New format, new rivalries
Ricky Ponting and Glenn McGrath will face each other off in the IPL © Getty Images Individual match-ups: Cricket fans spend hours and hours discussing how Viv Richards would have coped against the West Indian…
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Senior players join contract talks
Senior players will have a chance to voice their views on the contracts issue © AFP The pressing issue of player contracts will be discussed on June 11 in Bangalore, a day before the Indian…
Dropped catch costs Zaheer a perfect ten
Zaheer tore the heart out of Essex with prodigious swing © Getty Images Worcestershire's Zaheer Khan missed out on the chance to join the exclusive club of bowlers who have taken all ten wickets in…
Security officials meet to discuss London ODIs
Officials from the ECB and the MCC will meet today to discuss whether Sunday's NatWest Challenge match at Lord's will go ahead, although an ECB spokesman insisted last night that the game remains on.While the…
Power cuts, and Pindi problems
Just one hour into the Rawalpindi ODI, there were widespread protests in Kolkata. The reason? A major fire at an important power-generating station, which meant power cuts through most of the city. The Times of…
Bulls fitness concerns
A trio of fitness checks this week will determine the ultimate make-upof the XXXX Queensland Bulls team to tackle NSW in the Pura Cup Final atthe Gabba starting on Friday.The Bulls will check the availability…
Jayasuriya wary of New Zealand in Sri Lankan tourney
By Matthew ApplebyHaving played in 235 One-Day Internationals, Sri Lankan captain SanathJayasuriya should know a thing or two about the game.And he believes New Zealand will give his team, who are hosting a triangulartournament beginning…
Assupol TUKS crowned campus cricket champions again
It took just 16.5 over for defending champions, Assupol TUKS, to outscore Loughborough Marylebone Cricket Club University and win the Red Bull Campus Cricket World title by eight wickets at the Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun…
Siddle faces another shoulder reconstruction
Peter Siddle picked up nine wickets for the match but is likely to have another shoulder operation soon © Getty Images Peter Siddle, Victoria's best bowler in the Pura Cup final with match figures of…
Gloucestershire experience overshadows Johnston
ScorecardCarl Greenidge tore through Ireland's middle order with 4 for 15 in their Friends Provident match against Gloucestershire at Dublin, in a comprehensive 185-run win, overshadowing a fine bowling display from Ireland's captain Trent Johnston.Gloucestershire…