The last time Dirk Nannes played a Twenty20 international, it was for Netherlands in their remarkable win over England in the World Twenty20. Now, however, he has switched alliance to his birth-country Australia, who have their first opportunity for Ashes revenge when they take on England in the first of two Twenty20s at Old Trafford [...]
Jamie Cox, the on-duty selector at The Oval, has taken responsibility for Australia not playing Nathan Hauritz on a dry and dusty pitch that gave significant assistance to spinners. The captain and coach, Ricky Ponting and Tim Nielsen, have already conceded Hauritz should have played but Cox said it was ultimately his call that led [...]
One Day International (ODI) cricket match series between England and Australia is going to start from 30th August at Manchester, United Kingdom. Australia will play 2 T20 matches and 7 ODI matches. However, Australia has already lost their Ashes title to England. They will be trying to win the series to improve the status in [...]
India will start the Sri Lanka one-day tri-series with back-to-back matches on September 11 and 12, according to the revised tournament schedule. It was previously reported that India will play its first match against New Zealand on September 10. Nishantha Ranatunga, secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), confirmed that the schedule was tweaked “long ago” [...]
The recess is over. India’s ODI team assembled in Bangalore today for a four-day conditioning camp, leading into the tri-series in Sri Lanka early next month, and then the Champions Trophy in South Africa following immediately. As they sat for the team meeting in the morning, it was the first time that all the players [...]
India-Sri Lanka-New Zealand fight it out in the tri-series in Colombo between 8th – 14th September Hewlett-Packard, the leading PC brand in India, has reiterated its association and commitment to the spirit of sports with the announcement of the ‘Compaq Cup 2009.’ The prestigious Compaq Cup 2009 will be presented to the winner of the [...]
Over the past year, debate about the top teams in Test cricket has usually centred on three teams: Australia, South Africa and India. Sri Lanka are almost never mentioned but they now find themselves at No .2, thanks to a superb record over the past three-odd years during which they have lost only one series. [...]
