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Australian Peter Siddle signs Essex

2012-02-28T11:08:00.000+05:30

Australian right-arm fast-medium bowler Peter Siddle has signed with Essex in English county for the upcoming summer Twenty-20 campaign.

Siddle will join the squad for the opening game on June 13 against Surrey Lions.

Essex head coach Paul Grayson said, "We are delighted to have signed Australia's premier bowler in Test cricket."

Michael Clarke awarded third Allan Border Medal

2012-02-28T11:04:00.000+05:30

Michael Clarke, Australian captain won third Allan Border Medal as the cricketer of the year at in awards ceremony on Monday.

Clarke made 1,167 runs with an average of 68.65 in 11 Tests and Ponting made 837 runs with an average of 52.31 in 10 Tests. They both polled with nine votes, However Clarke was awarded the title because of major votes.

India is the first country with 800 ODIs

2012-02-27T11:25:00.000+05:30

India became the first team in the world to play in 800 ODIs matches.

India played one-day match for the first time in 1974. India’s record: Wins = 394, Losses = 365, Ties = 6, No results = 35

Australia in the second place after india for playing most number of ODIs. Australia played 783 matches and wins 486.

Pakistan in the third place after india and australia. Pakistan played 765 matches and wins 412.

Following are the remaining teams with most number of ODIs:

West Indies (665)
Sri Lanka (654)
New Zealand (618)
England (583)
South Africa (468)
Zimbabwe (407)
Bangladesh (258) and
Kenya (146)

Shoaib Akhtar met with a car accident escapes unhurt

2012-02-27T11:16:00.000+05:30

Shoaib Akhtar, Former Pakistan fast bowler escaped unhurt from his car crashed into a concrete block near roadside.

Geo News stated: "Over-speeding seems to be the cause."

Richard Levi likely to play for Mumbai Indians

2012-02-25T12:16:00.000+05:30

South African opener batsman Richard Levi, who hit the fastest ever century in T20 internationals, 117 runs in just 51 balls against New Zealand will likely to play for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming 5th season of the Indian Premier League.

Levi might replace former Australian batsman Andrew Symonds, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket.

The base price for Levi's as $50,000

Pune Warriors sign Marlon Samuels

2012-02-24T11:39:00.000+05:30

Pune Warriors has signed the West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels for the upcoming season of IPL-5

Samuels will be available for the first half season of IPL to play for Warriors.

New Zealand ODI squad against South Africa

2012-02-21T12:55:00.000+05:30

New Zealand have announced 14-man squad for three-match one-day international series against South Africa. James Franklin, Jesse Ryder and paceman Andy Mckay has been included in a 14 man squad starting on Saturday in Wellington followed by matches in Napier on February 29 and Auckland on March 3.

New Zealand ODI squad: Brendon McCullum (Capt.), Doug Bracewell, James Franklin, Michael Bates, Nathan McCullum, Andrew Ellis, Martin Guptill, Tarun Nethula, Kyle Mills, Rob Nicol, Tim Southee, Andrew McKay, Kane Williamson and Jesse Ryder.

Sangakkara joins 10,000 Club

2012-02-19T10:14:00.000+05:30

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara has completed 10,000 runs in one-day international cricket and becomes 10th batsman to in the world for completing 10,000 runs. He has achieved this landmark at the tri series match against Australia, on Friday by hitting 11 runs of his innings.

After Sanath Jayasuriya and current Captain Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar sangakkara is the third Sri Lankan batsman who scored 10,000 ODI.

Andrew Symonds said goodbye to cricket

2012-02-17T17:03:00.000+05:30

Former Australian great all-rounder Andrew Symonds has took retirement from all forms of cricket. He will not play IPL-5 for Mumbai Indians as he was quitting competitive cricket and for the birth of his first child.

Symonds said, "Effective immediately, I am retiring from all forms of professional cricket. It is with regret that I will not be able to fulfil my final year of the IPL with the Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians and the IPL have both been very supportive of me, but the impending arrival of my first child is a priority."

Since the Twenty20 World Cup in England 3 years ago, he did not played for Australia.

He scored 1462 runs in 26 test at an avergae of 40.61 and took 24 wickets, In 198 ODIs He scored 5088 runs at an average of 39.75 and took 133 wickets.

Ashish Nehra and Ishant Sharma went in Tihar jail

2012-02-17T17:00:00.000+05:30

Indian Cricketers Ishant Sharma and Ashish Nehra visited Tihar Jail to motivate who participated in the cricket tournament.

Both fast bowlers Nehra and Sharma cheered the inmates during the match in Tihar Jail.

Joe Dawes is the new bowling coach for Indian team

2012-02-14T11:55:00.000+05:30

Former Australian fast bowler from Queensland, Joe Dawes will be joining the team india as a bowling coach by replacing Eric Simons at the end of the Australia tour. Simons joined team india in 2010 and ending a two-year long tenure with team india.

Dawes played 76 first-class matches between 1997 and 2005 for Queensland.

New Zealand T20 squad against South Africa

2012-02-13T17:39:00.000+05:30

New Zealand have retained Twenty20 squad against South Africa. Brendon McCullum will lead the squad in Taylor's absence.

New Zealand T20 squad: Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), Doug Bracewell, Michael Bates, Martin Guptill, Colin de Grandhomme, Ronnie Hira, Andrew Ellis, James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Rob Nicol and Kane Williamson

England cricketers met with an taxi accident

2012-02-13T11:56:00.000+05:30

England start cricketer Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad, Monty Panesar and Jonathan Trott escaped unhurt during a minor incident by travelling in a taxi in Duabi. According to the cricket website:

"They were travelling in taxi at the speed of 100kph when suddenly the taxi's bonnet flew up and hit into the windscreen, obscuring the driver's vision. Hopefully, the driver was able to stop the car safely"

Yuvraj Latest picture after his cancer treatment

2012-02-10T15:21:00.001+05:30

Yuvraj Singh has gone bald after his treatment in the Cancer Research Institute in Boston, He has posted his exclusive image on Twitter.

Yuvraj posted:
"Finally the hair has gone ! But #livstrong #yuvstrong"

In his tests cricket career, Yuvraj has scored 1775 runs in 37 matches with an average of 34.80.

