Australia will consider leaving early for their Test tour of India if they do not take part in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. The first Test in Bangalore begins on October 9, which is 11 days after the final in Lahore, but if Australia do not defend their Champions Trophy title they will have had […]
Ricky Ponting will miss Australia’s One-day International Series with Bangladesh in Darwin that starts on August 30.
The captain, who is still recovering from a wrist injury, was not named in Australia’s 14-man squad on Friday for the three-match Commonwealth Bank Series.
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Kenya take on Netherlands on Saturday in their latest ICC Intercontinental Cup match at Amstelveen, and the visitors are keenly aware how crucial the next couple of weeks are.
Kenya are currently in third place in the table, six points behind Scotland and Namibia but, crucially, they have two games in hand and a place in […]
Scotland have named a strong squad to face England at the Grange on Monday and include six players with county experience. Top of the list is Gavin Hamilton, who played one Test for England in 1999, and Scotland are also boosted by the availability of batting pair Kyle Coetzer and Navdeep Poonia.
A full house of […]
Herschelle Gibbs is confident speedster Dale Steyn can continue South Africa’s fine heritage of fast bowling.
The 25-year-old strike bowler has been sidelined for several weeks with a broken thumb and missed the final two Tests of South Africa’s historic first series win in England since 1965.
But he returned to action oN Thursday to help the […]
India’s one-day specialists have one opportunity to acclimatise to conditions before the five-ODI series and the team management faces selection headaches ahead of Friday’s warm-up match against a Sri Lankan XI in Colombo. The momentum is with Sri Lanka, who won the Test series 2-1, while the Indians are still grappling with methods to handle […]
Mike Denness, the former Scotland-born England captain, has pinpointed Gavin Hamilton as the crucial player ahead of Scotland’s eagerly anticipated clash against England at Edinburgh on Monday.
“England haven’t climbed the pecking order in one-day cricket (sixth) as much as they have in Tests (fifth) since goals were set in 2000 while the Scots have, in […]
Stanford Superstars - the team who take on England for a £10million Twenty20 purse - have named their squad for the November 1 contest.
West Indies great Sir Viv Richards, chairman of the Stanford selectors, named a combination of established names and unknowns in a 17-man party.
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The South Africans continued to move into one-day gear with a four-wicket win against England Lions at Grace Road, led by an impressive return from Dale Steyn and Herschelle Gibbs’ 81. They chased a disappointing Lions total of 184 with more than 11 overs to spare,although a flurry of late wickets made the margin look […]
On Saturday, Kenya begins its final countdown towards what would be its first ICC Intercontinental Cup title when it takes on the Netherlands at Amstelveen.
Steve Tikolo’s side is currently lying in third place on the table, just six points behind Namibia and Scotland. But with two games in hand over the Scots, Kenya will feel […]
A 215-run partnership, almost the equal of the entire Lancashire innings, kept Yorkshire in with a chance of winning the rain-affected Roses match at Old Trafford. Andrew Gale and Anthony McGrath showed admirable determination and application as Yorkshire took the lead by the close of the third day, with eight wickets still in hand.
As one […]
Scotland have named a 13-man squad for Monday’s historic one-day international against England - and vowed to be realistic about their victory prospects.
The nations will play competitively for the first time at Citylets Grange, Edinburgh, with the hosts boasting six players with previous County Championship experience.
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