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- Australia takes control of 1st test vs. Sri Lanka
- Captain Michael Clarke hit a fluent 60 on a difficult pitch to put Australia in command with a 283-run second-innings lead against Sri Lanka in the first test on Thursday.
- Zimbabwe 245-4 vs. Pakistan at stumps
- Tino Mawoyo batted through the opening day of his second ever test for 82 not out to lead Zimbabwe to 245-4 against Pakistan at stumps in the one-off test at Queens Sports Club on Thursday.
- Sri Lanka dismisses Australia at 273 in 1st innings
- Sri Lanka bowlers Rangana Herath and Suranga Lakmal took three wickets apiece to dismiss Australia for a modest 273 on Day 1 of the first test at Galle, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday.
- Watch: India defiant ahead of Old Trafford T20
- Cricket World Cup champion India remains defiant heading into a T20 with England with key injuries and on the heels of a harsh sweep at the hands of the English in a recent test series.
- England dominates ICC test team
- Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and James Anderson were named Friday to the ICC's 11-man test team of the year by a panel chaired by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd.
- Trott returns as England trims Ireland in ODI
- Jonathan Trott returned from injury and opened with a 69 in England's 11-run victory over Ireland in a rain-affected one-day international at Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday.
- Watch: English rocket up ICC rankings
- Batsman Ian Bell was just one of several English cricketers to rise considerably in the ICC rankings following the host squad's sweep of a lopsided test series with reigning World Cup champion India.
- England sweeps India in test series
- Sachin Tendulkar fell nine runs short of his 100th international hundred Monday as India collapsed to 283 all out in losing the fourth and final test of a series that host England swept 4-0.
- Sri Lanka holds Australia to 211 in final ODI
- Bowler Lasith Malinga bagged his third one-day international hat trick as Sri Lanka dismissed Australia to a modest 211 in the fifth and final ODI at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday.
- India's Sehwag, Sharma to miss upcoming ODIs
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed Monday that injured opener Virender Sehwag and pace bowler Ishant Sharma will miss upcoming limited-overs matches in England.
- England holds up against India in final test
- Rahul Dravid hit his third century of the series to hold up England on day four of the final test at The Oval, taking India to a respectable 218-6 at lunch on Sunday.
- India humiliated in final test against rampant England
- India limped to 103-5 at close of play on day three of the fourth test against England on Saturday in London, 289 runs short of the follow-on target and facing the real possibility of a series whitewash.
- Pakistan's cricket coach to stay for Zimbabwe tour
- Pakistan coach Waqar Younis announced Saturday he will step down after the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. The former fast bowler said he had resigned "a few days back" but while accepting his resignation, the Pakistan Cricket Board asked him to stay on for the Zimbabwe tour, beginning Aug. 28.
- Aussies beat Sri Lanka in 4th ODI
- Xavier Doherty and Brett Lee shared eight wickets as Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the fourth one-day international in Colombo to secure an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
- England takes control of test finale vs. India
- Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen took the fourth and final test out of India's grasp on Friday, guiding England to a commanding 457-3 at the close of day two at The Oval.
- Bangladesh salvages ODI win in Zimbabwe
- Tamim Iqbal hit 61 and Rubel Hossain took 4-31 Friday as Bangladesh salvaged some pride from its disappointing tour of Zimbabwe with a six-wicket win in the fourth one-day international.
- England pounces on lethargic India bowlers
- Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook guided England to 75-0 without loss at lunch Thursday on day one of the fourth and final test against a sluggish India side.
- Zimbabwe clinches ODI series with Bangladesh
- Mushfiqur Rahim's brilliant 101 from 100 balls was not enough as he fell in the last over to give Zimbabwe a dramatic five-run win over Bangladesh in the third one-day international on Tuesday.
- Sri Lanka stays alive against Australia
- Upul Tharanga hit a century and Lasith Malinga took five wickets to propel Sri Lanka to a crushing 78-run win against Australia in third one-day international on Tuesday. The win kept alive Sri Lanka's hopes of winning the five-match series after Australia won the previous two.
