Abu Dhabi (AFP): He is the rugged face of Afghan cricket with a story fit for the big screen, and he embodies not only his nation’s turbulent past, but its hopes for a brighter future. When Nawroz Mangal led Afghanistan against Pakistan last week, it was the end of a long journey which started with ...

Former Test captain Steve Waugh can’t understand why selectors chose to hand Ricky Ponting the skipper’s role for Australia’s one-day international against Sri Lanka. Ponting was picked by selectors on Tuesday to lead Australia in Friday’s match at the SCG with Michael Clarke set to miss the match due to a hamstring strain. But Waugh, ...

Dhaka (AFP): Bangladesh’s inaugural Twenty20 league opened on a sour note on Thursday when a leading player revealed he had received a spot-fixing proposition. Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said he had been approached by an unnamed player regarding potential spot-fixing

Napier (AFP): New Zealand crushed Zimbabwe by 202 runs in the final one-day international in Napier on Thursday to complete a 3-0 series whitewash over the out-classed tourists. Zimbabwe again failed to fire as New Zealand, inspired by a man-of-the-match century from skipper Brendon McCullum, plundered 373-8 in their 50 overs and then routed the ...

Cape Town (ANI): South Africa is eyeing the No 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings after Pakistan’s unexpected series victory over current number one side England in the United Arab Emirates. The Proteas will tour New Zealand shortly with an eye on roughly 1.4-million rands from the International Cricket Council for clinching the No.1 ...

Sydney Morning Herald: This summer’s tri-series will be played amid a backdrop of a pay dispute which sees Sri Lanka’s players owed as much as $US 5million ($4.71 million) due to a cash crisis within the country’s governing body. As Mahela Jayawardene’s team battle the world’s top two ODI sides on the field during this ...

Reuters:Future International Cricket Council (ICC) presidents are likely to have reduced powers after the governing body’s board recommended turning the job into an ambassadorial role and creating a new position of chairman. Under the proposals to split the job, backed unanimously by the board at a two-day meeting in Dubai that concluded on Wednesday, the ...

Reuters: An extraordinary switch-hit six from David Warner and a Matt Wade half century fired Australia to a 31-run victory over India in the first of two Twenty20 matches on Wednesday. Australia’s tally of 171 for four proved too tough a target for an India team hoping for a turnaround

Calcutta (The Telegraph): The iconic Imran Khan has blamed India’s over-emphasis on Twenty20 cricket for the disaster Down Under and says the focus should shift to Tests. Speaking at the inaugural Tiger Pataudi Memorial Lecture — a joint initiative of The Telegraph and Bengal Club

turned out for Wellington in New Zealand’s domestic Twenty20 ...

Melbourne (AFP): Uncapped George Bailey was on Monday named skipper of a revamped Australian squad for next month’s Twenty20 internationals against India as selectors looked towards September’s T20 world cup. Bailey replaces Cameron White, who has been dropped from the 14-man squad

MUMBAI (Reuters): The India test side’s continued freefall in Australia has infuriated the media and angered fans back home but advertisers and broadcasters are refusing to give up on cricket, given a lack of alternatives and the fickleness of local supporters. Since the euphoria of a 2011 World Cup victory on home soil in April, ...

The International Cricket Council is considering a bid to have cricket back into the Olympics after over a century, Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has said. Lorgat said Twenty20 format in international cricket is suitable for the Olympics. “We have never had a format that would lend

Reuters: Italy’s World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro, former Argentina skipper Juan Pablo Sorin and Frenchman Robert Pires are set to feature in an Indian soccer competition that hopes to replicate the success of cricket’s Indian Premier League. Some 30 players and six coaches from abroad will be auctioned off in Kolkata for the Feb 25-April ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) : Sachin Tendulkar, who has not played a one-day international since last year’s World Cup, was named in India’s 50-over squad on Sunday for a Tri-series with Australia and Sri Lanka next month. Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, who has not played limited overs cricket since India won the World Cup final, is ...

