South Africa will be firm favourites to take a dominating 2-0 lead in the ongoing South Africa vs West Indies MTN One day Series at Cape Town this Friday. South Africa won the first match convincingly courtesy of some fine seam bowling coupled with some excellent top order batting by

Pakistan face up against a depleted Zimbabwe in the first of the rearranged five matches Pakistan Zimbabwe one day series to be held at Karachi this coming Monday. This match was initially scheduled to be played in Hyderabad but the PCB later moved to Karachi keeping the recent political

South Africa and West Indies get ready to go head on in the first one dayer of the MTN South African West Indies cricket 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

South Africa get all set to take on West Indies cricket team in an altogether different ball game in the one off twenty20 One day at Johannesburg this Friday in what promises to be an exciting encounter. South Africa and West Indies have been recently involved in a three match cricket

The South Africa VS West Indies cricket test series started with South Africa as favorites, and then came the twist when West Indies won the first test match. The second test match between the two countries was then expected to be a battle for survival for South Africa and a platform

South Africa go into this crunch match against the Windies in Cape Town looking to erase the surprise 1-0 deficit at Port Elizabeth five days ago. The West Indies, who until then hadn't won a single test match in 2007 pulled off a marvelous performance both with the bath and the ball and will

BCCI office bearers will meet in Kolkata, on December 1, where Gary Kirsten's appointment as India's cricket coach could be ratified. "The BCCI office bearers will meet in Kolkata on December 1 where the issue of the new coach will certainly come up. The members would be briefed on al

Yuvraj Singh may have set the shorter version of the game alight to emerge as India's middle order mainstay but the dashing left-hander would spend the first cricket Test against Pakistan warming the bench with VVS Laxman in action, hinted captain Anil Kumble. Addressing his first pre-matc

Fans can look forward to a run feast when India takes on Pakistan in the fourth cricket one-dayer here with the pitch curator promising a high-scoring game. Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association's Chief curator Samundar Singh Chauhan said he has prepared a perfect batting wicket for the match

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik today described his team's close defeats against India as sheer bad luck and said the players were high on morale as they were not lacking in cricketing terms. "Man to man both teams were equal in strength and balanced. Team to team we fought on an even k

Having made history by winning the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup after a dream final against arch-rivals Pakistan, Indian skipper M S Dhoni attributed the victory to the team work and the desire to do well. "Whatever is destined to happen will happen. But I believe, unless your do the r

Breaking his silence over his surprise resignation as India's cricket captain, Rahul Dravid said today that he was not enjoying the job after two years because "there is a shelf life to captaincy in India". The 34-year-old batsman, who has not said a word in public since his resigna

Traditional rivals India and Pakistan will resume their cricketing hostilities when they square up against each other here tomorrow in a Group D clash of the Twenty20 World Cup at Kingsmead. The two Asian giants could not keep their date in second round clash at the 2007 World Cup in the

Playing down the absence of fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik said the presence of explosive striker Shahid Afridi would provide his team some psychological advantage in the much-awaited Twenty20 clash against India on Friday. After the disastrous World Cup in the Wes

Coach for Team India is expected to be appointed in a month's time, BCCI President Sharad Pawar said today. Pawar also said there is no proposal before the BCCI to pick former coach Greg Chappell for an advisory role at the National Cricket Academy. Asked about the progress made on appoint

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

The hectic international schedule and financial issues are preventing organisers of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) from completing the process of signing players for their inaugural competition slated in October, according to a former Pakistan captain. The ex-skipper, who has been approac

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

England fast bowler Stephen Harmison was today ruled out for the entire cricket Test series against India as his hernia injury requires immediate surgery which will keep him out of action for four to six weeks. Harmison, who was looking to postpone his surgery to play against the touring I

Former England captain Allan Lamb has said that lack of discipline was a key factor for the West Indies team's sustained poor performance and a tough coach was needed to discipline the players. Describing the current bunch of players from the Caribbean as the "worst" ever, Lamb b

It looked like a stroll in the park as England blanked the West Indies in the recent Test series but life would be difficult against India, host captain Michael Vaughan warned his teammates. Back in the side after a nagging knee injury that kept him out of action for a whole year, Vaughan

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni continued his progress up the rating charts to be fifth in the latest LG-ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen today. The wicketkeeper-batsman, who turned 26 yesterday, has moved one spot up in the rankings issued today. England's Kevin Pietersen s

The cash-strapped West Indies Cricket Board has received a boost with Texas billionaire Allen Stanford announcing a fresh 100-million dollar investment to revive the game's fortunes in the Caribbean. "This won't be just cricket, this will be a life-changing experience," Stanford

Former India skipper Ajit Wadekar today paid glowing tributes to his ex-Test and first-class teammate Dilip Sardesai, who died here last night, giving him a major credit for the historic wins over the West Indies and England in 1971. "It has been one long partnership lasting more than

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

Allrounder Chris Gayle will take over the captaincy from Daren Ganga in the 14-man West Indies cricket squad for limited-overs matches against England. Gayle, the powerful left-handed opener and right-arm offspinner, received the leadership yesterday when Ganga was not included in the squa

Australian captain Ricky Ponting today diagnosed the ailments of Indian cricket as "mental pressure" and advised the team to learn to cope with it. "India is playing under a lot of mental pressure. They must learn how to cope with it," Ponting said. Ponting, who led Au

Within two months of his hastily announced retirement, legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara has realised he did not want to lose touch with the game and is contemplating returning to the international cricket as a player. Lara, who surprised everyone by calling it quits in the wake of hi

The ordeal of being treated as "murder suspects" is finally over, but members of Pakistan's ill-fated World Cup squad say it will not be easy forgetting the traumatic experience they had in West Indies after the death of their coach Bob Woolmer. Though, the news that Woolmer was

Cricket Australia Chairman Creagh O Connor today mourned the death of International Cricket Council President Percy Sonn and said the South African did his best to make cricket a better game. O'Connor said Australian cricket was saddened by the death of 57-year-old Sonn, who died yeste