Former England spinner Graeme Swann was critical of England's senior players who have done 'next to nothing' as Australia regained the Ashes in Perth on Monday.
Virat's captaincy may have come of age in this competition.
Michael Vaughan and the England team need to reproduce the form displayed during the Ashes to beat Pakistan in the final Test.
Australia and New Zealand are on standby to host the 2011 cricket World Cup if the terror threat in the sub-continent is found to be too high, NZC CEO Justin Vaughan has claimed.
Mumbai get the money-spinning tournament rolling in Chennai on Friday, just four months after claiming their second successive title, with a match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by India captain Virat Kohli.
Becomes second-fastest batsman to register 25 Test centuries
'Sad day for Indian cricket' 'Gratitude has obviously been thrown out of the window by whoever raising 'revolt' against India's giant Kumble'
Social micro-blogging website, Twitter, was flooded with messages and tributes for Australia skipper and class commentator Richie Benaud who died on Thursday. Here is a compilation of tweets celebrating the 'Voice of cricket'.
England team will not fall into the same Ashes trap that snared Michael Vaughan's men four years ago, claims current skipper Andrew Strauss.
New Zealand's visit to Zimbabwe in July has been postponed until June 2010 because of Prime Minister John Key's opposition to the tour. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive Justin Vaughan said the two boards agreed at an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in Johannesburg to postpone the three one-day matches due to the NZ government's lack of support.
The proposal, which has been floated for the 2023-2031 cycle, has not gone down well with the greats of the game, including Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, opposing the idea.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's uncharacteristic outburst against a controversial umpiring decision led to the Chennai Super Kings captain being fined 50 percent of his match fee in Thursday night's Indian Premier League match in Jaipur.
A ruthless India, sporting its new flaming orange and blue colours, will be eyeing pole position with a solid knock-out punch on an already disintegrated England in Sunday's high-profile World Cup encounter. With an unbeaten record in six encounters so far, Virat Kohli's men are all but through to the semi-finals with 11 points, but victory over England will tighten their grip at the top and, in the process, oust the world's No 1 ODI team from the global event.
UEFA issued a strong statement jointly with English, Spanish and Italian leagues and football federations, saying they were ready to use "all measures" to confront any breakaway and saying any participating clubs would be banned from domestic leagues, such as the Premier League.
The halcyon days of those thrilling 1980s and early 1990s teams, when Curtly Ambrose and his fellow pace demons inspired fear and batting blasters like Viv Richards looked so imperious on English tours, have never felt more like pre-history.
Think again, is what Ashwin is telling the 'community' as a whole.
The Headlingley triumph marked the start of a new and important chapter in Indian cricket, with the Indians winning consistently away from home from that point onwards.
England will name a new captain on Monday after Michael Vaughan decided to step down following his team's series loss to South Africa.
Kalra was banned from Ranji Trophy as well as U-23 tournaments on a complaint filed by former Delhi captain Kirti Azad's faction, alleging that the left-handed opener has fudged his age since the U-16 level.
South Africa dismissed England for 231 on the first day of the third Test on Wednesday after further failures for captain Michael Vaughan and Paul Collingwood.
A throw from Black Caps fielder Martin Guptill deflected off Stokes's bat while he was diving to reach his crease to complete the second run and the ball ran off to the boundary in the dying stages of the England run chase.
Member boards from England and Australia are open to the idea while BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly has said that 'it is too early' to talk about it.
Kevin Pietersen has said he should not have been made England captain in 2008 and only took the job because there was nobody else who could do it.
Shakib was banned by the ICC for two years (one year suspended) for not reporting corrupt approaches
Former Team India coach John Wright is favourite to succeed Australia hockey legend Ric Charlesworth as New Zealand Cricket's next High Performance Manager.
Ian Botham says the criticism around the inclusion of spinner Adil Rashid in the home team's squad for the first Test against India is 'unnecessary'.
Michael Vaughan (28 not out) and Alastair Cook (19 not out) took England to 48 without loss when bad light stopped play after the Sri Lankans had amassed 548 for 9 declared for a first-innings lead of 197, on Day 4 of the second Test.
England head into the second Test against New Zealand in Wellington on Thursday facing more than just a 1-0 series deficit.
However New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan said they would do everything possible to get the pacer back.
England captain Michael Vaughan has been fined 40 percent of his match fee for his side's slow over rate in the drawn third Test against Sri Lanka, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday.
From Serena's pumping fists to a Shane Warne and Michael Vaughan on the golf course, Rediff.com's got it all snapped right here.
Dale Steyn said he has made the decision in order to prolong his international career.
Andrew Strauss narrowly missed a hundred as England amassed 268 for 4 on Day 1 of the first Test.
The 31-year-old Durham batsman takes over the reins from his friend and Test captain Michael Vaughan.
Injured England players Michael Vaughan, Andrew Flintoff and Matthew Hoggard will have their fitness assessed on Tuesday before the squad for Friday's second Test against West Indies is named.
He will deputise for Vaughan in the first Test against West Indies starting at Lord's on Thursday.
Flintoff was chosen as captain for the series ahead of Andrew Strauss with regular skipper Michael Vaughan ruled out due to injury.
Insisting that the much talked-about altercation between Ravindra Jadeja and James Anderson was nothing more than a 'minor bust-up' former England captain Michael Vaughan said the visiting Indians were blowing things out of proportion in an attempt to unsettle the home team.
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