New captain Kevin Pietersen, buoyed by a six-wicket victory over South Africa on Monday, said England were capable of regaining the Ashes next year.
An excited Pietersen gushed superlatives when he described England’s win and said his team could beat Australia if they replicated their performance in the fourth and final Test at The Oval. […]
Kevin Pietersen celebrated his first Test as England captain with a consolation six-wicket victory over South Africa in the fourth and final Test on Monday.
Andrew Flintoff (11 not out) hit the winning runs with a straight six as he and Paul Collingwood (25 not out) steered the home side to 198 for four. […]
India batsman Sachin Tendulkar will miss the one-day international series against Sri Lanka because of an elbow injury.
Tendulkar will soon return to India, team manager T.C. Matthew said. He did not elaborate. Read more
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Cricketers Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh on Monday rejoiced at the gold winning effort of Abhinav Bindra at the Beijing Olympics, saying it’s a proud moment for Indians, particularly sportspersons.
“He has done all of us proud,” ODI captain Dhoni told reporters in Bangalore, adding, he would have loved to wish the 25-year-old Bindra in […]
After suffering an eight-wicket thrashing by Sri Lanka in the third and final Test, Indian skipper Anil Kumble Monday said it was their inconsistency and failure of the middle order to put up a big score on a good wicket that cost them the match and the series.
“The batsmen did not put up a good […]
Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara Monday rated his century in the third cricket Test against India as a tough one and said it was one of the best that he had achieved so far.
Sangakkara scored 144 in the first innings to help his team win the third and final Test match against India and clinch […]
Karachi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday it might hold the Champions Trophy at just two venues in Pakistan next month for security reasons.
Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, told reporters in Rawalpindi there was a strong possibility that the Rawalpindi cricket stadium might be dropped as one of the venues for the […]
Can being on the wincing rather than the whooping end of a six-wicket, final-Test outcome at The Oval ever have been, in the final analysis, so sweet for Graeme Smith?
After all, his South African team strives ever more obsessively to emulate or eclipse Australia, and if it means surrendering a wind-down, dead-rubber Test in England […]