Sandeep Lamichchane -- Nepal's first player to have signed up for the Indian Premier League -- was presented with his team jersey on Friday.
Shane Warne reportedly told a newspaper that Australia coach John Buchanan 'lacked common sense.'
On the lines of the Border-Gavaskar trophy featuring India and Australia, the Sri Lanka Cricket mooted the idea to name Sri Lanka-Australia series after spin greats Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan.
Spin legend Shane Warne says he would be disappointed if Indian captain Virat Kohli did not rethink his 'heat of the moment' comment on friendship with the Australian cricketers.
The Decision Review System was again mired in controversy on Saturday (November 28) during the second day's play between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide after Nathan Lyon was controversially given a reprieve off an appeal for a catch despite HotSpot clearly indicating an edge.
The duo joined former skipper Mark Taylor (1998) as the only cricketers to receive the award.
BCCI has radical plans to allow participation of overseas players in major domestic tournaments.
The BCCI vice-president snubbed the Indian Cricket League as a set of "glorified exhibition matches".
The Indian batting legend reckons the pressure is now on Australia.
Shane Warne could miss the rest of the English season after fracturing a rib while bowling in Hampshire's draw with Lancashire at Old Trafford, his club reported on Friday.
Former Australian international cricketer Shane Warne has reportedly challenged England captain Alastair Cook to toughen up else he might face an Ashes whitewash.
Anil Kumble surpassed Glenn McGrath to become the world's third highest wicket-taker in Tests.
England were 114 for five in their second innings, just 12 runs ahead on Day 3 of the third Ashes Test.
Shane Warne crowned his international farewell with a brilliant half-century to put Australia in control of the final Ashes Test against England on Thursday.
"They've almost signed," Kapil Dev, a board member of the Indian Cricket League, told Reuters.
The Australian opener will join Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath in making his final Test appearance this week.
The Australian leg-spinner now has 999 international wickets, leaving him on the cusp of another remarkable achievement.
Warne clean bowled England opener Andrew Strauss for 50 on the second ball of his fourth over.
A factfile on Australian bowler Glenn McGrath, who is set to retire from cricket after the 2007 World Cup in West Indies.
Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath was keeping a low-profile on Thursday amid growing speculation he was about to follow Shane Warne into retirement.
Monty Panesar captured five wickets on his Ashes debut to help England bowl out Australia for 244 on the opening day of the third Test.
Was the left-hander the right man for the job or simply in the right place at the right time?
Australia named an unchanged squad on Monday for the second and final Test against New Zealand in Adelaide which starts on Friday.
Shane Warne's off-field sexploits have reportedly cost him his lucrative commentating job.
The ace Indian leg spinner is only the fifth bowler to reach the milestone.
India suffered the ignominy of being restricted to its lowest-ever total in Test cricket, collapsing to 36 for 9 in a terminated second innings against Australia on the third morning of the Day/Night first Test, in Adelaide, on Saturday.
Warne reveals of conflict of opinion with Tendulkar over All Stars exhibition matches
Internal squabbles are hurting Australia ahead of next month's Ashes series, according to former England captain Mike Gatting.
Let's have a look at some of Rahul Dravid's finest knocks in international cricket.
The Australian leg spin ace resorted to bowling bouncers and throwing tantrums while leading Hampshire in an English county game against Lancashire that ended in a farce.
Australia's senior cricketers are playing down suggestions they might retire en masse if they win back the Ashes.
Australia's top players have swapped traditional white cricket clothing for Army greens as they step up their preparations for the Ashes series.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting and leg-spinner Shane Warne took top honours in the latest ICC Test batting and bowling rankings.
Steve Smith believes India is one of the toughest places to play Test cricket and winning a five-day format series in the country is a major career goal for him. Smith also heaped praise on India's spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, describing him as a difficult bowler to face in the subcontinent.
The leg spinner brushed off suggestions that the Australians are worried about losing after dominating the last eight series against England since 1986-87.
"To me, he is the new Monty Python: something completely different."
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