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England Under-19 slumped to a heavy defeat at the hands of Bangladesh Under-19 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur

The frenetic fall of wickets and early finshes to the first two Tests in the UAE will have done little for the bank balances of the Pakistan Cricket Board or the local organising authorities, but the golf clubs of Dubai have probably done all right out of them, with the travelling supporters finding plenty of time to kill, writes Paul Radley in the National. Is someone sat on the fast-forward button? This Test series was always supposed to be brief, with three matches to be played back to back, and…

Indian cricket was hit by a major crisis on Saturday when the long-time sponsor of the national team pulled out over differences with the board.

India's national cricket team lost its major sponsor Sahara India after an 11-year association. Sahara India announced Saturday it will end its sponsorship of the national team and would also give up its ownership of Indian Premier League team Pune Warriors. The sponsorship contract was not due to expire until next year but Sahara said it will only stay on for a few months while the Board of…

Brad Hogg: happy to be on the field than off it

Osman Samiuddin in the National writes that in sport, the business of retirement can be an unsettling one, not only because it is not easy to know whether something irreversible has set inside a player or whether it is merely a temporary slip. While they make make adjustments as they recognise the approaching of the end, what the sportsmen are really doing, writes Samiuddin, is battling the conceit of the rest of us who think we know that it is time for them to leave. Why should sportsmen care what…

Matthew Wade is expected to earn a Test call-up for the tour of the West Indies in April after the national selector John Inverarity expressed his desire to have two wicketkeepers in the squad

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday sacked its Australian coach Geoff Marsh and replaced him with South African Graham Ford as part of a major shake-up following the national team's poor run.

Mohammad Sami and Danish Kaneria took four wickets each to skittle Baluchistan for 164 on the first day at the National Stadium in Karachi

Sri Lanka cricket appoints a new captain for the national team following the resignation of Tillakaratne Dilshan.