South Africa news

Graeme Smith disappointed by Gibbs' clique claims

Nov 2, 2010: Graeme Smith is disappointed by claims in Herschelle Gibbs' autobiography that Smith and three other senior players formed a clique which ran the team during Mickey Arthur's tenure

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Melbourne

Ponting backs out-of-form Hussey to bounce back

Nov 2, 2010: Michael Hussey will walk on to the MCG on Wednesday under immense pressure ahead of the Ashes, but his captain Ricky Ponting believes Hussey will come good before the first Test

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Melbourne

Sangakkara quietly confident ahead of ODIs

Nov 2, 2010: Kumar Sangakkara knows his side has the momentum and he is aware Australia are struggling, but he is not getting carried away with the idea of leading Sri Lanka to their first series victory in Australia`

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Melbourne

Australia seek to regain winning feeling

Nov 2, 2010: Cricinfo's preview of the first ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka at the MCG

Virender Sehwag and John C Reilly

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Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Melbourne

Ponting to miss first ODI against Sri Lanka

Nov 2, 2010: Ricky Ponting will miss Australia's first one-day international against Sri Lanka in Melbourne on Wednesday after the death of his grandmother in Tasmania

No favourite, no underdog

Nov 2, 2010: Form or intuition - what does one go by when picking a team to back for the Ashes? Both Australia and England seem vulnerable this time round

An average question, and a lot about ducks

Nov 2, 2010: Plus, opening the batting and the bowling, and waiting the longest for your maiden Test wicket

Innings defeat? Look on the bright side

Nov 2, 2010: A dossier from the ECB's positivity guru, sent to Andy Flower, advises England to keep their chins up no matter what

Centurion of the east

Nov 2, 2010: The stadium in Pallekele is designed to look and feel like the SuperSport Park in South Africa

Like city, like ground

Nov 2, 2010: The Feroz Shah Kotla won't win prizes for most picturesque stadium

New Zealand in India 2010-11

Playing 100 Tests a great honour - Vettori

Nov 1, 2010: The first Test against India will be Daniel Vettori's 100th Test for New Zealand, making him only the second cricketer from the country, since Stephen Fleming, to reach the milestone

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Division Two, 2nd round, 4th day

Naeem spins Abbottabad past Lahore Shalimar

Nov 1, 2010: A round-up of the fourth day of the second round of matches in Division 2 of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Division 1, 2nd round, 4th day

ZTBL and National Bank of Pakistan complete wins

Nov 1, 2010: A round-up of the final day of the second round of matches in Division 1 of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

South Africa news

Team in a 'beautiful space' ahead of WC - Gibbs

Nov 1, 2010: The South African cricket team is in a "beautiful space" ahead of next year's World Cup in the subcontinent, Herschelle Gibbs has said

Delhi v Bengal, Ranji Trophy Super League, Delhi, 1st day

The Kotla wicket has a mind of its own

Nov 1, 2010: In the melodrama that is life around it and the lamentations that echo during the course of its normal day, the Feroz Shah Kotla wicket lay undeterred by slander and unimpressed by prediction

New Zealand in India 2010-11

McCullum may open the batting for NZ

Nov 1, 2010: New Zealand are toying with the idea of opening the innings with Brendon McCullum in the upcoming series against India

Delhi v Bengal, Ranji Trophy Super League, Delhi, 1st day

Das and placid Kotla track make Delhi toil

Nov 1, 2010: On a Feroz Shah Kotla wicket which on its typical days, does little other than exist, Bengal scored 313 for 2 versus Delhi with opener Arindam Das's well-paced, unbeaten 150 the central note of a composed batting performance

Spot-fixing controversy

Butt and Amir accuse ICC of unfair treatment

Nov 1, 2010: Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir have hit out at the ICC following the governing body's decision to uphold their provisional suspensions from international cricket

Bangladesh news

Ashraful handed top-level central contract

Nov 1, 2010: Mohammad Ashraful has been awarded a top-level central contract despite not playing in Bangladesh's recent historic 4-0 one-day series victory against New Zealand