The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday inducted three Ashes heroes --Tom Graveney and Peter May of England and Ian Chappell of Australia -- into its Cricket Hall of Fame.
Earlier this month, ECB managing director Ashley Giles had said that cricketers will be provided "mental health screening" before they commit to any further tours.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Ajay Shirke could find himself in trouble over reports that he tried to sabotage the forthcoming limited overs series between England India, starting in Pune on Sunday.
WG Grace, father of modern cricket, has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Lalit Modi got a breather after the BCCI on Tuesday granted the suspended IPL Commissioner 10 additional days to reply to the second show cause notice issued to him for his acts 'detrimental to world cricket'.
Japanese auto major Nissan Motor Co plans to launch a $3,000 car (about Rs 134,000) in 2012 in India to challenge Tata Nano, the world's cheapest passenger car.
Former England bowler Alec Bedser, who took 236 wickets in a glittering England Test career, has died aged 91.
England fans have been asked to stop jeering and respect Australia captain Ricky Ponting in the fourth Ashes Test that starts at Headingley on Friday.
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier said on Sunday he would not resign over the Allen Stanford scandal. Collier and ECB chairman Giles Clarke have come under fire in the media and from within the game over English cricket's association with Texas billionaire Stanford, who has been accused of involvement in an $8 billion securities fraud.
The Kiwi media has said that a greedy India with regard to the menace of match-fixing is the real enemy of the sport of cricket and slumdog billionaires are ruining the show.
India's Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik join an ICC World XI for the high-profile Twenty20 International against the West Indies at Lord's in London on May 31, being organised to raise funds for stadia in the Caribbean damaged by hurricanes last year.
Manchester United reached the League Cup final on Tuesday with a 4-2 win over Derby County at Old Trafford to overturn a shock 1-0 defeat in the first leg.
Graham Ford, who turned down an offer to work with the Indian cricket team in 2007, might replace Peter Moores as the new England coach even though retired spinner Ashley Giles is also in the race for the job, according to media reports in London. The Sunday Telegraph claimed England captain Kevin Pietersen has no trust in Moores' capability as a strategist or analyser and believes the coach does not have the vision required to make England a champion team.
Prakash Amritraj's doubles campaign at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships ended after he and partner Giles Muller lost in the the quarter-finals in Newport. Wild card entrants Amritraj-Muller went down 4-6, 2-6 against Rik de Voest of South Africa and Ashley Fisher of Australia.
India may play five-Test series in England in 2011 and 2015 -- for the first time in more than 50 years -- if the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the BCCI agree on a deal.
Saturday's draw pitted Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, the second seed, against Dutchman Robin Haase while defending champion Xavier Malisse of Belgium will play Giles Muller of Luxembourg.
Saturday's Chennai Open draw pitted Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, the second seed, against Dutchman Robin Haase while defending champion Xavier Malisse of Belgium will play Giles Muller of Luxembourg.
Top seed Andy Murray slumped out of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament on Friday after being outplayed 6-4, 6-2 in the quarter-finals by Frenchman Gilles Simon.
Texas billionaire Allen Stanford has offered to put up $100 million (50 million pounds) for England to play five Twenty20 games against his West Indies All-Star team. England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke had said the prospect of England taking part in a winner-takes-all $20m match in West Indies is "very likely".
Ian Bell is ready to support England captain Kevin Pietersen by taking on added responsibility as one of the more senior players in the team, the batsman said. Bell, a veteran of 43 Tests, told Reuters that after the exit of experienced players such as Marcus Trescothick, Ashley Giles and Matthew Hoggard it was time for him to be recognised as an elder statesman.
Prakash Amritraj put up a brilliant fight back to advance to the singles second round of Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
England appointed Geoff Miller to the newly-created post of national selector and sidelined former chairman of selectors David Graveney. Miller will head up a four-man selection panel which will include head coach Peter Moores, and former Test players Ashley Giles and James Whitaker.
Six years after being told he had six months to live Michael Soper is in line to land the top job in English cricket.
England have named a provisional 30-man squad for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
Giles and Plunkett took four wickets each to beat a PCB Patron's XI by 52 runs on the final day of a three-day match.
The head of Committee of Administrators (COA) Vinod Rai expressed his confidence that the Board of Control for Cricket in India has reached consensus after almost all the top cricket board chiefs have come to India in the last two weeks to discuss the proposed revenue model of International Cricket Council.
Virender Sehwag on Tuesday said he would prefer a "defensive" partner for negotiating the new ball.
Days after the Board of Control for Cricket in India's request to the government for clearance on resumption of cricketing ties with Pakistan, the External Affairs Ministry said no decision has been taken on it.
England bowling coach Chris Silverwood has been named the head coach of the men's team replacing Australia's Trevor Bayliss, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday.
Banned Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, whose appeal against his life ban was rejected by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday, complained about not receiving any support from the Pakistan Cricket Board.
"Here we are missing four key players and still have done well against India," the swashbuckling batsman added.
England captain Alastair Cook and Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews also joined in to pay their respects to Phillip Hughes.
England off-spinner Jamie Dalrymple is hoping for a last-minute call-up for the final Ashes test against Australia, starting in Sydney on Jan. 2.
"Playing against the Indians and interacting with them was a good learning experience," Panesar added.
Ashley Giles has yet to recover from a hip injury.
Evans just became the first plus-sized brand to showcase at London Fashion Week ever. And it was great!
Australian researchers at Cancer Council, Victoria, believe frequent ejaculation cleared potentially carcinogenic chemicals from the prostate.
Orissa Steelers beat Imphal Rangers via a golden goal to go to the top of the table with 12 points in Tier II in the Premier Hockey League.
Off spinner Gareth Batty was added to England's one-day squad to provide cover for Ashley Giles in the triangular series
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