11th Over: WICKET! Murali has broken through. Stryris tried to blast him out of the park, missed the line and had his timber rattled. Teja is the new batsman atthe cerase. He is off the mark. Hyd are 59-2
10th Over: Balaji into the attack. FOUR! Styris picks it off the pads and plays it fine. […]
Bangladesh have recalled wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim and allrounder Mehrab Hossain jnr to their 14-member ODI squad for next month’s tri-series, also featuring India and Pakistan, and the subsequent Asia Cup in Pakistan.
Dhiman Ghosh, who was Bangladesh’s keeper for the recent one-day series against South Africa and Pakistan, and opener Junaid Siddique were dropped while uncapped […]
United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong have named their 15-member squads for the Asia Cup in Pakistan, which gets underway next month.
Saqib Ali will lead the UAE side, who are coming off a disappointing campaign in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, managing just one win in seven matches. Saqib was the only one to play all […]
The England & Wales Cricket Board has confirmed the itinerary for England’s 2009 tour of the West Indies, comprising of four Tests, one Twenty20 international and a five-match ODI series.
England will arrive in Barbados on Wednesday, January 21, where they will play two three-day warm up matches before moving to Jamaica for the first Test […]
India’s World Cup Twenty20 winning captain MS Dhoni faces a must-win game against hosts Hyderabad as Chennai seek to assure themselves of a semi-final berth in their last league outing in the IPL on Tuesday.
Hyderbad, who are at the bottom of the table, defeated Chennai in their away game and will look to repeat the […]
At 38, Daleen Terblanche is the most experienced member of the South African women’s cricket team, and her longevity has been rewarded after the selectors included her in a 14-member squad to tour England towards the end of July.
Terblanche, the Gauteng opening batsman, has appeared in 58 matches for South Africa, scoring 114 not out […]
Andrew Flintoff’s side strain is likely to force him out of England’s one-day series against New Zealand next month.
England are due to announce their one-day squad on Friday for the Twenty20 International and five ODIs, and had hoped Flintoff would have recovered in time. But, speaking at the launch of Lancashire’s Twenty20 Cup campaign, Flintoff […]
Andrew Strauss, whose 106 at Old Trafford guided England to their successful chase of 294 to beat New Zealand, has backed his struggling team-mates’ form in spite of their continued failure to post big totals.
England haven’t made 400 in their first innings since the Chester-le-Street Test against West Indies in 2007 (11 Tests ago) and […]
Andrew Strauss toasted his match-settling century as a career moment he would cherish as England rewrote history with a six-wicket victory over New Zealand at Old Trafford.
Strauss’ 106, his 12th Test hundred, proved the cornerstone of a successful chase of 294 which puts Michael Vaughan’s team 1-0 up in the three-match npower series.
England began the […]
Darren Sammy, the 24-year-old allrounder, was satisfied with the spirit and fight West Indies showed despite falling to a 95-run loss at Sabina Park. West Indies’ hopes of chasing the 287 necessary for an upset victory were deflated when they were six wickets down before lunch, but Sammy and Denesh Ramdin added some respect with […]
Ricky Ponting didn’t mean to sound desperate, but at the end of the Test, which was secured by some brilliant bowling from Stuart Clark, he struggled to contain his thoughts on Michael Clarke and Matthew Hayden coming back. Apart from Ponting and Andrew Symonds, who collected a double of 70 not out and 79, the […]
Skipper Michael Vaughan hailed England’s win over New Zealand in the second Test as a “special victory” as his side went 1-0 up in the series.
A fine six-wicket haul from Monty Panesar and a century from Andrew Strauss were decisive in guiding England to an emphatic six-wicket win.
“We looked dead and buried until a superb […]