The England’s 2005 Ashes hero, Simon Jones, is all set to revive his struggling career at Hampshire after being axed by Worcestershire.
 
Fast bowler Jones, who played a crucial role with his reverse swing during England's 2005 triumph at home, will get a chance to bowl at Rose Bowl ...

The England all-rounder, Andrew Flintoff, has sparked off rumour over his ability to last in the Ashes series as he left the field due to his troublesome knee on the fourth day of the ongoing second Test on Sunday.
 
Flintoff, who has already announced his retirement from the Test cricket ...

Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas will retire from Test cricket after the third match against Pakistan in Colombo starting on Monday.
 
Vaas announced his retirement plan here on Sunday, but said he will continue to play One-day Internationals and Twenty20 cricket till the 2011 World ...

The Pakistani pace bowler, Shoaib Akhtar, has been provided with yet another chance for proving his fitness ahead of the team selection for the one-day series against Sri Lanka, scheduled to begin July 30.
 
Pakistan's interim chief selector Wasim Bari has asked Shoaib to attend a fitness ...

Cricket Australia (CA) on Friday lifted the suspension of New South Wales bowler Aaron Bird after a biomechanical analysis of his bowling action.
 
The pace bowler was reported for a suspect action in January and was tested on Feb 11 under the Cricket Australia Doubtful Bowling Action ...

Senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials are not thinking of boycotting the 2011 World Cup.
 
Sources in the board told on Thursday that the PCB officials are hopeful of finding an amicable solution to the crisis that emerged after the International Cricket Council (ICC) deprived ...

Indian fast bowler Sreesanth is finalising a deal with Warwickshire to play in the forthcoming county season in England.
 
Speaking to a TV channel in Kothamanagalam on Thursday at the conditioning camp of the probables of the state side, Sreesanth said the deal is almost done and he will be ...

India's Gautam Gambhir has moved to the top of ranking in the Reliance Mobile International Cricket Council's rankings for Test batsmen. Gambhir, who climbed two spots, has become the first India batsman in over four years to head the batting rankings after a failure by Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf ...

The 2011 World Cup Central Organising Committee told on Tuesday that 8 of the 14 matches which are scheduled to be played in Pakistan should be hosted by India.
 
The COC met in Mumbai to provide the ICC Board with a recommendation as to where, within Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, the 14 ...

Andrew Flintoff may not be able to participate in the rest of the Ashes series as he awaits the results of a scan on his right knee that is likely to rule him out of this week's Lord's Test and possibly beyond.
 
Flintoff, who has been bowling only since June 11 after injuring the same knee ...

Shoaib Akhtar told that he would silence his critics by giving a forceful performance on his return to international cricket soon.
"I'm going to silence the people who are talking against me by making a successful return to international cricket," Shoaib told on Wednesday. 
Shoaib ...

BCCI on Wednesday decided to scrap its policy of allowing overseas players in domestic tournaments after implementing it last year. 
BCCI technical committee at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai has taken the decision. The committee is headed by Sunil Gavaskar and has as members Chetan Chauhan, ...

The Ashes plans suffer a major blow since its fast bowler Brett Lee has been ruled out of the first cricket Test at Cardiff starting on Wednesday.
Lee, who was making a comeback from an ankle injury, strained his abdominal muscle during the practice game against England Lions and is also doubtful ...

India has won the ODI cricket series against West Indies in 2-1 after the fourth and the final match was cancelled due to rain at Beausejour Stadium on Sunday. 

The Indian team was under too much of pressure back home after their World Twenty20 “catastrophe” in England. After ...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) cricket board on Wednesday finalised the seven venues for the one-day series against Australia in October-November.

The Tour Programme and Fixtures Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that met here to decide the fixture ...

The ICC is considering four-day test matches as an innovation to the keep the oldest form of the game exciting in the wake of the popularity of Twenty20 version. ICC President David Morgan said that the ICC board is determined to ensure that test cricket is at the pinnacle of the game. 
He ...

Michael Vaughan, former captain of England cricket team announced his retirement from professional cricket on Tuesday. Vaughan is the most successful England test captain. He has not played after resigning from captaincy post in August during the home series defeat to South Africa. 
His ...

The first Ashes cricket pitch used in Ashes series on English soil has been returned for sporting use after 70 years. Former international cricketers took to the field at Sheffield Park near Uckfield in East Sussex. On Sunday, former players like Dean Jones, Rodney Hogg, John Snow, John Lever, and ...

West Indies beat India by 8 wickets in the second one-day international to level the series 1-1 at Sabina Park on Sunday. 
The game was dominated by West Indies from the beginning. A gritty 95 from skipper MS Dhoni and his defiant 101-run ninth-wicket stand with RP Singh helped pull India out ...

England's most successful Test cricket captain Michael Vaughan will announce his retirement from Test and first-class cricket this week.
 

Vaughan, 34, is understood to have made his decision because his right knee makes it impossible for him to field all day and because he does not want ...

Pakistan's cricket team left for Sri Lanka on a 45-day tour with Coach Intikhab Alam promising that his players will translate their World Twenty20 win into a forceful Test performance.


The players left in two different batches from Karachi and Lahore but are scheduled to assemble in Dubai en ...

Powered by Yuvraj Singh's cracking 131 runs, India defeated West Indies in the first of the four one-day internationals here at the Sabina Park Friday.
 
Yuvraj smashed one of his typically dazzling centuries and comeback man Dinesh Karthik struck a solid 67 as India set the West Indies a ...

Looking to maintain the importance of test cricket, ICC has approved a trial of day-night test cricket. During the ICC meeting in London it was said that the hurdle to day-night test cricket was finding a replacement for the traditional red ball that is very much visible under lights. 
The ...

The ICC has ruled out the shifting of Pakistan’s share of world cup matches to a neutral venue. It has said that the 14 matches would be held in other three co-host nations; India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. 
ICC refused to give Pakistan its share of matches in a board meeting in ...

Bangladesh Tuesday named fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza as captain of the national team, replacing Mohammad Ashraful, for the cricket tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said the move was aimed at relieving the burden on Ashraful and allow him to focus on his ...

After leading Pakistan to World Twenty20 title Sunday, Younis Khan dropped a bombshell when he announced his retirement from the shortest version of the game.

"I am already 34 and probably too old for this kind of cricket," said the senior batsman who was Pakistan's most prolific ...

Pakistan outclassed Sri Lanka with their allround performance and won the World Twenty20 championship by eight wickets at the Lord's.
Pakistan, which finished runners-up to India in 2007, achieved the target of 139 in 18.4 overs after losing only two wickets as Man of the Match Shaid Afridi, ...

Pakistan's star all-rounder Shahid Afridi wants to lead his country in international cricket before retiring from the game.
 

Afridi, the chief architect of Pakistan's impressive World Twenty20 campaign here in England, Sunday said it is his greatest wish to captain Pakistan before saying ...

At 34, Australian batsman Michael Hussey is well aware of his shelf life and wants to play all the three versions of cricket despite the relentless international programme taking a huge toll on his body.
 

As he prepares for his first Ashes series in England, the Australian wants to atone ...

Sri Lanka defeated West Indies to set up final clash with Pakistan. It was a walk-over for the Lankans. Windies won the toss and chose to field. Dilshan was the star batsman once again, scoring unbeaten 96. He held the innings together and ensured Sri Lanka reached a good total in a crunch match. ...