The schedule for the Champions League of cricket tournament to be held in India in October has been announced. The 12 teams will play 23 games over a period of 16 days over three different venues in the tournament. The matches will be played in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi, which are also

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

With eight days out of the last ten having seen rain in Edgbaston, the head groundsman of the ground, Steve Rouse is worried that the pitch may not be well-prepared in time for England's third Ashes test match against Australia. This is the second successive occasion on which the Edgbaston pit

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

Australia and England will lock horns in the second test match of the 2009 edition of the Ashes series on Thursday, when they meet at Lord's. And with the score-line reading 0-0 after the first test match at Cardiff was drawn, it will be interesting to see which team draws first blood in the g

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

Former Indian great, Sunil Gavaskar has exhorted the Indian youngsters to place more importance to the Indian cap than the lucrative tournaments like the Indian Premier League. Gavaskar has not been the only known face to have spoken about this issue, with former cricketers like Gary Kirstein

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

India will play the West Indies in a four-match ODI series and the first game will be played at Kingston in Jamaica on Friday. India has already reached West Indies, directly from England, where their World T20 campaign ended on an unhappy note as they crashed out before getting to the semi-fi

Pakistan will play South Africa in the first semi-finals of the ICC World T20 on Thursday at Trent Bridge, Nottingham to decide who will feature in the finals of this second edition. South Africa had topped Group E with a 100% win record, after beating England, West Indies and India in the

The Indian cricket coach has said that Team India's exit from the ICC World T20 can be majorly attributed to the fatigue and exhaustion that had been brought about by being continuously on the road. Team India played a five ODI series against Sri Lanka early this year before heading off to

India will play England in an important Super Eights game at Lord's after both the teams have already lost one game each in the second stage. The team that loses this match will, in all probabilities need to pack its bag and leave the competition, while the winners will have another

England will play West Indies in an important Super Eights game of the ICC World T20 and in all probabilities, the winner will be have their chances to enter the semi-finals brightened greatly. A lot would also depend on the India-England game that will be played on Sunday, but for n

The fifth day of the ICC World T20 will see Netherlands play Pakistan at Lords, in the first game of the day. And almost unexpectedly, the future in the tournament of the teams from this group hinges on the result of this game. If Netherland continue with their giant-killing ways and do manag

In a game that could potentially end up seeing one of the top teams getting knocked out of the tournament as early as on the third day, England will play Pakistan at Oval in London. England had a shocking start to the tournament when they were dumped by the wayside by underdogs Holland, an

The second day of the ICC World T20, 2009 will see three games being played - the only such day - and the first of these will be between New Zealand and Scotland. The first game of the tournament had set the tournament alight with a shock win for Netherlands over the English, and this should

England will play Netherlands in the first game of the 2009 version of the ICC World T20 at Lord's. This will be a Group B encounter, with Pakistan being the third team in the fray. England's build-up in the tournament has been reasonable, having won both their warm-up games. However, one

India's concerns over the fitness of their strike bowler, Zaheer Khan, suffered yet another jolt after skipper MS Dhoni declared that he wont be playing in either of the warm-up games. Additionally, opener Virender Sehwag too, looks all set to miss out on the opening warm-up on the 1st of June

The dismal performances of West Indies spilled over from the Test matches to the ODIs as well with the visitors being thrashed by the Andrew Strauss led England team in the 2nd ODI played at Bristol. Batting 1st, the visitors were dismissed for a paltry 160 in 38.3 overs, a target that was ach

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

The inaugural Champions T20 league (that was put off in 2008 due to the terror attacks in Mumbai) will be held from October 8-23 in India, just after the Champions Trophy that's to be played in South Africa. Also, there have been a few changes made in the way the teams would be selected to pla

Players who were associated with the unsanctioned ICL and wanted a release from their contracts were in for a major relief. The league in a statement made said that it had decided to release 50 such cricketers who can then be eligible for selection for their respective countries. Amongst tho

Most people are of the opinion that to say the schedule of the Indian cricket team is hectic would be stating the very obvious and an understatement actually. This story was in fact supported yesterday by the statements of national coach Gary Kirsten when he said that 'mental fatigue' wo

Simon Taufel, the man officiating at the all-important end during the over when Yuvraj Singh hit the ICC award winning six sixes, said it was "quite an experience" watching the Indian unleash his array of strokes. "It was quite an experience," Taufel told reporters last ni

England will be hoping to continue their supreme form under new skipper Kevin Pietersen when they come up against South Africa in the fourth one dayer of the ongoing England vs South Africa five match One Day Series. England hold an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series and with the likes

Despite their historic 3-2 series-win against Sri Lanka, India has dropped to fifth place in the ICC ODI Championship table, released today. England replaced India at the fourth place and has second position within touching distance after winning three consecutive matches against South Af

England will be hoping for Kevin Pietersen to get his team off to rollicking start against Scotland before they come up against a tougher test in the form of South Africa in the upcoming five match England South Africa one-day series. England have blown hot and cold big time in recent months

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

After the unexpected draw in the first test match of this four test match series, both England and South Africa will be looking forward to the second match. The second test match between these two seemingly bitter rivals will begin on the 18th of July at 10:00 GMT. The teams have been in

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