The BCCI is keen to utilise the gap created by the postponement of the Champions Trophy and hold a preparatory camp.
“No, we are not thinking of taking part in any event. We want to hold a preparatory camp for the players ahead of the important (four-Test) series against Australia. The details will be worked out […]
Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, is unlikely to play the third one-dayer against England on Friday after failing to recover from a tennis elbow problem that has troubled him through the first two matches.
Smith will see a specialist on Thursday and there is the possibility that he might miss the remaining matches in the […]
Sussex run machine Murray Goodwin again produced the goods to frustrate second-placed Nottinghamshire on day one of the Championship match at Hove.
Goodwin struck a painstaking 79 from 164 balls defending champions reached 292-5 on the day star bowler Mushtaq Ahmed announced his retirement. Read more
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In Division Two, Leicestershire suffered a nightmare first day against Essex at Grace Road after they were bowled out for only 107.
HD Ackerman was unbeaten on 55 but the rest of the Foxes line-up failed to even make double figures as David Masters took five wickets against his former county for the second time this […]
Warwickshire built their innings patiently on a shortened opening day against Derbyshire at Edgbaston.
Darren Maddy (73) made his highest Championship score since his century against Northants in April and Jonathan Trott grafted for an unbeaten 62.
The home side reached 209-3 at stumps from the 73.3 overs available. Read more
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Former England captain Michael Vaughan’s struggles with the bat continued as he failed on his return for Yorkshire in their LV County Championship Division One clash against Kent.
He made just 10 in a brief 19-ball innings against Kent at Scarborough before he flashed at in-form seamer Robbie Joseph and edged to wicketkeeper Geraint Jones. […]
Chaminda Vaas, who became the fourth bowler to reach 400 one-day wickets when he had Yuvraj Singh caught for a duck in the fourth ODI in Colombo, has said he was happy he had been able to make the most of his ability.
“There were a lot of guys more talented than me,” Vaas told the […]
Mark Wallace’s highest score of the season put the brakes on Northants’ County Championship promotion charge.
The Glamorgan wicketkeeper hit a gutsy 72 to help his side to 286-9 on day one at Wantage Road after they had earlier slipped to 3-2 and then 55-4.
Johan van der Wath helped himself to four wickets for the hosts […]
A look at the stats highlights of the second one-day international between England and South Africa at Trent Bridge on Tuesday.
- England’s ten-wicket triumph is their biggest victory margin over South Africa, eclipsing their nine-wicket win at Bloemfontein on 23.1.2000. Read more
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Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, blamed inconsistent batting for his side’s defeat in the ODI series against India. Sri Lanka needed to avoid a loss in the fourth ODI to stay alive in the series, but went down by 46 runs, handing India the trophy with one more match left in the contest.
“I was […]
After his second consecutive half-century helped India clinch their maiden bilateral ODI series win in Sri Lanka, Suresh Raina credited his success in the Indian Premier League as crucial to his second coming at this level.
“I played well and I learned a lot, which helped me,” he said. “The hesitation I had about playing big […]
India don’t like being favourites, and being written off by many even before their young ODI side assembled in Colombo ultimately worked just fine. Defeat in the final Test at the P Sara Stadium was so comprehensive that it was difficult to see where the one-day recruits would turn for solace as they landed for […]