In ODI, He has scored 8051 runs with an average of 37.62 in 274 matches.

England ODI, T20 Squad against Pakistan in United Arab Emirates

2012-02-07T16:52:00.000+05:30

England All-rounder Tim Bresnan has been added in one-day and Twenty20 squads. While Ian Bell has been dropped from the limited over series.

21-year-old Buttler, hard-hitting player from Somerset has also been included in the 16-member one-day squad.

National selector Geoff Miller said

"We have selected two squads that include both experienced international players and younger players who have performed strongly for England Lions in recent months and deserve an opportunity to further test themselves against quality opposition."

"Playing against Pakistan in the UAE will be challenging but it is important that these players continue to develop their skills so that we are able to make strides in limited-overs cricket, particularly on the subcontinent."

England ODI squad: Alastair Cook (captain), Jonny Bairstow, James Anderson, Danny Briggs, Ravi Bopara, Steve Finn, Stuart Broad, Eoin Morgan, Tim Bresnan, Craig Kieswetter, Jade Dernbach, Kevin Pietersen, Jos Buttler, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott and Samit Patel.

England Twenty20 squad: Stuart Broad (captain), Ravi Bopara, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, James Anderson, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Danny Briggs, Craig Kieswetter, Tim Bresnan, Eoin Morgan, Jade Dernbach, Kevin Pietersen, Samit Patel and Graeme Swann.

Pakistan ODI, T20 Squad against England in United Arab Emirates

2012-02-07T16:49:00.000+05:30

Pakistan all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Hammad Azam has been included in one-day and Twenty20 squads for series against England in United Arab Emirates.

Misbah-ul Haq will lead the Pakistan team in both the formats. Abdul Razzaq has been dropped for the series for poor performance.

ODI squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Adnan Akmal, Umar Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Abdul Rehman, Azhar Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Wahab Riaz and Hammad Azam.

Twenty20 squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Awais Zia, Imran Farhat, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Adnan Akmal, Aizaz Cheema, Umar Gul, Junaid Khan, Hammad Azam and Wahab Riaz.

Vinay and Jadeja joins the millionaire club in IPL 5

2012-02-06T11:31:00.000+05:30

India's medium fast bowler R Vinay Kumar and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been entered to the millionaire club when Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super kings bagged them for $1 million (4.9 crore) and $2 million (Rs 9.8 crore) respectively.

Ness Wadia, Owner of Kings XI Punjab picked former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood for $200,000 (Rs 98 lakh).

Among the foreigners:
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene for $1.4 million
Muthiah Muralitharan in Royal Challengers Bangalore for (Rs 1.1cr)
Brendon McCullum in Kolkata Knight Riders for $900,000 (Rs 4.4cr)
Mitchell Johnson in Mumbai Indians for $300,000 (Rs 1.5cr)
Brad Hogg in Rajasthan Royals for $180,000 (Rs 88 lakh)
Parthiv Patel in Deccan Chargers for ($650,000 or Rs 3.2cr)
RP Singh in Mumbai Indians for $600,000 (Rs 2.9cr)
Romesh Powar in Kings XI Punjab for $160,000 or Rs 78 lakh
S Sreesanth in Rajasthan Royals for $400,000 or Rs 2cr

So far Laxman and VRV Singh was the only big name to remain unsold.

Pakistani Cricketer Mohammad Amir released from jail

2012-02-02T11:25:00.000+05:30

Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been released from jail after serving half of a six-month sentence. Amir is likely to spend few weeks in London to meet his lawyers before returning to Pakistan.

In February last year ICC banned Amir for five years with his team-mate Mohammad Asif for seven-year ban, addition two years suspended, and Salman Butt was banned for ten years.

Chappell: Lara better than Tendulkar, Ponting

2012-02-01T12:27:00.000+05:30

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell said Lara's great scores 400 in Test cricket, with a triple century and seven double centuries in tests, thats highlights Lara was far better than the Tendulkar and Ponting.

According to Chappell, Brian Lara is one of the three most dominant batsmen of this era.
Chappell wrote for Daily Telegraph,

"This probably highlights an area where Lara is superior to the other two players under discussion; his knowledge of how to amass big scores"

New Zealand ODI, T20 Squad against Zimbabwe

2012-01-28T12:22:00.000+05:30

Brendon McCullum will play the role of skipper for New Zealand in the ODI, T20 series against Zimbabwe.

New Zealand ODI squad: Brendon McCullum (capt), Dean Brownlie, Michael Bates, Andrew Ellis, Doug Bracewell, Tom Latham, Nathan McCullum, Martin Guptill, Tarun Nethula, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills, Kane Williamson and Rob Nicol.

New Zealand T20 squad: Brendon McCullum (capt), Doug Bracewell, Michael Bates, Colin de Grandhomme, James Franklin, Dean Brownlie, Nathan McCullum, Martin Guptill, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Ronnie Hira, Rob Nicol, Kane Williamson and Tim Southee.

Ricky Ponting picture in 99c iPhone app

2012-01-28T12:21:00.000+05:30

Australian batsman Ricky Ponting face is used without his permission in a mobile phone application by an Indian software company AHI Infotech. For this Ricky Ponting is mulling to sue AHI Infotech an Indian software company.

According to the report, Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting was not aware of the fact that 99c iPhone app "Face Guess Cricket" was using his image.

His manager James Henderson said to Herald Sun. "We weren't aware of it and we'll be issuing action against them straight away for the use of his intellectual property."

Nannes return to Surrey for Twenty20

2012-01-27T16:54:00.000+05:30

Australian fast bowler Dirk Nannes will return to Surrey at this season. Nannes will join Murali Kartik at The Oval.

Surrey director Chris Adams said "As we saw last season in the shortest form of the game, Dirk is still one of the most consistently dangerous and economical bowlers on the world scene, He did a fantastic job for us and I can speak for the whole club when I say we are delighted to welcome him back for another spell."

Yuvraj Singh ruled out for six months

2012-01-27T16:44:00.000+05:30

Yuvraj Singh has been ruled out of cricket for six months due to the treatment of his lung tumour.

He would not be available to play the Asia Cup and the IPL season 5 starts on April 4.

