Brilliant performance of dashing Australian all rounder Shane Watson made a very strong statement of the team from down under in its T20 World Cup match against not too weak Ireland. Australia recorded a very comfortable 7 wickets win in a thoroughly one sided encounter.

West Indies coach Ottis Gibson and captain Darren Sammy said Thursday they would have no problems with Chris Gayle returning to the squad after he promised to end his international exile on Thursday. Former West Indies captain Gayle, renowned as a big-hitting batsman, has not played international cricket for more than a year following a dispute

Australia captain Michael Clarke vowed to keep making ambitious declarations even if it meant risking seeing his plans come back to haunt him. Clarke set the West Indies a 215-run target off 61 overs in the second Test on Thursday, after declaring on 160 for eight early in the afternoon, only for torrential rain to wash away any chance of a resu

Television ratings have nose-dived for the opening games of the much-hyped Indian Premier League this season, according to figures released on Thursday. Television Viewer Ratings (TVR) were down 18.7 percent in the first six games compared with the same period last year, said Tam Media Research, India's leading television research agency.

India and South Africa meet in a one-off Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium Friday with India coach Duncan Fletcher insisting the long round trip will be worthwhile. India arrived in Johannesburg Wednesday with a near full strength T20 squad, with batsman Virender Sehwag and pace bowler Zaheer Khan the only key players being rested.

A mission unfulfilled broke the heart of many true but sometimes the vanquished are glorified even in defeat. That is what happened to Bengal tigers. Bangladesh went very near of fulfilling a dream still the victory remained out of sight. A packed house of expectant cricket frenzied Bangladeshis saw Bangladesh fight till the last. In the ultimate a

Hungry Tigers are hunting their preys. World Champions team India and runners up Sri Lankans were sent back home in identical fashion of 5 wickets

Bermuda on Monday registered their first win of the ICC Twenty20 qualifying tournament, beating Papua New Guinea by five wickets thanks to an unbeaten 52 from Janeiro Tucker. Tucker smashed sixes off the first three balls of the last over, as Bermuda chased down a 156 target set by the Pacific islanders in their Group A match in Dubai.

A determined bunch of brilliant cricketers roared like real Royal Bengal Tigers at Shere Bangla National stadium to turn the table on world champion India. Bangladesh out gunned India by 5 wickets in a thrilling encounter on a day when Indian Cricket Legend - one and only Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar stepped into immortality scoring his century of centu

We are getting news of very disturbing and unfortunate developments in Bangladesh Cricket off late. The high handedness and alleged corruption of BCB President led coterie in BCB management has taken Bangladesh cricket to the brink .These have already gone beyond tolerance limit.

India and Pakistan renew their cricket rivalry after almost a year's break when they take part in the Asia Cup one-day tournament starting in Dhaka on Sunday.

World Cricket witnessed phenomenal rise of Indian Cricket in 2010 and 2011. In recent years India produced top teams for all formats of the game. Reaching the top of test cricket ranking , winning world cup and proving competitive in T20 were possible due to superlative performances of some of their all time best maestros Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, R

Indian opener Gautam Gambhir says India's memorable four-wicket win over Australia in their one-day international had vindicated the team's controversial rotation policy.

Captain Misbah-ul Haq believes routing world number one England 3-0 will be a big achievement but stressed his team will not take that extra pressure into the third and final Test starting here from Friday. No team has ever registered a clean sweep in the 58 years of Pakistan-England cricket and Misbah's team has a good chance of creating histor

India were "extremely disappointed", but not embarrassed, by their inept performances against Australia, spinner Ravi Ashwin said on Friday.

Australia held a massive 382-run lead after dismissing India cheaply on Thursday and opting to bat again rather than enforce the follow-on on the third day of the fourth Test in Adelaide.

Ricky Ponting said his exuberant celebration of his 41st Test century in the fourth Test against India on Tuesday was not a sign of any impending retirement.

Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal Friday rose to world's highest ranking spinner a day after guiding his team to a comprehensive ten wicket win in the first Test against England inside three days. The 34-year-old registered his second ten-wicket haul -- a career best 7-55 in the first innings and 3-42 in the second -- to help Pakistan take a 1-0 l

Sri Lanka shook up the domestic cricket scene Thursday by appointing a new panel to choose future players, following the national team's abysmal performance during their current tour of South Africa. Sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage named a four-member panel of selectors headed by Asantha de Mel, a former national player, and gave them one

Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal brushed aside suspicions over his bowling action after wrecking England with career-best figures of 7-55 on the opening day of the first Test here on Tuesday.

