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Wellington, Mar. 15 (ANI): Steven Smith has become the second youngest winner of the Steve Waugh Medal, and now is almost certain to make his Test debut against New Zealand after a brilliant season.
He has scored 772 first-class runs at 77.2 – including four centuries – and claimed 21 wickets, capped by a career-best 7-87 [...]

Mumbai, Sept 18 (ANI): The Indian cricket team left for South Africa from here on Friday to participate in the Champions Trophy.

South Africa has been a happing hunting ground for India who was runners-up in the one-day World Cup in 2003 [...]

Colombo, Sep.14 (ANI): India’s Sachin Tendulkar scored his 44th ton in one-day internationals on Monday.

The new landmark came off 91 balls against Sri Lanka in the finals of the Compaq trilateral series being held at the Premadasa Stadium in [...]

New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): Ishant Sharma returned to the fitness camp at Ferozshah Kotla field for the upcoming Delhi Ranji Cricket Trophy on Monday, ending the speculation that he was joining Virender Sehwag who raised the issue of favouritism and nepotism in selecting players.

Other player Gautam Gambhir is expected to join the camp [...]

London, Aug.12 (ANI): Australian left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is loving his newly discovered art of sledging, and said he will ramp it up during next week’s fifth and final Test at The Oval after rediscovering his form and confidence at Headingley.

“I don’t normally say too much, but maybe it was a bit of a [...]

Karachi, Aug. 9 (ANI): Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has said that coaching techniques aimed at honing the natural skills of a player are more effective than those that fidget with the abilities of a player.

Speaking ahead of the start of the three-week NCA coaching camp, Latif [...]

Colombo, July 4 (IANS) Veteran Sri Lankan cricketer Chaminda Vaas has decided to retire from Test cricket, chief selector Asantha de Mel said Saturday.
The 35-year-old left-arm bowler, who has served Sri Lanka at the top level for 15 years, will however be available for the One-Day Internationals (ODI) and Twenty20 cricket, the official said.
“Chaminda has [...]

Galle (Sri Lanka), July 4 (ANI): As Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first in the first Test of the three match series here on Saturday, captain Younis Khan expressed the hope that he would like to start the series on a winning note.

Khan said his batsmen would have no problem countering [...]

Birmingham (UK), July 3 (ANI): England’s bowlers are in perfect shape for the Ashes.

Pace bowler James Anderson took five wickets, while left-arm spinner Monty Panesar claimed three victims and Andrew Flintoff two.

The preparation for the First Test showdown against Australia on Wednesday could not have gone more smoothly, reports The Sun.

They bowled [...]

Bangalore, July 2 (ANI): Undeterred by handicaps, a former Indian Army soldier, Probhojit Singh embarked on a bicycle tour across the country to spread the message of peace and harmony.

Singh,41, once a soldier of Jammu Kashmir Rifles, had to leave his battalion in 1989 when he met with a train accident and lost [...]

London, June 26 (ANI): Andrew Strauss, back in charge for the Ashes after Paul Collingwood captained England in the World Twenty20, has warned the Australians to not write off Monty Panesar.

The left-arm spinner has been criticised recently by Shane Warne and Geoff Boycott, but skipper Strauss is planning to pick him for the Ashes [...]

London, June 23 (ANI): Ahead of making his Ashes debut, English batsman Ravi Bopara has warned the Aussies not to waste their breath trying to sledge him.

England’s No 3 was tickled by Oz legend Shane Warne labelling him vain, and claiming he is “too worried about how he [...]

London, June 19 (ANI): A Canadian mother saved her three-year old daughter from a cougar using nothing but her quick wit and bare hands.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that the child, named Maya, escaped with only superficial wounds after the attack on Tuesday night near the town of Brackendale, 40 miles north of the [...]

Sydney, May 28 (IANS) Ricky Ponting’s plans to field an extra player in Australia’s two Ashes warm-up matches can go up in smoke with England reportedly opposed to the idea.
England is unlikely to allow Ponting play an extra man in both games as he seeks to give returning quicks Brett Lee and Stuart Clark a [...]

Lucknow, May 27 (ANI): Left-arm fast bowler Rudra Pratap Singh of Hyderabad Deccan Chargers team who emerged as the highest wicket taker in the just concluded second edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament in South Africa received a grand welcome on his return to Lucknow on Tuesday.

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers who were [...]

Mumbai/ Johannesburg, May 26 (ANI): Left- arm seamer Zaheer Khan is doubtful for the ICC World Twenty20, which is scheduled to begin from June 5 in England.

Zaheer, who was part of the Mumbai Indians team in the just concluded IPL, had injured his [...]

Mumbai, May 15 (ANI): Two doctors, who treated Mumbai terror attack accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab for injuries, identified him in the trial court on Friday.

“He is the one who was brought to trauma ward of Nair Hospital when I was on duty in early [...]

Cape Town (South Africa), May 9 (ANI): South African left arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe calls the Indian Premier League an “unfair advantage” but is happy for the role it has played in his call-up to the national squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in England next month.

The “Roelfie” phenomenon that has been [...]

Cape Town (South Africa), May 5 (ANI): Yusuf Abdulla is being looked at as a genuine, specialist Twenty20 bowler.

The 26-year-old Dolphins and Kings XI Punjab left-arm seamer has confirmed as much during the early stages of the Indian Premier League.

Abdulla has carried his domestic form compellingly into the IPL spotlight, putting a disastrous start to [...]

Abu Dhabi (UAE). May 3 (ANI): Australian left arm fast bowler Doug Bollinger is trying to enjoy his nascent international cricket career rather than worry about where its headed.he New South Wales left-arm paceman took 5-35 as Pakistan were bowled out for [...]