Graham Ford is the new coach of Sri Lanka cricket

2012-01-25T15:55:00.000+05:30

Graham Ford from South Africa has been announced Sri Lanka's new coach
Recently Ford announced his quitting coach position for the Dolphins (Durban-based franchise).

Ford will replace Geoff Marsh after losing the entire series in South Africa.

David Miller retained in Kings XI Punjab

2012-01-24T11:15:00.000+05:30

David Miller has been retained by Kings XI Punjab with a two-year contrac in the upcoming season IPL.

Earlier in the transfer window, Dinesh Karthik has been sold by Kings XI to the Mumbai Indians.

Australian T20 squad against India

2012-01-24T11:12:00.000+05:30

Brad Hogg has been included in the Australian Twenty20 squad for the two matches against India.

In 2008, Hogg was retired from international cricket. George Bailey will lead the Australian T20 team.

Australia squad: George Bailey (captain), Travis Birt, David Warner, James Faulkner, Xavier Doherty, Dan Christian, David Hussey, Aaron Finch, Brett Lee, Mitchell Marsh, Brad Hogg, Clint McKay, Shaun Marsh and Matthew Wade.

Dilshan quit Sri Lankan captaincy - Squad for Australia tri-series

2012-01-24T11:10:00.002+05:30

Tillakaratne Dilshan has decided to resigned as a captain in all three forms of cricket after the tour of South Africa. Mahela Jayawardene will lead the side as a captain for the upcoming triangular ODI series in Australia featuring India.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a statement, "Dilshan has resigned as captain in all three formats of the game"

Squad for Australia tri-series featuring India:
Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Kumar Sangakkara, Thisira Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Sachithra Senanayake, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath, Chamara Welegedara, Nuwan Kulasekera and Dhammika Prasad.

Ganguly, Donald join Pune Warriors

2012-01-21T16:03:00.000+05:30

Former Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly and Former Fast Bowler of South Africa Allan Donald have been included to the Pune Warriors as a coaching staff in the fifth season of the IPL.

Ganguly will be the mentor and a player, while Donald will be the bowling coach for Pune Warriors.
Ganguly has been retained for $400,000 by the franchise.

RCB retain with Chris Gayle for the next two IPL seasons

2012-01-20T20:56:00.000+05:30

Royal Challengers Bangalore has retained aggressive batsman Chris Gayle for the next two seasons of IPL.

Royal Challengers Bangalore sports private limited Director Sidhartha Mallya said in a statement "We are delighted to make Chris Gayle a permanent member of our IPL squad. We are confident that with players like him in our side, we will take the extra step this season, and win our maiden IPL title."

Gayle said, "I wanted to continue playing for them, and it turned out that they were keen to retain my services."

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)Twenty20 auction

2012-01-19T18:09:00.000+05:30

Shahid Afridi has been sold to the Dhaka franchise for $700,000 in an auction for Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)2012 tournament. But batsman Herschelle Gibbs and spinner Monty Panesar failed to attract bids in current BPL auction.

There is a total of 111 overseas players and 80 local cricketers with a maximum budget of $2million.

Chris Gayle for Barisal in $551,000
Marlon Samuels for Rajshahi in $360,000
Kieron Pollard for Dhaka franchises in $300,000
Shoaib Malik for Chittagong in $150,000
Dwayne Bravo for Chittagong in $150,000
Brad Hodge for Barisal in $140,000
Sanath Jayasuriya for Rajshahi in $110,000
Muttiah Muralitharan for Chittagong in $100,000
Niall O'Brien for Khulna in $80,000
Nasir Hossain for Khulna in $200,000

There are no Indian players in the auction for Bangladesh Premier League.

Bangladesh international players Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Alok Kapali and Shahriar Nafees had been choosen as a icon players for all the six franchises in BPL and excluded from current auction.

India Team Squad for ODI triangular series against Australia and Sri Lanka

2012-01-16T21:21:00.000+05:30

Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan both have been selected in 17-member squad for the ODI triangular series in Australia. MS Dhoni will lead the Indian squad in the ODI triangular series against Sri Lanka and Australia.

Indian squad:
MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Parthiv Patel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Irfan Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Praveen Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Zaheer Khan, Rahul Sharma, R Vinay Kumar and R Ashwin.

Pragyan Ojha to play for Mumbai Indians in IPL5

2012-01-15T12:07:00.000+05:30

Left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha will play for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming season of Indian Premier League (IPL5). Earlier he was the part of Deccan chargers from Hyderabad.

Ojha so far in 56 matches took 62 wickets with an average of 22.19 in IPL.

Zimbabwe announced squad for New Zealand tour

2012-01-13T13:04:00.000+05:30

Zimbabwe's Leg-spinner Graeme Cremer, Matsikenyeri and bowler Brian Vitori has been selected for the squad to tour New Zealand starting from January 26 at Napier.

Match Details and Series:

Thu Jan 26 - Mon Jan 30
1st Test - New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (Napier)

Fri Feb 3
1st ODI - New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (Dunedin)

Mon Feb 6
2nd ODI - New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (Whangarei)

Feb 9
3rd ODI - New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (Napier)

Feb 12
1st T20 - New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (Auckland)

Feb 14
2nd T20 - New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (Hamilton)

Zimbabwe squad: Brendan Taylor (Capt.), Tinotenda Mawoyo, Malcolm Waller, Elton Chigumbura, Hamilton Masakadza, Tatenda Taibu, Regis Chakabva, Ray Price, Foster Mutizwa, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Keegan Meth, Graeme Cremer, Prosper Utseya, Brian Vitori, Shingi Masakadza and Kyle Jarvis.

will Dhoni retire from test cricket?

2012-01-13T12:30:00.000+05:30

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hinted on Thursday at the press conference that he might say goodbye to test cricket by the end of 2013.

World champion team captain Dhoni said "If I want to see the 2015 World Cup, I’ll have to retire from one of the formats. There’s still time as I am just 30. We will see it by 2013."

In the last few days, Dhoni's captaincy in Tests has been under severe criticism after lost 6 test matches in abroad continuosly.

