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Zimbabwe Gains Upper Hand Over Bangladesh in Day Two of Cric...

Zimbabwe's national cricket team piled up a hefty lead against Bangladesh on Friday in the second day of a five-day test match at Harare sports club – the first test action for Zimbabwe in six years as the team withdrew from the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

James Taylor is made for the giant step up to Test cricket

England have been thinking big on their route to the top of the Test rankings. Now it might be time for them to take a smaller step towards world domination. If Jonathan Trott fails to recover from his shoulder injury in time for next wee [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

England Routs India to Move Closer to Top Cricket Test Ranki...

England secured the two-match lead it needs to take cricket's No. 1 Test ranking with a 319-run rout of an Indian team that had twice been in potentially game- winning positions. After England racked up 544 to set India 478 for the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

England Lords It Over India in Cricket Test

England made sure the Lord’s fairytale didn’t happen for India and Sachin Tendulkar, instead presenting the visitors with a dark thriller to haunt them in the run-up to the second Test, which starts on July 29 at Trent Bridge [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket's 2000th Test begins at Lord's today

A five-day contest where often neither side wins, Test cricket may seem out of touch with 21st Century life yet series opener between England and India beginning today at Lord's will mark its 2,000th match. And with a sell-out cr [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Pakistan's cricket coaching system is old fashioned

In many ways, the malaise afflicting Pakistani cricket can be attributed to exactly two factors. One is the well documented and carelessly carried out attempt at management of the game in the country by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). T [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Cameron White dumped from Australia's one-day cricket side

The selectors announced squads for the two Twenty20 and five ODI games and will announce the Test side this month. White has struggled of late, failing to score more than 22 in the world cup and losing his place during the tour of Banglad [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

India to host Pakistan for a cricket series in 2012

India will host Pakistan for three Tests and five One-Day Internationals in March-April 2012 for the first time since 2007, according to the Future Tours Programme (FTP) of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The details of the tour [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

ICC reviews ban on cricket minnows

Cricket's governing body has begun its four-day annual conference in Hong Kong with all eyes on the controversial proposal, which caused outrage among the smaller nations. ICC president Sharad Pawar has asked his board to discus [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket: England v Sri Lanka first Test scoreboard

Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka at Sophia Gardens here today: Sri Lanka 1st Innings 400 (P Jayawardene 112, T Paranavitana 66, T Samaraweera 58, T Dilshan 50; J Anderson 3-66, G Swann [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Shahid Afridi pulls out of Pakistan's cricket tour of Irelan...

The Pakistan Cricket Board says Shahid Afridi has pulled out of this month's two-match limited-overs tour against Ireland due to an illness to his father. PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said Wednesday that Afridi has joined his ailing fa [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Sri Lanka reject Pakistan tour offer

"We have refused to tour Pakistan," a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) spokesman said by telephone. "We are concerned about the security and that's why we said no to them." Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had been hopeful o [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Pakistan Cricket: No captaincy assurance for Afridi: PCB

Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Ijaz Butt, brushed aside all the media speculations about his talks with Shahid Afridi saying he has not given any assurance to the all-rounder for keep leading Pakistan in the One Day Internationals [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Pathetic PCB preventing cricket’s progress

The inherent trait of conflicts and controversies practiced and promoted by present set-up of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has prevented our cricket from making the desired progress to capture a place among top teams of the world. The [...]