England will be hoping to continue their fine run in the test arena when they come up against a South African side in the first test of the three match England South Africa series this coming Thursday 10th July 2008 at the Lords in England. South Africa and England both have proved to be stron

It will be the battle of west vs east when the Mumbai Indians take on Kolkata Knightriders in the Indian Premier League this coming weekend. Both these sides are on an impressive run of form and this match does indeed hold a major influence on where the IPL table might shape up into in a coupl

It is the battle of West vs South when Mumbai Indians come up against the Chennai Superkings in the Indian premier League this coming Wednesday at home. Both these sides are on a good run of win and with Sachin Tendulkar making a much anticipated debut for this clash, expect the playing field

Mumbai Indians' hopes got a big shot in the arm when their icon player and captain Sachin Tendulkar today declared himself fully fit to play his first Indian Premier League match against Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede stadium here on May 14. "Yes I will be playing the match on May 14.

Mumbai Indians' veterans Sanath Jayasuriya and Shaun Pollock stole the limelight, wrecking the top and middle order of the Kolkata Knight Riders, to restrict the hosts to a modest 137 for 8 in their Indian Premier League tie here today. The crafty Jayasuriya displayed variation in bowling a

South Africa will be looking to complete a comprehensive 5-0 rout over the hapless West Indies and give retiring hero Shaun Pollock a fitting farewell with a victory over the Windies in the fifth chapter of this five match MTN ODI series to be played at the Wanderers this Sunday.

South Africa will be looking to take one step further in demolishing an already fragile West Indies confidence when they host the fourth one dayer at the Kingsmead Oval in Durban in three days. South Africa have an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series and on the current turn of events, it

Australian Vice captain Adam Gilchrist took a surprise retirement from international cricket on the penultimate day of the fourth India Australia cricket test match. The Tasmanian has revolutionized the whole concept of a wicketkeepers role in both one day and test matches and his void w

South Africa will be firm favourites to wrap up the ongoing five match South Africa vs West Indies MTN One day Series at Port Elizabeth in two days time. South Africa how have a strong 2-0 lead coming into this clash against the West Indies and will be no doubt buoyed by their all ro

South Africa and West Indies get ready to go head on in the upcoming one day 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 one day matches and with the confidence of t

Ex-South African cricket skipper Shaun Pollock bids adieu to international cricket at the end of the current West Indies tour of South Africa in what would be big loss for the cricketing fraternity. The South African all rounder has played a vital part in the re-organization of post-Apartheid

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

BCCI's Indian Premier League today added to its star cast by signing South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock and New Zealand's Jacob Oram for next year's Twenty20 competition. The Indian Board also confirmed that Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has joined the league. "To have Akhta

Hosts South Africa announced a provisional 30-member squad for the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup in September. Graeme Smith has been named as captain while Jacques Kallis was chosen as vice-captain of the side. The list which include veterans Shaun Pollock and Mark Boucher will be pr

Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan's splendid nine-wicket haul against Bangladesh has pushed his tally to 916 points in the ICC Test bowlers rankings, only 16 points away from Sydney Barnes who tops the all-time list. Muralitharan, the only contemporary bowler having more than 900 r

India might struggle to put 11 players on the park even as they look for revenge when they take on South Africa in the first one-day international of the three-match Future Cup series here tomorrow. After Mahendra Dhoni pulled out of India's opening game due to high fever, players like Sac

Ireland captain Trent Johnston won the toss and elected to field against South Africa in the rain-curtailed cricket one-dayer here today. The match was reduced to 31 overs a side following a near five-hour delay in start due to rain and wet pitch conditions. South Africa handed off-spinn

Continuing his rise in international cricket, Monty Panesar became the highest rated England spinner in 30 years by breaking into the top-10 of LG ICC Test Rankings today. With a tally of 23 wickets in the Test series against West Indies, Panesar rose six places in the latest charts to joi

Despite his unbeaten 139 in the Afro Asia Cup final in Chennai, Indian wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained in the fourth place in the latest LG-ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. Dhoni, who hit the highest-ever ODI score by a number seven batsman in Chennai, now trails th

Team India stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni gained a spot to be fourth in the latest LG-ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, released today. Dhoni, who was the man of the series in the one day international (ODI) series against Bangladesh, has a chance to move up to third if he continues his f

Riding on his two centuries against Bangladesh, Sachin Tendulkar jumped back in the top-20 of the latest LG-ICC Player Rankings for Test cricket batsmen. The 34-year-old veteran player scored a hundred in each match, at Chittagong and Mirpur, compiling a total of 254 runs at an average of

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

South Africa will have to shed their burden of history and perform out of their skin to halt the unstoppable march of Australia as the two teams square off in an epic semifinal showdown of the cricket World Cup tomorrow. Emotions will run high as world's top two cricketing nation once again s

Australia has defeated South Africa by 83 runs in their final league match to top Group 'A' at St. Kitts here. Chasing a mammoth total of 378 runs, South Africa was bowled out for 294 in 48 overs. Australia carry forward two points from this match in to the Super Eights round. Ea

Matthew Hayden has said his pulverising of the South African bowling, which gave Australia a thumping 83-run win in the World Cup encounter here on Saturday, was premeditated. "To some degree, yes. But I still had to weigh up the conditions," the Australian opening batsman said

Riding on the back of his powerful comeback, left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan has jumped ten places to 27th position in the latest LG ICC ODI rankings. Another Indian pacer Munaf Patel leaped eight spots to 39th to record his career best haul of rating points. Zaheer was rewarded for his m

South Africa closed day two of the second Test with Pakistan still 26 runs behind at 115-3. Pakistan added 130 with their remaining four wickets, skipper Inzamam playing a masterful knock and shielding the tail. Makhaya Ntini notched his 300th Test victim, but Inzamam moved to 9

South Africa batsmen made short work of India's bowlers as they cruised to a nine-wicket win in the fifth one day international, completing a 4-0 whitewash in the series on Sunday. Victory was achieved with 18 overs and four balls to spare as the Proteas reached their victory target of 2