Cricket

Australia's stand-in captain George Bailey has admitted that his team is heading towards next month's Ashes series with 'not a great deal of confidence'

An 'all-you-can-eat-for-five-pounds' pub in the Cardiff City Centre is bustling with people counting lose change to grab a hot meal and watching - perhaps for the umpteenth time - Mark Taylor score his historic unbeaten 334 against Pakistan at Peshawar in 1998. The footage is repeated often in these parts.

Pakistan’s defeat in the Champions Trophy has prompted calls from former players, media and fans to overhaul the system and ditch coach Dav Whatmore and under-performing players.

Former Vidarbha captain and selector, Vijay Telang died on June 18 aged 61

Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed, who was tipped to be in Australia's Ashes squad, is named on the South Africa A tour.

So we are down to the last four teams and the semifinals and there is no denying that the Champions Trophy has been a treat for the genuine cricket fans who love the game served piping hot. There has

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has come out in support of wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi, who has had a torrid start with the bat for his new international team

My following of last night's game was down to very occasional glances at the club's Twitter feed, thanks to the extraordinary nature of Bruce Springsteen's gig at Hampden Park in Glasgow.A short summation? The two spinners (one of them part-time) did well; the seamers didn't. Only very good batting sides can chase nearly 280 and we're not near that, at this stage in the team's development.It appears to have been a fair effort at a run chase, but the run out of Chanderpaul was costly and, as at Durham in the same competition, we gave away too many runs and made life hard for ourselves in doing so.Next up, the Scotland game, which logic suggests will be easier.Hopefully that's the case.PS Springsteen? Simply on a different level. Three hours and forty minutes of the most rousing (and at times moving) rock you could imagine, with perhaps the best band on the planet.Unforgettable.

It’s been a fascinating tournament so far. With the massive increase in popularity of T-20 format in recent times, it seemed the 50 over format was taking a beating. However, for the purists, the 50

After a group stage which I thought was a tale of two different stories, the knockouts of the final ICC Champions Trophy get underway today when hosts England battle South Africa in the first