England will be hoping for Kevin Pietersen to get his team off to rollicking start against Scotland before they come up against a tougher test in the form of South Africa in the upcoming five match England South Africa one-day series. England have blown hot and cold big time in recent months

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

Rahul Dravid's sudden decision to quit the captaincy today surprised the Indian team members here ahead of their crucial match against Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup. Indian team's cricket manager Lalchand Rajput said the team was surprised but its focus was intact for the match against

Rain played spoilsport as India's Group D match against Scotland in the Twenty20 cricket World Cup was called off without a ball being bowled here. The points were divided between the two teams yesterday and both India and Scotland now have one point each in their kitty. Scotland though ha

India's stand-in captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against England Lions in the warm-up one-day cricket match here today. India rested skipper Rahul Dravid along with Sachin Tendulkar, who sat out the one-off ODI against Scotland in Glasgow on Monday too. Sou

Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field against Scotland in the one-off cricket one-day international here today. India rested key players Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan besides leaving out Rohit Sharma. Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Ramesh Powar

Sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports today said it has acquired telecast rights of one-day internationals to be played between India and Scotland in August. ESPN Star Sports will broadcast the matches from August 16, which will be played during India's tour of England, Ireland and Scotland, t

India, grouped with arch-foes Pakistan and minnows Scotland in Group D, will commence their campaign in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup at Kingsmead in Durban, South Africa, on September 13. India, who did not include their top three players - Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly -

Heavy showers forecast by the weatherman threatens to affect the one-off limited overs cricket match between India and Pakistan here today. Cricket Scotland Chief Executive Roddy Smith said continuous rains in the region in the last week had left the outfield saturated at the Clyedesdale Cri

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

India and Pakistan are likely to lock horns in a one day international cricket match at the neutral venue of Glasgow in Scotland in the first week of July. A leading Asian broadcaster, which has earlier arranged India V Pakistan match in Canada, has been surveying location for the encounte

Reigning champions Australia stormed into the Super Eight with a crushing 229-run win over the Netherland in the World Cup Group 'A' cricket one-dayer here today. After Brad Hodge smashed the Orange attack to post his maiden ODI century to propel Australia to a massive 358 for five, the p

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,

It would certainly not be music to the ears of the rival batsmen as Glenn McGrath asserted that his immaculate spell of fast bowling in Australia's opening World Cup game against Scotland was nowhere near his best. "It could have been better, but I will take it. We are still getting used

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,

Australian captain Ricky Ponting hit his fourth World Cup century registering a 203-run victory over Scotland in their opening Group A match on Wednesday. Ponting batted with determination after being dropped on 23 to make 113 with five sixes before he was bowled by Craig Wright. Tail-en

Australian openers, Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have given flying start to their team against cricket minnow Scotland in a Group A match here at Warner Park. Australia were 82 runs without loss in the 15th overs. Gilchrist and Hayden are playing on 40 and 38 respectively at this mom

Scotland skipper Craig Wright won the toss and elected to field against defending champions Australia in the 'Group A' opener of the cricket World Cup here today. Australia left out injured all-rounder Andrew Symonds and pacemen Stuart Clark and Mitchell Johnson from the playing XI. Austr

World champions Australia will today take on minnows Scotland here in the second match of the ICC World Cup 2007. The Aussies, who have seen a series of defeats in the past, are also plagued by injuries to key players. The two-time defending champions lost five matches in a row last mont

Contrary to the view of some of his counterparts, Indian captain Rahul Dravid has said minnows teams should be a part of the cricket World Cup for they add character and charm to the competition. They add a lot of character and charm to the event, Dravid said after helping his team clinc

Former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly today came in support of seamer Irfan Pathan and hoped that the Baroda all-rounder will prove his fitness, Sahara Samay sources said. Addressing a press conference here, Ganguly said that Pathan’s selection for the World Cup beginning on

Former Bermuda captain Lionel Cann and his Scotland counterpart George Salmond have hit back at West Indian bowling great Michael Holding for his remarks that participation of non-Test playing nations 'devalued' the World Cup. "I was surprised and appalled by Michael Holding's remarks

Former West Indies Test star Michael Holding believes the World Cup will be devalued by the number of non-Test playing nations taking part. The fast bowling legend insists that only the top-ranked Associate country in the world should be allowed to take part. When the 2007 World Cup gets un

Kenya, World Cup semi-finalists in 2003, believe they are ready to return to the world stage after their success in the ICC world cricket league tournament they hosted in January and February. Cricket standards in the country had fallen to the lowest level following three years of interna

Darrell Hair, who was offered a job by England and Wales Cricket Board, has rejected to be on their reserve umpires list for coming season. The Australian, who was one of the best umpires on the international cricket council elite panel, was banned in November following forfeiture of a

Scotland's cricket selectors have named an unchanged side for next month's cricket Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean following a successful build-up in Kenya over the last few weeks. The 15 players who originally set out on the five-week tour to Sharjah, Mombasa and Nairobi have been inv

Kenya is set for bigger horizons in the Cricket World. They have this year been given the opportunity to make the fream a reality, when they participate in the forthcoming inaugural International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty 20 World Championships. Kenya will however need to qualif