3 hrs ago | Daily Times
Akhtar happy to take dope tests
LAHORE: Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar on Saturday moved to dispel any suggestion he was running away from dope tests ahead of the Champions Trophy, saying he will be the first to give a sample.
8 hrs ago | Fox Sports
Jayawardene eager for India Test
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene is eager for the battle against Sub-Continent rivals India to commence, saying it promises to a hotly contested three-Test series.
12 hrs ago | The Times of India
COLOMBO: India's famed batsmen were made to struggle on a difficult track as Sri Lanka Board XI left the visitors gasping at 196 for eight on a rain-truncated second day of their three-day warm-up match on ...
16 hrs ago | Gulf Daily News
India bar players from English counties
NEW DELHI: India's cricket chiefs yesterday barred two national stars from signing up with English counties because those sides included players aligned with a rebel Twenty20 league.
21 hrs ago | Deccan Herald
Murali chosen Lanka's 'Most Outstanding Sportsman of the Year'
Averaging more than six wickets per Test in his 16 years of international cricket, Muralitharan is one of the most successful bowlers in the history of the game.
Smith ready for Headingley animal farm
Never mind Andrew Flintoff's return to the England side -- South Africa captain Graeme Smith is bracing himself for the sight of cows and pigs when the second Test starts at Headingley on Friday.
Mumbai: Yuvraj Singh may not be in India's Test scheme of things right now but the swashbuckling left-hander harbours the dream of taking over as the captain of the side at some point in his career.
Kumble takes three wickets as Indians bowl out Sri Lanka Board XI for 224 in warm-up match
Captain Anil Kumble took three wickets Friday as India's touring side bowled out a Sri Lanka Board XI for 224 runs on the opening day of their three-day practice match.
Razzaq confident ICL bans will be reversed
LAHORE: Abdul Razzaq, the former Pakistan allrounder, has said he has no regrets over joining the rebel Indian Cricket League and risking his future with Pakistan.
Minister irked at former Sri Lanka captain's appointment
Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge has expressed concern over the appointment of the former captain Hashan Tillakaratne as the new manager of the Sri Lankan national team for the current Indian tour.
India look to get into Test groove
After being busy in one-dayers and Twenty20s for almost three months, India will look to quickly get into the groove for the longer version of cricket as they take on the Sri Lankan Board XI in a three-day ...
Ajantha Mendis is working on 'sixth' delivery
Having bamboozled batsmen in the recent Asia Cup, Sri Lanka's [ Images ] 'mystery' spinner Ajantha Mendis sought to put Indian batsmen on the backfoot ahead of the Test series by Thursday disclosing that he was ...
Mendis exciting, but Murali still a bigger threat: Bhajji
New Delhi, July 17: : Harbhajan Singh does not doubt mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis' potentials but the star off-spinner believes it is old trickster Muttiah Muralitharan who would pose bigger threat for the ...
India A beat Israel, win ODI series 3-0
New Delhi, July 16 : India A defeated Israel by 106 runs in the final one-day international and won the three-match series 3-0 in the Israeli port city of Ashdod Wednesday.
Hurst, Broad appointed match referees
Calcutta: The International Cricket Council on Wednesday appointed Allan Hurst and Chris Broad as match referees for the ensuing India-Sri Lanka Test and one-day International series respectively.
The England and Wales Cricket Board will introduce a 20-over competition to rival the Indian Premier League in 2010 and it will include two overseas teams.
Pakistan hope for positive outcome at make-or-break ICC briefing
Thursday, July 17, 2008 By Khalid Hussain KARACHI: Pakistan cricket officials are confident that the outcome of what seems like a make-or-break ICC briefing this Sunday to consider whether it was safe to hold ...
Kumble: India can cope with SL's Mendis
India captain Anil Kumble believes his team's batting lineup has enough quality and is experienced enough in test cricket to cope with the threat posed by new Sri Lankan spin sensation Ajantha Mendis.
'You're all wicket-takers, not containers'
WORDS OF WISDOM: Terry Jenner interacting with young spinners at the MAC Spin Foundation.
Nottinghamshire "respect the ruling" of the disciplinary commission appeals panel after Glamorgan replaced them in the Twenty20 Cup quarter-finals. Glamorgan were today celebrating a Champions League lifeline ...