Mitchell Johnson comments over his Test career

2012-01-12T12:43:00.000+05:30

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson struggling with his big toe of left foot injury believes that still five to six years of cricket is left in him and he wants to be a part of IPL to regain his place in Test cricket.

Mitchell has been ruled out of the forthcoming series against West Indies in March-April.

Mitchell said on Fox Sports "I'm only 30 years of age, I'm definitely confident of my ability, I've got five or six years left in me so that's my goal."

Johnson played 47 matches in his career and has taken 190 wickets so far.

Andrew McDonald will play for Royal Challengers Bangalore

2012-01-12T12:15:00.000+05:30

Australian all-rounder Andrew McDonald will now play for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming season of IPL. During the IPL trading window Andrew has moved from Delhi Daredevils to RCB.

The BCCI said in a statement, Australia's ALLROUNDER Andrew McDonald now went into the Royal Challengers Bangalore. McDonald is the member of the Melbourne Renegades in Big Bash League.

Umpires and referee for England Pakistan Series

2012-01-11T10:59:00.000+05:30

Javagal Srinath, Former Indian fast bowler has been appointed as the match referee for the Tests series between England and Pakistan in UAE.

Umpires for the entire series:

1st Test: Bruce Oxenford and Billy Bowden
2nd Test: Bruce Oxenford and Steve Davis
3rd Test: Steve Davis and Simon Taufel

1st ODI: Ahsan Raza and Simon Taufel
2nd ODI: Kumar Dharmasena and Aleem Dar
3rd ODI: Simon Taufel and Aleem Dar
4th ODI: Zameer Haider and Kumar Dharmasena

1st T20: Sozaib Raza and Ahsan Raza
2nd T20: Zameer Haider and Ahsan Raza
3rd T20: Sozaib Raza and Zameer Haider

Bresnan will not play in Pakistan series

2012-01-10T19:16:00.000+05:30

England paceman Tim Bresnan has been ruled out for the forthcoming Pakistan series due to injury of soreness in the elbow

Kevin Pietersen join Delhi Daredevils

2012-01-09T21:27:00.000+05:30

Kevin Pietersen has been moved to Delhi Daredevils from Deccan Chargers in the upcoming season of 2012 IPL.

In 2009, Pietersen was being a part of and captained Royal Challengers Bangalore for a few games.

Pietersen, said: "I am looking forward to a wonderful time with the Delhi Daredevils," Pietersen said. "It will be a great experience to be playing in the same squad as Sehwag."

India-Australia series hit more than ashes

2012-01-08T12:48:00.000+05:30

Test cricket series running between India and Australia so far the one-sided view even though Mahendra Singh Dhoni captain of India lost the first two matches but according to the latest ratings audience are more than ashes series. In TV this series is been proving a hit more than Ashes.

Compared to last year's ashes this year television viewership has been up to 30 percent.

Kohli fined for showing finger to audience

2012-01-05T19:59:00.000+05:30

Thursday, January 5, 2012, Sydney

India's middle order batsmen Virat Kohli have been fined 50 percent of his match fees on the second day of test at the SCG for showing his middle finger to the audience.

Kohli pleaded guilty after the match and posted on Twitter, "i agree cricketers dont have to retaliate. what when the crowd says the worst things about your mother and sister. the worst ive heard"

Sri Lanka ODI squad against South Africa

2012-01-04T20:10:00.000+05:30

Sri Lanka has announced their squad in which Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Kosala Kulasekara and Upul Tharanga has been selected in a 15-man squad for the upcoming five-match one-day series against South Africa starting from January 11 in Paarl.

Sri Lanka squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Kosala Kulasekara, Dinesh Chandimal, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dhammika Prasad, Rangana Herath, Ajantha Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne and Dilhara Fernando.

Glenn McGrath: Australia team will win 4-0

2012-01-03T19:53:00.000+05:30

Legend fast bowler Glenn McGrath has predicted Australia whitewashing India 4-0 in the current test cricket series, because he feels home team's fast bowling attack, especially the young and dynamic fast bowler James Pattinson is the key to win.

McGrath said "Yesterday, I said 3-0 but I stuffed up because I thought there were only three Tests. But definitely 4-0 now"

In test career, McGrath took 563 wickets in 124 Tests.

Cricinfo's Test XI and ODI eleven of the year

2012-01-02T20:36:00.000+05:30

Rahul dravid is the only Indian cricketer, who found a place in ESPN cricinfo Test-11 team of the year 2011, while five players, including Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni were chosen for the ESPN cricinfo ODI XI.

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar could not find a place in any team.

England players dominated ESPN cricinfo Test XI, because there are six players of England in the squad featuring Alastair Cook, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell and Matt Prior.

Other players are two players from Pakistan, opener batsman Mohammed Hafeez and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. Darren Bravo from West Indies and fast bowler Dale Steyn from South Africa.

In the ODI X1, Virender Sehwag has been chosen as opener who recently scored the highest individual 219 runs against the West Indies.

Test XI Squad: Mohammad Hafeez, Alastair Cook, Rahul Dravid, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Darren Bravo, Saeed Ajmal, Stuart Broad, Dale Steyn and James Anderson

ODI XI Squad: Virender Sehwag, Mahela Jayawardene, Shane Watson, Shahid Afridi, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Saeed Ajmal, Zaheer Khan and Lasith Malinga.

South Africa ODI squad against Sri Lanka

2012-01-01T13:47:00.001+05:30

South Africa announced their squad for the ODI series against Sri Lanka starting from 11 January in Paarl, with the final match will be played in Johannesburg. Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher has been dropped out from the squad.

AB de Villiers will lead the team as a wicketkeeper-batsman.

South Africa squad: AB de Villiers (captain), Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Johan Botha, Dean Elgar, Rory Kleinveldt, Jacques Kallis, Francois du Plessis, Wayne Parnell, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Robin Peterson and Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Bangladesh Premier League starts on February 9

2011-12-30T20:04:00.000+05:30

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), first edition will kick off on February 9, 2012 and final to be played on 29 February.

Six teams will play each other twice in the 20-day tournament over 33 matches to be played in Chittagong and Dhaka. five foreign players to be allowed in their XIs

Adam Gilchrist, Kieron Pollard, Mathew Hayden, Dwayne Bravo, James Anderson and Kamran Akmal are among foreign players who are available for the tournament so far.

