• Sussex sign Scott Styris for Friends Life T20

  

  Sussex have signed former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris as their first overseas player for the 2012 Friends Life t20. The 36-year-old, who retired from international cricket in June last year, will be with the Sharks throughout...

   

• Channel 5 retains England highlights

  

  The England and Wales Cricket Board has renewed its broadcasting agreement with Channel 5 for highlights coverage of international cricket from 2014-17. The broadcaster will continue to screen its highlights programme in early...

   

• ECB renews Sky Sports television deal from 2014-2017

  

  The England and Wales Cricket Board today announced a new broadcasting agreement with Sky Sports for the next four-year cycle from 2014-17. Sky Sports has won the rights to show live domestic and international cricket in England...

   

• Muttiah Muralitharan back at Gloucestershire for T20s

  

  Muttiah Muralitharan has confirmed that he will be returning to Gloucestershire for the 2012 Friends Life Twenty20 competition. Muralitharan, who retired from international cricket after the 2011 World Cup final, joined the Club...

   

• Pirate websites biggest threat to cricket, says Giles Clarke

  

  England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke said that pirate websites streaming live cricket illegally are the biggest threat to world cricket. The ECB last year closed down some 700 websites illegally streaming...

   

• England women to play T20Is against West Indies

  

  England women will play West Indies women in a five-match Twenty20 series with the first two games at the Emirates Durham ICG and Old Trafford, on September 8 and 10 respectively, scheduled directly before England men take on...

   

• Pakistan can narrow gap with Australia and India

  

  Despite Pakistan having already won the series against England, there is still a lot to play for in the third and final Test which starts in Dubai on Friday 3 February. For England, the equation is very simple and straightforward...

   

• Saeed Ajmal climbs to 2nd spot in ICC Test rankings

  

  Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal climbed to the second position in the ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers after Pakistan defeated England by 72 runs in the second Test on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman also made...

   

• Dirk Nannes back at Surrey for Twenty20

  

  Surrey have re-signed Australian paceman Dirk Nannes for this summer’s Friends Life t20 competition. Nannes, who is the leading wicket-taker in Twenty20 cricket, will join Murali Kartik as Surrey’s second overseas...

   

• Usman Khawaja returns to Derbyshire

  

  Derbyshire have re-signed Australia batsman Usman Khawaja as their second overseas player for the 2012 season. Khawaja will rejoin the club ahead of the Friends Life t20 opener versus Lancashire Lightning on Thursday 14th June...