Sachin Tendulkar achieved another milestone completing 30,000 runs in his international career. Tendulkar attained the 30k mark during the first Test against Sri Lanka at Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad.
 
Tendulkar had touched the magical 17,000-run mark in One-Day International cricket ...

English county club Middlesex have signed up Adam Gilchrist for next season's Twenty20 Cup. The club is now eyeing to get Sachin Tendulkar on board as well.
 
Tendulkar is thinking over the offer to form a dynamic partnership with Gilchrist at the top of the order. But Tendulkar needs an ...

Doug Bollinger has been included in the Australian squad for first Test against the West Indies at the Gabba, Brisbane, starting on Nov 26.
 
The left-arm fast bowler Bollinger replaced Stuart Clark and it was the only change the selectors made in the squad that played the last Ashes Test in ...

Younis Khan has indicated that he would be available for the series against Australia. Less than a week after pulling out from the ongoing tour of New Zealand, Younis has said this.
 
Younis, Pakistan's regular captain, also announced that he would soon be appearing in the Quaid-e-Azam ...

Pakistan's cricket chief Ijaz Butt has ruled out Shoaib Akhtar’s return to international cricket. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman said that Shoaib is already 34 and with a history of fitness problems is unlikely to make a comeback.
 
Butt was responding to a query whether ...

Eminent Pakistani cricket umpire Aleem Dar has supported the new umpire referral system saying it will help minimise errors.
 
The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in which each side is allowed two unsuccessful challenges per innings in a system similar to that used in American football ...

The 12 member Australian squad for the first cricket Test against West Indies will have Michael Clarke as the vice-captain. The Test match will start on November 26 in Brisbane.
 
A fit-again Michael Clarke returned to cricket  on Thursday  after being out of action due to a back ...

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) director general David Howman will meet BCCI officials to allay the apprehensions of the Indian cricket board over the 'whereabouts clause' that it has rejected.
 
Howman said the International Cricket Council has done a commendable job since becoming a ...

Tillakaratne Dilshan continued his impressive run with a fine century that guided Sri Lanka to a commanding 275 for three, in reply to India's 426, at the end of the second day's play in the first cricket Test at Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
 
Thilan Samaraweera was batting on 45 and Mahela ...

Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) chief operating officer Wasim Bari has slammed reports which mentioned that it has granted NOCs for the leading cricket players to be part of third edition of the Indian Premier League.
 
Senior Pakistani all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has mentioned that “the ...

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff says he is recovering well from his knee operation and is well on course for a comeback. But he is unlikely to make it to England's tour to Bangladesh early next year.
 
Flintoff, 31, said, "My recovery is still on track. But I must admit that saying ...

The Indian innings came to an end as the team was dismissed for 426 runs in the first innings on Day 2 of the first test match against Sri Lanka at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
 
Rahul Dravid was the top scorer with 177 runs. He did not add to his overnight score. Skipper Dhoni ...

Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni struck centuries as India scored 385/6 on the first day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad on Monday.
 
Dravid was unbeaten on 177 and Dhoni scored 110 to rescue India's innings after the Indians were reduced to 32/4 in the morning session. Dravid ...

The national team of Afghanistan will compete in this year's Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup in United Arab Emirates (UAE).
 
The other countries to participate in the tournament include Hong Kong, Kuwait, Nepal, Oman ,Qatar, Singapore and the UAE.The Twenty20 tournament will commence on ...

Justin Langer was appointed as the batting coach of Australia on Monday. Langer will also help Tim Nielsen's coaching team in a mentoring capacity.
 
A CA statement said, "Cricket Australia today announced that Australian Test legend Justin Langer will support the coaching of the ...

Bharat Lumba has been included in the Punjab team in place of leg-spinner Rahul Sharma for the Ranji Trophy Super League match against Tamil Nadu from Nov 17.
 
The selection committee also decided to retain Ankur Kakkar as the captain. He will also lead the side against Gujarat. The match ...

Australian captain Ricky Ponting would miss 8 to 9 games of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played in March-April next year.
 
KKR captain, Sourav Ganguly, said that the team management is looking for some Pakistani players, if they ...

India and Sri Lanka are playing their first test match at Ahmedabad today. Team India will have to put behind the disappointment of the ODI series loss to Australia. The match has kicked off with India winning the toss and electing to bat.

A 2-4 loss in the seven-match ODI series at home was not ...

Sachin Tendulkar completed 20 years in international cricket on Sunday. He spent the day with his family and teammates in Ahmedabad.
 
Tendulkar's wife Anjali came from Mumbai to be with him on this significant occasion. The master made his debut in international cricket against Pakistan at ...

Amitabh Bachchan presented golden bats to Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Vishwanath during the celebration of 60 years of life of two of India's greatest cricketers. The stage was also shared by Sachin Tendulkar who was the chief guest at the function.
 
Amitabh Bachchan  did the honours ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) initiated anti-racism and anti-corruption codes on Thursday in its revised Code of Conduct to uphold and promote fair play.
 
The new codes were presented after a "comprehensive consultation and review process with all stakeholders," the ICC ...

Pink balls would be used in the practice games by the IPL teams ahead of the third season of the Twenty20 tournament that starts on March 12.This was said by Indian Premier League's (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi on Wednesday.
 
Modi, who is currently in Bangkok attending an IPL workshop, wrote ...

Mohammad Yusuf has been appointed as captain by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the three-match Test series against New Zealand after Younis Khan made himself unavailable for the upcoming assignment.
 
A PCB statement said,"Younis has requested the PCB for a break from international ...

India has slipped to the third spot in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings after their 2-4 loss to Australia in the seven-match series.
 
With the seventh match in Mumbai called off due to heavy rains, Australia reaffirmed their number-one status after dominant 10 weeks ...

The seventh and final One-Day International between India and Australia has been cancelled due to rain. With match being called off, Australia have won the series by 4-2.
 
The game officials after inspecting the ground at 5 pm decided to cancel the match as persistent rain had rendered the ...

Former all-rounder Ian Botham from England has criticised Twenty20 cricket, saying that it had no place on the international arena.
 
He also said the greed of governing bodies of cricket will kill the sport.
 
Botham quoted in an interview to The Wisden Cricketer magazine, "I ...

The start of the seventh One-day International (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia at the D.Y Patil Stadium has been delayed due to inclement weather.
 
The possibility of the match being played at all looks remote with heavy rain pouring down from the past 24 hours. A cyclone ...

The Border–Gavaskar Scholarship was launched on Tuesday to celebrate the cricketing spirit shared by India and Australia. Australia-based Griffith University in collaboration with Dr D Y Patil University based in Navi Mumbai introduced the first ever Bachelor of Exercise Science course in ...

India will just play for pride in the final ODI at the DY Patil Stadium today, having already lost the seven-match cricket series to Australia.
 
The victory here will at least put the Indian team in a better frame of mind ahead of the home series against Sri Lanka that starts on Nov 16 with ...

Fast bowler S. Sreesanth has been included in the Indian squad for the first two Tests against Sri Lanka. S. Sreesanth makes a surprise comeback in the Indian Test side after a gap of more than a year. Zaheer Khan has also been named in the 15-member squad selected on Tuesday.
 
The national ...