Simon Katich works up for CA face-off

A defiant Simon Katich is likely to fight the harmful public comment charge lay next to him by Cricket Australia, with his manager claim that the ax opener know he would land in problem for blaming Michael Clarke for his upheaval. An angry Katich had affirmed that his 2009 dressing-room bust-up with now-captain Clarke after a Test in Sydney was the reason why he was left out of the contracted players' list previous this year. Both Clarke and...

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Adrian Barath takings to WI squad for India Tests

Adrian Barath on Tuesday returns to the West Indies squad for the upcoming three-Test series in India after getting better from a hamstring injury. The opener misses the continuing two-Test series in Bangladesh after distress the injury during the opening one-day international in Dhaka last month. Barath, who scored a century in his Test entrance next to Australia in 2009, has so far made 350 runs in seven matches. Opener Lendl Simmons, who...

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Centurion Bravo lead West Indies supremacy

West Indies 355 and 207 for 3 (Bravo 100*, Kirk Edwards 86) lead Bangladesh 231 (Shakib 73, Naeem 45, Fidel Edwards 5-63) by 331 runs Darren Bravo's maiden Test century put the West Indies in control of the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka after three days. Resuming on a modest 204 for seven, the home side could only add 27 runs to their overnight total and headed back to the pavilion trailing by 124. And a third-wicket partnership of...

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Yuvraj Singh opens cricket conservatory

Following the footsteps of his colleague Virender Sehwag, cricketer Yuvraj Singh, too, on Saturday set up a cricket academy called 'Yuvraj Singh Center of Excellence' at Pathways World School in Gurgaon and Noida. School and college students will be trained under Yuvraj Singh among other coaches. Singh said, "I have been playing cricket since childhood. I joined various academies, but they were not excellent in terms of facilities and training."...

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We will not at all play negative cricket: Mohsin Khan

Pakistan team's temporary coach, Mohsin Khan has made it clear that his team will go all away for a win in the third Test next to Sri Lanka, in spite of enjoying a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Pakistan won the second Test in Dubai last week by a believable margin of nine wickets. Pakistan also conquered the first Test in Abu Dhabi after bowling out the Sri Lankans for 197 on the first day. "As long as I am with the boys, we will never...

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