The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 will be played between December 3 and 10, instead of October, the organisers - the boards of India, Australia and South Africa - have announced. To accommodate the change, the first Test between Australia and South Africa in Perth has been pushed back from December 12 to December 17.
The eight-team […]
Albie Morkel wants a superb double for South Africa as they attempt to claim a Test and one-day series win.
The 27-year-old all-rounder, the older brother of fast bowler Morne, has watched at home with interest as his sibling helped South Africa complete their first Test series victory in England since 1965. […]
Hardly 15 minutes after Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrived at the team hotel in Colombo with his fellow one-day recruits, had he faced a barrage of questions. No surprise that most of them focused around the man who snatched almost half of the Indian wickets in the Test series, Ajantha Mendis.
“I’ll just ask Mahela [Jayawardene] if […]
South Africa’s first series win in England since 1965 was achieved by patience and perseverance: they averaged half a run less per over, but averaged 3.33 runs more per wicket. The difference becomes over ten runs per wicket if one excludes the fourth Test at The Oval, where England earned a consolation win, and extended […]
The itinerary for the international Tour of the Under-17 USA team to England has been finalized at last, and the tour will begin on August 14, 2008. The USA Team will be playing four 40-over and two 20-over matches during their visit.
Unfortunately, it proved to be impossible to schedule any matches with an English Under-15 […]
An ICC delegation will be in New Zealand on Thursday to assuage fears about player safety in the Champions Trophy.
Players in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and England have expressed their concern about holding the tournament in Pakistan next month following a spate of bombings there in recent months. Read […]
Durham and Notts suffered frustration for the second day running as bad weather prevented a start to their Championship game at the Riverside.
The first two days of the top-of-the-table Division One clash have now been washed out without a ball being bowled. Read more
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The ICC is going all out to convince some of its member nations that it is safe to tour Pakistan for the Champs Trophy.
Two groups of ICC Champions Trophy task team which recently visited Pakistan will meet officials and players from New Zealand, Australia, England and South Africa to convince them about safety and security […]
Dominic Cork says he is not bitter about not being offered a new deal by Lancashire for the 2009 season.
The veteran former England all-rounder, 37, has been with the county since 2003 following his move from Derbyshire.
“There’s no bitterness. They made the decision and they stand by it,” said Cork.
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ICC’s task team for the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan has agreed to send delegations to meet with stakeholders.
They will be traveling to New Zealand, Australia, England and South Africa.
And it has confirmed the tournament will be staged at two venues – Lahore and Karachi – with Rawalpindi not now hosting any matches (tournament schedule […]
New skipper Kevin Pietersen believes England can regain the Ashes if they play with the spirit they showed in the win over South Africa at The Oval.
England had already lost the series but fought back to win the final Test by six wickets in Pietersen’s first match in charge of the five-day side. […]
Kent’s Pro40 match against Leicestershire at Canterbury was abandoned after the ground’s floodlights could not be turned on for safety reasons.
Strong winds made accessing the lights impossible and ensured there would be no result as the Duckworth/Lewis minimum of 10 second-innings overs had not been bowled.
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