England has taken a battering in the first test match against Pakistan over in Dubai. But it isn't just Andrew Strauss and the team who are under pressure, the broadcasting circuits in the media centre at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and...

The success of the England cricket team down under has lead to a surge in interest in the England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) online offerings.

Its official website saw a 90 per cent increase in traffic during December, up to 572,000 and...

Stick Cricket fans rejoice - as the iPhone version has finally landed.

A title of online legendary status (it has been played over a billion times), Stick Cricket brings real teams, and real players right onto your iPhone or iPod touch's display.

The...

Oh dear, if only the Massachusetts-based tweeter @theashes had done a bit of research before opting for her Twitter handle, she would have saved herself quite a bit of bother.

Mind you, she would have also missed out on the offer of a free...

Come 25 November 2010, all cricket fans' eyes will be on Brisbane for the first test match in the Ashes series. The sound of leather upon willow, will echo through the city as England look to retain what is rightfully theirs.

And so, it is...

The World Cup may be over as far as England is concerned, but patriotic sports fans need not despair for too long because, and whisper this quietly, we're actually pretty ruddy good at cricket at the moment - at least in the short form of the game.

Not...

It seems the 10-million-strong audience success of the live stream of a recent U2 concert has turned Google's head towards the possibility of offering live broadcasts. While the U2 gig was a one-off, it's been revealed there are plans in the works...

It might be 1-1 in The Ashes at the moment, but that doesn't mean our performance last week was pretty bad.

To rub salt in the wounds, a pub in Melbourne has decided to allow its punters to piss all over England's performance in the...

It's being reported that Sky has entered into a deal with Spotify that will see Ashes updates being delivered to users of the streaming music service.

The objective will be to promote Sky's coverage of the games via its own streaming video...

To celebrate the debut of HD cricket, Sky is to offer some unique Sky+HD boxes with hand-painted cricket-themed designs from cricketer-turned-artist Jack Russell.

Five fully-working receivers have been given Ashes makeovers with Russell's...

In order to gain column inches for its cricket coverage, Sky+HD has produced what it says is "the ultimate gift to make the visiting Aussie Ashes team and their supporters feel at home this summer", an upside down remote control.

Possibly...

A Stateside publicity stunt, Samsung and operator Cricket have unveiled the world's largest working "cell" this week in downtown Chicago.

The gigantic handset is a working replica of a Samsung Messager phone and measures a huge 15 feet long,...

What do you do when the credit crunch starts to bite? Start shedding stuff that's not really core to your product line up.

Vodafone it seems has started to feel the pinch by announcing that after 12 long years it's ditching its sponsorship...

Sky and Five have signed a 3-year deal winning the rights to cover England cricket matches.

The two companies has forked out £300m to secure the rights to air matches involving the England cricket team between 2010 and 2013.

Sky...