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London,(IANS):The International Cricket Council (ICC) cricket committee will be meeting at the Lord’s in London for its two-day annual conference starting Wednesday to re-consider the legality of switch-hit shot to retain a fair balance between bat and ball. In May 2009, the ICC Cricket Committee endorsed the view of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the ...
Islamabad, (ANI): Pakistan cricket head coach Dav Whatmore has said victory in the upcoming Sri Lanka team is the foremost thing on their minds. “Victory is foremost in our minds, but planning, tactics and skill execution will decide whether we are victorious or not. We will go there with our eyes wide open expecting a ...
Sri Lanka has recalled all rounder Jeevan Mendis and seamer Dilhara Fernando to their ODI squad for the home series against Pakistan starting in June. Also included in the squad is fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep, who toured South Africa late last year with the national team but had to head back home due to a ...
West Indies captain Darren Sammy left the door open for former skipper Chris Gayle to return in the remainder of the Test series against England after the tourists’ defeat in the opener at Lord’s. West Indies went down to a five-wicket loss here on Monday to fall 1-0 behind in the three-match series. They did ...
Australian cricketing legend Adam Gilchrist will shelf the batting pads and stow away the ‘keeper gloves, after announcing over the weekend that he has played his last game of professional cricket, reports cricinfo.com. The big-hitting fan favourite will reportedly reassess his playing future after his team, the Kings XI Punjab, lost to the Dehli Daredevils ...
Karachi (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Zaka Ashraf for the Indian Premier League (IPL) final in Chennai. Ashraf, who is currently in London, will travel to Chennai on a two-day visit. “This is a good gesture,” Ashraf told The Express Tribune. “I will ...
Kings XI Punjab acting captain David Hussey on Wednesday defended his team’s integrity after two players from his side were suspended amid allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier League. Kings XI Punjab batsman David Hussey (L) celebrates his half century (50 Runs) in the IPL Twenty20
Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore on Wednesday warned his players they faced a battle on next month’s tour of Sri Lanka, saying the hosts were tough opponents in home conditions. Pakistan's cricket coach Dav Whatmore talks to media representatives during a practice session at the Gaddafi Cricket stadium in Lahore. Whatmore on Wednesday warned his players ...
Sri Lanka Cricket says it will stage its own Twenty20 cricket league in August, more than a year after it was postponed due to possible losses due to a pull out of Indian players. The first edition of Sri Lanka Premier League was originally scheduled to be played in July last year. SLC president
BCCI president N Srinivasan has said that Indian players could participate in the newly launched Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), if the hosts make such a proposal. The tournament will be held between August 10 and 31 this year at Colombo and Pallekele. Each of the seven provincial teams will be allowed a maximum of ...
KARACHI, (Reuters): Pakistan are looking for alternative venues for their one-day series against Australia after Sri Lanka withdrew an offer to host the matches. The five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches clash with some of the dates of the Sri Lanka Premier League T20 competition
Colombo: Speedster Lasith Malinga, who is currently playing for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, has been placed in the top bracket of USD 100,000 in the central contracts announced by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) here. The fast bowler figures along side Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thilan Samaraweera in the central ...
New Delhi: Former South African fast bowler and Captain Shaun Pollock feels the Indian Premier League (IPL) has done a world of good for the game of cricket and it is turning out to be an excellent laboratory for batsmen and bowlers to innovate more and more. Shaun Pollock, a mentor with the Mumbai Indians ...
WELLINGTON (AFP): Troubled batsman Jesse Ryder was omitted Thursday from New Zealand’s 15-man Test squad to tour the West Indies, with South Africa-born paceman Neil Wagner one of two new faces in the line-up. Despite some strong performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Ryder remains on the outer with New Zealand selectors after a ...
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 ...
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
A rejuvenated Mitchell Johnson is on the cusp of his long-awaited return to cricket with a playing stint in England after sitting out five hectic months for Australian cricket with a toe injury. The 30-year-old paceman, feeling refreshed in both body and mind, hopes to be back playing for Australia but is set to take ...
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
Peshawar (ANI): Former captain, Younus Khan, has expressed a desire to lead the Pakistan cricket team again, as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has started its search for a player to replace Misbah-Ul Haq. “I will definitely consider any such offer from the PCB,” Younus told The Express Tribune. At 76 not out, Younus wants ...
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 ...
Reuters: South Africa has turned down a request from Bangladesh to play a limited over series in May primarily because of a hectic schedule, the country’s cricket board said on Wednesday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board, after their brief Pakistan tour this month was postponed following a court order, had approached Cricket South Africa (CSA) with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
LAHORE: Pakistan cricket captain Misbahul Haq said Friday he was impressed with new coach Dav Whatmore’s professionalism as he seeks to lift the talented but unpredictable team. Whatmore, who took over last month on a two-year-contract, guided Pakistan to their second Asia Cup title in Bangladesh and is now training the squad for the tour ...
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
Reuters: Yuvraj Singh has arrived home in India after cancer treatment in United States and doctors are confident the player will not suffer a relapse, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday. The 30-year-old was told last year that he had a golf ball-sized non-malignant tumour but that diagnosis was ...
The Sri Lanka Women squad for the tour of the Caribbean in April and May is a mix of youth and experience as the selectors build for the World Twenty20 in August. Chandima Gunaratne, Inoka Ranaweera and allrounder Madhuri Samudrika are the new faces in the 14-player squad, which is led by Dilani