- Zimbabwe goes 2 up on Bangladesh
- Brian Vitori became the first bowler to take five wickets in each of his first two career one-day internationals as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the second one-dayer on Sunday to go 2-0 up in the five-match series.
- Pointer gives Aussies 2-0 series lead vs. Sri Lanka
- Former captain Ricky Ponting hit an unbeaten 90 and shared unbroken 107-run stand with captain Michael Clarke on Sunday as Australia thrashed Sri Lanka by eight wickets in their second one-day international. Ponting hit a six and eight boundaries to help his team chase down a victory target of 209 runs and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota.
- England claims India's crown after third test
- England routed India by an innings and 242 runs in the third test at Edgbaston on Saturday, to claim India's crown as the world's No. 1 side.
- Vitori, Sibanda lead Zimbabwe to ODI cricket win
- Brian Vitori took five wickets and Vusi Sibanda fell four runs short of a century as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by four wickets in the first one-day international at Harare Sports Club.
- Australia tops Sri Lanka in ODI action
- Australia's Mitchell Johnson took six wickets in a career-best spell to restrict Sri Lanka to a modest 191 in the first one-day international on Wednesday.
- England's test match to go on despite violence
- Undaunted by the riots that broke out in Birmingham on Monday night, England takes on India in the third test at Edgbaston on Wednesday, with rival captains Andrew Strauss and Mahendra Singh Dhoni both supporting the decision to go ahead with the game.
- Sri Lanka beats Australia in Twenty20
- Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a maiden century and Dilruwan Perera took three wickets to propel Sri Lanka to a 35-run home win against Australia in the first Twenty20 match on Saturday. Dilshan hit five sixes and 12 boundaries for an unbeaten 104 as he guided his team to 198-3 in 20 overs.
- Ireland bowls by Canada in U-19 Cricket World Cup qualifier
- Ireland used a devastating display of quality fast bowling to defeat Canada by five wickets Friday, virtually guaranteeing the Irish a place at the under-19 Cricket World Cup.
- Afghanistan pumps Canada at ICC Intercontinental Cup
- Afghanistan won the ICC Intercontinental Cup after hammering Canada for a nine-wicket victory Friday. Noor Ali Zadran and Karim Sadiq combined for eight boundries and 59 of the only 69 runs Afghanistan needed to win.
- Injured Indian cricketers to miss rest of England tour
- Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh will miss the rest of India's test series against England because of injuries picked up in last week's second test defeat.
- England to play 2 T20 matches against West Indies
- England will play two Twenty20 international matches against West Indies at The Oval in September.
- Bresnan helps England drub India in 2nd test
- England routed India by 319 runs in the second test at Trent Bridge on Monday to take a 2-0 lead in the four-test series, a margin that will give the hosts the No. 1 ranking in the world if maintained.
- England finishes day with 374 run lead on India
- England reached 441-6 at end-of-day stumps on Sunday, a lead of 374 runs, after a controversial third day in the second test against India at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Ian Bell hit 159 from 196 balls but only after India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni reversed a controversial dismissal when Bell was run out for 137 on the final ball of the afternoon session.
- Broad's hat trick highlight's England's 2nd day vs. India
- Stuart Broad took a hat trick for England on the second day of the second test against India at Trent Bridge on Saturday at Nottingham. Broad had Mahendra Singh Dhoni caught by James Anderson at second slip for 5, before trapping Harbhajan Singh lbw next ball. Praveen Kumar faced the hat trick ball and was clean bowled by a ball that jagged back off the seam.
- England records 221 all out in 2nd test with India
- India reached 24-1 at stumps on day one of the second test against England at Trent Bridge on Friday after a superb counterattacking 64 from Stuart Broad helped the home side recover from 124-8 at tea to 221 all out.