Australia's pace bowler, Brett Lee has said that he may quit Test match cricket and focus on only the shorter format of the game to be able to prolong his international and club cricket career. Lee has been battling with injuries over the period of the last couple of years, and despite being o

New Zealand pace bowler Shane Bond has decided to hang up his boots from the Test match format of the game. He announced his decision to retire from the test matches, and continue playing in the ODIs and the T20Is in order to prolong his career. Bond had been injured and was struggling to make

Sean Morris has been appointed as the new CEO of the Rajasthan Royals side. He is a former Hampshire player and has also been the chief of the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA). His main responsibility will be the development of the brand, Rajasthan Royals, outside the country. It had

Do we have another Andrew Flintoff in the making? Maybe yes, as New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram is reportedly considering his retirement from the Test cricket owing to an injury-ridden show for almost all his career. This time it was his latest problem, hamstring injury, that forced

Andrew Flintoff's manager cum agent Andrew Chandler, has said that it was not the money that made Andrew Flintoff reject the Wales and England Cricket Board (ECB) contract, but the fact that there was a clause within the contract which disallowed cricketers from going ahead with playing dang

After the T20I series met with a watery grave, Australia and England will face each other in the first of the seven games at Oval in the ODI series. And with the visitors having won almost nothing on this tour so far, after having lost in the first round of the World T20 and then following it

England beat Australia in the fifth and the final test match at Oval by 197 runs to regain the Ashes by winning the series 2-1. Chasing 546 for the most improbable of wins, Australia crashed to 348 all out, late on the fourth day to leave the hosts victors. Australia had ended the fourth day

Australia will face England in the fourth test match of the Ashes series at Leeds in Headingley, and will know that being down 0-1 in the series, they cannot afford to lose this game. A loss here will end their Ashes campaign for this year, as there will only be one game remaining after this.

The third Ashes test match between Australia and England will be played on Thursday at Birmingham and the eyes will be on the selections of both the teams. However, being down 0-1, Australia will need to fight hard to get the momentum back, while England will look to overcome the gaping hole m

Andrew Flintoff has called it time to go from the longest format of the game after finding himself injured once again before the start of the Lord's test match in the Ashes. However, it has been reported that Flintoff will be available to play in the shortened formats; the ODIs and the T20 cri

Former Aussie captain and now commentator and critic, Ian Chappell has slammed the Australian selectors for dishing out a nonsense team for the Ashes. He has gone on to tip England as favourites for the series given a stronger bowling attack that they possess. Chappell also said a lot would

The Sophia Gardens in Cardiff will play host to the first Ashes test match this year between England and Australia, and it promises to be one exciting encounter. The previous series between these two countries had ended in a 5-0 whitewash for the Australians, after they had lost the 2005 serie

Not even their average performances in the practice games must have seen this coming. The West Indies' abysmal performance on overseas tours continued with them losing the 2nd Test of the 2-Test series by an innings margin. They'd earlier lost the 1st Test by 10 wickets and to boot such cricke

England will be hoping to redeem themselves and avoid a first ever series defeat to South Africa when they come up against their high flying African neighbours this coming Wednesday July 30th in Birmingham. England are already 1-0 down in the four match series and any more setbacks here will h

England will be hoping to continue their fine run in the test arena when they come up against a South African side in the first test of the three match England South Africa series this coming Thursday 10th July 2008 at the Lords in England. South Africa and England both have proved to be stron

England will be hoping to secure the three match England New Zealand cricket test series when they host New Zealand in the final test match in a few days time. The English have been in dominant form all throughout the series and with the Kiwis looking jaded and short of ideas, this upcom

New Zealand will look to get back to form to stop an impressive England side in its track when the first one dayer of the five match England New Zealand cricket series gets underway this Saturday in Wellington. New Zealand have lost momentum since their impressive 20-20 third place finish an

England will be looking to continue their recent away One Day international form as they look to put one across new Zealand in the upcoming England New Zealand one day series to played in across different venues this month. England come into this series on the back of their first one day

England travel to new Zealand fresh from a long cricketing break after five years and will be looking to begin proceedings on a high note with a victory over the Black caps in the first of the two twenty twenty matches to be played in New Zealand on the first week of February. Despite ha

With the trio of Ravi Bopara, Andrew Flintoff and Chris Tremlett nursing some sort of injury or the other, England has pencilled in Sussex all-rounder Luke Wright as cover for the remaining two ODIs against India. "The Sussex all-rounder, who was recently named in England's squad for th

Injuries of star all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and Ravi Bopara seem to be a major concern for hosts England as it may also hamper their chances of taking part in the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup starting in 10 days time. Flintoff has been bothered by a troublesome left ankle that forced him to

England bowling coach Allan Donald thinks all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has a glitch in his bowling action and has to rectify it to prolong his career. "Freddie had a chat with me during the Old Trafford Test when he was still on crutches and asked if we should work on getting his front f

All-rounder Andrew Flintoff today returned to the England squad for the first four one-dayers of the seven-match cricket series against India starting August 21. However, his return to action would be subject to regaining full fitness from the right ankle surgery, which forced him ou

Having returned to play as a batsman for his county side, injured star all rounder Andrew Flintoff has now begun to bowl in the nets to be fit to face India in the one-day cricket series, starting on August 21. Chief Selector David Graveney said Flintoff, making a speedy recovery after his

England's star all rounder Andrew Flintoff, recuperating fast after ankle surgery, has been cleared by the England and Wales Cricket Board to make his comeback for Lancashire on Tuesday. Flintoff will play as a specialist batsman for the club's second XI against Derbyshire at Blackpool but

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

Forced out of the upcoming cricket Test series against India due to an ankle injury, England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is desperate to be back in the team for the ODI series that will follow. "In terms of exact dates, it is hard to say. I hope to play a part against India, but the o

Sourav Ganguly feels England cricket team was vulnerable against India in the upcoming Test series in the absence of its star all rounder Andrew Flintoff, who makes a "huge difference" to the home side. "England are a good side. But we're lucky that Flintoff is not fit. I thin

Captain Rahul Dravid says India has a good chance of India doing well in the upcoming Test series against England as the hosts were most likely to miss the services of their star all rounder Andrew Flintoff. Flintoff, who underwent an ankle surgery, was still recuperating and is doubtful t

Former Test cricketer Salim Durrani believes Indian team will miss a genuine all-rounder on their next month's series against England. "The series will be very challenging. The balance appears to be tilted in the favour of England as they have all rounder in their team, who would also b