Bring back five-Test series: Wisden
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CRICKETING almanack Wisden Australia today called for a return to traditional five-Test cricket tours in place of the modern trend towards &quot;whistle-stop&quot; series.
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England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff&#39;s prospects of returning to Test cricket at his Old Trafford home ground next week appear to be diminishing.
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"The team is unrecognizable from the World Cup but I hope the boys who have been to the West Indies can led from the front and put up a strong performance"  Belfast , June 22: A revitalised India will be seeking to launch their lengthy tour of the United Kingdom on a positive note when they take on World Cup giant-killers Ireland in a one-off limited overs cricket ... via Central Chronicle
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England wants more from its cricket stars. The touring side is already one up in the five Test series against South Africa, but Michael Vaughan, the England captain, says he still wants to see a perfect performance from his side.
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Former English cricket chief Lord MacLaurin has called for home Test matches to be retained on terrestrial television. The England and Wales Cricket Board will today announce who will broadcast cricket in the country from 2006-2009.
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The details of England&#39;s one-day series in Zimbabwe have been revealed. If the ICC&#39;s racism hearing, which commences on 29 September, finds nothing untoward, there will be five one-day matches in 10 days from 26 November.
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Cricket&#39;s TV rights dispute has reared its ugly head again, renewing fears that Australia&#39;s tour of India will have to be cancelled.
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Ian Botham has urged the Government to step in and instruct the England cricket team to stay away from Zimbabwe this winter. The former England skipper believes the oneday series arranged for late November and early December should be scrapped.
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Sport: Cricket: New skipper to lead squad featuring Mascheranas and Trott for series with West Indies.
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Sport: Cricket: Chris Tremlett called up as all-rounder fails to prove fitness for next month's series.
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Calcutta, Sept. 27: Much as we want sport and politics to be as far apart as one-day cricket is from Tests, the lead-up to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) elections in its platinum jubilee
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South Africa and Pakistan switch from Test to one-day cricket in a five-match one-day international series starting at Centurion Sunday, the last chance for both teams to tune up ahead of next month's Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.
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Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting, the world&#39;s No. 5-ranked Test batsman, said he will resume practice this week after recovering from a broken thumb and will join his teammates on their India tour.
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England's lack of match practice was exposed when they made a shaky start to their only first-class game before a five-Test series against South Africa.
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At last, a contest to savour more than a week into this tournament of mis-matches and bad weather - the West Indies demolished South Africa by five wickets in thrilling fashion here yesterday.
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The government today faced calls to review the list of &quot;crown jewel&quot; sporting events after Sky bought the rights to England&#39;s home Test matches, sounding the death knell for live cricket on terrestrial TV after nearly 70 years.
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NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar is back. Now, the million dollar question: will his willow bite? All through Tendulkar&#39;s 15-year career, he has barely missed five Tests and two of them have been in the current Test series against Australia.