Rival captains Misbah-ul Haq and Andrew Strauss both believe batsmen will be under pressure to perform as Pakistan take on England in the first Test starting here from Tuesday.

Pakistan and England face each other on Tuesday for the first time since the infamous 2010 spot fixing scandal which ended with three Pakistani players sent to prison.

West Indies skipper Darren Sammy wants his batsmen to fire in a bid to win the series-deciding second and final cricket Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka from Saturday.

Pakistani opener Taufiq Umar on Wednesday notched up a brilliant hundred in the first Test against Sri Lanka, further cementing his place after being in the wilderness for four years.

Shakib Al Hasan bagged four wickets to set up Bangladesh's consolation eight-wicket victory over the West Indies in the third and final one-day international on Tuesday.

England one-day skipper Alastair Cook on Monday dismissed Pakistani paceman Umar Gul's accusation that bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson were involved in ball-tampering.

Pakistan have shortlisted five candidates to replace coach Waqar Younis after the deadline expired to apply for one of the toughest jobs in cricket, an official said Thursday.

Pakistan completed a clean sweep of Zimbabwe by winning the second and final Twenty20 international by five runs at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday.

Cricket's governing body the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved a new system of qualifying for the 2015 World Cup here on Monday.

Proud England captain Andrew Strauss took time out to recall one of side's worst days as they enjoyed one of their best after rising to the top of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings.

Zimbabwe celebrated in style after ending their six-year absence from Test cricket with a 130-run victory over Bangladesh here on Monday.

Tim Bresnan shone with both bat and ball as England crushed India by a record-breaking 319 runs here at Trent Bridge on Monday to win the second Test with more than a day to spare.

England seamer James Anderson expects India to be a stronger side when the second Test starts at Trent Bridge here on Friday after bowling the hosts to victory in the series opener.

England captain Andrew Strauss praised his side for an "outstanding performance" after they beat India by 196 runs at Lord's here on Monday in the 2,000th Test ever played.

Bangladesh's new coach Stuart Law says consistency, stability and unity will be key to the country's bid to improve its Test and one-day rankings.

Rahul Dravid has his own very personal reasons for wanting to play in the 2,000th Test match, between England and India, which starts at Lord's here on Thursday.

Sachin Tendulkar is on the brink of yet another record-breaking achievement as he heads into next week's first Test against England at Lord's just one century away from 100 international hundreds.

Alastair Cook continued to answer all those who doubt his limited overs ability with an unbeaten 95 as England thrashed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the fourth one-day international.

Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara has welcomed the International Cricket Council (ICC) directive requiring all national boards to be elected without political interference.

Sri Lanka's sports ministry said Friday it had dissolved the current administration of the national cricket board, which has been tainted by allegations of financial mismanagement.

Alastair Cook, England's new one-day captain, has responded to being dubbed a "plodder" by ex-England skipper Michael Atherton by saying "it takes one to know one".

Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara called on his side to find "new ways of winning Tests" after his century in the drawn finale against England failed to prevent a 1-0 series loss.

West Indies cricket board directors are meeting here on Friday to determine whether Chris Gayle will feature in their Test series against India starting next week.

Pakistan cricket and former captain Shahid Afridi appeared on course Tuesday for an out-of-court settlement after the suspended all-rounder met the board\'s chairman.

The Pakistan Cricket Board Thursday summoned former Pakistani skipper Shahid Afridi to appear before a disciplinary committee next week for breaching its code of conduct, it said in a statement.

Huge-hitting Shahid Afridi makes such a noise on the field that they call him "Boom Boom", but the crowd-pleaser is leaving the game quietly after clashing with Pakistan's cricket hierarchy.

The future of Test and one-day cricket, as well as the controversial decision review system (DRS), will be among the subjects up for discussion when the International Cricket Council (ICC) cricket committee gathers at Lord's for a two-day meeting starting here on Tuesday.

Batting legend Zaheer Abbas said Tuesday that a new stadium should be built straddling the India-Pakistan border as a way of reviving cricket relations between the arch rivals.

Michael Hussey scored his first one-day century in four years to help Australia complete a 3-0 clean sweep against Bangladesh with a 66-run win in the third and final match on Wednesday.

A funny thing happened to me in downtown New York late last year. I was visiting The Big Apple as the coach of four Australian Aboriginal marathon runners from the Red Desert of Northern Australia and I was in America for the first time.