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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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...