New Zealand blast 335/5 against Bangladesh

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s beleaguered top order finally clicked by scoring 335 for five off 50 overs in the second One-Day International against Bangladesh in Napier on Friday.
Peter Fulton top-scored with 83, while Jamie How, who scored 88 in the six-wicket victory in the first match on Wednesday, followed up with 74 as the Black Caps [...]

No mercy for ICL rebels, asserts PCB

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf has ruled out the possibility of giving a general amnesty to players who were banned for participating in the Indian Cricket League (ICL).
“Well it is something that can be discussed by our governing body members and they have the authority to take a decision on this. But [...]

Chanderpaul and Powell put West Indies on top

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa – A disciplined century from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and an incisive spell by fast bowler Daren Powell put West Indies on top on the second day of the first test against South Africa on Thursday.
Chanderpaul became the third player after West Indian Everton Weekes and Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower to score half-centuries in [...]

Aus in complete command at tea

Australia went to tea at 248 for five, 395 runs ahead and firmly in control of the Test match on Day 3 of the Boxing Day test. Michael Clarke scored his fifty and was unbeaten on 52 on the break, while wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist was on 1.
Just as it seemed Australia were upping the ante, [...]

Aussies have the bowlers to take Indian wickets: Ponting

MELBOURNE — Skipper Ricky Ponting is certain the Australian bowling attack still pack a punch in the post-Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath era and will prove it against India in the Boxing Day Test.
Pace spearhead Brett Lee shoulders a heavy responsibility leading an inexperienced bowling attack at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, but Ponting said there [...]

Australia still pack punch, says Ponting

Ricky Ponting remains unsure what attack he will have in the first cricket Test against India but believes Australia still pack their punch post Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.
Australia won’t name their final XI until Wednesday morning because the captain and selectors wanted extra time to analyse an MCG wicket which has had its preparation [...]

Give us a break, Tendulkar tells cricket bosses

MELBOURNE, Australia: India batsman Sachin Tendulkar called Saturday for cricket administrators to cut international fixtures and prevent players burning out.
Tendulkar, who is making his final tour to Australia with India, said the workload of international players was too demanding and administrators need to schedule longer breaks in the season.
“We can have more cricket, but it’s [...]

Keep spinners out of T20, say Australian players

Melbourne: The Australian Cricketers Association has found out from a survey of player attitudes towards Twenty20 cricket that if quality spinners have to be preserved then they should not be thrown into the shortest and the trendiest form of the game, the Australian media reports.
A report in The Age says while the super-abbreviated format has [...]

50-overs game gone: Warne

SHANE WARNE believes the days of 50-over cricket are numbered as the Twenty20 game alters the way the sport is played and watched over the world.
The former Australia bowling star, who retired from international cricket at the start of the year, wants one-day internationals shortened to 40 overs per side _ a form of cricket [...]

Team India ready to take on favourite rival Australia

THE INDIA-PAKISTAN series is over now. India won both the One-day and Test series against Pakistan at home after more than two decades. This is being said that India and Pakistan are playing each other at short intervals and the frequent matches are abating the passion and intensity of Indo-Pak battle in ground. During the [...]