The Indian squads for the seven-match ODI series against England and for the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa will be chosen here on August 7, the Cricket Board announced today. The selectors also have to name the captain for the inaugural Twenty-20 championships as Rahul Dravid, alongwi

Pakistan's speed merchant Shoaib Akhtar has been asked to prove his "match fitness" to be eligible for selection for the one-off ODI against India in Scotland next month. Akhtar, who has not played a competitive match in the past 14 months due to fitness problems, was today inclu

Andrew Flintoff's arthroscopy on his left ankle may have gone well but the talismanic all-rounder looks doubtful for the Test series against India starting next month. The England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement that yesterday's operation went well but Flintoff is unlikely to p

The ICC Cricket Committee has expressed deep concern at the crammed international calendar, saying "the addition of many ODIs" to the Future Tour Programme was bound to have a "severe impact" on the standard of the game and the players' fitness. "The committee expr

Nimbus today bagged the telecast rights for the four cricket one-day internationals to be played by India in Ireland in June. Nimbus would pay USD 6.05 million per match for the series that is to be played from June 26 to July 1, Cricket Board (BCCI) Vice President Lalit Modi announced her

After maintaining for long that he would not give up any form of cricket, Australian stumper Adam Gilchrist now says the increasingly gruelling international schedule is forcing him to contemplate ODI retirement in order to prolong his Test career. Gilchrist said the birth of his third chi

The Cricket Board has expressed its inability to pencil in more than one tour game prior to the four-match Test series in Australia later this year as desired by the players. "There's no chance to add any extra games. The players may want more but where's the time," BCCI secretary

India would look to brush aside the minor concern about opener Wasim Jaffer's form and finish off their Bangladesh tour with a flourish by clinching the Test series with a victory in the second and last match beginning here tomorrow. While the unproductive first Test ended India's all-win

Impressed with the new-look Indian team, Bangladesh vice-captain and dashing willower Mohammad Ashraful said the visiting side is high on quality. Drawing a comparison between the present Indian team and the one that toured Bangladesh in 2004, Ashraful said the current lot was a more you

India suffered another setback in the bowling department with Munaf Patel being called back from the Bangladesh tour after being declared unfit due to a lower back spasm. Patel strained himself while bowling in the nets yesterday and had to sit out of the first Test against Bangladesh that

His partners may come and go, but Anil Kumble goes on forever. The World Cup severely dented the reputation of many an established player in the Indian team, but with the exception of Kumble. The 35-year-old leggie has come through several crises in his 17-year-long playing career. Po

West Indies' cricket tour of England comprising four Tests, two Twenty20 matches and three one-dayers -- will be telecast live on ESPN STAR Sports. The Test series starts tomorrow at Lord's and will end on the June 19. The Tests would be followed by a break of eight days. The teams will then

Cricket South Africa (CSA) said it's ready to be the "neutral host" in case Australia and Zimbabwe agree to go ahead with their controversial one day series. The three-match ODI series runs the risk of being scrapped altogether after the Australian government banned its cricketer

Disappointed at Sourav Ganguly being kept out of the coming ODI series, Bangladesh cricket fans are now eagerly looking forward to see the former Indian captain in action in the two Test matches during the latter half of the tour. Ganguly, who has a huge fan following in Bangladesh, was dr

Virender Sehwag is likely to lead Team India in the first ODI against Bangladesh on May 10 in case regular captain Rahul Dravid sits out of the match with a nose injury. Dravid was hit by an RP Singh bouncer on the penultimate day of the conditioning camp in Kolkata and though he is stated

Ashoka De Silva of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh's Enamul Huq and Nadir Shah will officiate in three-match one day cricket series between India and Bangladesh beginning from May 10. Shah will stand with neutral umpire De Silva in the first match at Mirpur while Huq will join him for the last tw

Glenn McGrath, who retired from international cricket after Australia's cricket World Cup win against Sri Lanka on Saturday, finished his career in fifth place in the all-time LG-ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers. McGrath, who was named as Player of the Tournament after taking 26 wickets, is

Full marks to New Zealand for beginning their maiden World Cup hunt with roaring confidence notwithstanding some worrying moments during the onset of chasing a modest total of 207 set by the English team. Kiwis are a very strong contender for the World Cup this time around as they are riding h

Three-time champions Australia sounded an ominous warning to their World Cup rivals thumping minnows Scotland by a record 203-run margin in the Group 'A' encounter here on Wednesday. The Aussies, smarting under a five-match losing streak and dethroned as world's number one one-day side,

Three-time champions Australia sounded an ominous warning to their World Cup rivals thumping minnows Scotland by a record 203-run margin in the Group 'A' encounter here on Wednesday. The Aussies, smarting under a five-match losing streak and dethroned as world's number one one-day side,

Indian wicketkeeper batsman, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, today dismissed media reports which claimed about his 'imminent wedding' soon after the World Cup. "I am greatly amused at the media speculation about my marriage. In fact, I am waiting that some day the media may hand me an invitatio

The Meerut district administration has expressed its apprehensions over hosting the third and final ODI between the veteran cricket teams of India and Pakistan. Former Indian Test cricketer and Board of Veteran Cricket in India (BVCI) president Chetan Chauhan held parleys with senior

Indian paceman Irfan Pathan on Thursday brushed aside concerns over his form and fitness, saying he was confident of delivering at next month's World Cup in the Caribbean. "Whatever has happened in the last eight months has made me stronger. I am happy to have gone through this phas

Australia may have slipped from the top of ODI team rankings, but that has not stopped them from picking their best ever one day team. On the occasion of 20th anniversary of its maiden World Cup triumph, Cricket Australia announced an `initial 30-member squad`, which features Indian coa

India wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has moved up to second position overtaking Australian captain Ricky Ponting in the latest ICC Player Rakings for ODI batsmen. The 25-year-old, who had briefly reigned the rankings charts last year, has just completed a successful four-match

Plagued by a lackluster form and niggling injuries, Irfan Pathan admitted that things were not going his way but was keen to prove his form and fitness before the World Cup. Pathan, who is part of the World Cup squad, has been asked to play for West Zone in the Deodhar Trophy one dayer a

Young middle order batsman Dinesh Karthick said his match-winning half-century that helped India beat the West Indies at Cuttack was crucial in winning him a berth in the World Cup squad. "Definitely my chances increased after I got runs (top-score of 63) in the Cuttack game (on Jan

Australian cricketer Mike Hussey today asked the selectors not to read much into the recent losses and show trust in the team to fight its way back to the top. Australia slumped to their second consecutive one-day defeat against New Zealand-- their fourth loss in as many ODIs, which k

Ramesh Powar says he did not expect to be picked for World Cup after not getting enough opportunities to prove himself in the lead up matches but rues that he never got a chance to show his all-round ability. Powar, who narrowly missed the flight to the Caribbean for the quadrennial event

Outgoing Australian coach John Buchanan has hit back at his critics, saying the claims of over-training the players were "nonsense" and such comments were not helping the team. "I think that's nonsense. The notion of overtraining, I'd like to know what the definition of tha