch his opportunity.
Matt Prior and Marcus Trescothick discuss whether Hales ought to be opening the bat in England’s ODI side
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Alastair Cook demonstrated he’s plenty more to offer after placing England on course for an late triumph over Sri Lanka in the third one-day international, says David Lloyd.
Cook contributed 34 to an opening stand of 84 with Moeen Ali (58 off 40 balls) as the tourists successfully chased down a revised Duckworth-Lewis objective of 236 in 35 overs.
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Cricket Australia is not going to make any hurry choice regarding the scheduling of the initial Test with India next week.
Australia’s players met on Friday, less than twenty four hours following the terrible passing of opening batsman Phillip Hughes as well as the national governing body says their care is likely to be the precedence for however long they want.
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County winners Yorkshire will start the defence of the title at New Road against encouraged Worcestershire to the opening day of the 2015 season.
The new effort begins on Sunday, April 12, with eight matches over both divisions. Division Two winners Hampshire host Sussex in Southampton while Somerset take on Durham in Taunton and 2014 runnersup Nottinghamshire journey to Lord’s to confront Middlesex.
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Cricket Australia is not going to make any hurry choice regarding the scheduling of the initial Test with India next week.
Australia’s players met on Friday, less than twenty four hours following the terrible passing of opening batsman Phillip Hughes as well as the national governing body says their care is likely to be the precedence for however long they want.
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England captain Alastair Cook is taking the positives from his side’s narrow defeat to Sri Lanka in the opening one-day international in Colombo.
England dropped 25 runs short of finishing their largest ever 50-over run-chase on Wednesday after being bowled out for 292 in reply to the hosts’ 317-6.
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England captain Alastair Cook says the unequivocal support he’s received in the selectors has made his job immeasurably easier as he prepares to lead his side to the one-day international series against Sri Lanka.
Cook’s place as opening batsman and skipper continues to be the focus of intense discussion amid criticisms that England’s strategy to the one day game is out of date.
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Ian Bell insists England would like to play a “favorable, competitive” brand of cricket as they get prepared for the start of one day series against Sri Lanka.
The tourists head to the opening match on Wednesday, live on Sky Sports, having recorded a comfortable victory in the sole warm up match they have managed to play in between extended spans of rain.
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Michael Clarke continues to be named in a 12-man Australia squad for next month’s opening Test against India in Brisbane.
The Australia skipper is comprised subject into a fitness test in the left hamstring he injured in the recent one day series against South Africa in Perth, while he also continues to get treatment for a continuing back problem.
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England’s middle-order batsmen would be the envy of the world if they weren’t under pressure to turn in ‘super-human’ performances so often, says Mark Butcher.
Alastair Cook’s side began their tour of Sri Lanka with a confident 56-run Duckworth Lewis victory over Sri Lanka A on Friday, the skipper sharing a 94-run opening stand with Moeen Ali, who blasted a 21-ball fifty in Colombo.
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Moeen Ali says he is keen to retain his place alongside Alastair Cook at the top of the England order in one-day international cricket.
The off-spinning all-rounder was named as Cook’s new opening partner on Thursday and he got off to a great start against Sri Lanka A on Friday.
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Shakib Al Hasan played a starring role as Bangladesh cruised to an 87-run win over Zimbabwe in their opening one-day international in Chittagong.
The all-rounder became only the 12th player in ODI history to score a century and claim four or more wickets in a match.
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Peter Moores insists the England dressing room has moved on from the Kevin Pietersen row as they prepare to take on Sri Lanka.
Moores’ first overseas tour since he was re-appointed as head coach starts with a warm-up game against Sri Lanka A in Colombo on Friday, with the opening contest of the seven-match one-day international series taking place in the same city on Wednesday.
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