The jury in the alleged spot-fixing trial involving Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif heard on Thursday in-depth information on legitimate payments made to the players and the breakdown of how their earnings were distributed, including a loyalty payment of £22,000 for declining the Indian Cricket League. Those payments   Read More ...

Australia’s month-long tour of South Africa begins with a Twenty20 in Cape Town, a match that will be South Africa’s first international in any format since March 25. During that same period, Australia have been to Bangladesh for a one-day series and Sri Lanka for Tests, ODIs and Twenty20s. They   Read More ...

Liam Davis made an unbeaten 100 to push Western Australia into a strong position after Michael Hogan’s five wickets prevented Tasmania’s batsmen from claiming much beyond first innings points on day two of the Sheffield Shield match at the WACA ground. Starting the second innings 30 behind after the Tigers   Read More ...

When Mushfiqur Rahim slammed the penultimate ball of the tour opener for a match-winning six, the packed stands in Mirpur erupted as one. It was a spontaneous expression of joy from a crowd that hadn’t seen their side winning a Twenty20 international since 2007. But the reaction also underlined the   Read More ...