Shaun Udal has urged Adil Rashid's critics to lay off the leg-spinner or risk impeding the development of a player who he believes is capable of becoming an "outstanding" player... more
Former England batsman Marcus Trescothick has pulled out of the Champions League Twenty20 in India following a recurrence of a stress-related illness... more
Middlesex sneaked into the quarterfinals of the Friends Provident Trophy after rain meant rivals Warwickshire fell one run short of beating Kent at Edgbaston... more
Cricket: Australia's Phillip Hughes — a sensation in the county championship — continued his mediocre one-day form after being dismissed early on in Middlesex’s Friends Provident Trophy Group B clash with Scotland... more
New England captain Andrew Strauss faces the biggest challenge of his career, as he attempts to reunite a divided team that is the laughing stock of world cricket... more
England will fly home from India but are set to return to play a two-Test series despite the terrorist attacks in Mumbai which have left more than 100 people dead... more
Middlesex will go into the history-making Champions League in Mumbai as rank outsiders to scoop a £2million jackpot. And they couldn't be happier with their billing... more
Kevin Pietersen and his players have been told to stop whingeing about their experiences in the Caribbean and enjoy the opportunity of playing for an unprecedent $20million prize... more
Cricket: The man behind the richest cricket match ever is forced to apologise to the England team after his inappropriate behaviour with the players' wives... more
Cricket: Middlesex could be in the market to sign a Twenty20 world-beater like Brendon McCullum after being told they must chase a near £2million prize this winter without two of their England stars... more
Cricket: Former England spinner Shaun Udal is confident England will be able to handle the pressure in Antigua and pocket one million dollars apiece... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows