The Pakistan Cricket Board has not attended a meeting that was organised by the organising committee of the 2011 world cup which ruled that the original ruling on Pakistan not hosting the tournament will stand. The ruling also said that the matches will now be redistributed amongst the other t

Pakistan will look to avenge the loss in the first test match against Sri Lanka when they take on the hosts at the P.Sara stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka had won the first test match at Galle and now leads the series 1-0, after they had come back from behind to restrict Pakistan to 50 runs short

Pakistan and Sri Lanka will renew their battle in the first test match that both teams will play after that unfortunate, terror-afflicted, abandoned game in Lahore. The first of the three test match series will be played at the Galle from Saturday. Pakistan will go into the series on a high

The ICC has rejected the claims of Pakistan to allow any neutral venue to host the matches that had been previously allocated to Pakistan for the 2011 World Cup. These 14 matches will now be shared by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Earlier this year, in the month of April, the ICC had decide

The ICC announced the World T20 XI squad at the completion of the tournament, but none of the Indian players could make it to the final eleven. This was announced by the ICC at Lord's on Monday, along with the team for the women's World T20 XI as well. The captain of the men's team is the win

India will play the West Indies in a four-match ODI series and the first game will be played at Kingston in Jamaica on Friday. India has already reached West Indies, directly from England, where their World T20 campaign ended on an unhappy note as they crashed out before getting to the semi-fi

The two remaining Asian teams, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will face each other in the finals of the second edition of the ICC World T20 at Lord's on Sunday. This was after Pakistan shocked South Africa in the first semi-finals at Trent Bridge and Sri Lanka routed West Indies in the second game at

The second semi-finals of the ICC World T20 will see Sri Lanka take on West Indies at Oval in London. Sri Lanka and West Indies belonged to the same group in the first round, and won three and two games respectively in the Super Eight stage to get to the semi-finals. Sri Lanka had beaten Wes

The Indian cricket coach has said that Team India's exit from the ICC World T20 can be majorly attributed to the fatigue and exhaustion that had been brought about by being continuously on the road. Team India played a five ODI series against Sri Lanka early this year before heading off to

New Zealand will face Sri Lanka in a do-or-die Super Eights game at Trent Bridge in Nottingham to decide who goes through to the semi-finals from the Group F. A lot will depend on the result of the Ireland-Pakistan game on Monday as well, but assuming that Pakistan will be able to overcome the

Ireland will take on the mighty Sri Lankans in their respective second Super Eights game at Lord's on Sunday. While Ireland had managed to upset Bangladesh and get to the Super Eights, they had found the going tough in the game against New Zealand and were dismantled rather easily. Sri Lanka,

Pakistan will face New Zealand at the Oval in London in their second game of the Super Eights in Group F. The Kiwis have played one game and routed Ireland in that game while Pakistan were soundly beaten by Sri Lanka in their first game. Pakistan's woes with their bowling began even before t

West Indies take on South Africa at the Oval in a Group E clash of the Super Eights to decide who goes on the top of the group. Both the teams have already won their first game, with South Africa getting better of England, while West Indies shocking the Indians. The best part about the West

The first game of Super Eights on Friday will see two Asian teams, Sri Lanka and Pakistan fight it out against each other to try and draw first blood in their bid to get to the semi-finals. The match will be played at Lord's in London. Sri Lanka has entered into this round with a clean record,

West Indies play Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge in a game whose result will have no bearing on how the tournament progresses from here. Both West Indies and Sri Lanka have already qualified for the Super Eights and Australia, the third team in the group has already been knocked out of the competiti

The second game of the double header in Trent Bridge will see the Australians take on Sri Lanka in a group C encounter. This game assumes must-win proportions for the Aussies, after their heavy loss to West Indies in the first match. Unfortunately, given that the margin of loss was quite empha

South Africa will look to live up to their favourites tag when they take on Scotland in their first game of the ICC World T20 on Sunday at Oval in London. Scotland have already played one game and lost a high-scoring slog-fest to New Zealand. South Africa has gone about very quietly in the c

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

Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar feels the combined failure of the experienced Indian middle order batting in Sri Lanka was a one-off thing and expects the batsmen to put it firmly behind them and start afresh in the upcoming four-Test series against Australia. Vengsarkar also feels that th

Simon Taufel, the man officiating at the all-important end during the over when Yuvraj Singh hit the ICC award winning six sixes, said it was "quite an experience" watching the Indian unleash his array of strokes. "It was quite an experience," Taufel told reporters last ni

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

India will be hoping to make the most of a fine performance in the second One Dayer when they come up against Sri Lanka in the third One Dayer of the ongoing five match Sri Lanka India cricket One Day series this coming Sunday 24th August 2008. The series is intriguingly poised at 1-1 and wi

India will be gunning for revenge when they come up against Sri Lanka in the second one dayer of the ongoing five match Sri Lanka vs India test series. India were blown away in the first one dayer in the face of some brilliant bowling by the Sri Lankans and having lost out to Sri Lanka on a re

After an exciting and enthralling three match test series, India and Sri Lanka get ready to lock horns in the upcoming five match India Sri Lanka one day series. India have played Sri Lanka quite a bit over the past six months and this show-off will go a long way in determining the rising fo

The third test match of the ongoing Sri Lanka-India test series will take place on the 8th of August 2008 and if the results of previous test matches are anything to go by, all is set for an enthralling finish to one of the most exciting test matches in recent history. India fought back brilli

Known for scoring big hundreds, Indian opener Virender Sehwag today disclosed his secret of tall scores, saying he can sort out any bowler if he carefully plays for an hour and a half in the beginning.Sehwag, who was unbeaten at 128 after the first day of the crucial second cricket Test agains

Sri Lanka will be hoping to wrap up the series against out of sorts India in the upcoming Sri Lanka vs India test match to be played at Galle this coming Thursday 31st July 2008. Sri Lanka already have a smashing 1-0 lead in the series and given the run of things so far, it would tak

The Indian cricket team has landed in Sri Lanka for a series of matches that promise to be a cricketing extravaganza for all lovers of the game. After the recent loss that the Indian One Day International team suffered at the hands of the Sri Lankan team, there is much excitement abo

After a hard fought Asia Cup series in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka get ready to lock horns in a three match test series that is sure to feed the aspirations and hunger of millions of cricket crazy fanatics across the Indian subcontinent. India have been a much improved side over the

Sri Lankan spin sensation Ajantha Mendis may have wrecked havoc in the Asia Cup final but Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni refuses to consider him a major threat in the upcoming Test series, saying the experienced players in the Indian Test line-up will sort him out. Mendis picked up six