LONDON (AFP): West Indies coach Ottis Gibson and captain Darren Sammy said Thursday they would have no problems with Chris Gayle returning to the squad after he promised to end his international exile on Thursday. Former West Indies captain Gayle, renowned as a big-hitting batsman, has not played international cricket for more than a year ...

REUTERS: Flamboyant opener Chris Gayle has scrapped his deal with English county Somerset to make himself available for West Indies after ending his year-long dispute with the cricket board. Gayle has not been part of the West Indies team since his attack on the board in a radio interview in April last year and was ...

BRIDGETOWN – West Indies Women cricketers defeated Sri Lanka’s Women by seven runs in the second Twenty20 International at Kensington Oval on Wednesday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

NEW DELHI (AFP): England batting star Kevin Pietersen flew home on Wednesday after a highly successful stint in the Indian Premier League as Australia captain Michael Clarke made his debut in the Twenty20 tournament. Pietersen, who left midway through the league to prepare for England’s home

Lahore, (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Zaka Ashraf has said that he has no plans of changing Misbah ul Haq as the captain of the national team. “We did not decide about the selection of the captain,” The Nation quoted him, as saying. Ashraf also stressed that Pakistan is a safe country for hosting ...

COLOMBO (AFP) : Pakistan will tour Sri Lanka next month for three Tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 games, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Monday. The Pakistanis will kick off the six-week tour with two Twenty20 matches in the southern port town of Hambantota on June 1 and June 3

Pakistan’s Cricket team will arrive in Sri Lanka during the month of May on a six-week tour. The tour will kick off with two T20 Internationals being played out in the Hambantota Cricket grounds on June 1st and June 3. While the five one day games will be played out in Pallekele grounds in Kandy and Premadasa ...

Veteran Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf took part in a fitness test on Tuesday to try to revive his international career, insisting he could still compete at the highest level. The 37-year-old played the last of his 90 Tests against England at Lord’s in 2010 — a match marred by the spot-fixing scandal involving three of ...

KARACHI:Disappointed at the turn of events that led to the postponement of the Bangladesh series, Pakistan’s head coach Dav Whatmore has decided to shift his focus on training for the tour of Sri Lanka instead. The Dhaka High Court issued a stay-order on the Bangladesh team’s visit to Pakistan for two limited-overs matches scheduled for ...

With cricket fever gripping the India, Emirates – the Team Sponsor of Deccan Chargers – reiterated its commitment towards the sport and the country by providing lucky youngsters a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet their idols. The international airline, which serves India with 185 weekly flights, staged a coaching clinic in conjunction with the IPL franchise ...

Reuters: Pakistan officials are hoping this month’s mini home series against Bangladesh will finally convince neighbouring India to renew bilateral cricket ties between the two Asian cricket powerhouses. Bangladesh will become the first foreign team to play full internationals in Pakistan since March 2009 when Sri Lankan cricketers and officials were attacked by gunmen in ...

Below we reproduce an exclusive interview given by Former Sri Lankan Skipper Arjuna Ranatunga to K.R. Nayar of Gulf News, where he has expressed his opinions on a range of issues affecting the game of cricket. Ranatunga is currently in Dubai to give away the Shyam Bhatia annual cricket awards. GULF NEWS: You led Sri Lanka to ...

REUTERS: The International Cricket Council (ICC) executive board has decided to expand the number of teams in the 2014 Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh from 12 to 16 to give more opportunities to the non-test playing nations. “What excites me is the decision to extend the World Twenty20 event

NEW DELHI (AFP): Jealousy could be the reason for negative attitudes in England towards the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), England batting star Kevin Pietersen has said. The Twenty20 IPL was an instant hit when it began in 2008 as a mix of glamour, entertainment and international stars

The Rupert Murdoch-owned Star group has won the BCCI media rights for the next six years, board president N Srinivasan announced yesterday. The winning bid was Rs 3851 crore and covers the BCCI’s broadcast and Internet rights for the period July 2012-March 2018, Srinivasan said at a press conference in Chennai. “The Star group will ...

Former Sri Lanka player and spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan, who retired from international cricket after his team lost the 2011 World Cup final to India, is confident he’ll be able to perform well as he has kept himself match-fit. In the last year, Muralitharan has played in different leagues around the world, and feels the ...

Reuters: Australia captain Michael Clarke has signed for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Pune Warriors and will make his debut in the fifth edition of the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament. Clarke, who leads the Australian test and one-day teams, quit international Twenty20 in January 2011

Ticket sales for the ICC World T20 2012 which began this week saw many cricket fans flocking today (March 28) to the Thurstan College Cricket Grounds. The official campaign leading to the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 Championship 2012 kicked off with the ticket sale

India will play One Day Internationals at Hambantota, Dambulla, Pallekele and Premadasa Stadium when they arrive here in July to play five ODIS and a Twenty20. Hambantota will host the first two ODIS while Premadasa Stadium in Colombo will host the only T20 International. According

KARACHI (Reuters): New Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore has is looking forward to the challenge of taking charge of a third Asian team and is confident the side can improve their standing in world cricket. The Australian agreed on a two-year deal last week and departed for Dhaka on Thursday to lead Pakistan on his first ...

MUMBAI (Reuters): India batting great and former skipper Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from international cricket on Friday, saying it was the right time to “move on” and make way for the next generation of players. The 39-year-old second highest run scorer in test history announced his decision at a news conference in Bangalore with ...

DUBAI (Reuters): The International Cricket Council (ICC) may waive its requirement for neutral match officials in a proposed one-day international series between Pakistan and Bangladesh next month. The three matches, which are subject to agreement by Bangladesh, would take place in Karachi and Lahore from 16 to 26 April. The matches would be the first ...

BBC: The International Cricket Council’s chief executives’ committee (CEC) has suggested that an associate or affiliate member such as Ireland could host a ICC World Twenty20 tournament. The CEC said non-Test-playing countries “should consider submitting a detailed proposition

Current ICC World Twenty20 champion England has continued its domination of the Reliance ICC Twenty20 International (T20I) Rankings after winning its series against Pakistan by 2-1 in Abu Dhabi on Monday.  While England successfully retained its number-one position, which it could have lost

Port of Spain, March 5 (IANS) West Indies cricketer Runako Morton was killed in a car crash here Sunday night. The 33-year-old, one of the few cricketers to emerge from the island of Nevis, lost control of the car he was driving and hit a pole, according to reports. He died on the spot. Morton ...

Reuters: South Africa will play India in a Twenty20 international at the end of this month after establishing the match as a permanent fixture on the calendar, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Monday.  The Proteas will host the one-off contest at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg

REUTERS: Hashim Amla missed out on a 10th century but still guided South Africa to a comfortable six-wicket victory over New Zealand in their second one-day international in Napier on Wednesday, sealing the series with a game to spare.  The visitors took the first match in Wellington by six wickets and have now won their ...

England bowlers kept their nerves in the final overs to pull off a sensational five-run win over Pakistan in the third and final Twenty20 here on Monday to take the series 2-1. Set 130 to win Pakistan were going along nicely at 107-4 with 23 needed off the last three overs and 17 off the ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday held its annual ICC Commercial Partner Forum in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The forum was held at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel and followed three days of inspections of men’s tournament venues – Colombo, Hambantota and Pallekele. This Forum was the first opportunity for the ICC to share its detailed ...

Ricky Ponting accepts he will no longer play limited overs cricket for Australia but remains available for Test selection. The 37-year-old told a press conference he was no longer in Cricket Australia’s plans for one-day or Twenty20 cricket. “I don’t expect to play one-day