Pakistan have asked for rookie all-rounder Sohail Tanvir to replace Shoaib Akhtar for the Twenty20 world championships starting on Tuesday.
Pace spearhead Akhtar, returning to the Pakistani team after missing the World Cup in March due to injury, was ordered back home after a bust-up with new-ball partner Mohammad Asif at practice here on Thursday. […]
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff made an instant impact on his return to the side as they dismissed India for just 187 at Lord’s on Saturday.
Flintoff showed no signs of the ankle injury that ruled him out of the games at Headingly and the Oval, taking the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Mahendra Dhoni […]
Marlon Samuels has said that the South Africans should expect a stiff challenge when they take on West Indies in the opening game of the ICC World Twenty20 on September 11.
“Hopefully, we could pull off a win like in the 2003 World Cup opener,” said Samuels. “They (South Africa) are at home and have the […]
Shoaib Akhtar has been told to keep quiet about the incident with Mohammad Asif which saw the paceman thrown out of Pakistan’s World Twenty20 squad.
The 32-year-old hit Asif on the thigh with a bat and has been banned until an inquiry into the episode takes place.
Shoaib insisted he struck his team-mate accidentally after being provoked […]
England have replaced injured paceman Ryan Sidebottom in their World Twenty20 squad with Dimitri Mascarenhas.
Nottinghamshire’s Sidebottom has not recovered fully from the side strain he suffered in the third Test with India.
Hampshire all-rounder Mascarenhas impressed in England’s one-day series win over India and will join the squad in flying to South Africa on Sunday. […]
Surrey boosted their hopes of survival in the Championship and increased Warwickshire’s fears by thumping the Bears by nine wickets at Edgbaston.
Resuming on 2-0, chasing 177, Surrey had few problems once Scott Newman (87) put on 149 with Jon Batty (68 not out).
Newman fell with 28 needed but Batty and Mark Ramprakash saw them home. […]
Passing a rather critical assessment on India’s performance in the seven-match one-day cricket series against England, former captain Mike Atherton has termed Rahul Dravid’s men as a poor one-day outfit, whose best days are behind it. “The brutal truth is that India, far from being a powerhouse in one-day cricket, are a poor one-day outfit […]
Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar Saturday blamed all-rounder Shahid Afridi for provoking a row that led to his ouster from the Twenty20 championship in South Africa for hitting a teammate.
The 32-year-old struck his new-ball partner Muhammad Asif with a bat during a practice session in Johannesburg on Thursday, prompting the team’s management to send him back. […]
Australia overcame a deadly burst by New Zealand paceman Shane Bond on Saturday to win a practice match by four wickets ahead of the World Twenty20 championships.
Australia, chasing New Zealand’s 182-8 in Benoni, were reduced to 15-3 by the second over after Bond removed openers Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden in the first over. […]
India captain Rahul Dravid was determined to stay positive despite his side’s seven wicket defeat to England on Saturday.
Dravid said there were plenty of positives to take out of a tour that saw India win their first Test series in England for 21 years, but lose the one-day series 4-3.
“The resilience and intensity that we […]
A solid opening stand of 94 between Salman Butt and Mohammad Hafeez helped Pakistan ease to a five-wicket win against Sri Lanka at Centurion. Butt scored 51 and Hafeez 45 as Pakistan chased down the target of 163 with more than an over to spare.
After being put in to bat, Sri Lanka were off […]
It was a struggle to get out of St. Johns Wood station this morning, with a frenetic scramble for tickets clogging Wellington Road. Spectators were willing to pay ten times the actual amount and Lord’s was the place to be in London.
All the excitement culminated in the most anti-climactic end to a competitive series. The […]