2nd Test: history beckon India in Barbados

Going into the second Test alongside the West Indies, Team India stand at the brink of doing what none of its predecessor have managed to achieve: winning both the ODI and Test series in the Caribbean. And with India's second most winning captain at the helm, the No. 1 Test team looks all set to complete the feat. The second Test of the three-match series gets happening at the Kensington Oval on Tuesday, where the visitors can be curved in out...

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Bresnan additional to England ODI squad

England has added Tim Bresnan to their squad for the ODI series next to Sri Lanka after the Yorkshire all-rounder was agreed fit following calf trouble. Bresnan will join the squad at The Oval ahead of Tuesday's first ODI and is available right away having respond to treatment on the damage that kept him out of the three-match Test series and Saturday's stand-alone Twenty20. His presence will strengthen England's options, after they underperformed...

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IPL-5 to initiate from April 4 next year

The fifth edition of the greatly popular Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on April 4 next year and finish off on May 27, the BCCI announced on Monday. The competition will feature 74 matches, over a period of 54 days. "We are happy to confirm the opening and closing dates of IPL 2012, ten months in go forward. The match-schedule will be announced soon. We have no doubt that the fifth season of IPL will be as, if not more, exciting and thrilling...

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BCCI relent as DRS made mandatory

Under force from the international society, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has altered its stance to accept the modified version of Decision Review System. Reports recommended that the cash rich Indian Board ran out of friends in the international cricket community and the ICC was all locate to give the DRS a go ahead, intervening the BCCI, in its annual general convention in Hong Kong. That means the much debate system will be in place...

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Continuous Ashes series in 2013

With the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup cause a scheduling annoyance for Australia, they are set to play back-to-back Ashes series next to England in 2013. According to a information in 'The Daily Telegraph, "Australia will play 10 back-to-back Ashes Tests in 2013 as a result of hosting the World Cup in 2015 when the comeback Ashes was meant to be played." The agreement is being worked out in the new Future Tours Program which is at present being...

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