World's stunning and amazing catch, Best Catch in Cricket

2011-12-28T20:32:00.000+05:30

Graham Gooch (British) and his team taking a stunning and amazing catch

Aaqib Javed is the new bowling coach for Pakistan

2011-12-28T20:11:00.000+05:30

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former fast bowler Aaqib Javed as the bowling coach of the team just before the test series against England in UAE starts in January.

Javed has been added in the nine-man support staff for the series.

The former Pakistan batsman, Ijaz Ahmed, has been named as the fielding coach, while Mohsin Khan continue as the interim head coach.

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2011-12-28T20:01:00.000+05:30

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Mahela Jayawardene 10,000 Scores in Tests

2011-12-27T20:09:00.000+05:30

Sri Lankan Experienced batsman Mahela Jayawardene became first batsman of his team and ninth batsman in the world to score 10,000 runs in Test Cricket history.

34-year-old batsman, Jayawardene achieved 10,000 runs milestone on the first day of the second Test against South Africa in Durban on Monday.

Record of Fastest 10,000 runs is named to Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar. They both achieved their milestone in 195 innings. Ricky ponting achieved in 196 innings and Rahul dravid with 206 innings

Other Batsmen with 10,000 runs or more:

Sachin Tendulkar (15183)
Rahul Dravid (13094)
Ricky Ponting (12718)
Jacques Kallis (12036)
Brian Lara (11953)
Allan Border (11174)
Steve Waugh (10927)
Sunil Gavaskar (10122)

Pakistan Test Squad for England Series 2012 in UAE

2011-12-27T19:59:00.000+05:30

Pakistan recall Umar Akmal to test squad, while former captain Shoaib Malik has not been selected for test series against England in the United Arab Emirates starting from 17 Jan in Dubai. In addition, Left arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz and Junaid Khan have been selected for the test series.

Test Squad: M Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Taufeeq Umar, Younus Khan, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Misbahul Haq (capt), Adnan Akmal, Umar Akmal, Aizaz Cheema, Umar Gul, Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Abdur Rehman and M Talha

Dav Whatmore to coach Pakistan team

2011-12-26T19:56:00.000+05:30

Pakistan Cricket Board said Dav Whatmore, former World Cup winning Sri Lanka coach has been finalise his appointment as head coach of Pakistan team.

Pakistan team was without a full time coach since when Waqar Younis left the position of coach in September.

Subhan Ahmed, PCB chief operating officer said to local media "We are in the process of finalising the appointment and in this regard are in discussions with Whatmore".
Whatmore will reach Pakistan in second week of January, he added.

Mohsin Khan has been retained for next month series against England in the UAE as an interim coach.

BBC Team of the Year is England

2011-12-23T19:51:00.000+05:30

England cricket team coach Andy Flower named Coach of the Year, while England named Team of the Year award at the BBC's Sports Personality awards

England completed their:

3-1 Ashes victory in Sydney early in January
4-0 whitewash against India at home test series

Australian squad for test against India at MCG

2011-12-21T21:03:00.000+05:30

Australia has announced 13-member squad for the first test against india at the Melbourne Cricket Ground starting from Boxing Day on 26th December.

Squad - Michael Clarke (captain), Ed Cowan, David Warner, Brad Haddin, Ricky Ponting, Shaun Marsh, Dan Christian, Mike Hussey, Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon.

Shane Warne's Bronze statue to be unveiled at MCG

2011-12-21T21:00:00.000+05:30

Australian spin legend Shane Warne's bronze statue will be unveiled on Thursday at outside the MCG by Melbourne Cricket Club, for his contribution to the cricket and his achievements.

'Herald Sun' reported: Warne, will join his fellow cricketers Dennis Lillee, Don Bradman, Keith Miller and Bill Ponsford at the MCG.

In test match career, Warne took 708 wickets and 293 in ODIs. In 2007, he retired from international cricket after Ashes series victory by 5-0.

Matthew Hayden may retire after Big Bash

2011-12-20T19:56:00.001+05:30

Former Australian great opener batsman Matthew Hayden has revealed that he will quit all formats of cricket after the KFC Big Bash Twenty20 League to focus on family.

Hayden said in The Courier Mail: "I don't think I'll play again next year. This will be it for me. There's just so much happening in my life, you can never wind back the clock..I'm a father of three firstly and I have a lot of work to do off the field. I probably won't face Warnie again - hopefully I will be the winner."

"It is like walking down memory lane for me. In future, I'd like to be part of building on this Twenty20 competition."

Matthew Hayden in his Test career, scored 8625 runs with an average of 50.73 including 30 centuries and 29 half-centuries. In ODIs, He scored 6133 runs with an average of 43.80 including 10 hundreds and 36 fifties.

Tim Paine would not be able to play first class cricket

2011-12-18T18:46:00.000+05:30

The coach of South Australia, Darren Berry believes that the after the serious injury in finger, wicketkeeper batsman Tim Paine now maybe ever would not play cricket again.

Berry said his meeting with the Paine was in Hobart, in the meantime he saw the injury in his finger.

He wrote in his column in the Sun Herald newspaper "I could tell by watching him trying to make a fist he was a mile away from competitive cricket."

Paine, played four Tests for Australia, his finger broke during the pre-season training with Tasmania

Shane Warne is fit to play an opening game in KFC Big Bash Twenty20

2011-12-16T21:22:00.000+05:30

The great leg-spinner, 42, Shane Warne is fit to play in KFC Big Bash Twenty20 League for the Melbourne Stars against the Sydney Thunder in an opening game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Shane Watson Becomes Richest Cricketer in Australia

2011-12-15T20:34:00.000+05:30

Melbourne, Wednesday, 14 December 2011

All rounder Shane Watson becomes the richest Australian cricketer with the Indian Premier League (IPL) money.

According to the Business Review Weekly magazine, cricket has now emerged to the list of Top 50 Sports Earners of 2011.

Shane watson is at 11th place in the rich list of Australian sports persons by earning USD 4 million.

Watson earned USD 1.8 million in IPL, playing for Rajasthan Royals. He is one of the few players to play Test matches, ODI and T20 cricket.

