Cricket News

Aavishkar Salvi and L Balaji both turned in fine performances on the opening day of the 2003-04 Ranji Trophy season to stake their claims for a place in the India squad to Australia

Salvi and Balaji stake a claim

22-Jul-2009•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Munaf and Gambhir in Asia Cup probables

Munaf Patel and Gautam Gambhir have a chance to press for higher honours when the Indian team congregates in Bangalore from July 3 onwards for a conditioning camp ahead of the Asia Cup

The Indian board has named a 14-member squad for the Asia Cup that contains no surprises

Agarkar and Kartik dropped

India A registered an easy six-wicket win over Pakistan A in the final of the triseries in Kenya even as the same two teams clashed in Amstelveen in the opening match of the Videocon Cup

Jadhav boosts India A to victory

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Boeta Dippenaar spoke to the media on a variety of issues after the fourth day's play at Kanpur

Sehwag: 'They had a negative approach'

At 67 for 4, with both Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf back in the pavilion, Pakistan were in danger of subsiding to another defeat, but two century partnerships utterly transformed the game in the final two sessions on the third day

Malik century puts Pakistan on top

22-Jul-2009•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Glamorgan bid for England Twenty20

Glamorgan are aiming to stage a Twenty20 between England and Pakistan next year after putting Cardiff forward as a hosting venue

Ireland are looking to recently appointed director of cricket operations Mark Garaway to help develop the game across the nation

Ireland bank on Garaway's experience

Pakistan's president and PCB chief patron Asif Ali Zardari will be given a comprehensive briefing on the audit report of the last four years by the sports ministry

Pakistan president calls for audit briefing

Rudi Koertzen has bemoaned the attitude of batsmen who refuse to take the word of fielders, and believes all claimed catches should now be referred to the video umpire to avoid future controversies

Koertzen upset by catch "cheats"

22-Jul-2009•Alex Brown

West Indies players end strike

West Indies' leading players have ended their strike and made themselves available for international duty

The first day was a simple case of David Hussey versus Yorkshire. He was the only batsman to reach double figures on the truncated first day at Scarborough

Nottinghamshire struggle on rain-hit day

21-Jul-2009•John Ward at Scarboroguh

Rain ruins play across England

Rain forced play to be abandoned across England

Grant Flower, the former Zimbabwe allrounder, has signed a new contract with Essex which will keep him at the county until the end of the 2010 season

Grant Flower extends Essex contract

The Wanderers in Johannesburg has lost its fixtures from England's tour later this year following the suspension of international rights in a dispute between the Gauteng Cricket and Cricket South Africa

ECBs seek clarification over Wanderers dispute

21-Jul-2009•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

We didn't bat to our potential - Jayawardene

Flower confident England can win without stars

England's coach, Andy Flower, is confident that his team can build on the success and momentum they took from their historic victory over Australia at Lord's on Monday

21-Jul-2009•Andrew Miller

Controversial Vermeulen earns Zimbabwe recall

Batsman Mark Vermeulen makes a return to the international fold after being named in Zimbabwe's one-day squad for the five-match series against Bangladesh at home next month

West Indies have added a couple of new faces to their 14-member squad for the first two ODIs at home against Bangladesh

Devon Smith and Fletcher in ODI squad