Scheduled to visit Pakistan for a Test and ODI series later this year, South Africa has expressed its concern over the brewing political scenario in the country. A six-member security delegation of the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA) is visiting the country to assess the secur....

India will launch their gruelling three-match cricket Test series against England at the historic Lord's here tomorrow, heavily relying on their famed batsmen to provide the inspiration in their quest for a rare series win. It will probably be the last English summer for the famous batting q....

Thanks to a packed middle order, Yuvraj Singh's chances of playing in the first Test against England look slim but former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad feels it would be a folly if the Indian think-tank ignores the dashing left-hander. Heaping praise on Yuvraj, Miandad said the Punjab pla....

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has supported the appointment of Australian Jeff Lawson as the national cricket team's coach. Inzamam said Pakistan had produced some great players, but they lacked in man management skills. "Javed Miandad is one of the best teachers of the g....

England fast bowler Stephen Harmison was today ruled out for the entire cricket Test series against India as his hernia injury requires immediate surgery which will keep him out of action for four to six weeks. Harmison, who was looking to postpone his surgery to play against the touring I....

The BCCI has approved setting up of a cricket stadium at Bathinda in Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) acting chief and MP Sukhbir Singh Badal said here today. The total cost of the project will be Rs 25 crore, he told reporters here. He said a cricket academy would also be set up at the propo....

Desperate to stage a comeback into the team, Harbhajan Singh says his ouster from the national cricket team will help him improve and come back a stronger cricketer. The off-spinner said he chose to play county cricket in England so that he was fit enough to join the team at a short notice ....

After creating ripples at the junior level, gifted Saurashtra batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is banking on his experience in Australia's Centre of Excellence (CoE) to justify his selection among the Twenty20 World Cup probables. Pujara, billed as a future Team India stuff, has a mature head on....

The trophies won by the Indian cricketers in the Future Cup one-day series against South Africa in Ireland have been recovered and would be delivered at the BCCI office in Mumbai today. Indian Cricket Board Secretary Niranjan Shah said the luggage containing the team's winners' trophy, Sac....

The Chinese have the potential and motivation to make a big impact in international cricket, a former Pakistan Test player has said. Rashid Khan, who is on a coaching assignment with the China cricket association, believes the Communist nation can be a force to be reckoned with in the sport ....

Two Pakistani cricketers have reportedly been entrusted with the job of roping in players for the lucrative Indian Cricket League (ICL). The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), however, said it was not worried about any possible exodus of players signing up for the league which at present does n....

Sachin Tendulkar says his opting out of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championships does not signal a possible imminent retirement from other forms of the game as well, at least for the time being. Ever since India's disastrous World Cup campaign in the Caribbean earlier this year, there ha....

Flamboyant Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi today said he favoured the International Cricket Council's new rule of awarding a free hit to batsman after a no ball delivery in one-dayers, saying it would make the game more entertaining and exciting. Afridi said he understood the apprehens....

After insisting that the Australian security delegation's visit was a routine affair, the Pakistan Cricket Board now admits that it would be hard to convince the touring teams for playing here in the wake of Red Mosque operation in Islamabad. "It would not be wrong to say we are a bit....

Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev has rated Test cricket as the "ultimate" but said it was fine to play the shorter versions -- the one-dayers and the twenty20s -- to generate funds for keeping the five-day matches alive. "As long as Test cricket remains in the world, I think it....