Cricket: The openers we&#39;re heartily sick of seeing
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Justin Langer&#39;s most treasured piece of memorabilia is a photograph of the Hobart scoreboard on one cloudy afternoon in 2001. The archetypal Aussie scrapper, Langer is particularly
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At first sight there might not be too much in common between this week&#39;s decision by the International Cricket Council to overturn Sourav Ganguly&#39;s two-match ban and the shenanigans surrounding England and their tour of Zimbabwe.
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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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Australia&#39;s clash with New Zealand at The Oval today can belatedly bring the Champions Trophy to life. It needs to, because a damaging combination of English impotence and international presumptuousness has so far heaped embarrassment upon the game.
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It is ironic that the weather for the build up to the first games in the ICC Champions Trophy was out of this world and then as soon as cricket clothes are put on by the players then the rain comes.
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John Wright: Security is a matter of concern for the governments. Iâm focusing on the series ahead. Sourav Ganguly: I donât think we can go into a Test match thinking of records ... itâll happen when it happens.
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AUSTRALIA got the prize it wanted but exasperated Shane Warne could not land his heart&#39;s desire in a watershed Test victory yesterday.
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Whether they care to admit it or not, this was the contest England had yearned for all summer. It was a measure of the team&#39;s recent advance that they had become tired of pounding West Indies
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England&#39;s preparations for the start of their forthcoming Test series against South Africa began today with their traditional one-day curtain-raiser against a collection of internationals in the Nicky Oppenheimer&#39;s XI.
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CRICKET fans should lap up every pulsating minute of Australia&#39;s Test series in India . . . it is a delight they won&#39;t savour again for six years.
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If the pitch in Nagpur came as a surprise, the one here in Mumbai has proved totally predictable. In fact, it looks like such a typically Indian surface it won&#39;t surprise anyone if the ball turns square from the first ball.
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Toss won, spinners picked, minds set. And then it all went downhill on day one. In this season of hope gone awry, there was more to be disappointed with on day one of this test match.
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It is far too late and far too obvious to point out that the England cricket teamâs tour to Zimbabwe in November comes with a distinct sense of dÃ©jÃ  vu.
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Sports India: Cricket &gt; Chennai, Oct 14 : The Australians today surprised their hosts when two of their batsmen &#39;walked&#39; without waiting for the umpire&#39;s decision on the opening day of the second cricket Test against India here in sharp contrast to their
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Cricket is the new football. Well, some pundits in England were saying as much 12 months ago when Ashes fever gripped the nation.
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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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This was not an easy day on which to play cricket. The sun shone brilliantly enough but for all of the opening day of the series a buffeting westerly crosswind flapped the trouser legs of the players, put