March 31, 2009
Laughlin brings a cutting edge
Carpenter and pace bowler Ben Laughlin is hoping to make his one-day international debut some time in April in South Africa.
Carpenter and pace bowler Ben Laughlin is hoping to make his one-day international debut some time in April in South Africa.
Ricky Ponting has arrived in Durban ahead of Friday’s first one-day international confident that Australia can turn around their form after losing the Twenty20 series 2-0
New Zealand have added young pace bowler Tim Southee to their squad for the third Test against India starting in Wellington on Friday.
The West Indies Cricket Board and the region’s players’ union will hold crisis talks to try and break an impasse that threatens to lead to a boycott of the fifth one-dayer with England.
Western Australia have embarked on an ambitious recruitment drive after a disappointing 2008-09 season that saw them finish fifth in the Sheffield Shield and Ford Ranger Cup competitions, and sixth in the Big Bash Twenty20 tournament
Western Australian have embarked on an ambitious recruitment drive after a disappointing 2008-09 season that saw them finish fifth in the Sheffield Sheild and Ford Ranger Cup competitions, and sixth in the Big Bash Twenty20 tournament. The WACA has approa
Bands and bright lights are not features that the forefathers of cricket could ever have dreamed would infiltrate their beloved game of bat versus ball.
Mitchell Johnson will be the big mover in Australia’s new contract rankings and is closing in on the cherished mantle of the nation’s highest-paid player.
Cricket great Javed Miandad has been reinstated as director general of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), barely a month after resigning in an argument about lack of powers, an official said.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith is set to return from injury to tackle his Australia tormentor Mitch Johnson in Friday’s opening one-day international in Durban.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith is set to return from injury to tackle his Australia tormentor Mitch Johnson in Friday’s opening one-day international in Durban.
Ricky Ponting insists Australia’s tour of South Africa hasn’t run off the rails despite three successive defeats against the home side.
South Africa coach Micky Arthur has publicly thrown his hat into the ring, stating his long-standing desire to coach England’s cricket team.
A marathon innings of 137 in nearly 11 hours by Gautam Gambhir ensured the second Test between India and New Zealand drifted towards a draw on the final day in Napier.
Prolific batsman Michael Klinger is the first Australian cricketer to have English county aspirations blocked by changes to United Kingdom work permit regulations.
Ricky Ponting is confident that his developing team will benefit from their two Twenty20 losses in South Africa as the World Twenty20 approaches. South Africa won the second game in Centurion by 17 runs and took the series 2-0 after a similarly strong vic
New Zealand removed Indian talisman Sachin Tendulkar early on the final day of the second Test, but continued to be thwarted by Gautam Gambhir’s marathon stand on the final day of the second Test in Napier.
Andrew Strauss smashed 79 from 61 balls to lead England to a nine-wicket win under the Duckworth-Lewis Method over West Indies in the rain-affected fourth one-day international.
South Africa will now head to the World Twenty20 brimming with confidence after recording a second consecutive victory over Ricky Ponting’s men, this time by 17 runs, at SuperSport Park
South Africa have claimed a 2-0 win in the Twenty20 International series against Australia after scoring a 17-run victory at Centurion.