Updated Cricket News - Suresh Raina counting on improvement in the ODIs

Dissatisfied to see the Test side being demolish by a revitalized Australia, Indian middle-order batsman, Suresh Raina is counting on varying his team’s fortunes in forthcoming ODI series Down Under. In another one sided concern away from home, the Men in Blue were dishonored by a 4-0 margin, on the lines of the same script which saw them capitulating against England, six months back. Back then Raina feature in the Test series but was left out...

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Cricket news: Squads announce for Pepsi ICC WCL Division 5

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announce the 14-man squads for the six teams scheduled to compete in the upcoming Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 (WCL Div. 5) which will be held in Singapore from 18 to 25 February. Six teams will compete for the opportunity to finish in the top two of the event and ultimately gain encouragement to the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 which will be held later in the year. The teams,...

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cricket news: Rain wash out bulk of day two

New Zealand 392 for 5 (Watling 52*, Bracewell 11*) v Zimbabwe Only 15.2 overs were bowled on the second day of the Test between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at McLean Park earlier than light, but persistent, rain set in to make further play not possible. BJ Watling shone throughout the gloom of the shortened morning session to consolidate his side's dominance with a bright fifty, his second in Tests. Watling finished unbeaten on 52, having helped his...

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Jayawardene to lead Sri Lanka in Australia

Hours after Tillakaratne Dilshan resigned as Sri Lanka captain from all three formats, the country's new selection panel appointed former captain Mahela Jayawardene in his place to lead the ODI squad to Australia for the tri-series in February involving the hosts and India. Angelo Mathews remains the vice-captain of the 15-member squad which also includes Dilshan. Jayawardene was ODI captain from 2004 till 2009 (he took over as Test captain in...

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Alastair Cook: History is on England's side

Alastair Cook knows history, of their own making, is on England's side as they bid to bounce back against Pakistan in the second Test, starting Wednesday. England's batsmen did themselves no justice in Dubai last week, where consecutive collapses to under 200 to the bowling of Saeed Ajmal, and then Umar Gul, resulted in a 10-wicket defeat inside three days. The opener concedes that shock setback has inevitably eroded a little of the confidence...

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Cricket-No embarrassment for India, says Ashwin

India are not uncomfortable by their showing on the tour of Australia in spite of being soundly beaten in the first three tests and taking another hammering on the first day of the fourth, bowler Ravi Ashwin said on Tuesday. Off-spinner Ashwin took two of his country's three wickets before lunch at the Adelaide Oval but Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke ran rampant in the afternoon to push the hosts to 335 for three at the close of play. "I think...

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Harbhajan eyeing quick return to cricket

Discarded off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who is out of action due to a shinbone injury, on Thursday said he will return to competitive cricket soon. "I am recovering from my injury. I will exercise here in Pune for four days and I will also undergo a three-week training at the National Cricket Academy. After that I will return to competitive cricket," he told reporters here. Asked whether injuries to cricketers had increased due to too much cricket,...

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Updated Cricket news : PCA for "qualified support" to review

The Professional Cricketers' Association has urged fellow stakeholders to make certain they safeguard the sport's honesty when their chance comes to discuss the Morgan Review. The key recommendation of the appraisal, undertake by former ECB chairman and ICC president David Morgan, comprise a reform of championship cricket to 14 matches per county each season and an enlarge from 40 to 50 over’s in the domestic one-day competition. The PCA has spoken...

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Updated Cricket news : Cricket Schedule - 2012

Month Series Details Host Dec 2011-Jan 2012 Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2011 (3 Test and 5 ODI Matches) South Africa Dec 2011-Jan 2012 Big Bash League (31 Twenty20 matches) Australia Dec 2011-Feb 2012 India tour of Australia 2011 (4 Test and 2 Twenty20 matches) Australia Jan-Feb 2012 Pakistan vs England 2012 (3 Test, 4 ODI and 3 T20 matches) UAE Jan-Feb 2012 Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand 2012 (1 Test, 3 ODI Matches and 2 Twenty20)...

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India sent in as both sides pick four quicks

Australia's captain Michael Clarke won the toss and sent India in to bat after both sides chose four fast bowlers on the first morning of the third Test at the WACA. Clarke and the selectors chose to go away out Nathan Lyon, his place taken by the left-armer Mitchell Starc, who has shown inspiring control, speed and swing in recent club and Twenty20 appearances. India built-in the seam and swing of Vinay Kumar at the expenditure of R Ashwin, on...

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paceman Tim Bresnan ruled out of Pakistan series

Durham seamer Onions has taken his place in the Test squad England will be without paceman Tim Bresnan for their forthcoming Test series against Pakistan because of injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) long-established on Monday. The 26-year-old paceman, who still has pain in the elbow which was operated on in November, had already miss England's opening three-day tour match next to an ICC joint XI which they won by three wickets...

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Updated Cricket News: Ishant Sharma show middle finger to fans: Reports

The present tour of the Indian team to Australia is not only a tragedy from cricketing point of view but it is also turning out to be a catastrophe as far as public manners goes. Paceman Ishant Sharma showed his middle finger to the assembled cricket fans as he the length of with his teammates, went to do go-karting at a local club, Indian television channels reported on Monday. Quite a few Indian cricketers, as well as skipper Mahendra Singh...

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Jacques Kallis targeting 2015 World Cup

In 16 years of international cricket, Jacques Kallis has scored centuries alongside all nine other Test playing nations, has been part of series wins in Australia and England and has seen many ODI series victories. One thing he does not have, although, is a World Cup medal and it is that missing piece that is driving him to try to continue playing international cricket awaiting at least 2015. "The one thing I want to try and accomplish is to be...

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Kohli fined for obscene sign

Virat Kohli has been fined 50% of his match fee after making an obscene sign during Australia's enormous first innings in the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Kohli plead guilty to a level-two charge of "using language or gesture(s) that is seriously obscene, seriously offensive or of a gravely insulting nature to another player, player support personnel, umpire, match arbitrator or any third person during an international match". A press...

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'India require to bat out of their skins'

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly says it is not "not possible" to save the SCG Test but for that to happen, Indian batsmen need to bat out of their skins. India have already approved a mammoth 291-run lead and three days' play is still left in the match, where a victory will hand Australia an unquestionable 2-0 lead. Ganguly sought to remind India the excellent win against the same opponents at Kolkata in 2001, where India came up successful...

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Cricket: Australian bowlers on top as Indian batsmen tremble

Australia's new-look pace attack again rattled India's top order, with James Pattinson taking three wickets as the visitors struggled to 72-4 at lunch on the opening day of the second cricket test. The 21-year-old Pattinson exposed the tourist’s much-vaunted batting lineup in two spells Tuesday morning, striking in the first over to remove Gautam Gambhir for 0 and then returning to dismiss Virender Sehwag (30) and V.V.S. Laxman (2). Only Sachin...

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Cricket’s DRS tragedy must ending now

India remains the only Test-playing nation to be share out on the issue of the Decision Review System, yet has not at all made clear why accurately it is in such disagreement with the system. India has maintain a strong stance next to the DRS since it was used in a Test against Sri Lanka in 2008, where Sri Lanka were able to make wide use of referral while India only managed one single winning review. Since then the BCCI has said that it will not...

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