Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer have decided to guide struggling youngster Phil Hughes and help him return back to a good form, as the selectors’ decision to sack the struggling Hughes ahead of the third Test at Edgbaston in the ongoing Ashes series drew flak. 
 
Hughes scored ...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's fleet of vehicles and bikes has now the Hummer; a sports utility vehicle (SUV). He enjoyed riding the Hummer as he drove from New Delhi to his home town Ranchi.
 
Dhoni was accompanied by fast bowler R.P. Singh. Both the players arrived at Ranchi on Thursday ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has asked its centrally-contracted players to avoid giving media interviews without prior permission.
 
A senior PCB official told on Thursday that the board took this decision after controversial pacer, Shoaib Akhtar, was sent a show-cause notice after his ...

Irfan Pathan is not in the list of 30 probables for the Champions trophy to be played in South Africa in September. All-rounder Yusuf Pathan on Wednesday denied commenting on the omission of his younger brother Irfan Pathan.
 
On Tuesday, Yusuf was quoted as saying that Irfan "has not ...

The first Twenty20 Champions League will be hosted by Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad from October 8-23.
 
The three Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises -- Delhi Daredevils, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers will enjoy the benefit of playing in their home ground, who have ...

Shahid Afridi, the Pakistani all-rounder, has been chosen as the captain for Pakistan’s Twenty20 International match against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
 
Afridi takes over Younis Khan as the captain from Twenty20. Despite the expectation of Afridi's appointment as Twenty20 captain it has ...

International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan on Tuesday met Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt to resolve the dispute between the two sides over the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
 
The meeting was part of an ongoing process to resolve the disagreement over the location ...

Undaunted by comments that he is a spent force, fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is eyeing a successful comeback during Pakistan's tours of New Zealand and Australia starting in November this year.
 
Sources close to Akhtar told on Tuesday that the fast bowler is planning to follow a strict ...

Pakistan's star all-rounder Shahid Afridi says he is proud that the shirt he wore in the World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka last month will be preserved in the world-famed cricket museum at Lord's.
 
"It is a very proud moment for me," said Afridi, who played a pivotal role in ...

Fast bowler Stuart Clark insists he can intimidate England just the way Andrew Flintoff has Australia.
 
Clark went on to say that he believes he is closer to a Test recall after being Australia's best bowler during the second day of a three-day tour match against Northampton on ...

Struggling Australian spearhead Mitchell Johnson has been backed by team coach Tim Nielsen despite another terrible game in a three-day match against Northampton.
 
The Australians won by 135 runs on Sunday but the left-arm pace-man is now in danger of losing his place for the third Test, ...

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels England's star batsman Kevin Pietersen's absence will add more pressure on the Lord's Test hero Andrew Flintoff.
 
Ponting believes his team had Pietersen's measure during the first two Tests of the ongoing Ashes series but wonders how England will cope ...

The winner of its Corporate Trophy will get Rs.10 million in prize money while the runners-up will get Rs.5 million, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday.
 
There will be twelve teams divided in four groups of three each .The league matches will be played in ...

Younis Khan, the Pakistan cricket captain, has strongly denied the rumours of divisions in his team, saying that he would step down if such a problem existed.
 
Younis stressed that there were no problems in the Pakistan team and rumoours of internal politics are being spread by some people ...

Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan Captain, feels it is for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to preserve the sanctity of Test format.
 
Akram said the ICC should go ahead with day-night Tests and must ensure that matches are played on sporting tracks to counter the popularity of ...

Andrew Flintoff will be a part of the England squad but Ian Bell will be replacing Kevin Pietersen for the third Ashes Test against Australia which is scheduled to start on 30th June, 2009, Thursday at Edgbaston.
 
Flintoff is battling a knee injury while Pietersen has been ruled out of the ...

The New Zealand Captain Daniel Vettori has said that New Zealand cricketers may not choose country over cash in the future if they are forced to choose between national team and the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).
 
"A lot of guys put a lot of thought into it. I am only 30 and ...

Under fire from the Indian cricket board, former captain Sourav Ganguly Saturday went back on his allegations about the board having different rules for different players, and said he knew "what to say and what not to".
"Being a responsible person, I know what to say and what not to ...

Incumbent Jagmohan Dalmiya is all set to retain his presidential post in the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), as the dissident group failed to put up any candidate for the July 31 elections.
 
There was no opposition candidate in fray to take on Dalmiya, as the deadline for filing ...

Former Australian speedster Jeff Thomson is annoyed by the team’s poor bowling performance and claimed it was a major blunder to leave Stuart Clark on the sidelines for the Lord's Test.
 
The former Test firebrand also claimed Australia was "cocky and complacent" after it ...

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Friday confirmed that all 20 players, including the six players who are in contract with the Indian Premier League (IPL), have signed its international playing agreements.
 
NZC Chief Executive Justin Vaughan said that all the six IPL players - captain Daniel ...

Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has ruled out his comeback in the third Ashes Test against England to be played next week, reducing the pressure on Mitchell Johnson to retain his place.
 
Lee fears that if he rushes back to try to help Australia level the series and breaks down again, he ...

The first of the seven ODI matches between India and Australia will be a day-night affair at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Oct 25.
 
The Australian team will arrive in New Delhi on Oct 21 and will leave for Jaipur the next day. This is according to the tour itinerary released by Board ...

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the rest of the Ashes series against Australia following an operation on his Achilles tendon on Wednesday, the team doctor said.
 
Pietersen, who will be out of action for six weeks and therefore will have to sit out the remaining three ...

Andrew Flintoff's chronic knee injury, if not properly taken care of, could end up with the England all-rounder needing an artificial joint within 20 years. The damage that Flintoff suffered to his knee during the Indian Premier League in April has begun a degenerative process that will be ...

Fast bowler, Mohammad Asif, has been recalled while Shoaib Akhtar was sidelined from Pakistan's 30-man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy squad. This information was announced on Monday.
 
Shoaib, who turns 34 next month, apparently failed to prove his fitness last week after which ...

The injury of pace bowler Brett Lee continues to frustrate the Australians ahead of the third Ashes Test with the team’s management will take the decisions over the bowler in a couple of days.
 
Lee had missed the first two Tests of the series, which the Australians trail 0-1, and has ...

Former Pakistan Test opener Aamer Sohail on Monday decided to step down as Pakistan Cricket Board's Director-Game Development.
 
Sohail, 42, told that he was getting no 'job satisfaction' and so he decided to resign. The former batsman said he will revive his career as a television ...

Andrew Flintoff's maiden five-wicket haul at Lord's carried England to a historic 115-win over Australia in the second Ashes Test on the final day on Monday.
 
It was England's first win over Australia at Lord's after 75 years as the hosts went 1-0 up in the series with three matches ...

The persistent problem on his Achilles tendon has made England batsman Kevin Pietersen doubtful for the third Ashes Test.
 
The former England skipper will meet a doctor after the end of the second Test at Lord's on Monday for another injection into his problematic Achilles ...