DUBAI (Reuters): Pakistan cricket team manager Naveed Akram Cheema said he was “absolutely clear and confident” there would be no repeat of the spot-fixing controversy when his team play England in the United Arab Emirates over the next two months. The 2010 series between the two sides in England became completely overshadowed by allegations against ...

PERTH (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hinted he will quit test cricket if he decides to lead India in their World Cup defence in Australia and New Zealand in 2015. Dhoni, who led the cricket-obsessed nation to 50-overs World Cup triumph last April, said it was still too early to decide if he would ...

sports.ndtv.com: Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has approached the BCCI about the possibility of hosting IPL matches, the new SLC president, Upali Dharmadasa, has said. The idea has been proposed as a way for SLC to raise additional revenue because the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) failed to get off the ground last year, after ...

Phoenix Ogilvy Sri Lanka scored a major victory by beating leading global advertising agencies and international sports marketing companies to win the pitch for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Phoenix Ogilvy will be the official marketing

By Manoj Ridimahaliyadda espncricinfo.com: Sidath Wettimuny, the former Sri Lanka batsman, has suggested a radical restructuring of the country’s domestic cricket structure, which involves promoting provinces over clubs. The financial uncertainty surrounding Sri Lankan cricket and the upcoming board elections could, however, overshadow Wettimuny’s proposal. As a member of Sri Lanka Cri...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) this week announced the schedule for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 which will take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 13 to 24 March, 2012. Sixteen sides from across the globe will feature in the 12-day tournament which will be played

MELBOURNE, Reuters: Ricky Ponting’s international future could be in doubt if he fails to make runs, regardless of the former captain’s standing in the game, Australia coach Mickey Arthur has said. Australia play the first of a four-test series against India in Melbourne on Dec. 26 and the debate over the out-of-form batsman’s place has ...

Dhaka, (AFP): Ruthless Pakistan drubbed Bangladesh by 76 runs in the second one-day international in Dhaka on Saturday to take a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Umar Akmal scored 59 and Shahid Afridi hit 42 off 27 balls as Pakistan piled up 262-7 after they won the toss and elected to bat in ...

The Sri Lankan Cricketers’ Association (SLCA) has contacted the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) seeking assistance over the delay in the cricketers’ salaries for series following the World Cup this year. Sri Lanka have played three series since the end of the World Cup in April and the players are still awaiting payment, including ...

Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister has told the nation’s cricket team to start talking to each other to help end their losing streak, saying a lack of communication was the main problem in the squad. Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage met the players, selectors and administrators on Tuesday to find a solution ahead of next month’s Test ...

Dhaka, November 29 (AFP): Resurgent Pakistan continued their winning form to defeat Bangladesh by 50 runs in the one-off Twenty20 international at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday in a low-scoring affair. Misbah-ul-Haq’s men, buoyant after a successful series against Sri Lanka

MUMBAI (Reuters): The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is under investigation for violating the country’s foreign exchange laws, sports minister Ajay Maken said on Tuesday. The government was looking into alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act amounting to some 10.77 billion rupees ($206.7 million), Maken told the Indian parliament. He said the investigation covered ...

Karachi(ANI): Interim Pakistan coach Mohsin Khan has warned his team against taking Bangladesh lightly in the upcoming tour. Khan says that the Bangladesh team will have home advantage, and insisted that his team must be careful. “I think it will be a very good series in Bangladesh. They always try hard and the upcoming series ...

Sri Lanka captain T. Dilshan on Saturday sought for patience from fans and time to come better after failing during the series with Pakistan in UAE. Sri Lanka had contrasting fortunes during the tour, but skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan hoped fans back home would show patience. “I know like us every cricket fan in Sri Lanka ...

Reuters) – Tests and Twenty20s are the future of international cricket and 50-overs matches should be scrapped, according to England spinner Graeme Swann. “I think one-day cricket will have to give at some point,” he told the BBC. “I don’t think that game should carry on for much longer. For me it’s not as enjoyable ...