Shaun Marsh out, Shane Watson in for first test against India

2011-12-15T20:28:00.001+05:30

Shaun Marsh has been ruled out from the first test against india starting from 26 December at Melbourne as he is yet to recover from his lower back injury and Shane Watson has been recalled to assess his fitness.

Phillip Hughes will join Worcestershire

2011-12-14T12:37:00.001+05:30

Australian left-hander batsman, Phillip Hughes will join Worcestershire in June 2012 in county cricket. Hughes has had played with Middlesex in 2009 and Hampshire in 2010.

Hughes said "I'm absolutely thrilled to be heading back to England, Worcestershire is a quality organisation and I can't wait to meet my new team-mates and re-acquaint myself with English conditions. My previous stint in England helped my batting enormously and I have high expectations that spending the 2012 Australian winter in the UK will do the same."

Phillip Hughes pulls out of KFC T20 Big Bash League

2011-12-14T12:12:00.001+05:30

Phillip Hughes, Australia's Test opener has withdrawn his name from the Sydney Thunder in the KFC T20 Big Bash League in order to focus on his longer format game.

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2011-12-13T22:32:00.000+05:30

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Daniel Vettori out for up to a month

2011-12-12T20:08:00.000+05:30

New Zealand's all rounder player Daniel Vettori has been away from New Zealand cricket for a month due to his hamstring injury.

New Zealand team Physio Paul Close said in a statement "Dan sustained a recurrence of his left hamstring injury that's been problematic for him over the last few years."

"We expect him to be rehabbing the injury and back to full fitness within three to four weeks. We are confident he will be back to play some cricket at some stage in the New Year," He added.

England-Pakistan series under UDRS

2011-12-12T20:05:00.003+05:30

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) once again supported the use of the review system (UDRS). Announced that the UDRS will be used in ODI and test series against England in next month.

Pakistan to play three test and ODI series against England in UAE starting from 17th Jan.

76 matches will be played in IPL 5, auctions in Jan

2011-12-12T20:02:00.000+05:30

Indian Premier League for the fifth tournament, auctions will be start at the end of January or at the beginning of February. For each IPL franchises get cap of $2 million to spend on players.

The players of the Kochi Tuskers Kerala franchise will be part of the auction, which was terminated by BCCI earlier in this year.

The IPL Governing council increased the number of players from 30 to 33 in each team. In IPL-5, foreign players will be 11 instead of 10 for each team. However, two more Indian players can be included to each team's roster.

The IPL-5 season will start on April 4 in Chennai and the final will also be played in Chennai on May 27, 2012. There will be an additional four play-off matches, in Bangalore and Chennai.

Yuvraj eyes on ODI Series

2011-12-12T19:57:00.000+05:30

Indian all rounder Yuvraj Singh, who is recovering from tumour in his lung, said his aim to return to the one-day international triangular series in next year, February in Australia.

Yuvraj Singh, told reporters "I'm getting ready to play again. I am targeting the ODI series in Australia"

India tour of Australia 2011-2012 schedule and fixtures

2011-12-12T19:54:00.000+05:30

Test Match

Mon Dec 26 - Fri Dec 30

1st Test - Australia vs India
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Tue Jan 3 - Sat Jan 7

2nd Test - Australia vs India
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Fri Jan 13 - Tue Jan 17

3rd Test - Australia vs India
W.A.C.A., Perth

Tue Jan 24 - Sat Jan 28

4th Test - Australia vs India
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Twenty20 Internationals

Wed Feb 1 (D/N)

1st T20 - Australia vs India
ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Fri Feb 3 (D/N)

2nd T20 - Australia vs India
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Vinay to replace Aaron for Australia tour

2011-12-10T09:38:00.000+05:30

Injured fast bowler Varun Aaron has been replaced by Vinay Kumar in Indian team for the Australia tour. Due to a rib injury during a Ranji Trophy match, Praveen Kumar also been replaced by Abhimanyu Mithun.

The 27-year-old Vinay Kumar has played many ODI but didn't get a chance to play test match.

England Test Squad for Pakistan series

2011-12-09T19:52:00.000+05:30

England's Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar named in a 16-man squad for Test series against Pakistan in UAE.

Due to security concerns in Pakistan, Test series will be played in the UAE. England will announce one-day and Twenty20 squads later date.

PAKISTAN Vs ENGLAND 2012

17 Jan: First Test, Dubai
25 Jan: Second Test, Abu Dhabi
3 Feb: Third Test, Dubai
13 Feb: First ODI, Abu Dhabi
15 Feb: Second ODI, Abu Dhabi
18 Feb: Third ODI, Dubai
21 Feb: Fourth ODI, Dubai
23 Feb: First T20, Dubai
25 Feb: Second T20, Dubai
27 Feb: Third T20, Abu Dhabi

England Test squad: Andrew Strauss (capt), Jonathan Trott, Eoin Morgan, Alastair Cook, Matt Prior (wkt), Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad, Ian Bell, James Anderson, Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett, Tim Bresnan, Steven Davies, Monty Panesar, Ravi Bopara and Steven Finn

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2011-12-09T12:41:00.000+05:30

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Sehwag's Double century, India 418 runs in ODI

2011-12-08T20:58:00.000+05:30

Indian Captain Virender sehwag here on Thursday against the West Indies in fourth one-day innings scored 219 runs highest individual score in one day international cricket.

Sehwag scored 219 runs including 7 sixes and 25 fours in just 149 balls.

Bangladesh Test Squad against Pakistan

2011-12-07T20:09:00.000+05:30

Bangladesh former captain Mohammad Ashraful have been recalled to a 15-man squad for upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan. The first test begins on Friday in Chittagong. The second Test will start from December 17 to 21 in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Test Squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (Capt.), Shahriar Nafees, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Ashraful, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Nasir Hossain, Naeem Islam, Shahadat Hossain, Elias Sunny, Nazmul Hossain, Robiul Islam, Sohrawordi Shuvo and Nazimuddin.

South Africa Test Squad against Sri Lanka

2011-12-07T20:06:00.000+05:30

Cape Town, Tuesday, 6 December, 2011

South African fast bowler Marchant de Lange has been included in the 13-member team for the first test against Sri Lanka starting from 15 December.

