East London (S.Africa), Jan.27 (ANI): Outgoing South African cricket team coach Mickey Arthur today said that he resigned because his vision for the national squad was at cross-purpose to the plans being decided by Cricket South Africa.

“I am disappointed, because when I started there I said I wanted to get [...]

London, Jan 27 (ANI): Australia is all set to rest Shane Watson and Doug Bollinger for Friday’s ODI against Pakistan after taking an unassailable lead of 3-0.

Watson and Bollinger will be rested for the remaining matches of the ODI series against Pakistan.

Selectors may also [...]

Johannesburg (S.Africa), Jan.27 (ANI): Just days before South Africa undertakes a tour of India, the South African cricket board has sacked the national selection panel.

Chairman of selectors Mike Proctor confirmed the development to a local radio station in Johannesburg.

Procter told Talk Radio 702 that Cricket South Africa [...]

Mirpur (Bangladesh), Jan 27 (ANI): Some splendid batting and bowling performances fetched Team India a 10 wicket victory in the Mirpur Test that was played against Bangladesh. Team India won the series 2-0.

After winning the series, skipper Dhoni said, “It was a difficult task to get 10 wickets [...]

Karachi, Jan.27 (ANI): After captain Mohammed Yousuf, swashbuckling Pakistan all rounder Shahid Afridi too has highlighted the lack of unity and team spirit in the national squad.

Speaking during a television programme, Afridi said players are trying hard to come out good against Australia in the ongoing series, but they are [...]

Sydney, Jan.27 (ANI): The Australian cricketers decision to give a miss to the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is both wise and promising, feels noted columnist Peter Roebuck.

In an article for the Sydney Morning Herald, Roebuck opines that the Australians are fully aware of the workload [...]

Cape Town, Jan.27 (ANI): Mickey Arthur, among the most successful international cricket coaches of modern times, quit mentoring the South African cricket team because of the pressure that was being put on him to include more black players.

South African cricket is in turmoil again because of racial issues in [...]

Islamabad, Jan.27 (ANI): Pakistan Sports Minister Ijaz Jakhrani has urged the Indian government to initiate an inquiry into the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction fiasco.

Jakhrani said while it was quite clear that the ‘snub’ was deliberate and influenced by certain quarters, New Delhi must come out with the actual details [...]

The last time these two teams met in a tournament final, Sachin Tendulkar produced a match-winning century that saw India win with relative ease. Not many people remember though, that there were other vital contributions too – Yuvraj and Dhoni both scored fifties, while Harbhajan Singh picked up 5/56. For Sri Lanka, Dilshan started off [...]

Karachi, Jan 12(ANI): A former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official has asked the top hierarchy of the board to understand the seriousness of the threats of outside interference and advised it to immediately revive its link with the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
Arif Ali Khan Abbasi, who served as secretary of the former BCCP [...]

Melbourne, Jan 12 (ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting handed his baggy green cap which was with him for previous 117 tests to maker Albion so that it can undergo makeover and be with him on time for the Hobart Test.
The baggy green cap was falling apart at the seams, and required the urgent restoration.
The Australian [...]

London, Jan 12 (ANI): England cricketer Tim Bresnan is eyeing a deal to play in the Indian Premier League.
Bresnan is one of nine Englishmen vying for a place in the lucrative IPL, having been nominated for a place in the player auction on January 19.
“I’ve had an interesting couple of weeks since I got back [...]

Sydney, Jan 12 (ANI): Australian opening batsman Simon Katich has been cleared to play in the third and final Test against Pakistan, starting on Thursday at the Bellerive Oval.
Katich, who missed the second Test victory with a badly bruised forearm, proved his fitness at a lengthy training session in Hobart on Tuesday morning.
NSW batsman Phillip [...]

Hobart, Jan 12(ANI): Pakistan vice-captain and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal will have a vote in deciding his own fate for the third Test against Australia, starting from Thursday in Hobart.
Kamran is part of a four-man selection committee that picks the teams on tour, alongside captain Mohammad Yousuf, team manager Abdul Raqeeb and coach Intikhab Alam.
“Before the [...]

Melbourne, Dec. 26 (ANI): Australia’’s star-studded domestic Twenty20 competition begins on Monday and big hitting West Indies captain Chris Gayle will lead the international charge.
Gayle has joined forces with Western Australia, while fellow international stars Shahid Afridi and Kieron Pollard (South Australia), Dwayne Bravo (Victoria), Daniel Vettori (Queensland), Sohail Tanvir (Victoria), Dwayne Smith (NSW) and [...]

New Delhi, Dec.26 (ANI): Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has expressed hope to wrap up the series with another win in the fifth one-day international match against Sri Lanka on Sunday, as the spinners will be in action at the national capital’s Ferozeshah Kotla ground.
While addressing a news conference here Dhoni said that the [...]

Durban (S. Africa), Dec. 26 (ANI): Cricket South Africa’’s decision to zero in on Graeme Smith as captain in March, 2003, when he had just turned 22, has proved to be the most inspired choice ever made.
At that time, the selection looked an odd fit. Smith was unworldly, but grew up quickly.
According to the Courier [...]

Melbourne, Dec. 26 (ANI): Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has said he was unfairly treated for testing positive to steroids.
The controversial quick has vowed to “tell everything” about his drug dramas.
Banned for a year for testing positive to the steroid nandrolone during the inaugural Indian Premier League in 2008, Asif has only just returned to [...]

Melbourne, Dec. 26 (ANI): Australian openers Shane Watson and Simon Katich fell agonisingly short of centuries, but their side was in a commanding position against Pakistan on the first day of the first Test of the series at the MCG here.
Australia were 3-305 at stumps on the first day after Watson and Katich posted a [...]

Durban, Dec. 26 (ANI): England off-spinner Graham Swann has said that the past 12 months have been a dream.
“In my first year of Test cricket, I””ve taken 53 wickets and averaged 36 with the bat. And I have an Ashes winner”’’s medal. I wouldn””t swap it for the world,” he says in a column for [...]