Reuters: Opening batsman Richard Levi took advantage of the small boundaries at Seddon Park to blast a world record 13 sixes and guide South Africa to an eight wicket win over New Zealand to level their Twenty20 series in Hamilton on Sunday. Levi, who only made his debut on Friday in Wellington

Reuters: List of highest international Twenty20 scores after South Africa’s Richard Levi scored 117 not out in his side’s eight-wicket victory over New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Sunday (* indicates not out):       Score Player    Team 

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 Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds, one of the game’s highly talented but maverick players, on Thursday announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket, bringing an end to a career marked by controversies and disciplinary breaches. The 36-year-old Symonds, a temperamental and colourful personality whose racial row with Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh made headlines ....

Sydney(AFP): Stand-in Australian captain Ricky Ponting says he is optimistic paceman Brett Lee will recover from a broken toe to take his place in the one-day side to face Sri Lanka on Friday. Lee was ruled out of action for up to six weeks after fracturing the little toe of his right foot when he ...

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 ...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s former cricket captain Shoaib Malik was dropped from the limited overs squad for the series against England on Tuesday. All-rounder Shahid Afridi returned to the 16-member one-day squad after Pakistan, led by Misbah-ul-Haq, completed a 3-0 test whitewash against England. Right-handed batsman Hammad Azam, who played the last of his five one-dayers against ...

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

Melbourne (ANI): Indian skipper MS Dhoni has said he is excited about facing Australia’s new Twenty20 skipper George Bailey in the two matches to be held this week. Dhoni, who is Bailey’s team-mate in the Indian Premier League, said the Australian selectors have made the right decision

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

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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

London, (AFP): Worcestershire have agreed a short-term contract with Pakistan spinner Saaed Ajmal for this year’s Twenty20 season but are awaiting final confirmation of the deal, county officials said Thursday. Ajmal has been in superb form for Pakistan in the first Test against England

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Perth (AFP): Australian coach Mickey Arthur has tipped big-hitting opener David Warner as a future captain of his country, after the 25-year-old drove the home side to victory over India in the third Test. Warner was the catalyst for Australia’s innings and 37-run win at Perth’s WACA Ground, belting a 69-ball century on his way ...

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 ...

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 ...