Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee was Friday ruled out of next month`s World Cup in Caribbean with an ankle injury, Cricket Australia said. It is a shattering blow for the Australians, whose World Cup-strength bowling attack was flayed by New Zealand in last weekend`s 3-0 Chappell H....

Indian paceman Irfan Pathan on Thursday brushed aside concerns over his form and fitness, saying he was confident of delivering at next month's World Cup in the Caribbean. "Whatever has happened in the last eight months has made me stronger. I am happy to have gone through this phas....

Bowlers of rival teams in the coming world cup have to put in extra effort to bowl dot balls against ICC's number two batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who said he would strive hard to take at least one run every ball he faced in the quadrennial showpiece. "I will try to play well and my ....

Australian speedster Brett Lee has been ruled out of the cricket World Cup giving a big jolt to Australia's hopes of claiming a third title in a row. According to the sources, the pace spearhead suffered an ankle injury during training in New Zealand 10 days ago. Cricket Australia has wri....

Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly's return to international cricket was today celebrated with the launch of journalist Debashish Dutta's new book charting Dada's career. The book contains scores of pictures throughout Sourav Ganguly's career. In fact, Debashish Dutta has also added anoth....

Rahul Dravid and his men may have their concerns with injuries and form, but Pakistani legend Abdul Qadir believes India are "favourites" while Australia will fail to reach the semi-final of the World Cup in the Caribbean. The former leg-spinner said India had more strengths than we....

Australia's injury problems appear to be easing with fast bowler Brett Lee the only player still in serious doubt for the World Cup. Five of the 15 players in Australia's World Cup squad are struggling with injuries but only Lee is considered to be in danger of missing the tournament. ....

Coach Bob Woolmer today made itclear that injured fast bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif would have to prove their fitness to retaintheir places in Pakistan`s World Cup cricket squad. Woolmer not to take risk with injured players Karachi, Feb 22: Coach Bob Woolmer today made i....

Mohammad Kaif today continued with his mockery of the national selectors as he hammered an unbeaten 151 to guide Uttar Pradesh to a 197-run win against Rajasthan in the Central Zone Ranji Trophy one day cricket tournament here today. Kaif's powerful knock, which included 10 boundaries and f....

Australia captain Ricky Ponting has come up with a simple solution to end his team's habit of failing to defend massive totals -- bat second. Australia have been on the wrong end of the four biggest run-chases in one-day cricket history, all in the past 14 months, raising concerns abou....

Coach Bob Woolmer today made it clear that injured fast bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif would have to prove their fitness to retain their places in Pakistan's World Cup cricket squad. Woolmer said the team has been badly hit by injury worries ahead of next month's mega event ....

Former Bermuda captain Lionel Cann and his Scotland counterpart George Salmond have hit back at West Indian bowling great Michael Holding for his remarks that participation of non-Test playing nations 'devalued' the World Cup. "I was surprised and appalled by Michael Holding's remarks....

Former skipper Saurav Ganguly has given India an unexpected World Cup boost after a comeback even his most ardent fans would have thought impossible. Ganguly, 34, has been in sublime batting form, oozing with confidence and looking fitter than ever before after his internationalcareer seem....

Cricket umpire Simon Taufel has been named `Official of the Year` at the Australian Sports Awards presentation here. Taufel won the award from other stand out officials Mark Shield (soccer) and Scot Butler (basketball) at a ceremony last night. The 36-year-old said the recognition of umpi....

West Indies great Garfield Sobers said on Wednesday he was confident Australia would bounce back from their recent string of losses and make a strong title defence at next month’s World Cup in the Caribbean. The world champions were whitewashed 3-0 in the one-day series against hosts....