The ‘Whereabouts Clause' of the World Anti-Doping Agency has been suspended by the International Cricket Council until the concerns of Indian players about it get resolved.
 
ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat after the world body meeting of senior officials said, “We need to find a solution ...

The inaugural Champions League T20 bash will take place between South African Cape Cobras and local favourites Royal Challengers today. The opening match of Cricket's first ever international club tournament will be played in the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
 
Some of game's big names ...

India has been clubbed with South Africa and England among seven countries in Group B for the 2011 cricket World Cup.
 
The other teams in group B include West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands. The teams for the 2011 World cup were announced on Wednesday by International Cricket ...

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has joined the first-choice players Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan, who will not playing for the forthcoming Challenger trophy Series, which is slated to take place from October 8 to 11 in Nagpur.
 
Tendulkar had not played the India's last Group A match at the ...

Pakistan Cricket Board sacked captain Younis Khan and coach Intikhab Alam over fixing allegation. It was reported that the semi-final match of the Champions Trophy, in which Pakistan went down to New Zealand by five wickets was fixed.
 
It has also been alleged that one match against ...

Monty Panesar, the left arm spinner of England will now play for the Highveld Lions. He signed for the African franchise and will now take part in the country`s SuperSport Series as revealed by the team. The spinner hopes the move will help him regain his England spot.
 
The 27-year-old ...

New Zealand is all set to clash with Australia in the finals after defeating Pakistan by five wickets in a gripping semi-final at the New Wanderers Stadium on Saturday.
 
New Zealand chasing the target of 234 runs put by the Pakistan were able to do so in 47.5 overs by losing just five ...

Former skipper Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi slammed pacers for India’s failure in Champions Trophy. He was also not impressed by Dhoni’s captaincy. He iterated that, the main reason was the poor performance from the Indian pacers.
 
"India's bowling was poor in South Africa. You ...

Team India shone at ICC Awards Ceremony held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa winning ICC ODI Team of the Year.
 
India also excelled with other departments as India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni walked away with ODI Player of the Year and adjudged the captain for ...

Australian Steve Waugh and Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram have been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame along with three other players.
 
The other three cricketers who have been conferred this honour posthumously are Herbert Sutcliffe, Victor Trumper and Clarrie ...

Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke who is enduring a lower back injury will have to return home. Clarke had not been playing for Australia after he sustained the injury during the team’s series with England.
 
Cricket Australia (CA) physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said: ...

Australia, who entered the Champions trophy, after their victory over England in the home series matches, has proved themselves again.
 
Ricky Ponting and Mitchell Johnson, who made half centuries, led Australia towards the 50-run victory over West Indies in Group A match at the Wanderers ...

India lost to their arch-rivals Pakistan in the Group A match at Champions Trophy on Saturday by 54 runs.
 
Shoaib Malik's robust century helped Pakistan set an enormous target of 303 before India.  Pakistan, which had won the toss, has chosen to bat. With the second ...

Pakistan Cricket Board has announced on Saturday that Pakistan will play against the New Zealand team in the limited overs’ series from Nov 3-13 in the UAE.
 
According to schedule issued by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), three ODIs will be hosted by Abu Dhabi for Pakistan from Nov 3 to ...

Pakistan- Australia test series has been scheduled to take place in England in July 2010. The venue of this series, which had been slated to be played in Pakistan, had to be changed due to security concerns expressed by Australian team.
 
The first series of test matches is slated to kick ...

India’s Champions trophy dream had to face a huge blow after vice captain Yuvraj Singh had to be called off from the eight-nation tournament as he suffered from a fracture in his right-hand finger.
 
Elegant Yuvraj, who is a left hander, suffered the fracture while he was in a training ...

India has regained its No.1 spot in ODI rankings after South Africa's lost its initial match against Sri Lanka in Champions Trophy at SuperSport Park on Tuesday.
 
Australia went down to England by four wickets in the final ODI of the seven match series in Durham. As a result, Australia fell ...

Gautam Gambhir will lead the Delhi Daredevils for the Champions League, which is slated to kick off next month, after Indian opener Virender Sehwag quit the post of Delhi Daredevils captain.
 
Sehwag has opted for this decision to focus more on his batting skills.
 
"I would like ...

The trophy for Champions Trophy 2009 was unveiled in New Delhi on Thursday. The tournament will be played in South Africa and will commence on 22nd September.
 
The official gold and silver trophies were unveiled by veteran cricketers Wasim Akram, Sanjay Manjrekar and ace commentator Harsha ...

India opener Gautam Gambhir has been named as the Castrol Cricketer of the Year 2008 on Thursday.
 
Gambhir was given fitness clearance on Thursday for the South Africa tour. He will accompany the Indian squad for the ICC Champions Trophy. He had missed the previously held triangular series ...

Virender Sehwag will lead Rest of India against Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai in the Irani Trophy match .The tournament will take place at Nagpur from Oct 1-5.
 
Sehwag, who had been not playing since June due to his shoulder surgery, will be back into action. He is also not in the squad for ...

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and opener Gautam Gambhir were nominated for the ICC Cricketer of the Year Award, while Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag were shortlisted for the ODI Player of the Year category of the ICC Annual Awards which is to be announced on October 1 in ...

Andrew Flintoff, the stylish English all rounder rejected the England incremental contract for the forthcoming season with an aim of becoming a freelance player. The 31-year old cricketer who retired from Test Cricket after the Ashes victory and is currently sidelined due to knee injury, announced ...

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar climbed 5 places in the ICC One-day rankings grabbing the seventh place on Tuesday. Sachin’s wonderful performance in the Sri Lanka tri-series led to his return to the top ten positions in the ICC rankings.
 
For the first time in 10 months, Tendulkar is ...

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been elected as the President of Gujarat Cricket Association on Tuesday.
 
"At the AGM held at the Motera stadium here, Modi was elected the president while Gujarat Minister of state for Home Amit Shah was elected vice-president of GCA," ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has declared that the one-day series between Pakistan and New Zealand will be held in the UAE in October. The PCB Chairman, Ijaz Butt, has mentioned that the nationwill play four ODIs against the Kiwis in Abu Dhabi, whereas the two Twenty20 matches will be played in ...

The 44th ODI Century by Sachin Tendulkar and the five-wicket haul by Harbhajan helped India to lift Compaq Cup. India defeated Sri Lanka by 46-runs to treat themselves with a cool win.
 
India had lost the top position in the ODI rankings after they lost to Sri Lanka by 139 runs on Saturday ...

India has slipped down to third place in the ICC ODI rankings list. The going down in the ranking list has resulted due to India’s defeat in the tri-series against Sri Lanka and Australia's win over England in the fourth One-dayer.
 
India lost the top spot within 24 hours of gaining ...

The England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Friday that neutral cricket test matches between Pakistan and Australia will be played at Lord`s and Headingley next year.
 
Both the Twenty20s, to be played between Australia and Pakistan, will take place in Edgbaston. The Twenty20 matches ...

India defeated New Zealand by six wickets in their opening Compaq tri-series. The One-day International cricket match was played at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday.
 
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first. The Indians bowled out the Kiwis for 155 runs in 46.3 overs. Daniel ...