With an outstanding stint with Indian cricket team under his belt, John Wright is the first choice of New Zealand Cricket to coach the national team after incumbent John Bracewell, who steps down in April next year with an eye on the Indian Premier League job. NZC Chief Executive Justin Vau

While the Indian Premier League has turned out to be a huge success this season with rampaging crowds and some huge hitting to boot, one element that will be missing from its ranks will be the absence of some key West Indian, Australian and New Zealand cricket players due to international comm

New Zealand will be hoping to make up for a disappointing loss in the second test against England when they host the English in the third test in Naiper. England's victory in Wellington last time around has put the series nicely poised at 1-1 and New Zealand will be hoping that they

Bangladesh will be hoping to get the better over Ireland in the three match upcoming One Day Series at home. The Asian lions come into this clash on the back of some rather mediocre performances against the likes of New Zealand and South Africa and given the intense fan following at

After their recent hammering at the hands of both South Africa and New Zealand in back to back serieses Bangladesh will be hoping to restore pride and confidence in their ranks with a strong performance against mimmows Ireland in the first one dayer of the three match series beginnin

England will be hoping to bounce straight back when they take on New Zealand in the second test match of the three match New Zealand England test series in Wellington this coming Thursday. England were consigned to one of their biggest defeats in recent times against New Zealand last tim

England look forward to put behind all the disappointments of the One Day Series against New Zealand when they face up with the hosts in the first of the three match test series starting from the 5th of March 2008 in Hamilton. England come into this series on the back of a disappointing

England look forward to put behind all the disappointments of the One Day Series against New Zealand when they face up with the hosts in the three match test series starting from the 5th of March 2008. England have failed to live up to the high expectations set up by their fans this

South Africa will be looking forward to wrap up the two match series against Bangladesh this to register a 2-0 victory over their Asian rivals. Bangladesh showed their cricketing credentials to put up a fine fight in the first test match and will be hoping to register their first ever vi

New Zealand will be hoping to avert any more upsets as they attempt to secure a series in against England in the fifth one dayer to be played this Sunday. New Zealand are leading the series 2-1 and with England coming right back into it after a dismal start, the platform looks to have be

England and New Zealand get ready to lock horns in this potentially series deciding clash at Napier this coming Sunday. England fought off the skeptics to come up with a superb six wicket victory over New Zealand in the third one dayer of the five match series, and although New Zealand l

New Zealand will be hoping to wrap up the five match One day series against England with a thumping victory in Hamilton this upcoming Thursday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series. New Zealand have belied all the form books to produce two marvelous performances to go 2-0 up in

Bangladesh will be hoping to restore pride in their ranks when they host South Africa in the upcoming South Africa tour on Bangladesh starting with a three day warm up match for South Africa against TBC on the 19th of February. Both these sides come into this series on the back of long

New Zealand will be looking to mount yet another victory over England to take a majestic 2-0 lead in the five match New Zealand England one day series when they face up to a beleaguered England cricket team this Tuesday in Hamilton. New Zealand defied the formbooks enroute to an amazing

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 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 two twenty twenty matches to be played in New Zealand on the first week of February. Despite having a strong

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

South Africa and West Indies get ready to go head on in the first one dayer of the MTN South African West Indies cricket series after an enthralling three match one day series which ended in a 2-1 triumph for South Africa. South Africa and West Indies have both done well in their recent

After the first match victory, New Zealand go into the second test match starting from the 12th of January full of confidence as they now have an unbeatable lead in the 2 match series. The man of the match of the first test, Jacob Oram, is expected to be the key player in the second test

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's two unbeaten centuries in the Chappell-Hadlee Series gave him his career best rating points of 832 even as he continued his domination at the top of the ICC rankings for the ODI batsmen, released today. Ponting not only ensured his team's 2-0 vi

Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar has urged the Australians to pick Shaun Tait for the upcoming Test series against India as the slinger would be a scary proposition for Anil Kumble's men on the quick tracks here. "The Australians must pick Shaun Tait. I'm telling you, the I

Australia's regular vice captain Adam Gilchrist is sulking after the selectors ignored him and handed the captaincy reins to youngster Michael Clarke for Tuesday's Twenty20 match against New Zealand in Perth. Chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch admitted the decision to make Clarke lead

Undaunted by the Cricket Board's constant browbeating and putting behind all speculation, the Indian Cricket League (ICL) finally rolls off the block with Delhi Jets taking on Chandigarh Lions in the inaugural match at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium here tomorrow. Spread over two weeks, the

Speedster Shaun Tait is preparing himself for the possibility that Australian selectors will opt for a four-pronged pace attack for the first cricket Test against India starting here on December 26. Pain-free in his right elbow for the first time in 12 months, Tait is aware he mu

The BCCI-backed Indian Premier League may have the best of current players on its roster but the Indian Cricket League recruit Chris Cairns feels the so-called rebel venture would be a bigger hit with the fans as it has more local youngsters. "The IPL will have a lot of current player

The Cricket Board today made it clear that it would not look beyond the list of applications when the new Team India coach is picked to accompany the side before it leaves for Australia. BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said today that the Board had received 20-22 applications and the coach sel

The 3-2 ODI series win over Pakistan has propelled India to fourth in the ICC one-day Championship table, overtaking Shoaib Malik's men, who have dropped a couple of rungs to sixth in the latest list. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side is now just four rating points behind third-placed New Zealan

The 50 overs format of cricket is facing "serious threat" from Twenty20 version of the game and may not survive in the long run, says former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns. "I think T20 will surely supercede the 50 over game," said Cairns, who will play for Chandi

The Indian Cricket League has unveiled the teams' colours and logos for its inaugural Twenty20 league to start later this month. Chandigarh Lions, Mumbai Champs, Kolkata Tigers, Delhi Jets, Chennai Superstars and Hyderabad Heroes are to take part in the tournament to be held at Panchakula. T