It took 16 balls on the fourth day for Tillkaratne Dilshan to bring up his second hundred of the match, as Sri Lanka piled on the misery for Bangladesh on the fourth day of the second Test in Chittagong. Chamara Kapugedera continued with his good performa

Ricky Ponting has set South Africa a tempting target of 376 to complete a series whitewash at the SCG, where Australia declared at 4 for 257. South Africa will have to bat for nearly two hours before stumps

Sachin Tendulkar, who scored a century in his first outing for Mumbai in nearly two years, has said he does not favour neutral venues because of the lack of partisan crowds

A round-up of the fourth day's play in the second round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Jesse Ryder, the New Zealand batsman, said the team's top five 'has got to fire' in the remaining three ODIs against West Indies

Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has reiterated that Pakistan's priority is to host Australia's tour in their home country but admits that a neutral venue remains a possibility

Jason Dawes, a 20-year-old fast bowler who represented West Indies Under-19s, has been included in Jamaica's squad for their opening fixture of the season

Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman, will find out in two weeks who he is up against in his bid for another spell in the position after nominations for the chairmanship opened on Monday

Thilan Samaraweera, the Sri Lankan batsman, feels Bangladesh will be unable to mount a Mirpur-like challenge in the fourth innings, with conditions in Chittagong not very conducive for batting

Darren Pattinson, the one-Test wonder who earned a surprise call-up by England in the summer, has extended his contract with Nottinghamshire

Pakistan's sports minister, Pir Aftab Shah Jilani, has said that the country's cricket board must be brought under the control of the ministry in order to keep a check on the PCB's functioning

Surrey have begun to install their permanent floodlighting ahead of the new season and hope to complete the work by May

On a day of comebacks, the resilient efforts of the Uttar Pradesh bowlers were followed by those of the Tamil Nadu tail as the day ended with the match in balance

Wasim Jaffer's second career triple-hundred and his 227-run stand with Sachin Tendulkar all but ensured Mumbai's place in the Ranji Trophy final by virtue of a first-innings lead

A round-up of the final qualifying matches in South Africa's domestic one-day competition

Younis Khan has expressed his disappointment at the standard of pitches used for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, and said they are the main reason for the poor quality of cricket played in the tournament so far

Peter Moores could be sacked by the ECB before the end of the week, with his position as England coach becoming untenable in the wake of his public falling-out with the captain, Kevin Pietersen

Herschelle Gibbs has completed his rehabilitation programme and is now preparing to leave for the one-day series in Australia

Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene held firm as Sri Lanka extended their lead to 271. The visitors looked firmly in command even though they lost the openers in the morning's play.

The BCCI will decide on a one-day series with Sri Lanka only after it receives a response from New Zealand Cricket (NZC), possibly within this week, on its request for adding an extra Test to the original two-Test series schedule