Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar could find himself in more trouble after throwing a trantrum at the Pakistan Cricket Board headquarters in Lahore last evening. Akhtar was earlier fined a total of 300,000 rupees and docked points from his new central contract for indiscipline. The paceman had l

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has been appointed India's Twenty-20 capatin, has a surprise gift coming his way if he powers the team to success in the coming World Championship in South Africa next month. "I congratulate Dhoni on his elevation as captain of India Twenty-20 team. A s

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was today appointed captain of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming Twenty-20 World Cup in South Africa as the selectors recalled Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh for the inaugural edition of the new version of the game. With regular captain Rahul

Seeking to bury the jelly-bean incident as a thing of past, England spinner Monty Panesar said cricket should be played in the right spirit. Panesar said the jellygate in the second Test at Trent Bridge was "unintentional" and should not affect the game's spirit in future. "

All-rounder Andrew Flintoff today returned to the England squad for the first four one-dayers of the seven-match cricket series against India starting August 21. However, his return to action would be subject to regaining full fitness from the right ankle surgery, which forced him ou

Alcohol abuse by some of the South African cricketers was a cause of their poor performance during the recent ICC World Cup in the West Indies, observes Adrian le Roux, the former fitness trainer of the team. "In my opinion, the use of alcohol within the national team is a problem. Th

Nothing less than a major Test series win or one-day title and a place among the top three in ICC rankings during new coach Geoff Lawson's two-year contract would be acceptable to the Pakistan Cricket Board. PCB Chairman Naseem Ashraf said Lawson would be given certain targets to meet duri

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

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming may abruptly end his international career to join the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), according to a media report here. Fleming has been approached by the ICL officials and the lucrative offer might prompt the Kiwi skipper to quit international cricke

With Australia and South Africa raising concerns over touring Pakistan in the wake of an escalation in violence, cricket board Chairman Nasim Ashraf said the situation had not reached such levels where international teams cannot play. Pakistan after playing in the Twenty20 World Cup hosts

Pakistan has expressed its inability to play a Twenty20 match against India to raise funds for their former coach Bob Woolmer's cricket academy in South Africa because of a packed international schedule. Widow of Bob Woolmer, Gill had written to the cricket Board's of Pakistan and Indian t

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

Scheduled to visit Pakistan for a Test and ODI series later this year, South Africa has expressed its concern over the brewing political scenario in the country. A six-member security delegation of the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA) is visiting the country to assess the secur

After creating ripples at the junior level, gifted Saurashtra batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is banking on his experience in Australia's Centre of Excellence (CoE) to justify his selection among the Twenty20 World Cup probables. Pujara, billed as a future Team India stuff, has a mature head on

The trophies won by the Indian cricketers in the Future Cup one-day series against South Africa in Ireland have been recovered and would be delivered at the BCCI office in Mumbai today. Indian Cricket Board Secretary Niranjan Shah said the luggage containing the team's winners' trophy, Sac

Sachin Tendulkar says his opting out of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championships does not signal a possible imminent retirement from other forms of the game as well, at least for the time being. Ever since India's disastrous World Cup campaign in the Caribbean earlier this year, there ha

After insisting that the Australian security delegation's visit was a routine affair, the Pakistan Cricket Board now admits that it would be hard to convince the touring teams for playing here in the wake of Red Mosque operation in Islamabad. "It would not be wrong to say we are a bit

After smashing a superb 171 against England Lions, Sachin Tendulkar has said he was relieved at spending some time in the middle to go in the upcoming cricket Test series with a confident frame of mind. Tendulkar, who is leading the Indians in the three-day warm up match, had not pla

If it was the Indian cricketers who were caught up in a traffic jam in UK the other day, their bags containing the trophies they won in Ireland have also had to suffer a similar fate. The team's winners' trophy, Sachin Tendulkar's man of the series, and Yuvraj Singh's and Gautam Gamb

The Future Cup win against South Africa in Ireland has pushed India to fifth spot and helped four of its players to jump into the top ten of the Maruti Suzuki ODI rankings. Team India, ranked as low as eighth in April, now has 69 points. World champions Australia continue their dominance i

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Nasim Ashraf said that his country was safe and secure to host international teams despite the recent clashes between security forces and Islamic militants at the Lal Masjid in Islamabad. Ruling out the possibility of Pakistan being forced to change its

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Nasim Ashraf said that his country was safe and secure to host international teams despite the recent clashes between security forces and Islamic militants at the Lal Masjid in Islamabad. Ruling out the possibility of Pakistan being forced to cha

Australian Cricketers' Association Chief Paul Marsh has criticised the International Cricket Council for premature staging of the Twenty20 World Cup this year, saying the initial focus should be its development at domestic level. "The administrators need to work out, is Twenty20 serio

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 -

Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara has risen to a career-high third position in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after hitting an unbeaten 200 against Bangladesh. The stylish left-hander, playing as a batting specialist after starting as a wicketkeeper-batsman, scored his fifth

Fresh from their one-day cricket series triumph over the South Africans in Ireland, India will launch their gruelling tour of England with a four-day warm-up game against County champions Sussex here tomorrow. The two teams, however, will keep one eye on the quirky weather as it has been ra

The annual one-day tri-series in Australia is in doubt next year and it is likely that South Africa and New Zealand could play separate rubbers against the world champions. While India and Sri Lanka have agreed to play the traditional limited-overs tournament this summer, negotiations are

India's 2-1 triumph over South Africa in the off-shore series has been a tale of two batsmen. If Sachin Tendulkar hogged the headlines at the start with his two 90-plus knocks but Yuvraj Singh put the smiles back on the Indian team by sealing victory in the last two matches. While the ret

Following are the statistical highlights of the third and final one-dayer between India and South Africa, played here on Sunday. # India registered their first ever win in a bilateral series against South Africa away from home. # India, with two successive six-wicket victories at Belfast, fo

Sachin Tendulkar says the worst of controversies and sharpest of criticisms only strengthen his resolve and he always lets his bat do the talking. "It is their (the critics') job to have opinions. But when I hold a cricket bat in my hand it's a tougher and bigger job. That is what I wil