The public spat between Shoaib Akhtar and Bob Woolmer has taken a new twist with a newspaper claiming that the Pakistan coach had used abusive language with racial overtones against the fast bowler during a heated argument in South Africa. Woolmer, however, has strongly denied that he had ....

V V S Laxman will lead south zone in the D B Deodhar one-day limited over cricket tournament to be held at Ahmedabad on February 26 and at Mumbai on march 3, 7 and 11. Team (from): V V S Laxman (Captain), Y Venugopal Rao, (Vice-Captian), Rowland Barrington, M Vijay, S Asnodkar, N Arju....

Kenyan cricket chiefs have settled a pay row with World Cup-bound players who staged a one-day sit-in earlier this week. Kenya captain Steve Tikolo said on Friday the players held a meeting with Cricket Kenya officials on Thursday where the dispute which threatened World Cup preparati....

England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar said the side remains focussed on performing well at next month`s World Cup and will not be distracted by last week`s tri-series finals success over world champions Australia. England recovered from a 5-0 Ashes series drubbing to overcome Aus....

With the one-day cricket series tantalisingly poised at 1-1, India`s ability to perform in a crunch situation will be tested when they go into the series decider against Sri Lanka on Saturday without the services of Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar, who had shown glimpses of his vintage fo....

Indian captain Rahul Dravid and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahela Jayawardene on Friday agreed that the series decider on Saturday would give the winning side a minor psychological edge ahead of the World Cup. Dravid said that a positive result in the match on Saturday would not m....

Australian batsman Michael Clarke has been ordered to return home from his team's short tour of New Zealand because of a hip problem. Clarke, who was originally selected as vice-captain for the three-match tour, missed Friday's series opener in Wellington after feeling pain in his hip the ....

Barely out of the telecast row, the private broadcaster Nimbus again attracted the ire of Information and Broadcasting Ministry as it issued another show-cause notice for allegedly showing racist ads during India-West Indies one-dayers last month. "The notice has been issued on W....

Breaking his silence, former Indian cricketer Robin Singh on Friday lambasted the Maharashtra Police for dragging his name into the Marlon Samuels controversy, saying it was a "unfair" to make such allegations without any basis. The former all rounder said such a statemen....

Former Australian leg spinner Terry Jenner feels Australian team's dependency on captain Ricky Ponting is worrying factor and it need to overhaul its plan for the World Cup. "For the last four years the plan has been the same and it's starting not to work," said Jenner. ....

New Zealand crushed Australia by 10 wickets in the first Chappell Hadlee one day match in Wellington on Friday. Shane Bond captured five wickets for 23 runs as New Zealand bowled the Australians out for just 148 inside the 50 overs. Mike Hussey top-scored for the visitors with 42.....

South Africa has announced an unchanged 15-man squad for ICC Cricket World Cup, which beat Pakistan 3-1 in the recent one-day series. Hard-hitting batsman Loots Bosman, who showed promise and character during the one-day series against India, has been named in the squad. Announcing t....

Riding on the back of his powerful comeback, left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan has jumped ten places to 27th position in the latest LG ICC ODI rankings. Another Indian pacer Munaf Patel leaped eight spots to 39th to record his career best haul of rating points. Zaheer was rewarded for his m....

Australia are in danger of losing their top position to a resurgent South Africa in the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-day International (ODI) Championship table following the Proteas' series win over Pakistan. ICC said Thursday that if Australia (120 points) lose their up....

Swashbuckling batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni climbed to the third spot while Sachin Tendulkar slipped to the 19th in the International Cricket Council (ICC) one day international rankings released here Thursday. Dhoni, who gained thanks to his unbeaten 67 in the third ODI against Sri La....