Amla takes South Africa to a strong position
West zone create record with help from Yousuf
West Zone created a world record in first class cricket by successfully chasing down a mammoth 536-run target to clinch the Duleep Trophy title with a dramatic three-wicket victory over South Zone. It was Yusuf Pathan’[...]
United back on top after 5-0 win
Wayne Rooney collected the Barclays Player of the Month award before kick-off then helped steer Manchester United back to the top of the table with a resounding 5-0 victory over struggling Portsmouth. The England strik[...]
Ottis Gibson takes over as West indies coach
Ottis Gibson has admitted that the prospect of guiding the fortunes of West Indies cricket in his new role as WICB head coach was too great a temptation to resist, although he has warned that the fixation with the Caribb[...]
Mashrafe Mortaza down with fever
Bangladesh fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza will not be making the trip to New Zealand, owing to a bout of fever. On Friday, his departure to link up with the squad for the limited-overs games had been delayed, and coach Jam[...]
Donald for England bowling coach
Allan Donald is set to put himself forward as England’s new bowling coach following the departure of Ottis Gibson to West Indies. Donald previously held the role briefly in 2007 before his family situation forced h[...]
Charl Langeveldt back for ODI’s
Fast bowler Charl Langeveldt has been added to South Africa’s ODI squad for the three-match series in India. Langeveldt’s inclusion adds further strength to a pace attack comprising four specialists –[...]
New Zealand look for another easy win
Bangladesh cricket fans looking for good news over the past week have had to follow the South Asian Games, where their team has made the final against Sri Lanka. The senior team in New Zealand, though, has been abject in[...]
Australia best West Indies
Another series, another opponent, same result. Two days after completing a tri-format clean-sweep against Pakistan, Australia continued their unbeaten summer with a 113-run victory over West Indies, set up by Shane Watso[...]
Geoff Lawson critical of pacers
Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson has expressed his admiration of Shaun Tait’s bowling performance in the Twenty20 game against Pakistan, but has cast doubts over the accuracy of the speed gun that clocked his[...]
India, South Africa
Amla takes South Africa to a strong position
South Africa are in the box seat. As on day-one, the batsmen continued to dominate Indian bowling attack and in the forefront were Hashim Amla (253*) and Jacques Kallis (173). Amla simply put all the bowlers in a blender and made a puree out of them. His marathon unbeaten double century, which lasted for over [...]
West zone create record with help from Yousuf
West Zone created a world record in first class cricket by successfully chasing down a mammoth 536-run target to clinch the Duleep Trophy title with a dramatic three-wicket victory over South Zone. It was Yusuf Pathan’s phenomenal unbeaten 210, his maiden first class double-century that steered West Zone to the sensational win as they scored 541 [...]