South African Test squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Jacques Rudolph, AB de Villiers (vice-capt), Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher (wkt), Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Alviro Petersen, Imran Tahir and Marchant de Lange.

New captain of Rajasthan Royals is Rahul Dravid

2011-12-04T11:47:00.000+05:30

Experienced batsman Rahul dravid has created a new captain of the Rajasthan Royals team in Indian Premier League on Saturday.

The Rajasthan Royals bought Dravid for $500,000 at auction. In the first three sessions dravid had played for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Dravid said, "I am honoured to lead the Rajasthan Royals. I hope to live up to the confidence shown in me by the franchise and give our fans an exciting season of cricket. I look forward to the valuable inputs from my team mates who are already leading their national sides and clubs."

Shane Warne congratulated dravid on his appointment, shane warne said, "I would like to congratulate Rahul Dravid on his appointment as the captain of the Royals. He is not only one of the world's best batsmen, but a leader par excellence."

The fifth season of the IPL Twenty20 league will begin from April 4 to May 27 2012.

For Big Bash MacGill out of retirement

2011-12-02T14:30:00.000+05:30

Australian former leg spinner Stuart MacGill announced that he was coming out of retirement to play for the Sydney Sixers in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Tournament.

In 2008 MacGill, has retired from international cricket with 208 Test wickets at an average of 29.02

Tim Bresnan elbow surgery

2011-12-01T19:51:00.000+05:30

England's great all-rounder, Tim Bresnan has undergone elbow surgery and expected to be fit for the Test series against Pakistan in UAE in next month January.

Mitchell Johnson out for six months

2011-12-01T19:50:00.000+05:30

Australian fast bowler, Mitchell Johnson has been ruled out of all formats of cricket for five to six months due to undergoing surgery of his left foot on the toe at Melbourne.

Doctor Trefor James of Cricket Australia said, "I would expect Mitchell to be able to return to cricket in five to six months."

Sri Lanka Test squad for South Africa Tour

2011-11-29T19:50:00.000+05:30

Sri Lankan batsman Thilan Samaraweera has been added to the 17th member of the touring squad for next month Test series against South Africa.

In 68 Test matches, Samaraweera has scored 4,683 runs with an average of 52.61 with 12 centuries.

Sri Lanka's Test squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Tharanga Paranavitana, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kaushal Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, Chanaka Welegedara, Nuwan Pradeep, Thisara Perera, Dilhara Fernando, Dimuth Karunaratne, Ajantha Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Thilan Samaraweera and Rangana Herath.

Australian test squad against New Zealand

2011-11-28T22:14:00.000+05:30

Australia's aggressive opener David Warner has been selected in the test team for series against New Zealand. Warner replaces all-rounder ShaneWatson.

Mitchell Johnson, Patrick Cummins, Ryan Harris and Shaun Marsh have been ruled out from the test series due to injury.

Australia's new fast bowling attack James Pattinson, Ben Cutting and Mitchell Starc have been included in the team.

Squad: Michael Clarke (captain), David Warner, Phillip Hughes, Michael Hussey, Ricky Ponting, Usman Khawaja, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson and Ben Cutting.

Indian Test Squad against Australia

2011-11-28T22:10:00.001+05:30

The announcement of Indian cricket team for Australia tour in the Next month has been announced on Saturday.

Best performance in the test series against West Indies, Off-spinner R Ashwin and left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has been selected in the test team. Whereas, Harbhajan Singh and all-rounder Yuvraj Singh both were dropped out for tour of Australia.

Rohit Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha and Zaheer Khan have been selected in the seventeen-Member test team.

Squad: MS Dhoni (Capt. &wk), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Praveen Kumar, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha and Zaheer Khan.

10 DEC UPDATE:
Abhimanyu Mithun will replace injured Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar replaces injured Varun Aaron

Dwayne Bravo play for Sydney Sixers in Big Bash Twenty-20

2011-11-28T22:07:00.000+05:30

West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is ready to play for Sydney Sixers in the upcoming KFC T20 Big Bash competition, Recently Bravo was sidelined with an ankle injury. Last year Bravo played for Victoria in the Big Bash League.

Bravo will leave on Dec 10 for Australia to play Big Bash Twenty-20 League and returning Jan 7 to take part in the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 championship.

Bravo said: "I will be flying out to Australia for the Big Bash but this time around I will also be available for Trinidad & Tobago in the regional series, as we look to defend our title."

Sachin's Nervous Nineties Record

2011-11-25T15:21:00.000+05:30

Master-Blaster Sachin Tendulkar once again missed the 100th ton in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai against West Indies.

Recently in England tour, Sachin Tendulkar had missed 100th ton by only nine runs in the oval test.

Sachin made his last test century against South Africa at Cape Town in January 2011. While in the ODI cricket sachin made his last century against South Africa in Nagpur in the World Cup 2011. Since then sachin has played 13 test innings and made four half centuries, but still 100th ton has yet to wait.

In Nervous Nineties record, Sachin has been out 10 times in test Cricket, while 17 times in ODI.

Harbhajan wants to play 5-6 years more

2011-11-25T10:26:00.000+05:30

Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh said that he still can play 5-6 years more. He said he never ran from the competition.

"I think I can still contribute to the team," said Harbhajan Singh.

Sri Lanka squad against South Africa tour

2011-11-23T12:53:00.001+05:30

Ajantha Mendis has been involved in 16-member test squad for the South Africa tour in December.

Fast bowler Dilhara Fernando has also been included in the test squad. He played his last test against England in June.

Sri Lanka will play three-Test series against South Africa in Centurion starting from December 15

Test squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan (captain), Tharanga Paranavitana, Angelo Mathews (vice-captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Kaushal Silva (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Chandimal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dilhara Fernando, Lahiru Thirimanne, Nuwan Pradeep, Chanaka Welegedara, Thisara Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath

Mickey Arthur is the new coach of Australia

2011-11-22T19:48:00.000+05:30

Mickey Arthur has been appointed Australia's coach after Tim Nielsen quit. Justin Langer and Tom Moody were also in the race of Australia's new coach but Arthur won the race. Arthur, was coached South Africa from 2005 until 2010. Since then he has worked with Western Australia

Arthur said "I am honored and privileged to have another chance to coach an international team, particularly a team of the ilk of Australia. I think I bring a fresh, unblinkered eye to the role after plotting against Australia when coaching South Africa and having now worked within the Australian system with the Western Warriors."

