Warm-up games moved to SSC
The Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Columbo will host the two World Cup 2011 warm-up matches that had been scheduled to take place at Pallekele in Sri Lanka. The ICC said in a statement that…
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Clarke confident despite injury worries
Australia were given further injury headaches ahead of the World Cup after Nathan Hauritz suffered a dislocated shoulder and Shaun Tait limped out of the attack during the second one-day international against England at Hobart.Hauritz's…
Joker role for Steven Smith
Steven Smith's all-round skills are so well honed that he's been asked tobe the side's funny man in his first Ashes Test. In a strange request fora 21-year-old, Smith has been called to boost the…
Nielsen backs struggling Johnson
Australia's coach, Tim Nielsen, has said that the team will do everything in its power to boost the morale of their misfiring strike bowler, Mitchell Johnson, whose place in the starting XI for Friday's second…
Promoters agree to reduce stake, board to run team
The two big changes to the ownership structure of the consortium that bought the Kochi franchise are a reduction of the promoters' holding from 26% sweat equity to 10% free equity, and the appointment of…
Cook and Strauss shine in satisfying draw
ScorecardAlastair Cook's century lifted England's spirits in Adelaide•Getty ImagesAlastair Cook shrugged off a testing start to the tour with a century while Andrew Strauss displayed more attacking intent as England completed a strong warm-up against…
Ryan Sidebottom retires from international cricket
Ryan Sidebottom has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket. The 32-year-old Yorkshire-born fast bowler has played 22 Tests, 25 ODIs and 18 Twenty20s for England, including the recent World Twenty20 triumph in the Caribbean,…
Refurbished Wankhede to host Ranji match
The refurbished Wankhede Stadium will host its first Ranji Trophy match in November between defending champions Mumbai and Assam. The Wankhede has been undergoing renovation for the 2011 World Cup."It was decided at our managing…
Ervine century sets up Zimbabwe XI
Canada 129 & 49 for 3 trail Zimbabwe XI 351 (Ervine 177, Bhatti 6-98) by 173 runsScorecardCraig Ervine dominated Canada with 177•International Cricket CouncilCraig Ervine dominated Canada and outshone his team-mates as Zimbabwe XI finished…
Smith grabs career-best at Chesterfield
ScorecardGreg Smith took a career first-class best of 5 for 54 as ball dominated bat at Chesterfield•PA PhotosDerbyshire allrounder Greg Smith took a career-best five-wicket haul as Northamptonshire were shot out for 201 on an…