Martin Crowe has called for Australia to tone down their “aggressive, in-the-face style” in the wake of controversies during India’s recent tour Down Under.
The former New Zealand captain, who is currently the chief cricket officer of the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League, believes the number one side in the ICC rankings sometimes […]
Australian captain Ricky Ponting has turned to high-tech plasma screen gadgetry in a private batting tutorial to overcome the slump in his form.
Ponting, who failed to deliver in last summer’s one-day series and subsequently during his stint with the Indian Premier League, set about fixing his technique at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane.
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Venkatesh Prasad, the coach of Bangalore Royal Challengers, has asked for patience and trust in those who are managing the team after the Indian Premier League’s second-richest franchise sacked its chief executive following a string of poor performances in the inaugural season of the Twenty20 tournament.
Terming Charu Sharma’s dismissal as “unfortunate”, Prasad feared it could […]
Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke will miss the start of their tour of the Caribbean for personal reasons.
Reports suggested his delay was linked to the health of his fiancee’s father, while Cricket Australia said Clarke would arrive on an unspecified date.
The squad departs on Saturday, with Michael Hussey temporarily taking over as captain Ricky Ponting’s deputy. […]
Durham showed little fight on the third day against Lancashire at Old Trafford, subsiding well before lunch for a sorry 90. The margin of defeat was 232 runs, a total greater than the combined scores of their two innings.
James Anderson was the man of the morning, bowling throughout to finish with five wickets, and nine […]
Matthew Hoggard didn’t do much to boost his chances of a Test recall as he went wicketless on the second morning at The Rose Bowl. The three New Zealand scalps to fall were shared between Graham Onions and Chris Tremlett, making a late bid to be in the Test shake-up this weekend, as the tourists’ […]
The ICC has given an official warning to the Indian board for the substandard pitch prepared for the third Test between India and South Africa in Kanpur, which India won by eight wickets in three days. It has asked the BCCI to take steps to ensure that pitches for future home Tests are prepared better. […]
England legend Sir Ian Botham does not believe all-rounder Andrew Flintoff should be rushed back into action for next week’s first Test against New Zealand.
Flintoff missed the winter series in Sri Lanka and New Zealand after undergoing a fourth operation on a troublesome ankle late last year.
The 30-year-old has been trying to prove his fitness […]
Sri Lanka legend Aravinda de Silva is confident Test cricket will never die out despite the rising popularity of shorter formats of the game such as Twenty20.
The 42-year-old is preparing to manage a Sri Lanka team at the Cricket Sixes World Series in Singapore in July and even though he is a firm supporter of […]
Mark Boucher’s blistering unbeaten half-century proved in vain as the Bangalore Royal Challengers slipped to a five-run defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.
The South African cracked 50 from 40 balls as Bangalore fell just short of their 130-run victory target in a match reduced to 16 overs because of […]
England paceman James Anderson took 5-46 as Lancashire skittled Durham for only 90 to wrap up a 232-run victory.
Anderson ripped through the middle and lower order after the visitors resumed on 28-3, chasing an unlikely 323.
He trapped Mark Davies lbw, had Garry Park and Ben Harmison caught behind and Phil Mustard snapped up at slip […]
Gloucestershire all-rounder Alex Gidman believes their South West group in the FP Trophy has been thrown wide open.
“I think you could probably lose one and still be in the mix with results going the way they are,” Gidman told BBC Radio Gloucestershire. Read more
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