Tim Bresnan to make early return from injury
3/29/2013
Woodworm's England star Tim Bresnan is due to make an earlier than anticipated recovery from the elbow injury that prevented him from taking part in England's tour to New Zealand according to reports.Following surgery in the United States back in February, Bresnan was set to be out for eight weeks...
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England salvage draw in New Zealand
3/27/2013
England's tour in New Zealand ended in a thrilling climax as the visitors salvaged a draw from the jaws of defeat at Eden Park in Auckland.With just one wicket remaining, a heroic effort from Matt Prior (110*) helped his side force a draw which ends the series between the two nations at 0-0.Despite...
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Australia slump to series whitewash in Delhi
3/25/2013
Sunday's events in Delhi culminated in Australia suffering their worst
Test series performance since 1970, as India completed a 4-0 series
whitewash over the tourists, winning the final Test by six wickets.Despite
spinner Nathan Lyon's career best 7-94 that had helped limit India's
first in...
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Derbyshire aiming to go all the way in 2013
3/22/2013
LV= County Championship Division One newcomers Derbyshire are certainly not backward in coming forward with their aims for their 2013 campaign.Despite it being only their second time in the top flight since 2000, the team are aiming to go all the way this year and leave the bookies, who've tipped t...
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Warne blames T20 for the decline of leg spin
3/21/2013
Since Shane Warne retired from international cricket six years ago, the cricketing world has waited in vain for the next great leg spinner to arrive. And the master himself is starting to become concerned that no one is stepping up to take over his mantle.With left-arm and off-spin dominating the s...
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Pietersen to miss IPL & England with knee injury
3/20/2013
In news that comes as a big blow to both his national side and the Delhi Daredevils of the Indian Premier League, Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the game for the next six to eight weeks with an injury to his right knee.The England star felt twinges while fielding in a warm up in Queenstown a...
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Watson back to Aus fold after homeworkgate
3/19/2013
After Australian vice-captain Shane Watson and his three team-mates were sensationally dropped from the side, many speculated that it would be the last we would see of the 31-year-old in the baggy green.However, after spending time with his wife who gave birth back home in Sydney last week, Watson...
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Phil Neville to swap boots for bats?
3/18/2013
Former Manchester United star and current Everton captain Phil Neville
might be pulling on a blue shirt every weekend, but it's the cricket
whites he sees in his future after retirement from football.The
36-year-old who has played for England 59-times, as well as winning six
Premier League...
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First International Star signed up for CPL
3/18/2013
Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has been announced as the first international player signed up to take part in the inaugural Caribbean Premier League, the newest of the Twenty20 tournaments that have been sprung up in the wake of the IPL.Scheduled to run from July 29 to August 26, the CPL h...
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Rahim scores first ever Bangladesh Double Century
3/11/2013
Mushfiqur Rahim made cricket history today, becoming the first ever batsman from Bangladesh to score a Test cricket double century on the fourth day of the first test against Sri Lanka in Galle.Team-mate Mohammad Ashraful's own national team record of 190 runs that was scored earlier in the innings...
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Watson and Aus stars booted out of Test side
3/8/2013
As if getting pasted by India by increasingly humiliating margins wasn't bad enough, another bomb shell was dropped on the touring Australia side with the announcement that vice-captain Shane Watson has been dropped from the side for disciplinary infringements along with three other players.Usman K...
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Andy Flower: Sloppy England must sharpen up
3/4/2013
After their dismal defeat to a New Zealand XI over the weekend, England coach Andy Flower has called on his side to step up their game ahead of the first Test match against hosts New Zealand that commences on Tuesday evening [GMT].The three wicket defeat to the select side, that included the stando...
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Australian quicks join County sides
3/1/2013
Two former Australian internationals pacemen have signed up for the 2013 Friend Life t20 campaign on the same day, in the form of Dirk Nannes for Glamorgan and Shaun Tait with Essex respectively today.Effectively swapping clubs, Tait's previous T20 time in England came with the Welsh side in 2010 a...
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