Umpires Mark Benson, Billy Bowden and Aleem Dar will stand in the upcoming cricket matches in Ireland which will also see India and South Africa in action. Australian Alan Hurst has been appointed match referee for the matches to be played between June 23 and July 1. India's match against

Australian captain Ricky Ponting today said he saw no reason why an Australian coach could not do a good job in India when quite a few of them were doing well with teams around the world. "I think Tom Moody has done some terrific job in Sri Lanka leading them to the World Cup final an

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

Senior Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has made himself available for the upcoming one-dayers against India and Scotland in the United Kingdom. The national selectors contacted Younis, who relented after refusing initially, sources close to the batsman said. The selectors, however, will make

After surprisingly failing to remain in contention for team India's coach, former Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore has now responded positively to Pakistan's job offer, PCB sources claimed today. The source said that former Pakistan captain, Wasim Akram had also been consulted on the appoint

Kenya is likely to host the next Afro Asia Cup which would be held in June next year, the Asian Cricket Council said today. "The next Afro-Asia Cup, the third edition, will be held next June in Africa and the likely venue is Kenya where the facilities and weather would be ideal,"

Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) President Sharad Pawar is likely to be named as chairman of the 2011 World Cup organising committee when it is constituted formally next month. The board officials of the four Asian Test playing nations - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh - are to meet i

Concerned about Pakistani players getting frequent reprimands for their on-field conduct, former captain Inzamam ul Haq has advised his teammates to avoid getting into skirmishes with match officials and rival cricketers. Referring to the reprimand issued to pacer Mohammad Asif during the re

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today squarely blamed public broadcaster Doordarshan for denying millions of Indian fans the chance of watching the ongoing Test series between India and Bangladesh. "Doordarshan is to be blamed for this. They should have prepared an underst

The new look Pakistan cricket squad prepared to fly out to Abu Dhabi today to play a one-day series against Sri Lanka with new captain, Shoaib Malik exhorting his team to get back to winning ways. Malik also made it clear he was not under any pressure leading the side for the first time in a

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who defied cramps to fashion an Indian victory in the first of the three-match one day cricket series against Bangladesh, today termed his unbeaten 91 as one of the most memorable innings of his career. Dhoni fought a cramped right hamstring to take his team home with a

Cricket Australia has shot back at its Sri Lankan counterpart for terming Adam Gilchrist's squash ball tactic as "unethical" and defended their vice-captain as a "highly principled man". CA Spokesman Peter Young refused to admit that Gilchrist gained an unfair advantage

Irked by the "unethical" charge levelled at Adam Gilchrist for using a squash ball in his gloves in the World Cup final, outgoing Australian coach John Buchanan said people should not make fuss over this "non-issue". More than a week after the final in which Gilchrist bel

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

Had Adam Gilchrist been a selector, he would have long dropped himself from the Australian ranks and the opener feels he really tested the patience of national selectors with his stretch of poor run. The Australian vice-captain produced one of the most memorable knocks of his spectacular ca

Australian captain Ricky Ponting today admitted that the farcical finish to the cricket World Cup took a bit of the gloss off his side's third consecutive triumph. Australia's win in the final against Sri Lanka was marred by some poor officiating. With the Sri Lankan batsmen accepting an

Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said he wanted to get his fitness problems sorted out once and for all during the lean cricketing season to come back tougher for the home series against South Africa in September. Shoaib, who has not been named even in the probables for the Abu Dhabi

The International Cricket Council has drawn flak from former cricketers Darren Lehmann of Australia and England all rounder Derek Pringle for considering umpires' nationality over their "excellence" in big games like World Cup final. The duo believe the ICC must move beyond parochi

International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has apologised for the farcical end to Saturday's World Cup final but ruled out blacklisting the erring officials. "It was an unnecessary error, a fundamental error. It was made under difficult circumstances at the end of the

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

Cricket skipper of Kenya, Steve Tikolo, will be vice-captain to the South African captain Graeme Smith in the Africa team for the second Afro-Asian cricket tournament to be held in India in June. According to the sources, Tikolo was one of four Kenyans in the squad that also feature pla

Sri Lanka marched into the finals of the 2007 Cricket World Cup with a 81-run victory over New Zealand in the first semifinal here at Sabina Park, Sahara Samay sources said. Sri Lanka has reached the finals for the second time whereas New Zealand's loss was its fifth in semifinals. The

The 2007 cricket World Cup signalled the end of another era when Stephen Fleming stepped down as New Zealand's one-day captain. The elegant southpaw announced his decision after the 81-run defeat in the semi-final against Sri Lanka on Tuesday and said he took the step in a bid to provide

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat first in their World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica today. Sri Lankans were 13 runs for one in the third over of their inning. Opener Jayasuriya was clean bowled by James Franklin on

Even as the Indian cricket board continues its search for Team India's new coach, a section of former cricketers want the board to consider Mohinder Amarnath's name for the job, media sources said. According to the sources, the BCCI has constituted a seven-member panel headed by Board chie

The Indian cricket team's new manager and coach would be appointed for a tenure of two years, the Cricket Board disclosed on Tuesday. A day after constituting a seven-member panel to pick Greg Chappell's successor, the BCCI said it was yet to zero in on possible candidates for the job but ha

Pakistan will be without senior batsman Younis Khan in their one-day cricket series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi next month, the Chairman of selectors Salahuddin Ahmed said today. Salahuddin said that Younis had informed them from England where he has gone to play for Yorkshire that he

Sri Lanka and New Zealand will count on their enviable variety in bowling attacks to overpower each other in the high-octane first semifinal clash of the cricket World Cup here tomorrow. Sri Lanka, however, would seek a psychological boost from their Super Eights dominating win over the K

Bermuda skipper Irvine Romaine today said that he has gained at least millions of Indian supporters as the hopes of Men in Blue are resting on the outcome of Bermuda's match against Bangladesh. "Tomorrow India is really banking on us to play well," Bermuda skipper Irvine Romaine

The Australia can once again be termed mighty after their World Cup win over South Africa on Saturday which erased the bad memories of their consecutive defeats against New Zealand recently. Australia need to win this week's Super Eights World Cup matches against the West Indies and Bangl