Cricket News

The preview for the second match of the DLF Cup between India and West Indies

Shivnarine Chanderpaul says too much should not be read into India's 1-4 ODI series loss in the Caribbean recently as they were without Sachin Tendulkar then

Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain, has been fined his entire match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during Australia's first match of the DLF Cup against the West Indies, in Kuala Lumpur.

Brian Lara, the West Indies captain spoke to the media at the end of the first match of the DLF Cup, after his side let the match slip from their grasp after a commanding position

A sensational opening partnership was followed by an even more sensational collapse as West Indies replayed one of the familiar tunes that has plagued them in recent times and surrendered the opening game of the DLF Cup

Rustiness could well play a part. India and West Indies last played in early July while Australia last got their flannels dirty on their tour of Bangladesh in April

The Indian board is funding the entire Malaysia tri-series

Simon Katich and Phil Jaques will get the first chance to audition for an opening berth after Matthew Hayden was omitted for match one of the tri-series in Malaysia

Ramnaresh Sarwan feels the Caribbean cricketers are beginning to gel as a team, and it is especially beginning to show in one-day internationals

The slanging match between Michael Holding and the West Indies Cricket Board continued with the former fast bowler claiming that the reasons for his resignation from the cricket committee have been misinterpreted.

Brett Lee, Australia's premier fast bowler, is looking forward to bowling in the DLF Cup as he believes the conditions in Kuala Lumpur will suit the fast men

Brian Lara advised his players to be "focussed mentally and physically" as they prepare for the next 18 months of cricket

Gordon Greenidge, the former opener and current chairman of the West Indies selection panel, has responded to criticism about a conflict of interest in the game's development

The ICC experts will review a new construction schedule before announcing a final decision in about two weeks as to whether the Brian Lara Stadium will be used for the World Cup

To suggest that bringing an end to two years of bitter disputes between the West Indies Board and the Players' Association with some words on sheets of paper, or trumpeting that the glitz, the money and the organisational efficiency of the Stanford Twenty

Michael Holding may have strong views on Ken Gordon's leadership of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), but Gordon is not about to engage in a war of words with him

No play will be possible at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba for the warm-up matches of the World Cup 2007.

Bennett King, the West Indies coach, believes the DLF Cup against India and Australia in Malaysia is an ideal preparation for his side as the aim to defend the ICC Champions Trophy crown they won in England in 2004.

Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting and Mahela Jayawardene have been nominated in four categories for the annual ICC awards

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) have formally brought an end to the impasse with the signing of agreements relating to their outstanding issues