Luke Wright and Matt Prior fell in RP Singh’s first over to leave England 11-2, chasing 188 to beat India at Lord’s and win the one-day series 4-3.
Wright mis-timed a pull and Prior was caught behind moments after Zaheer Khan had a confident lbw appeal against him.
Andrew Flintoff, who passed a fitness test on his […]
England skittled India for 187 in the seventh and final one-day game to boost their chances of winning the series.
James Anderson and Andrew Flintoff, who was again troubled by the left ankle he passed a late fitness test on, took two wickets to leave the visitors 59-4.
Dimitri Mascarenhas then took 3-23 in 10 overs before […]
A top Sri Lankan cricket official will attend a meeting of the Indian Cricket Board next week to discuss a new league being floated to counter a controversial rebel series.
“We have been asked to come and I will represent Sri Lanka Cricket,” Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Jayantha Dharmadasa told AFP Saturday.
India’s cricket chiefs will […]
It’s all set! The grand finale of this summer’s exciting ODI series is set up perfectly with a sell out crowd at Lord’s looking forward to witness yet another classic encounter between England and India today.
The series has already produced some of the most exciting cricket in recent times and both sides are set to […]
Six or seven batsmen, the number three position, and the last few overs while bowling are going to be India captain Dravid’s biggest headaches going into the Lord’’s encounter against England on Saturday.
It still looks a dream. An ageing side which no one had given the ghost of a
chance to make it big in England, […]
Former Zimbabwe captain Dave Houghton has pulled out of the race to be Bangladesh cricket coach, leaving two Australians in contention, the cricket board said Friday.
John Harmer, who has coached the women’s teams of Australia and England, and Jamie Siddons, who played for Australia in a single one-day international, have been left in a two-way […]
England brought in all-rounder Andrew Flintoff for the deciding one-dayer against India at Lord’s after he passed a late fitness test on his left ankle.
The 29-year-old Lancastrian missed Wednesday’s narrow defeat at The Oval but replaced Alastair Cook, with Luke Wright keeping his place in the team.
Flintoff’s return to fitness is a big boost for […]
England have applied to replace Ravi Bopara with fast bowler Jimmy Anderson in their World Twenty20 squad.
Bopara will miss the tournament in South Africa after dislocating his right thumb against India last weekend.
And the selectors have opted for the experience of Anderson instead of a more obvious like for like replacement such as Dimitri Mascarenhas. […]
Nine of the 27 ICC World Twenty20 matches, scheduled in Cape Town, are in danger of being hampered by rain as the venue has received more than 100 millimetres of rain in August. The Australian reported that with 33mm of rain falling in the last ten days, the ground staff at the Newlands have been […]
Taufeeq Umar scored an unbeaten century and shared a 107-run opening partnership with Khalid Latif to guide Pakistan A to a seven-wicket victory over Australia A in the second ODI in Sheikhupura. The victory also enabled Pakistan to win the series with one match remaining.
Chasing Australia’s 267 in a match shortened to 40-overs a side, […]
The final lap of a most exciting summer’s cricket is set up perfectly with a packed house at Lord’s expected to witness a mouth-watering decider. The longest bilateral one-day series in this country has already produced some of the most gripping cricket in recent memory and there are few more appetising thoughts than a grand […]
Fast bowler James Anderson has been drafted into England’s squad for the Twenty20 World Cup as a replacement for injured all-rounder Ravi Bopara, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Friday.
Anderson, set to play in the final match of the one-day series against India at Lord’s on Saturday, will fly to South Africa on […]