Dead rubbers rarely kindle any of serious interest amongst players or the spectators for that matter but if you're a side that's as short of international match practice as is Pakistan, then every game that you play gains significance. Especially if that game happens to be against a

Yet another series that almost did not happen for Pakistan now seems to be interestingly poised at. Despite the indifferent ODI form of the world Champions Australia, they were expected to comfortably beat Pakistan, a side that's woefully short on international match practice. But

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

After a month long break, international cricket gets underway when India host Australia in the first of the four match test series this coming Thursday in Bangalore. Both these sides are right atop the test cricket ratings and with all the rivalry and past history coming into the fra

Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne has lambasted temperamental all-rounder Andrew Symonds for showing disrespect to the national team and urged him not to throw away his international career and return as a better person. Warne was critical about Symonds "gone fishing" episode a

Virender Sehwag does not hanker after Test captaincy and the swashbuckling opener says as a senior member of the squad, he would keep giving his inputs to whoever leads the side. While ODI and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the overwhelming favourite to take over the Test reins fr

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

Struggling players Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan lost their places in India's Test squad today with the national selectors including ODI batsman Rohit Sharma and replacing an exhausted Mahendra Singh Dhoni with wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel for the three-match Test series in Sri Lanka lat

The Cricket Board has recommended India's ODI and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest honour for any sportsperson in the country. BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty said the board has already forwarded its r

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

Australia will be hoping to wrap up the five match West Indies Australia ODI series by winning the fifth match at Basseterre this coming Sunday 6th July 2008 to register a clean sweep over much weakened West Indies. Australia already lead the series 4-0 and having already won the test se

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

India will be hoping to get off to a flying start when they come up against beleaguered Bangladesh in their first ODI match of the three team Kitply ODI Series. The Indian cricket players come into this match on the back of an exciting IPL series and expect a lot of surprises when the In

Pakistan will be aiming to continue their record breaking eleven match winning streak when they come up against Bangladesh in the first one dayer of the Kitply three nations cricket tournament that also involves regional cricket heavyweights India. Pakistan are on a hot run of form and it will

Bangladesh go into their first of their three one day matches with South Africa looking to pick up the bits and pieces of what has been a miserable past four months for the Asian tigers. After being outplayed by New Zealand down under, more misery was heaped upon the Bangladeshis by a

Sri Lanka look to end a miserable trip down under with one final say against the mighty Australians this coming Friday at the MCG. Sri Lanka have had a woeful season down season down under having lost out in the test series 2-0 and then winning just a solitary game thus yet in the VB Ser

India will be hoping to take a giant step with a second consecutive victory over Australia this Sunday at the Adelaide this Sunday. India are second in the standings and with Sri Lanka seemingly out of sorts, this represents a great opportunity for the Indian ODI to cement their places

Pakistan look to further their lead in the five matches Pakistan Zimbabwe one day series when they square up against their African cricketing rivals in three days time at Hyderabad. Hyderabad was initially chosen to be the venue for the first one dayer but was later designated to hold th

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

Throwing his weight behind Brad Hogg, spin legend Shane Warne said the chinaman bowler has done well against India in the one dayers and there is no reason why he can't do it against them in the forthcoming Test series as well. Warne admitted supple wrists and nimble footwork of the In

Australia have warned India of a hostile series Down Under but vice-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said they will not shy away from maintaining that aggressive tempo which unnerved the World Champions during their visit here for the ODI series. "It will be interesting. They are famo

Former South African all-rounder Mike Procter was today appointed match referee for the four-match Test series between India and Australia starting December 26 in Melbourne. Mark Benson of England and New Zealand's Billy Bowden will be in charge of the first Test in Melbourne, while

As Shoaib Malik feels the heat for his "uninspiring" leadership in the ongoing series against India, he has found support from former Pakistan teammate Imran Farhat who thinks the young captain has it in him to steer the unpredictable side. "At 25, I think Malik is very youn

Delhi pacer Ishant Sharma was today added to the Indian squad for the first cricket Test match against Pakistan starting here tomorrow as cover for injuries to the pace duo of S Sreesanth and R P Singh. The Delhi pacer's induction comes a day after Munaf Patel was brought into the side foll

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

After failing to make much impact in the ODI series, flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi was today left out of the 14-member Pakistan cricket squad for the three-match Test series against India starting November 22. Apart from Afridi, three others -- Fawad Alam, Rao Iftikhar and Imran Nazir

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today expressed surprise at his Pakistani counterpart Shoaib Malik's decision to bat first in the fourth one-dayer which the hosts won to clinch the five-match series here. "I was surprised to see Shoaib batting first. I had seen the wicket ye

Fans can look forward to a run feast when India takes on Pakistan in the fourth cricket one-dayer here with the pitch curator promising a high-scoring game. Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association's Chief curator Samundar Singh Chauhan said he has prepared a perfect batting wicket for the match

Tight security arrangements have been made for tomorrow's ODI between India and Australia at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium with the city police deploying more than 3,000 personnel. In addition, the police have pressed into service anti-sabotage, bomb disposal and sniffer dog squads for the day-

With two belligerent sides locked in a 3-3 stalemate, Saturday's series decider at Lord's promises to be a cracker and Team India captain Rahul Dravid oozed confidence that his side would end up on the right side of a humdinger. India showed tremendous resilience in the series against Englan