Shane Dowrich played a vital hand for West Indies in the just-concluded Sharjah Test © Getty Images Following his heroic efforts in Sharjah, which helped West Indies to a rare away-Test win, wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich has been drafted into the ODI squad scheduled to play in the tri-series in Zimbabwe later this month. Fast bowler Miguel Cummins was also brought into the 15, with the two being left out at…

Lunch Australia 4 for 181 (Voges 10*) trail South Africa 242 by 61 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details David Warner and Shaun Marsh both fell in the first session on day two © Cricket Australia/Getty Images South Africa lost their strike weapon Dale Steyn to injury, but still managed to fight back impressively before lunch on day two at the WACA. Australia had started the morning at 0 for 105,…

File photo – Dale Steyn had missed Tests for South Africa last season with shoulder trouble © Gallo Images Dale Steyn left the field 42 minutes before lunch on the second day at the WACA clutching his right shoulder, which was broken last season and had kept him out of the England Tests. The South Africa fast bowler went down after delivering the fourth ball in his 13th over, after…

USA captain Steven Taylor has regularly bowled himself for ten overs while looking past specialist spin options © Peter Della Penna USA coach Pubudu Dassanayake gave credit to Denmark’s death bowling unit, saying their ability to bowl yorkers at the death saved them 30 runs in the final four overs that was a turning point in USA’s four-wicket loss on Wednesday at WCL Division Four. Dassanayake believes it is something…

Phillip Hughes died in 2014 after being struck by a bouncer © Getty Images The death of Phillip Hughes was a tragic accident arising from a “minuscule misjudgement” from the batsman and no players or umpires were at fault, according to the New South Wales coroner Michael Barnes. Mr Barnes on Friday released his findings from the coronial inquest into the death of Hughes, who was struck on the neck…

Phillip Hughes died in 2014 after being struck by a bouncer © Getty Images The death of Phillip Hughes was a tragic accident caused by a “minuscule misjudgement” from the batsman and no failure to enforce the laws of the game contributed to his death, according to the New South Wales coroner Michael Barnes. Mr Barnes on Friday released his findings from the coronial inquest into the death of Hughes,…

Ian Botham’s role at Durham will be that of an indefatigable figurehead © Getty Images Sir Ian Botham’s inspirational qualities on and off the cricket field have been well chronicled. The great deeds that won him the reputation as one of the greatest England cricketers in history have been followed in retirement by indefatigable charitable commitments approached with the same gusto. Now those energies will be committed to a new…

John Stanworth made his name at Lancashire over the course of two decades © Getty Images John Stanworth, the former director of Lancashire’s cricket academy, has become the latest recruit to the ECB’s restructured England Women’s Pathway. Stanworth, who spent three decades at Lancashire as a player, first-team coach and ultimately the county’s first academy director, has taken up the post of head coach of the England Women’s Senior Academy….

Ever since he lost his limited-overs captaincy to Mashrafe Mortaza in September 2014, Mushfiqur’s leadership in Tests has come under a lot of scrutiny © Getty Images Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh’s Test captain, has said coach Chandika Hathurusingha gave Tamim Iqbal the role of “helping” the bowlers closely during the last session of the Dhaka Test against England. He said that the four senior players in the field – himself, Tamim,…