The awesome Aussies defeated their arch rival South Africa by five wickets in the inaugural match of the Australia's tour of South Africa. Their second and final Twenty20I encounter will be played in October 16 at 18:00 GMT. Batting first the home side put up a competitive total of146 runs losi

According to latest reports, the English cricket board is a worried one. The reason for that is that the English coach Andy Flower may have been approached by the BCCI to take up the job of coaching the Indian cricket team. Gary Kirsten was the Indian coach in the last three years leading

Before the series started it was called a "mismatch". It was indeed a mismatch, at least on paper. India are no. 1 ranked Test team in the world whereas New Zealand were beaten comprehensively by unfancy Bangladesh. But the inaugural Test match came as a surprise. New Zealand didn't co

Gautam Gambhir has expressed that Gary Kirsten should continue as Indian team's coach after the World Cup in February next year. Kirsten's contract expires after the World Cup assignment and Gambhir has called for the BCCI to renew it. Gambhir was full of praise for Kirsten; he feels K

Indian management had sent a request to BCCI to send some Test players earlier than scheduled to South Africa for the Test series in December. BCCI has expected their request and has agreed to some players, it not confirmed as yet who the players are or how many will be sent early. India

Sachin Tendulkar has won the ICC Player of the Year award at the ICC awards night at Bangalore on Wednesday. This is the first time that the Little Master Sachin Tendulkar has won the award since the awards were first given away in 2004. Previously, the only other Indian to have won this award

Finally, the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders, have a coach who seems to change the fate of the team in the next IPL season. Director of the National Cricket Academy (Bangalore), Dav Whatmore has finally been zeroed in for the position of the head-coach in the next IPL season a

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

The Cricket Board today said it has not received any intimation from India's ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to exclude him from the Sri Lanka-bound squad. The BCCI was reacting to media reports which claimed that Dhoni was set to pull out of the Sri Lanka tour as he was tired of playing n

Gary Kirsten's first official assignment as India's cricket coach happened to be against the team he was once part of, and the former South African opener admitted that there were moments before the drawn Test series when he was uncertain about his loyalties. "Whatever I may have said

Former England great Tony Greig has criticised the BCCI's decision to rope in Gary Kirsten as India's cricket coach, saying the new appointee would be nothing more than a puppet in the hands of senior players. "It (Kirsten's appointment) came as a bit of a surprise to me. It pro

The Cricket Board today brushed aside suggestions that Gary Kirsten is apprehensive about taking up the Indian coach's job because of a possible opposition from the senior players. BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla dismissed reports that Kirsten has written to the Board, saying that he could

Former South African batsman Gary Kirsten has decided to delay his decision about taking over as Indias next cricket coach following reports that senior players are unhappy about his appointment. The South African, who was scheduled to convey his willingness to the board by today, said he d

The race for the Indian cricket coach continues to throw up surprises with former South African batsman Gary Kirsten today emerging as a front-runner for the high-profile job. The former South African opener was interviewed in the capital by the Coach Selection Committee -- comprising forme