Australia's West Indies tour confirmed in next year

West Indies Cricket has long-established details of Australia's tour of the Caribbean next year. Australia will play five one-day matches, two Twenty20s and three Tests during the six-week tour. The Test series, which decide the Frank Worrell Trophy, starts on April 7 in Barbados with follow-up matches in Trinidad (April 15 to 19) and Guyana (April 23 to 27). It continues a heavy workload for the Australians, who begin in August with the tour...

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India on top as West Indies looks to delay predictable

A dominant India put themselves on course for a series-clinching victory even as West Indies fought resolutely in their second innings to delay the inevitable after conceding a huge 478-run lead in the second cricket Test here today. West Indies were 195 for three at stumps on day three, still 283 runs behind, after India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni enforced the follow-on after bowling the visitors out for a paltry 153 runs in their first innings....

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Bangladesh prepared to tour Pakistan if ICC clear protection

Bangladesh can tour Pakistan in April next year but they need security authorization from the game’s governing body, a top official from Bangladesh Cricket Board told AFP on Wednesday. International cricket has been balanced in Pakistan since March 2009 after an attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore which left eight people dead and seven visiting players and their assistant coach wounded. Sri Lanka turned down an invitation to tour Pakistan...

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Graeme Smith rue Test championship conclusion

South African captain Graeme Smith thought on Wednesday he was dissatisfied that the International Cricket Council had determined not to bring in a world Test championship before 2017. "It's a bit unsatisfactory," said Smith. "I personally felt it wasn't the right decision for cricket." ICC chief administrative Haroon Lorgat announces on Monday that the foreword of a championship had been pressed out from 2013 because of commitment to broadcaster...

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