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

The BCCI has granted amnesty to 79 ICL cricketers, along with 11 former cricketers and 11 officials who were released from their Indian Cricket League contract. These cricketers and officials will now undergo a cooling period of one year, during which they will be eligible to participate in th

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

A new challenge beckons Bangladesh when they host New Zealand at home hoping to break the run of consecutive one day victories in the opening clash of the three match Bangladesh New Zealand one day series, starting Thursday 9th October 2008. Bangladesh have struggled in recent times and their

Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar feels the combined failure of the experienced Indian middle order batting in Sri Lanka was a one-off thing and expects the batsmen to put it firmly behind them and start afresh in the upcoming four-Test series against Australia. Vengsarkar also feels that th

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

New Zealand will be aiming to keep their winning streak going when they come up against Scotland in a one off clash in Edinburgh this coming Thursday July 3rd 2008. New Zealand come into this series on the back of two consecutive series wins against England and with a new generation of youngst

England will be hoping to counter back and avoid consecutive ODI series losses to New Zealand when the final One Dayer of the five match England New Zealand Nat West Series gets underway this coming Saturday 28th June 2008 at the hollowed grounds of Lord's in England. New Zealand cur

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

England will be hoping to bounce straight back when they take on New Zealand in the second test match of the three match England New Zealand test series in Manchester this coming Thursday. England were consigned to a disappointing draw after dominating much of the match last time around agains

England will be hoping to get their home record on track when they come up against the New Zealand test cricket team this coming Thursday 15th of May 2008 at the Lords. England lost their last home series against India 1-0 last year and with confidence seeping through the side after thei

Two sides with similar points but with entirely different momentums go head on when Kolkata Knightriders come up against the Delhi Daredevils at home in the Indian Premier League. The Knightriders have picked themselves after a dismal run and will be hoping to add on to Delhi's misery wi

England will be hoping to get the better over New Zealand test cricket team in the upcoming cricket test series at home for the first time in over a decade. England national cricket team are especially strong at home and given the intense media pressure on this tour, they will be inspire

England will be hoping to continue their excellent recent form when they come up against New Zealand in the three test match series at home starting on the 15th of May 2008. The England national cricket team won their first away series for the first time since December 2004 a couple of m

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