Graeme Smith is pretty sure tactics are going to be crucial, Virender Sehwag wants a team packed with all-rounders to whip the opposition into submission while Shahid Afridi feels it is just the type of contest his team needs to boost its sagging fortunes.
There are very many ways of looking at the cricket format that […]
Members of the Indian Twenty20 team who were not part of the One-Day International series in England, flew in from Mumbai and were seen struggling with their luggage at the Johannesburg airport.
Unlike the special attention that they receive at home, the players were left to fend for themselves despite an announcement on their flight that […]
The Indian cricket team returned from the tour of England earlier on Monday, the members who will not be playing the Twenty20 World Championships that start on Tuesday.
The team members were escorted by policemen at the airport as the team returned amid tight security.
India had won the Test series against England 1-0, but lost the […]
Khalid Latif scored an unbeaten 142 to drive Pakistan A past the target of 332 and secure a 3-0 series cleansweep over Australia A at Lahore. Latif set up the victory with a 203-run second-wicket partnership with Yasir Hameed, who made his second century of the one-day series as the Australia bowlers struggled to have […]
New Zealand captain Dan Vettori said his side were not in the best shape going into the ICC World Twenty20.
The Kiwis lost warm-ups to Australia and West Indies over the weekend and Vettori said the team had to improve.
“We have come out of a winter with two months of not much action and being indoors […]
Indian batsman Virender Sehwag has said that teams can consistently post over 200 in Twenty20 matches if they are prepared to bat out 20 overs. Speaking ahead of the Indian team’s departure for the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa, Sehwag said that teams tend to get the strategy wrong by going for quick runs […]
Worcestershire decimated Northants in front of a packed Kidderminster crowd to leave themselves on the verge of lifting the NatWest Pro40 title.
Moeen Ali needed just 48 runs to hit 100 before being bowled next ball, and with Steve Davies’ 74 also key the hosts totalled an impressive 281-7.
Nadeem Malik quickly removed the first four Northants […]
Cricket’s undisputed leaders Australia are favourites to win the inaugural Twenty20 world championships starting on Tuesday, but rivals are geared to spring surprises.
The shortest version of the game, marked by innovative strokeplay and a flurry of sixes and boundaries, promises to underline the belief that limited-overs cricket is an unpredictable sport.
Australia may have won three […]
Another brace of centuries, including a patient 118 by debutant Prashant Naik, allowed Mumbai to declare after posting a mammoth 623 for the loss of six wickets on the second day of their Nissar Trophy match against Karachi Urban. To add to Karachi’s woes, Mumbai managed to pick up the wicket of Agha Sabir for […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board has instructed its players not to make any further comments on the row involving Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Shahid Afridi. Nasim Ashraf, the PCB chairman, has warned that players speaking out of turn at this stage would only hamper the team’s morale during the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa. […]
With the series decider at Lord’s ending in a no-contest, Paul Collingwood led England to their first ODI series win at home in three years by beating India 4-3. It was perhaps an apt result, since the closely-fought Test series went India’s way, ending England’s six-year unbeaten streak in Tests at home. […]
Hampshire held off a Gloucestershire run chase to keep Worcestershire’s champagne on ice and retain hopes of winning the Pro40 title themselves.
The hosts’ innings on a Rose Bowl belter featured a fine 111 from Chris Benham, and they were gifted 14 runs in no-balls and slow over-rate penalties.
But a total of 274-5 was being hunted […]