Cricket

Younis Khan, the Pakistan cricket captain, has strongly denied the rumours of divisions in his team, saying that he would step down if such a problem existed.
 
Younis stressed that there were no problems in the Pakistan team and rumoours of internal politics are being spread by some people ...

Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan Captain, feels it is for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to preserve the sanctity of Test format.
 
Akram said the ICC should go ahead with day-night Tests and must ensure that matches are played on sporting tracks to counter the popularity of ...

Andrew Flintoff will be a part of the England squad but Ian Bell will be replacing Kevin Pietersen for the third Ashes Test against Australia which is scheduled to start on 30th June, 2009, Thursday at Edgbaston.
 
Flintoff is battling a knee injury while Pietersen has been ruled out of the ...

The New Zealand Captain Daniel Vettori has said that New Zealand cricketers may not choose country over cash in the future if they are forced to choose between national team and the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).
 
"A lot of guys put a lot of thought into it. I am only 30 and ...

Under fire from the Indian cricket board, former captain Sourav Ganguly Saturday went back on his allegations about the board having different rules for different players, and said he knew "what to say and what not to".
"Being a responsible person, I know what to say and what not to ...

Incumbent Jagmohan Dalmiya is all set to retain his presidential post in the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), as the dissident group failed to put up any candidate for the July 31 elections.
 
There was no opposition candidate in fray to take on Dalmiya, as the deadline for filing ...

Former Australian speedster Jeff Thomson is annoyed by the team’s poor bowling performance and claimed it was a major blunder to leave Stuart Clark on the sidelines for the Lord's Test.
 
The former Test firebrand also claimed Australia was "cocky and complacent" after it ...

Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has ruled out his comeback in the third Ashes Test against England to be played next week, reducing the pressure on Mitchell Johnson to retain his place.
 
Lee fears that if he rushes back to try to help Australia level the series and breaks down again, he ...

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the rest of the Ashes series against Australia following an operation on his Achilles tendon on Wednesday, the team doctor said.
 
Pietersen, who will be out of action for six weeks and therefore will have to sit out the remaining three ...

Andrew Flintoff's chronic knee injury, if not properly taken care of, could end up with the England all-rounder needing an artificial joint within 20 years. The damage that Flintoff suffered to his knee during the Indian Premier League in April has begun a degenerative process that will be ...

Fast bowler, Mohammad Asif, has been recalled while Shoaib Akhtar was sidelined from Pakistan's 30-man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy squad. This information was announced on Monday.
 
Shoaib, who turns 34 next month, apparently failed to prove his fitness last week after which ...

The injury of pace bowler Brett Lee continues to frustrate the Australians ahead of the third Ashes Test with the team’s management will take the decisions over the bowler in a couple of days.
 
Lee had missed the first two Tests of the series, which the Australians trail 0-1, and has ...

Former Pakistan Test opener Aamer Sohail on Monday decided to step down as Pakistan Cricket Board's Director-Game Development.
 
Sohail, 42, told that he was getting no 'job satisfaction' and so he decided to resign. The former batsman said he will revive his career as a television ...

Andrew Flintoff's maiden five-wicket haul at Lord's carried England to a historic 115-win over Australia in the second Ashes Test on the final day on Monday.
 
It was England's first win over Australia at Lord's after 75 years as the hosts went 1-0 up in the series with three matches ...

The persistent problem on his Achilles tendon has made England batsman Kevin Pietersen doubtful for the third Ashes Test.
 
The former England skipper will meet a doctor after the end of the second Test at Lord's on Monday for another injection into his problematic Achilles ...

The England’s 2005 Ashes hero, Simon Jones, is all set to revive his struggling career at Hampshire after being axed by Worcestershire.
 
Fast bowler Jones, who played a crucial role with his reverse swing during England's 2005 triumph at home, will get a chance to bowl at Rose Bowl ...

The England all-rounder, Andrew Flintoff, has sparked off rumour over his ability to last in the Ashes series as he left the field due to his troublesome knee on the fourth day of the ongoing second Test on Sunday.
 
Flintoff, who has already announced his retirement from the Test cricket ...

Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas will retire from Test cricket after the third match against Pakistan in Colombo starting on Monday.
 
Vaas announced his retirement plan here on Sunday, but said he will continue to play One-day Internationals and Twenty20 cricket till the 2011 World ...

The Pakistani pace bowler, Shoaib Akhtar, has been provided with yet another chance for proving his fitness ahead of the team selection for the one-day series against Sri Lanka, scheduled to begin July 30.
 
Pakistan's interim chief selector Wasim Bari has asked Shoaib to attend a fitness ...

Cricket Australia (CA) on Friday lifted the suspension of New South Wales bowler Aaron Bird after a biomechanical analysis of his bowling action.
 
The pace bowler was reported for a suspect action in January and was tested on Feb 11 under the Cricket Australia Doubtful Bowling Action ...

Indian fast bowler Sreesanth is finalising a deal with Warwickshire to play in the forthcoming county season in England.
 
Speaking to a TV channel in Kothamanagalam on Thursday at the conditioning camp of the probables of the state side, Sreesanth said the deal is almost done and he will be ...

India's Gautam Gambhir has moved to the top of ranking in the Reliance Mobile International Cricket Council's rankings for Test batsmen. Gambhir, who climbed two spots, has become the first India batsman in over four years to head the batting rankings after a failure by Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf ...

Andrew Flintoff may not be able to participate in the rest of the Ashes series as he awaits the results of a scan on his right knee that is likely to rule him out of this week's Lord's Test and possibly beyond.
 
Flintoff, who has been bowling only since June 11 after injuring the same knee ...

Shoaib Akhtar told that he would silence his critics by giving a forceful performance on his return to international cricket soon.
"I'm going to silence the people who are talking against me by making a successful return to international cricket," Shoaib told on Wednesday. 
Shoaib ...

The Ashes plans suffer a major blow since its fast bowler Brett Lee has been ruled out of the first cricket Test at Cardiff starting on Wednesday.
Lee, who was making a comeback from an ankle injury, strained his abdominal muscle during the practice game against England Lions and is also doubtful ...

India has won the ODI cricket series against West Indies in 2-1 after the fourth and the final match was cancelled due to rain at Beausejour Stadium on Sunday. 

The Indian team was under too much of pressure back home after their World Twenty20 “catastrophe” in England. After ...

The ICC is considering four-day test matches as an innovation to the keep the oldest form of the game exciting in the wake of the popularity of Twenty20 version. ICC President David Morgan said that the ICC board is determined to ensure that test cricket is at the pinnacle of the game. 
He ...

Michael Vaughan, former captain of England cricket team announced his retirement from professional cricket on Tuesday. Vaughan is the most successful England test captain. He has not played after resigning from captaincy post in August during the home series defeat to South Africa. 
His ...

England's most successful Test cricket captain Michael Vaughan will announce his retirement from Test and first-class cricket this week.
 

Vaughan, 34, is understood to have made his decision because his right knee makes it impossible for him to field all day and because he does not want ...

Pakistan's star all-rounder Shahid Afridi wants to lead his country in international cricket before retiring from the game.
 

Afridi, the chief architect of Pakistan's impressive World Twenty20 campaign here in England, Sunday said it is his greatest wish to captain Pakistan before saying ...