Mohammad Asif, the Pakistan bowler, has lodged an appeal against his spot-fixing conviction and sentence having engaged the services of a new defence team. Asif was handed a 12-month jail term for his part in bowling deliberate no-balls during the 2010 Lord’s Test against England. He is now using the   Read More ...

Pat Cummins should be fast-tracked into Australia’s starting line-up for the first Test in Cape Town, according to the former coach of South Africa, Mickey Arthur. Cummins, 18, has been named in Australia’s squad for the two-Test tour of South Africa and will be Australia’s second-youngest Test player of all   Read More ...

After 53 innings across all formats at the highest level, most of them played as an opener, Lendl Simmons hit his first international century in the opening ODI against Bangladesh. Simmons was relieved to break his century jinx and termed the match-winning effort as “one of the most memorable moments”   Read More ...

Kieron Pollard, the West Indies allrounder, has said that the Bangladesh series is a very important one for West Indies and for himself personally. Pollard joined the squad after winning the Champions League T20 with Mumbai Indians, but was ineligible to play in his side’s Twenty20 international defeat on Tuesday.   Read More ...