New Zealand cricket allrounder Jacob Oram was in doubt for next month's World Cup after suffering a serious finger injury in the emphatic 10-wicket victory over Australia. Oram will definitely miss the remaining two matches of the Chappell Hadlee Series against Australia and his futur

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

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

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.

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

Shane Warne suffered an injury scare in practice on Tuesday in Perth ahead of the third Ashes Test. Warne hurt his right elbow during fielding practice. However, after treatment the 37-year-old appeared to recover quickly and team bosses were quick to play down any concerns about his abi

The England World Cup squad that lands in the West Indies next month could look very different from the one announced by Chairman of selectors David Graveney on Wednesday. The selectors decided it was worth the risk of naming captain Michael Vaughan and seamers Jon Lewis and James Anderso

Canada's cricket World Cup squad includes a forklift driver, accountant, salesman, and teacher. With just two pros among the 15 players named yesterday, Canada will be rank underdogs in its Group C matches against England, New Zealand and Kenya in the Caribbean next month. But coach Andy

Describing Irfan Pathan as a bigger worry for India in the World Cup than Virender Sehwag, former cricketers Ravi Shastri and Wasim Akram said the Baroda paceman should be allowed to open the bowling to help him regain his rhythm quickly. "Irfan is a bigger worry than Sehwag for the te

Sri Lankan coach tom moody believes that Australia would regroup after their shock loss to England in the tri-series finals and come back with renewed vigour to mount a tough challenge in the Cricket World Cup. "World cup is a completely different tournament. Obviously Engl

Veteran Australian pace spearhead Glenn McGrath has conceded that thoughts of retirement crossed his mind during the tri-series finals against England. "When you announce your retirement, the last thing you want to do is actually retire before you play your last game. I think I did l

Pace cricket bowler Daryl Tuffey has earned a surprise recall to the New Zealand cricket squad for the icc cricket world cup west indies 2007 starting next month. Tuffey was included in a 15-man New Zealand cricket squad announced on Tuesday after paceman Kyle Mills was ruled out of the t

Under pressure to perform, Virender Sehwag has been advised to be more careful with his shot selection and concentrate on spending more time in the middle to regain his form. Sehwag, who was dropped for the one day series against the West Indies to sort out his batting problems after his

England registered a win by 92 runs over the mighty Australians in a tri-series one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. The victory ends a run of nine straight losses to Australia. Joyce made 107 and Ian Bell 51 to help England an imposing total of 292 for seven from

Michael Vaughan has been ruled out of Englands next two one-day internationals with a torn hamstring. The captain suffered the injury in the win over New Zealand and he missed Fridays defeat to Australia. The 32-year-old will now sit out the games in Adelaide, against New Zealand on Tu

Sourav Ganguly, who led India to the 2003 World Cup final, believes England are one of five teams with a chance of winning the World Cup this time around. Ganguly, recalled to Indias one-day squad after 16 months on the sidelines, told BBC Sport there was enough talent in the Engla

Veteran Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya made a world record for most career sixes during his superb half-century knock against New Zealand in their fourth one-day international in Auckland on Saturday which the visitors won by 189 runs, sources said. According to the channel,

England cricket team captain Andrew Flintoff has taken responsibility his team's disastrous Ashes cricket tour but denied the burden of captaincy was a reason for the slump in his form, sources said. "I knew when I took this job on that it (captaincy) was a big job. It's somet

Former England all-rounder Ian Botham has said that the Australian spin wizard Shane Warne is the greatest player to have graced the game of cricket, sources said. "In my opinion Shane Warne is the greatest cricketer who's ever lived," the legendary all-rounder said. Wa

Chairman of selectors David Graveney refused to be drawn on whether Michael Vaughan will captain England in the one-day series in Australia after the Yorkshire player was included in the squad. The 32-year-old has not played international cricket since being forced home from the to

The mighty Australians beat England by a huge margin to win the third cricket Test and regain the Ashes after taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series on Monday. Australia wrapped up another convincing victory with the second ball after lunch on the final day when Shane Warne bowled

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has admitted he "didn't actually" stick to the plan which was sent out to him while he was at the crease trying to marshal the tailenders through the final throes of their first innings in Perth. The Hampshire star top-scored with 70 in a total of 21

Former England Cricket Academy director Rod Marsh has criticised his ex-employers for what he claims was the penny-pinching which saw influential bowling coach Troy Cooley swap sides in the Ashes battle. Cooley, a Tasmanian, moved back to his homeland in May to work from Cricket A

Shane Warne suffered an injury scare in practice on Tuesday in Perth ahead of the third Ashes Test. Warne hurt his right elbow during fielding practice. However, after treatment the 37-year-old appeared to recover quickly and team bosses were quick to play down any concerns about his abi

India has slipped to sixth in the LG ICC ODI ranking table following a 4-0 series defeat at the hands of South Africa. The last time India was lower in the LG ICC ODI Championship table was in October 2005 when it languished in seventh position and if the West Indies wins the series ag

Australia today defeated England by six wickets in the second Test to take 2-0 lead in the Ashes Test series. Chasing a modest total of 168 runs from a minimum of 36 overs, the Baggy Green reached home with six wickets in hand. Australia lost Justin Langer (7), Matthew Hayden (18), Ricky

Australia beat England by six wickets with 19 balls to spare on an extraordinary final day to win the second Test and take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series on Tuesday. Australia needed a victory target of 168 off 36 overs after England's batting inexplicably crumbled, the touring side losi