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

DHAKA (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was the hottest property in an auction held for the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Twenty20 tournament on Thursday, but English spinner Monty Panesar failed to attract a bid. Afridi was sold to the Dhaka franchise for $700,000

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, ...

Reuters: Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s one-match ban means the India captain will have time for an introspective look as to where and when his Midas touch deserted him as his team mates battle to avoid a series whitewash against Australia in Adelaide. Dhoni, who will miss next week’s fourth test after the ICC banned him because ...

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 ...

CHENNAI, India (AFP): The Indian Premier League released its 2012 tournament schedule on Friday, confirming that no matches will be played in Sri Lanka despite a request from the island’s cricket authorities. Upali Dharmadasa, the new president of Sri Lanka Cricket, said earlier this week that he had asked the Indian board to hold some ...

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...

Lahore (AFP): Pakistani skipper Misbah-ul Haq said Friday his high-flying team can beat England – the world’s leading Test side – when they meet next year, believing his side is unstoppable on current form. Pakistan returned home Friday after routing Bangladesh in two Twenty20s, three one-day internationals and two Tests, ending the year with five ...

Reuters: Australian Dav Whatmore is the front runner to be appointed Pakistan coach, a senior PCB official said on Saturday. Whatmore, who led Sri Lanka to victory at the 1996 World Cup, is currently in charge of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Twenty20 Indian Premier League. “Whatmore

Cowan says lack of review system cost Australia momentum Ponting, Cowan combine for 113-run stand; 277 for six on day one Siddle, Haddin frustrate India MELBOURNE (Reuters): Debutant Ed Cowan said the lack of a decision review system cost Australia two wickets and precious momentum after the hosts ended a controversial opening day of the ...

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

KARACHI (Reuters) : Pakistan players have been refused permission to play in the lucrative Bangladesh Twenty20 league by their cricket board (PCB) in order to concentrate on next month’s test series against England in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Nine Pakistani players have been offered contracts

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 ...

Maldives coach Mohammed Bazeeghzaka believes adju sting to the cold weather in Nepal will be the key to his side doing well in the upcoming ACC Twenty20 Cup. The ACC Twenty20 Cup runs from 3-11 December in Kathmandu with three sides having an opportunity to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 2012

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

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 ...

In the second semi-final, at Khanshaheb Osman Ali Stadium (KSOAS), West Indies took on Sri Lanka for a place in the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier. West Indies took its time to get into the swing of things with the bat after winning the toss and electing to bat and it was ...

Abu Dhabi, November 24, 2011 (AFP) – Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq is hoping to win the Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka on Friday to lift their rankings and give them a clean sweep of the series after their Test and one-day victories. Pakistan, the 2009 World Twenty20 champions, have lost

Abu Dhabi, November 24 (AFP): Legendary Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya on Thursday backed his country’s team and captain Tillakaratne Dilshan, saying they needed time and space to recover after losing both Tests and the one-day series to Pakistan. Sri Lanka lost the fifth and final one-day by three wickets on Wednesday, which handed Pakistan ...

Chamara Silva, a middle-order batsman, has joined Sri Lanka’s squad in the UAE as back up for Mahela Jayawardene, who has an injured knee. Jayawardene has returned to Sri Lanka and will miss the fifth ODI and the Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.  “After Sunday

Dubai(AFP): Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq hopes his team can learn from its mistakes and show improvement in the third one-day international against Sri Lanka on Friday. Pakistan won the first of five matches by eight wickets last week but allowed Sri Lanka to level the series with a 25-run victory in the second, on Monday. ...

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has called on Sri Lanka fans to sing and dance the team to victory at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday when his side faces Pakistan in the third One-Day International (ODI) of their five-match series. Sri Lanka’s fans were loud and proud in Monday’s second game, cheering Dilshan ...

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the owners of Lord’s and longstanding supporters of the Test Championship concept, said yesterday ICC”s decision to postpone the contest until 2017 was a “setback for Test cricket”. “It is disappointing to learn that the ICC has postponed the inaugural World Test Championship from 2013 until 2017,” MCC head of cricket ...

DUBAI: Sri Lanka’s win over Pakistan in their second one day international (ODI) has given them a badly-needed confidence boost for the rest of the five-match series, according to Tillakaratne Dilshan, the captain. T.M. Dilshan (third from right)celebrates with his teammates after Lasith Malinga (second from left) he dismissed Pakistan's cricketers Younis Khan (R) during ...

DUBAI  (Reuters) : Cricket’s world test championship will not begin until 2017, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat announced on Monday. “I am afraid that is no longer going to happen in 2013,” he told reporters at the Pakistan v Sri Lanka one-day international in Dubai. “At the last (ICC) board meeting we decided ...

Dubai: Shahid Afridi capped an excellent return to international cricket with three wickets as Pakistan thumped Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the first day-night match here on Friday. Afridi took 3-27 in his first match since returning from a six-month exile, helping Pakistan dismiss Sri Lanka for a paltry 131 in 40.3 overs before ...