DUBAI: Rival coaches Geoff Marsh and Mohsin Khan said they were comfortable with the change in rules as Pakistan and Sri Lanka play under them for the first time in the opening day-night match here on Friday. Teams will have to start the batting and bowling Powerplays at the beginning of any over between the ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters): After denying Sachin Tendulkar a 100th international century on Wednesday, West Indies captain Darren Sammy promised to salute the Indian batting great when he reaches the milestone — providing it comes against another side. Tendulkar was 24 runs away from what could have been his 52nd test century, to go with his ...

Dubai (AFP): Recalled Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi on Tuesday showed confidence to hit his turbulent past six months for a big six, saying he wants to perform for the country and his fans. The 31-year-old all-rounder was recalled to the Pakistan squad for the five-match one-day series against Sri Lanka, starting in Dubai with the ...

Melbourne (ANI): Former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne reckons that Twenty20 cricket can peacefully coexist with Test and one-day cricket.The 41-year-old’s Twenty20 Big Bash League team Melbourne Stars will host the Melbourne Renegades in their inaugural derby clash at the MCG on January

Dhammika Prasad, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has been ruled out of the limited-overs series against Pakistan in the UAE due to an injury he sustained during the third Test in Sharjah. Prasad pulled his quad muscle and bowled just four overs in the game. He’s been replaced by the allrounder Thisara Perera, who played ...

Melbourne (AFP): Spin legend Shane Warne said on Tuesday he was still a match-winner as he announced his return to cricket, confirming he will play in Australia’s new Twenty20 Big Bash League with the Melbourne Stars. The 42-year-old had apparently ended his stellar cricket career

SHARJAH (Reuters) : Pakistan highlighted their talent on the pitch to draw the third and final test against Sri Lanka and win the series 1-0 on Monday just days after three former team mates were jailed for spot-fixing. Pakistan draw match to win Sri Lanka series 1-0 Pakistan finish on 87-4 with victory target of ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) :Shane Warne is set to return to cricket in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash competition less than six months after announcing his retirement, local media reported on Friday. The 42-year-old leg-spinning great said he was bringing an end to his professional career

Reuters: Pakistan recalled experienced all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq to their squad on Wednesday for the one-day series against Sri Lanka later this month. Afridi, 31, was captain for the 50-over World Cup at the start of the year but then announced his retirement in May after being removed as skipper. “I am delighted ...

Butt and Asif convicted of “spot fixing”, Amir admitted charges No-balls bowled at pre-agreed times in return for cash Former Pakistan captain Butt and Asif face jail term LONDON (Reuters): Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were found guilty on Tuesday of taking bribes to fix part of a test match against England in ...

KOLKATA (Reuters): England’s Kevin Pietersen has been reprimanded for showing dissent at the umpire after being given out lbw during his side’s six-wicket win over India in Saturday’s Twenty20 international in Kolkata. Pietersen hit a match-winning 53 off just 39 balls at Eden

Reuters: Ravindra Jadeja and his spin colleagues bowled India to a 95-run victory over England in the fifth and final one-day international to complete a series sweep on Tuesday. A 129-run opening stand between Craig Kieswetter (63) and skipper Alastair Cook (60) gave England the perfect platform to chase down a 272-run victory target but ...

Dubai, (AFP): Reigning world champions England top the inaugural Twenty20 rankings announced for the popular format of the game on Monday. England, who won the third edition of the World Twenty20 under Paul Collingwood in the West Indies last year, have a rating of 127 points and lead second placed

Morgan best batsman and Watson best all rounder in Reliance ICC T20 Player Rankings Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis, England’s Eoin Morgan, and Shane Watson of Australia were announced yesterday as the number-one ranked bowler, batsman, and all-rounder, respectively in the Reliance ICC T20I Player Rankings which were released in Dubai. Ajantha Mendis, who won the ...

Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle was on Thursday told to retract his bitter criticism of the region’s governing body if he wanted to resurrect his international career. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) told the big-hitting batsman they are prepared to negotiate a way out of the impasse which has left the 32-year-old exiled ...

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has unveiled a 14-member Nepali U-25 cricket squad for the first SAARC U-25 Twenty20 Cricket Tournament to be held in the Maldives from 31 October to 7 November. The National Selection Committee of CAN under the coordination of Bijay Kumar Sharma selected

New Delhi (AFP): Leading spinner Harbhajan Singh continued to be ignored as India on Tuesday retained their winning squad for the three remaining one-dayers at home against England. The fit-again off-spinner was one of seven World Cup stars to miss out for the first two games as the injury-ravaged world champions attempted to rebuild after ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has said that his team is capable of beating Pakistan in the upcoming tour of the UAE. Dilshan said that he was confident his team would be able to end their win drought in UAE. “Pakistan has a mixture of experienced and young talent in their line-up. I think ...

Sano Cricket Club has won the second annual Srilankan Airlines Japan Cup which was held from 8 to 10 October. The three day Twenty20 national championship was played at Fuji Cricket Ground with five teams vying for the title. Sano Cricket Club qualified to play in the championship by winning

Colombo (AFP): Sri Lanka hope to end their Test drought when they face Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates later this month, the team’s captain Tillakaratne Dilshan said on Thursday. Sri Lanka have not won a Test in their last 11 outings, since beating India in Galle in July 2010 when world bowling record holder ...

Hyderabad (AFP): Injury-ravaged India hope to make a fresh start in the new season by defeating England in the one-day series at home, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Thursday. India’s World Cup triumph in April was overshadowed by a disastrous tour of England a few months later when they were blanked 4-0 in the ...

Dhaka, (AFP): New captain Mushfiqur Rahim smashed a six off the penultimate ball to lead Bangladesh to a thrilling three-wicket victory over the West Indies in the one-off Twenty20 international on Tuesday. Bangladesh needed six runs in the last over to achieve a modest 133-run target

London,(AFP): Pakistan cricketers were ready to throw one-day internationals and Twenty20s in a bid to undermine then-captain Shahid Afridi and make “a hell of a lot of money”, a London court heard on Tuesday. Mazhar Majeed, an agent for several Pakistan players, told an undercover reporter last year that the players wanted Afridi replaced by ...

ESPNcricinfo: Mahela Jayawardene, the former Sri Lanka captain, has said the senior players in the team have the responsibility of ending Sri Lanka’s recent struggles in Tests while at the same time nurturing the next generation of cricketers. Sri Lanka’s last Test victory came at Galle against India in July 2010 and this year they ...

Oct 10 (Reuters) – Australia fast bowler Brett Lee will undergo surgery for appendicitis on Monday and has been ruled out of his country’s one-day and Twenty20 fixtures in South Africa, Cricket Australia said. Lee, who has taken 310 test and 357 one-day international wickets in a 12

Dhaka,   AFP:  The glaring absence of Chris Gayle stood out as the West Indies prepared to open their Bangladesh tour with a Twenty20 international in Dhaka on Tuesday. The explosive left-hander was omitted for the tour, which also includes three one-dayers and two Tests, following

We believed we could defend any total - Harbhajan; Malinga Man of the SeriesCHENNAI (AFP): Skipper Harbhajan Singh bagged three wickets to help Mumbai Indians lift the Twenty20 Champions League title with a 31-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final on Sunday. The off-spinner

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Reuters: Three Pakistan cricketers, driven by greed, betrayed their team mates and the sport of cricket itself by taking bribes to fix incidents during a test match against England last year, a London court heard on Wednesday. The plot was orchestrated by Pakistan captain Salman Butt and his agent Mazhar Majeed and involved the team's ...

It’s being called the best Twenty20 game ever played but that’s scant consolation to South Australia following their heartbreaking exit from the Champions League. The Redbacks posted a massive total of 2-214 against Royal Challengers Bangalore, only to lose by two wickets to a last-ball