Sachin Tendulkar topped Shane Warne’s countdown of greatest cricketers edging out Brian Lara, who was placed second. Curtly Ambrose, Allan Border and Glenn McGrath rounded out the top five in Warne’s Times column. Read more
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Chris Martin, the New Zealand seamer, has expressed surprise at being selected for the Twenty20 World Championship but hoped he would excel in the tournament.
“I’d scheduled this time of the year to do a few university studies,” Martin told the Press. Martin, who will share the new ball with Shane Bond, was picked as John […]
South African all-rounder Andrew Hall has quit international cricket after being overlooked for the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup.
South African Cricketers Association (SACA) chief executive Tony Irish said the 32-year-old Hall’s decision has come as a surprise. Read more
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Faced with a daunting task of winning three matches in a row to clinch the One-Day cricket series against England, a beleaguered India will go into the do-or-die fifth game here on Sunday, still struggling to find a combination that can deliver the goods.
The Indians allowed the hosts to escape to a three wicket victory […]
Captain Rahul Dravid [Images] slammed his fielders for India’s disappointing three wicket loss to England [Images] in the fourth one-day international but said his team has the resilience to come back from a deficit of 1-3 in the seven-match series.
“It’s tough, but I think when we reach Headingley we’ll be pretty keen”, Dravid said after […]
Chris Martin and Brendon McCullum have voiced their support for New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on its stance on the Indian Cricket League. McCullum, however, said he would support the decision that his team-mates make. Read more
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Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, will miss the first match of the four-nation Twenty20 tournament against Kenya in Nairobi after he injured his finger at practice on Friday.
“Shakib has an impact fracture on his right index finger,” Azmal Ahmed, the Bangladesh physio, told tigercricket.com. Read more
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Paul Collingwood, the England ODI captain, is confident of his side’s chances against Australia in the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. England have been grouped with Australia and Zimbabwe in the first round of the tournament beginning on September 11.
“It’s always a game [England v Australia] that everybody looks forward to [playing] and watching […]
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president IS Bindra questioned Kapil Dev’s real motive in joining the Indian Cricket League, saying he went there to make quick bucks but was trying to rationalise his decision by camouflaging it in name of the game’s development.
“If Kapil’s mission was to develop cricket at the […]
Not many would fancy playing a spinner in a limited-overs match, but the coach of the South Africa-bound Indian Twenty-20 team, Lalchand Rajput, begs to differ.
“Top class spinners can win matches in Twenty-20 format as the element of variety works wonders in any form of cricket. When the One-Day Internationals started many teams would have […]
Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan might still play in the inaugural World Twenty20 despite suffering an injury.
Muralitharan strained the bicep above his right elbow while bowling for Lancashire against Kent on Wednesday.
But contrary to earlier reports ruling him out of the September event, no decision will be taken until he returns to Sri Lanka with […]
England one-day international captain Paul Collingwood believes his side’s greater experience will give them an edge in September’s ICC World Twenty20.
With the 20-over game well established in England, the selectors have picked proven specialists such as Jeremy Snape, James Kirtley and Darren Maddy.
Collingwood said: “Domestically, they have all done very well at Twenty20.
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