Phillip Hughes, the Australian opener, has returned to the Test squad while his New South Wales team-mate, the uncapped 19-year-old fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, has also won a place in the 15-man pool for the tour of India in October. Offspinner Nathan Hauritz, whom Ricky Ponting had termed last month as a ‘lock-in’ for the [...]
Teenage paceman Josh Hazlewood has received a shock call-up to the Australia Test squad to tour India next month.
But selectors were unable to consider wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who hopes to have recovered from an elbow injury in time to play in the one-day series that follows in India, with Tim Paine to again don the [...]
Middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh will soon rediscover his touch feels legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
“Yuvraj is a great batsman. All cricketers go through bad phases. I think, the media has to be careful in criticising him. This has put a lot of pressure on him and he is reacting (affecting his batting),” Muralitharan said. [...]
A Tillakaratne Dilshan century inspired Sri Lanka to a resounding 74-run over India in the Triangular Series final.
The opener hit 110, sharing an 85-run stand with Kumar Sangakkara (71) as the hosts finished on 299-8 in Dambulla.
India’s chase faltered when Virender Sehwag (28) was run out while captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (67) was last man [...]
Match Facts
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Start time 14.30 (0900 GMT)
Big Picture
At long last, the seemingly interminable run of India-Sri Lanka matches, starting from the Asia Cup in 2008, will come to an end on Saturday. However, the bowler-friendly conditions in Dambulla have made it difficult to predict how even these most familiar of opponents will [...]
India would look to avenge the league stage humiliation and clinch their second successive ODI trophy on Sri Lankan soil on Saturday.
Both the teams find themselves face to face in a final clash for the second time in just over a month after Kumar Sangakkara’s men finished on the losing side in the Asia Cup [...]
India cruised to a 105-run win against New Zealand to reach the final of the tri-series, where they will play Sri Lanka on Sunday.
Virender Sehwag hit 110 off 93 balls, including 16 fours and a six, as India were bowled out for 223 off 46.3 overs.
New Zealand’s reply was quickly in trouble as they regularly [...]
India’s misfiring young batsmen are getting plenty of support from their seniors. Two days after captain MS Dhoni said he was not too concerned about the batting collapses in the Dambulla tri-series, Virender Sehwag has also backed his less experienced team-mates to deliver.
The quartet of Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthi, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have [...]
India will tour England for Test, ODI and Twenty20 series after the cricket world Cup in the sub-continent next year.
The four-match Test rubber will begin at Lord’s on July 21 while the fourth and final Test at The Oval will be held from August 18, the ECB announced today..
A one-off T20 is scheduled to [...]
Michael Hussey says the October series against India is ideal preparation for Australia ahead of the World Cup.
The Australian southpaw felt India is the toughest country to tour but added the tour was necessary ahead of the World Cup.
The World Cup would be jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from February next year [...]
The Indians might have booked their place in Saturday’s final against Sri Lanka, but Dhoni seemed concerned about his side’s batting line-up, which yet again failed.
Sehwag top-scored for India with a 93-ball 110 and Dhoni said apart from the dashing opener none of his batsman have got their footing right in the lively Rangagiri Dambulla [...]
India’s batting at the start of this crucial match highlighted the gulf between Virender Sehwag and the others. An overwhelming percentage of the total runs was credited to him, and it said so much about the lack of contributions from his top-order colleagues, explaining India’s inconsistent batting displays through the series. Sehwag raced along to [...]