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South Africa thump England in first test
South Africa wrapped up the first Test against England at the Kia Oval in comprehensive fashion, finally taking the match by an innings and 12 runs as England were bowled out for 240 in their second innings It was an commanding performance with both bat and ball and a thoroughly deserved victory The Proteas had a patchy opening day but after [...]
England flounder after Amla triple century
It was the “Hashim Amla and Kallis show” on day four of the first Test at the Kia Oval in London earlier today, the two overnight batsmen taking the Proteas to a mammoth 637 for two declared in their first innings1 not out, passing AB de Villiers’ 278 not out against Pakistan two years ago, the previous best by a South African, before [...]
Gayle returns to Windies Test squad
The Selection Committee of the West Indies Cricket Board today announced the 13-member West Indies squad for the first Test against New Zealand, starting on Wednesday at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground8 months03-man squad Bravo sustained the injury during the England tour The first Test against New Zealand will be played in Antigua West [...]
Dhoni, team fined for slow over rate
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the India team have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 21-run victory against Sri Lanka in the first One Day International held in Hambantota on Saturday July0-per-cent-fines of the code which relates to minor over-rate offences The finding and penalty were imposed following a full [...]
Kulasekara out of India series
Sri Lanka have called up Nuwan Pradeep to replace his injured fellow right-arm paceman Nuwan Kulasekara in the ongoing ODI series against India runs1th over of the match Due to inconclusive evidence of whether the catch had been taken cleanly, the third umpire ruled in favour of the Indian batsman After the incident, Kulasekara didn’t bowl [...]
Kohli stars in Indian win over Sri Lanka
Virat Kohli cracked his third consecutive century against Sri Lanka to lead India to a comfortable 21-run win in the first one-day international on Saturday06 off 113 balls and shared a 173-run second-wicket stand with Virender Sehwag 4 for six wickets4th one-day century from Kumar Sangakkara who made 133 off 151 balls4 for six in 50 overs 06, [...]
Hesson named New Zealand coach
New Zealand Cricket 50 Chappell/Hadlee Series and we’re fortunate to have secured his services for the national team55 “He was the candidate put forward by the selection panel and has the complete backing of the NZC Board, John Buchanan and myself “He was earmarked early in his career as one of the most talented coaches in New Zealand [...]
Paul Reiffel to make Test debut
Paul Reiffel will become the latest former international star to umpire in Tests, when he debuts in the two-match Digicel Test series between West Indies and New Zealand in the coming weeks04 wickets at 2606 scalps at 29992 and 1999999 World Cup-winning Australia side, became the first former international star from Down Under to be elevated to [...]
Cook century gives England control
It was a tough day of toil for little reward for the Proteas on Day One of the first Investec Test against England at the British Oval, seeing England finishing the day’s play on 267 for three14 not out70 between Cook and Jonathan Trott that straddled lunch 162 balls, edging off to De Villiers behind the stumps, once again off Morkel Next in [...]
India look to displace ODI table-toppers Aus
India goes into its five-match series in Sri Lanka with the chance to leap from its current fourth place standing to its previous number one ranking in the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings July1, held in Mumbai in April last year109 July 2012, ahead of Sri Lanka v India series Australia 119 2 South [...]
Yuvraj, Rayudu amongst T20 World Cup probables
The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked the thirty probables for the ICC World T20 2012, to be played in Sri Lanka in September-October 2012 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2 Virender Sehwag 3 Gautam Gambhir 4 Virat Kohli 5 Rohit Sharma 6 Suresh Raina 7 R0 Ashok Dinda 11 Ajinkya Rahane 12 Manoj [...]
SA provisional squad for ICC World T20
Cricket South Africa 5 players will be announced in mid-August “I believe this squad shows just how much depth there is in South African cricket,” commented CSA selection convener Andrew Hudson “It augurs extremely well both for this tournament as well as the road ahead” South Africa provisional squad AB de Villiers capt, Hashim [...]
England provisional squad for World T20
England have named the following provisional 30-man squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 to be staged in Sri Lanka from September September against Afghanistan in Colombo5 players next month [subscribe2]
Sri Lanka squad for India ODIs
Isuru Udana, the left-arm fast bowler, has been picked in Sri Lanka's 15-man squad for the five ODIs against India, which begins on July 21 Colombo and August 4 Pallakele India will also play a T20 international on August 7 at Pallakele Sri Lanka squad for India ODIs Mahela Jayawardene captain, Angelo Mathews, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar [...]
WI win final ODI, take series 4-1
A career-best spell from Sunil Narine swept West Indies to a confidence-boosting 20-run victory over New Zealand in the final Digicel One-day International on Monday in reply to the West Indies 241 all out and gave the hosts a 4-1 win in the series80 for eight in the 44th over before Russell fashioned a stroke-filled 59 from 40 balls to add [...]
India, Pakistan to resume cricketing ties
The Board of Control for Cricket in India 2 – January 201326 inter-state tournament Plate Group The NKP Salve Challenger Trophy will feature the winners of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, and two teams to be picked by the All-India Senior Selection Committee
Hussey, White recalled for Pakistan series
Australia have recalled Michael Hussey, Cameron White and Cullum Ferguson for the One-Day International series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in August and September0 domestic campaign1, with a serious knee injury in 2009 hampering what seemed to be a budding international career Australia have selected three spinners for their [...]
Rudolph: Proteas ready for first Test
Proteas batsman, Jacques Rudolph is pleased with the exercise the batsmen and the bowlers received in their drawn warm-up match against Kent in Canterbury constructing most of the damage “They bowling unit bowled good areas and it was pleasing to see Imran Tahir get four wickets He has been playing for the SA “A” team to get some overs [...]
Bopara back for Oval Test
The England selectors named a 13-man squad for the first Investec Test match against South Africa, commencing Thursday 19 July at the Kia Oval2 Tests for England to date with the 27-year-old middle-order batsman last playing a Test in August 2011 National selector Geoff Miller said: "We have played some very good cricket over the last couple of [...]
Irfan replaces injured Vinay for SL tour
Allrounder Irfan Pathan has been recalled to India's limited-overs squad for the tour of Sri Lanka after Vinay Kumar was ruled out on Friday due to a hamstring injury2th July, 2012 He will hence not be available for the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka He is expected to regain match-fitness in three weeks The All-India Senior Selection [...]
