Former Indian great, Sunil Gavaskar has exhorted the Indian youngsters to place more importance to the Indian cap than the lucrative tournaments like the Indian Premier League. Gavaskar has not been the only known face to have spoken about this issue, with former cricketers like Gary Kirstein

India will play West Indies in the deciding one day international at Gros Islet in St. Lucia on Sunday. India currently leads the series 2-1 and a win here will not only win them the series but will also be a sweet revenge for them for their loss in the ICC World T20 and the previous series th

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suggested that there could be a possibility of having four-day test matches from the future in order to protect the future of the format and enrich it further in order to get the crowds in. Talking to an Indian magazine, Morgan said, "Another th

India will face West Indies in the third game of the four ODI series at Gros Islet in St. Lucia on Friday. The series is currently tied at one game apiece, after India won a high-scoring thriller in the first match, while West Indies responded back in kind in the second game at Jamaica. The

India will play West Indies in the second ODI of the four match series at Jamaica on Sunday, after winning the first game in a high scoring thriller. Yuvraj Singh's inning of 131 saw him win the man-of-the-match and that went a long way in helping India get to a total of 339 in their fifty ove

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 Indian team to tour West Indies has been announced and although there have been many changes to it, the same has been on expected lines. India plays West Indies in four ODIs and one T20I starting from the 26th of June. Zaheer Khan has been rested because of his shoulder injury that he had

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

England will play West Indies in an important Super Eights game of the ICC World T20 and in all probabilities, the winner will be have their chances to enter the semi-finals brightened greatly. A lot would also depend on the India-England game that will be played on Sunday, but for n

India will play their first game of the Super Eights against West Indies at Lord's in London on Friday. India had won both their league games - against Bangladesh and Ireland - before getting to the second round, while West Indies had upset Australia but were stream-rolled by Pakistan in their

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

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

The second of the three games on the Super Saturday will be played between two Group C teams, Australia and West Indies. In the previous edition, Australia had lost to India in the semi-finals, while the West Indies had not even progressed beyond the first round. Australia's preparations wou

England will play Netherlands in the first game of the 2009 version of the ICC World T20 at Lord's. This will be a Group B encounter, with Pakistan being the third team in the fray. England's build-up in the tournament has been reasonable, having won both their warm-up games. However, one

Australia's coach, Tim Nielsen has called on the cricketing authorities to show greater respect to the shortest version of the game, T20, than what they are at present. Even 2 years after the inaugural World T20 that was held in South Africa, cricketing tours normally hover around Tests and OD

The dismal performances of West Indies spilled over from the Test matches to the ODIs as well with the visitors being thrashed by the Andrew Strauss led England team in the 2nd ODI played at Bristol. Batting 1st, the visitors were dismissed for a paltry 160 in 38.3 overs, a target that was ach

Not many would have forgotten the memorable Test series that was played between the West Indies and the visiting English side just about a couple of months ago. It was a dramatic series that West Indies managed to hold on to after having secured a win in the 1st Test of the 5-match rubbe

The art of spin bowling has fascinated millions of cricket lovers all throughout the world for many a year. The 90's saw the focus shift from pace bowling to spin bowling in international cricket as the likes of Anil Kumble, Shane Warne, Saqlain Mustaq and Muttiah Muralitharan engineered

Australia will be hoping to wrap up the five match West Indies Australia ODI series by winning the fifth match at Basseterre this coming Sunday 6th July 2008 to register a clean sweep over much weakened West Indies. Australia already lead the series 4-0 and having already won the test se

Australia will be hoping to take an impressive 4-0 the five match West Indies Australia ODI series when they come up against a much weakened and demoralised West Indies outfit this coming Friday 4th July 2008 at Basseterre. Australia already have an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series an

The West Indies cricket team will be hoping to keep their chances of a shock series triumph over Australia alive in the 2nd One Dayer of the five match West Indies- Australia test series starting this coming Friday 27th June 2008 in St. George's Park. West Indies are already 1-0 down

West Indies will be hoping to create a major upset when they come up against the mighty Australians in the third test of the three match Frank Worrel test series. The Windies have fought the Australians closely, contrary to most expectations and will be hoping that they can reward their exci

Australia will be eyeing to retain the Frank Worrel Australia West Indies test series trophy wrapped up when they come up against improving West Indies in the second test match at North Sound this coming Friday. The Australians held their own amidst some strong resistance by the Windies

West Indies will be hoping to finally make a strong comeback into the powerhouses of international cricket when they come up against Australia in the first of the three test match Frank Worrel Series in Kingston. West Indies have won a single test series for the past four years and with

Australia will be hoping to get the better over the West Indies in the upcoming cricket test series at home and maintain their unblemished record over the past few years. Australia have dominated World cricket in recent years like no other side in the history of the game and despite the

West Indies will be hoping to kick start a revival with a test series victory over the mighty Australian test cricket team when the three match test series starting on the 22nd of May. The West Indies have not won a test series for over four years now and will be hard pressed to pick out

The West Indies team are firm favorites to win the second ODI of the on going One Day International series against Sri Lanka. The first match that was held recently between the two teams ended in the most unexpected manner. The match was down to the wire and was decided in the last o