Former South African left-handed batsman, Graeme Pollock is likely to enter into International Cricket Council's (ICC) Hall of Fame. Graeme Pollock will be inducted in the prestigious club at tea interval on the first day of the first Test between Australia and South Africa in Johannesburg on ...

This year's Indian Premier League twenty20 cricket tournament will kick start with the encounter between defending champion Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils on April 10. The opening match will take place in Jaipur, which is also the home venue for the Royals. The semi-finals of this year's IPL ...

New Zealand defeated India by seven wickets in the first Twenty20 cricket international held at Christchurch. Chasing a victory target of 163, the Kiwis got the runs in 19th over. Wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum played a vital inning of 56 runs to ensure that New Zealand wins comfortably. ...

The New Zealand cricket board has appointed Mark O’Donnell as the assistant coach to Andy Moles for the soon-to-be-held cricket series against India. Before his new appointment, O’Donnell was serving as the coach of Auckland cricket team. While commenting on the appointment of ...

Sri Lanka's southern Hambantota district is likely to get a new cricket stadium with adequate funding from India. The proposed stadium is likely to host couple of matches during the 2011 World Cup.  According to an official of the cricket board of Sri Lanka, the Hambantota International ...

After Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and David Hussey, now its Andrew Flintoff's turn to pull out from the second season of Indian Premiere League (IPL). According to reports, the England Cricket Board has indicated that Flintoff may not be allowed to participate in the IPL due to fitness ...

Renowned Caribbean umpire, Steve Bucknor announced that he will bid adieu to international cricket matches in March. The 62-year-old Bucknor stated the three-match series between South Africa and Australia will be his last international. While interacting with the media, Bucknor said that he has ...

The skipper of Australian cricket team, Ricky Ponting has kept his national duty ahead and declared that he will not participate in this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) commencing in April. Ponting said that service to his nation comes first and he will not use the two-week break to play in ...

Batting maestro Gundappa Viswanath has been presented with Col. C.K. Nayudu Award for lifetime achievement by the BCCI. BCCI President Shashank Manohar presented the award to Viswanath at the BCCI Awards function for 2007-08 in Mumbai on Wednesday (18th February). Viswanath received a trophy, ...

Yahoo India has entered into a three-year agreement with International Cricket Council (ICC) to serve as an exclusive online partner for all the ICC events. Under the newly signed deal, Yahoo will play the role of an online partner for several ICC events including the Twenty20, ICC Champions Trophy ...

Today (18th February) International Cricket Council Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said that, the opening ceremony of the 2011 cricket World Cup will take place in Bangladesh. The grand opening ceremony of the 2011 cricket World Cup will be held on February 19, 2011.Lorgat also said that, ICC has ...

The second test match between England and West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St. John's, Antigua, was abandoned on Friday (February 13) after 10 balls because of an unfit outfield.
 
Due to recent rains, the West Indies bowlers were struggling hard to keep their footing in turf ...

The national selectors have included Dhawal Kulkarni and Murali Vijay into India's 16-man Test squad for the forthcoming Test series against New Zealand. Apart from these, medium-pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji and Dinesh Karthik are also included in the test squad. The selection of fast bowler Dhawal ...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) lifted its ban on the Indian Cricket League (ICL) players and allowed them to participate in domestic tournaments. While announcing the withdrawal of the ban, PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt informed that although the board has lifted the ban, but the International Cricket ...

Sri Lanka's Cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene on Wednesday (11th February) announced that he is stepping down as captain after their tour of Pakistan, which will begin later this month. He met with national selectors earlier in the day and informed them of his decision to step down after three ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday (February 6) to host Australia in a five-match one-day series at neutral venues in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The five-match ODI series between Pakistan and Australia will start on April 24 and continue till May 7, informed ...

Displacing the Aussies, India moved to second spot in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings by the virtue of their ninth consecutive ODI win. Australia came down to third spot following their second consecutive loss in the ODI series against New Zealand at home. The top spot in ...

England's all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and his team mate Kevin Pietersen set a new record in Indian Premier League (IPL) auction by becoming the most expensive players of the tournament.  Flintoff and Pietersen were bought by Chennai Super Kings and Bangalore Royal Challengers, respectively at ...

India clinched the five match one-day series beating Sri Lanka by massive 147 runs in the third match held at Colombo on Tuesday (February 3). Electing to bat first, India scored 363-5 with Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag smashing blistering tons. Yuvraj slammed the Sri Lankan bowlers to score ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is expected to pick Sir Lanka as the possible venue for hosting the troubled Champions Trophy. Earlier, ICC has withdrawn the tournament from Pakistan citing security concerns. After holding the two-day ICC board meeting at Perth, ICC chief executive Haroon ...

The foreign ministry of Pakistan has restricted the Pakistani cricket players from participating in the second season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). It is worth mentioning that just a couple of days ago Pakistan's sports ministry has approved the cricketers' participation in IPL. The Pakistani ...

Tamil Nadu pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji will replace injured fast bowler Munaf Patel for the rest of the matches in the ongoing India-SL ODI series in Sri Lanka. With this he has earned a return call to the national team after nearly three years.
 
Earlier, Munaf injured his groin during a ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has withdrawn the Champions Trophy cricket tournament from Pakistan following security concerns. The decision was taken at a board meeting of ICC held in Perth on Sunday (February 1). According to ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat, the decision to relocate ...

Jhulan Goswami has been appointed as India's captain for the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Women’s World Cup commencing in March in Australia. The 15-member women's squad will have Amita Sharma as the vice-captain for the tournament.
 
Other members of the squad include ...

The cricket governing body of Canada, Canadian Cricket, has been thrown into chaos, as its president Ben Sennik has abruptly sacked its India-born CEO Atul Ahuja. Ahuja was summarily sacked by Sennik without assigning any reasons.
 
Ahuja was reportedly instrumental in the revival of the ...

Toppling the Aussies, South African cricket team claimed the top spot in International Cricket Council’s (ICC) ODI Championship rankings. The Proteas moved ahead in the ICC rankings by claiming a 4-1 series victory against Australia. Before the start of the fifth and final ODI of the series, ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to bring some changes to the umpire decision review system by reducing the number of appeals from three to two. The revamped review system will be tested in West Indies versus England series. If the review system proves successful, it will be used in ...

In spite of an impressive century by Sanath Jayasuriya, India managed to clinch the first one-day international match against Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. Earlier electing to field first at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, India restricted Sri Lanka at 246 for seven. Sri Lanka suffered early blow ...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed middle-order batsman Younis Khan as the new captain of nation's cricket team. The board decided to replace Shoaib Malik with Younis Khan after the disastrous performance of the Pakistan team in last week's one-day series against Sri Lanka. While ...

Sachin Tendulkar-led IPL team Mumbai Indians has exchanged Robin Uthappa with left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan at no cost. Zaheer Khan who used to represent Bangalore's Royal Challengers will now play for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket championship.
 
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