“It (aura) only comes with a consistent level of performance for a long period of time. Australia had that, personally I don’t feel that’s where they are right at the moment.” These were the views of Andrew Strauss ahead of the third Ashes test. He was referring to the fact that the current Australian side [...]

Image via Wikipedia The draws for the T20 Champions League to be played in India are out. The two teams from England will be finalised after the country’s domestic Twenty20 Cup ends in mid-August, the organisers said. The 12 teams will be divided into four groups with the top two from each group advancing to [...]

There is no doubt that England cricket fans have been brought down to earth slightly by the news that star batsman Kevin Pietersen will miss the remainder of the Ashes series with an Achilles injury. The injury that has plagued KP during the first two test matches has finally got the better of him and [...]

This is it, the moment we have all been waiting for, Ashes 2009 will be released by Codemasters on August 7th, for more information click here ! Great news indeed for all cricket fans – cricket on the wii is finally here!!!! Buy Now Ever since the wii was launched, cricket fans around the world [...]

Pietersen ruled out of npower Ashes Series following Achilles tendon operation England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the npower Ashes Series after today undergoing surgery for an ongoing Achilles tendon injury. Pietersen was earlier today assessed by a leading specialist where the decision was made to undergo surgery which will rule him out of all cricket for up [...]

Anyone who has been following Andrew Flintoff’s career will know that he has become a hero of English cricket. Very rarely has one man been able to carry the hopes of a nation so well. To ignite such passion and hope from his team and the crowd in the way that Freddie does is quite [...]

Bill Frindall was an integral part of Test Match Special from June 1966 until his ultimate ill-timed dismissal in January of 2009, ironically an Ashes year. To many, Bearders was one of the main reasons to tune into Radio 4’s TMS, he will be sorely missed by hundreds of cricket fans around [...] Read the [...]

Day 2 – Lord’s (England 425 All Out), Australia currently 2/87 Update 16:28 Australia still struggling at 2/87, Tea interval with Katich on 40 and Hussey 37. Lunch on day 2 sees England in the driving seat, perhaps not of a Ferrari but more a Flintoff pedalo on speed! The day began with yesterday’s hero [...]

Not the sort of thing you’d usually shout about but this is a classic! Looks like nothing can halt Freddie Flintoff from reaching the big game, not even two Aussie pranksters swapping his car for a dreaded pedalo. Check out the video now then head over to eBay to bid on the actual pedalo Fred [...]

Day 1 Updates and Highlights from day 1 of the 2nd Test at Lord’s will begin at 10:30am (BST) :19:30 (EST) Latest Odds have England outsiders at 5/1 and Australia clear favourites at 7/4. The odds ahead of the 1st Test in Cardiff were much closer and the bookies are expecting an Australia victory. Share [...]

With the Ashes series well under way, “Dizzy” Gillespie and Tuffers go head to head throughout the summer to prove once and for all who’s the best; Asutralia or England. If Tuffers wins it has to be a fix!!! Take a look at the first video below, an introduction to the competition that shows there’s [...]

England and Lancashire all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has today announced his retirement from Test cricket following the conclusion of his involvement in the current npower Ashes Test series. Flintoff will continue to make himself available for selection for One-Day Internationals and International Twenty20 fixtures. After making his Test debut for England against South Africa in 1998 the 31-year-old [...]

The WEEK in NEWS: * Sri Lanka wins a super stunner first test against Pakistan. Pakistan continues to stare down the barrel in second test by managing mere 90 runs in first innings. * Buchanan’s book creates furore in India. * Australia dominates the first ashes test. Scores a marathon 674 with four centurions. * [...]

Considering the atrocious overnight weather forecast, the rain never materialised until the tea session, long after Australia closed a tired England out of the game. Marcus North and Brad Haddin, both Ashes debutants, shared a double century partnership before Haddin’s attempt to increase the run rate brought about his downfall and a declaration from Ricky [...]

South African umpire Rudi Koertzen became the first umpire to officiate 200 ODI , he reached the 200 mark during the second match between Ireland and Kenya in Dublin. Speaking in this occasion Koertzen said: "For someone who started umpiring very late in life, it is a huge personal achievement and a dream come true. [...]

Sri Lanka announced the schedule for the Sri Lanka, New Zealand, India tri series.New Zeland will first play two tests and a T20 then India will join for the ODI’s   1st Test NZ vs Sri Lanka August 18 to 22 at Galle International Stadium. 2nd Test NZ vs Sri Lanka August 26 to 30 [...]

At the time of writing, Australia are 463-4 in response to England’s score of 435 all out. This dominance by the Australian batsmen is down to a combination of factors. Mainly though, the bowlers have underperformed big style. James Anderson and Andrew Flintoff have bowled well in patches, but the less said about the rest [...]

A sunny/cloudy day greeted the two teams on the third day in Cardiff. Despite a positive start by Australia, England fought back well to take the plaudits in the morning session and at lunch the tourists were 4 for 348, 87 runs behind. Ponting and Katich continued where they left off yesterday and looked in [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife After the infamous stint with the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL-2 John Buchanan has recently released a book called ‘ The Future of Cricket: The Rise of Twenty20 ‘ in which talks about T20 and IPL in particiular.In this book he commented on various Indian players and also [...]

Over the past few decades there have been countless books written about Sir Donald Bradman. It is a well trodden path and it takes a great effort to stand out in a crowd of great pretenders. Authorized by the Bradman Museum in Bowral, Rod Nicholson (editor) has put together a fitting tribute to cricket’s greatest [...]