Surrey manager Alan Butcher wants a major overhaul of the English game in response to the Indian Premier League.
The IPL is attracting stars from around the globe and it is feared England’s top players will also be attracted.
Butcher told BBC London 94.9: “The franchise models that we’re seeing may be an attractive proposition (here). […]
Having earned a Test recall after nearly two years, Mohammad Kaif said he was expecting to be picked based on his domestic performance. He was named as replacement in the squad for the second Test against South Africa after Sachin Tendulkar was ruled out with a groin injury.
“I had scored some 1000 to 1200 runs,” […]
“You think anybody from this side woulda get near the Bajan team 20 years ago?”
At last! An expression of concern that goes beyond the parochial triumphalism of beating up an inept Barbadian line-up at Guaracara Park. At least this fan, walking to his car after Saturday’s play, was prepared to put aside all the flag-waving […]
The Kolkata Tigers clinched a thriller, beating Delhi Giants by one run in an ICL Edeilweiss T20 match.
Lance Klusener was the star of the show, scoring 60 runs and then bowling a superb last over to seal the issue for the Tigers.
The Giants needed 14 runs to win off the last over but fell short […]
New Zealand’s players should focus on their own performances instead of criticising the selectors and the coach John Bracewell over their handling of player axings, according to Dion Nash. The former New Zealand allrounder is now one of the selectors and although he conceded that communication had not always been at its best, he hoped […]
Batting star Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the second Test between India and South Africa in Ahmedabad.
He was unable to field on the final day of the first game at Chennai after aggravating a groin injury suffered in Australia earlier this year.
Tendulkar only needs 172 runs to become the highest scorer in Test […]
Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, has assured Malinda Warnapura and Thilan Thusara that they can expect an extended run in the national team. Warnapura starred with scores of 120 and 62 in Sri Lanka’s opening Test win by 121 runs against West Indies last week in Guyana, and Thushara offered steady support to the […]
The undefeated reign of the Lahore Badshahs came under threat on more than one occasion in the battle between the two new Indian Cricket League outfits in Hyderabad. It was the last match of the league stage for both teams, ironically at different ends of the spectrum; both had got off to winning starts in […]
By choosing Mohammad Kaif ahead of some of the younger batsmen - and those perhaps easier on the eye - who replaced him in the limited-overs sides, India’s national selectors have sent out two positive messages: that performances in first-class cricket do count after all, and that they look at Test cricket as a different […]
South Africa’s Neil McKenzie compiled a patient 155 not out as the first Test against India petered out into a draw.
South Africa began the day on 131-1 in their second innings, 44 runs ahead, after both sides had amassed big first innings totals in Chennai.
Hashim Amla made 81, adding 157 with McKenzie, but after being […]
South Africa didn’t get a practice game prior to this series but they would have been pleasantly surprised with the generosity granted to them at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The surface provided was like the one you would expect in a warm-up game, and they leave for Ahmedabad with all their batsmen getting plenty of […]
Virender Sehwag, who was awarded Man of the Match for a stunning 319 in the Chennai Test said this innings was better than the Multan knock where he got 309 against Pakistan.
“The conditions here were more challenging. The humidity and the heat made it more special here.”
“I played each ball on merit and I knew […]