Seniors should take a call on their retirement: Ganguly New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) India's most successful Test skipper Sourav Ganguly says the time is not right for senior players to retire and selectors should not force them to quit the game. "Players like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS ...
Teenage opener Brathwaite in West Indies squad Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis), May 20: Teenage Barbadian opener Kraigg Brathwaite was named in the 13-man West Indies squad for the second Test against Pakistan which starts at Warner Park on May 20. Brathwaite, 18, yesterday replaced left-handed Grenadian opener ...
Martin slowest to make 100 Test runs,beats McGrath Wellington, Jan 13: New Zealand pace bowler Chris Martin became slowest player to reach 100 runs in Test cricket during last week's first Test against Pakistan in Hamilton. The 36-year-old veteran of 60 tests brought up his 100th Test run during ...
Windies player guilty of illicit bowling action Bad news for West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford. The sub-division off the ICC deputed to look into the suspect bowling action of the tweaker has determined that he has been bowling with an illegal action. As a result, he has been ...
NZ increases ODI's against Pakistan ahead of WC Pakistan's tour of New Zealand this summer will feature just two tests and an expanded schedule of six one-day internationals and three T20 competition.According to the New Zealand Herald, the Pakistan cricket team were due to play a three-match test series, ...
CA reappoints coach Nielsen until 2013 Ashes Cricket Australia (CA) has renewed Australian coach Tim Nielsen’s contract until the end of the next Ashes series in England in 2013.Nielsen, who took over from John Buchanan in 2007, had helped Australia manage the ‘challenging transition’ fo...
'Tests more attacking due to ODIs, T20s': Sachin The game of cricket has seen many changes, transformation since Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in 1989 but one change that the master blaster notices most in the last 20 years is that Test cricket has become more attacking following the ...
India remains top ranked Test side India has retained the No.1 position in the ICC Test Championship table after the annual update and is now 11 rating points clear of second placed South Africa.With a draw in the second Test against Sri Lanka, India has also ensured ...
Kumble calls Murali's 800 feat as 'unparalleled' Former Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble called Sri Lankan off-break bowler Muttiah Muralitharan’s feat of claiming 800 wickets in Test cricket on Thursday, as an 'unparalleled' achievement which would take a long time and uncommon skill to be overhauled.Kumble's co...
DRS to be enforced in Tests Dubai: Following extensive trials, the decision review system (DRS) goes into operation from Tuesday with the start of the New Zealand v Pakistan Test series in Dunedin.With the majority of players and match officials in favour of the system, as well ...