Cricket News

Having rekindled Ashes memories with their draw at Centurion, followed by Stuart Broad's and Graeme Swann's second-innings demolition of South Africa at Durban, England are now hoping to avoid a repeat of what happened against Australia

Strauss aims to overturn history

02-Jan-2010•Andrew McGlashan in Cape Town

Injured Nazmul Hossain out of tri-series

Bangladesh fast bowler Nazmul Hossain has been ruled out of the upcoming home tri-series involving India and Sri Lanka because of an injury

Virender Sehwag, the Indian batsman, wants his team-mates to maintain the consistency that helped India achieve the No. 1 Test ranking in 2009

Sehwag wants India to maintain consistency

Graeme Smith has admitted the decision over Makhaya Ntini's is a "sensitive" issue, but he didn't give the struggling fast bowler his unqualified support

'Iconic' Ntini facing the axe

02-Jan-2010•Andrew McGlashan in Cape Town

Wasim Jaffer and Vijay Dahiya unhappy with hectic schedule

Coaches and captains of state teams are unhappy with the Ranji Trophy schedule which gives them only a three-day gap between matches

02-Jan-2010•Nagraj Gollapudi

Series victory up for grabs for England

Cricinfo previews the third Test between South Africa and England in Cape Town

02-Jan-2010•The Preview by Sahil Dutta

All-round Bravo stars in Victoria's win

West Indian allrounder Dwayne Bravo's extraordinary cameo helped Victoria pull off a stunning come-from-behind victory against New South Wales in front of more than 25,000 people at the MCG

02-Jan-2010•The Bulletin by Alex Malcolm

Netravalkar leads thumping Indian win

Left-arm fast bowler Saurabh Netravalkar led Sri Lanka's rout, taking five for 26 to finish off a thumping nine-wicket win for India in Johannesburg

Nagraj Gollapudi previews the Ranji Trophy semi-final between Mumbai and Delhi, a blockbuster that has become, in the 21st century, just another contest

No more a blockbuster, but plenty of character

02-Jan-2010•The Preview by Nagraj Gollapudi

Pakistan rocked by Aamer blow

Pakistan have suffered a major blow on the eve of the second Test with Mohammad Aamer having been ruled out with a groin injury

Mohammad Yousuf has called on Pakistan to give more respect to the achievements of Danish Kaneria

'Kaneria doesn't get the respect he deserves' - Yousuf

The new year ushered in New Zealand Cricket's new domestic Twenty20 competition, the HRV Cup, and in the opening game Northern Districts snuck a five-run win over Auckland

ND launch Twenty20 season with victory over Auckland

Ricky Ponting has cast doubt over Cricket Australia's dreams of an expanded Twenty20 domestic tournament that includes the country's A-list players

Ponting casts doubt over Big Bash expansion

For a team that has just lost an opening Test to Australia by a not too inconsiderable margin, Sydney finds Pakistan in surprisingly robust spirits

Pakistan's spirit willing, despite Aamer blow

Mohammad Yousuf believes hiring a specialist fielding coach for Pakistan will not make much of a difference to the side's continued problems in the area

Fielding coach futile, says Mohammad Yousuf

Heavy rain over the Christmas period has not set back the SCG surface for Sunday's second Test, but the curator predicts there will be more in the surface for the fast men over the first half of the game

Curator pitches for fast men at SCG

Ricky Ponting has warned his side to be prepared for a Pakistan backlash in the second Test at the SCG following the one-sided result in the opening match

Ponting braced for Pakistan backlash

Australia's injury curse has seeped into the New Year with Phillip Hughes being flown back from Melbourne to cover for the opener Simon Katich

Phillip Hughes on standby for Simon Katich