"Australia has an abundance of cricket talent and I am confident the talent is there to ensure Australia is successful," he added.

The 43-year-old, Arthur (non-Australian) will start his coaching on December 1, Test against New Zealand in Brisbane.

Pakistan team against Bangladesh

2011-11-21T20:04:00.000+05:30

Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the team for the upcoming series against Bangladesh. Left arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz has not been selected in the squad. Young fast bowler Mohammad Talha will replace Riaz.

Pakistan squad: Misbahul Haq (captain), Imran Farhat, Younis Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Umer Gul, Taufeeq Umer, Sarfraz Ahmed, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Abdul Rehman, Umer Akmal, Aizaz Cheema & Asad Shafiq.

Kohli, Gambhir, Raina won CEAT rating award

2011-11-21T20:02:00.000+05:30

India's middle order batsman Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli won the Ceat International Youngster of the Year 2011 and T20 Player of the Year awards on Saturday.

Left handed opener batsman Gautam Gambhir won the Match-Winning Innings of the Year for his brilliant 97 runs against Sri Lanka on April 2, in the World Cup final at Wankhede Stadium.

England batsman Jonathan Trott won two awards, international cricketer of the year and batsman of the year award.

James Anderson won International Bowler of the Year award.

Indian explosive batsman Virender sehwag and VVS Laxman both were honored with special award for their huge contribution to Indian cricket and for completing 10 years in international cricket.

West Indies former fast bowler Courtney Walsh won the Lifetime Achievement Award for the 2010-11 season.

All nine players receive the awards worth Rs 5lakh each and a trophy.

Dhoni's bat fetches Rs.72 lakh at auction

2011-11-21T19:55:00.000+05:30

Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's bat fetches Rs.72 lakh at auction. This precious bat was created the world champion in Mumbai on April 2 in the World Cup.

Dhoni received 72 lakhs and raise funds to the dhoni's wife's charitable organization - Sakshi Foundation.

The Indian team for third test against Windies in Mumbai

2011-11-18T11:29:00.000+05:30

Middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh has been out of the Indian test team in the third and last test against West Indies and replaced by Rohit Sharma.

Indian Team: M.S. Dhoni (captain & wicket-keeper), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, V.V.S. Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, R. Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma and Rahul Sharma.

Windies ODI squad against India, Gayle excluded

2011-11-18T11:27:00.000+05:30

West Indies top-order batsman Jason Mohammed and spinner Sunil Narine has been selected in the 15-member team for the five-match ODI series against India starting from November 30 in Cuttack. Former team captain Dwayne Bravo, all-rounder Chris Gayle, Leg spinner Devendra Bishoo and Fidel Edwards has not been selected in the ODI team.

West Indies Squad: Darren Sammy (Capt.), Darren Bravo, Anthony Martin, Sunil Narine, Adrian Barath, Danza Hyatt, Jason Mohammed, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Kemar Roach, Kieran Powell, Marlon Samuels, Ravi Rampaul and Lendl Simmons

Shane Watson's is the best all-rounder - Lance Klusener

2011-11-17T11:02:00.000+05:30

South Africa's former all-rounder Lance Klusener said that Australia's Shane Watson played well with the bat and ball both. According to the Klusener, Shane Watson is currently the best all-rounder.

Dernbach joins Melbourne Stars

2011-11-16T11:37:00.000+05:30

England fast bowler Jade Dernbach has been signed with Melbourne Stars in Big Bash League.

Dernbach said. "I can't wait to run out at the MCG with the Stars shirt on my back and play my part in bringing the BBL trophy to the Stars."

Gillespie the new coach for Yorkshire

2011-11-16T11:36:00.000+05:30

Jason Gillespie, the former Australian fast bowler has been appointed as the new coach of Yorkshire on a two-year term, said English county.

Gillespie played for county from 2006 to 2007. He also spent time as a bowling coach in the IPL with Kings XI Punjab and Australia A including with Zimbabwe domestic team MidWest Rhinos.

In his test career between 1996 to 2006, He played 71 test matches and took 259 wickets.

No Test championship until 2017 - ICC

2011-11-15T10:32:00.000+05:30

Haroon Lorgat, ICC chief executive announced that Cricket's world test match championship will not begin until 2017.

World Cup of test cricket is difficult to organise, due to the length of five-day games.

Australia tour to West Indies in 2012

2011-11-14T11:40:00.000+05:30

Australia's tour of the West Indies will begin from March 16, 2012 starting with five ODIs, two Twenty20 Internationals and three Tests.

Five ODI Series - March 16, 2012 Onwards
Two match T20 Series - March 27 Onwards
Three Tests Series - April 7 Onwards

Steyn becomes 20th bowler to reach 900 ranking points

2011-11-14T11:39:00.000+05:30

South African fast bowler Dale Steyn has become the 20th bowler to break the 900 ranking points in the ICC test bowling rankings after won the first test against Australia on Friday claiming six wickets.

Steyn started the Cape Town test with 899 points and in the first innings he took 4 wickets and in the second inning took 2 wickets. Steyn is the second bowler of South Africa to reach at this achievement, the first one is Shaun Pollock.

900 or more ratings points shows that the bowler is truly outstanding, Steyn has got 902 points and holding the number one slot in the test bowling rankings.

Steyn said "It is very special for me to join the 900-point club. There are a lot of world-class players in that region and it is an honor to be in their company."

England fast bowler James Anderson has 2nd position in test rankings trails him by 91 ratings points, and his team mate Morne Morkel is in third position which is 126 ratings points behind Dale Steyn.

New Zealand Cricket Awards 2011

2011-11-11T16:55:00.000+05:30

Wellington, Friday, November 11, 2011

Chris Martin awarded with the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal at Auckland Museum in the event of New Zealand Cricket awards.

Following are the list of winners:

Sir Richard Hadlee Medal
Winner: Chris Martin

The National Bank Test Player of the Year
Winner: Brendon McCullum

The National Bank One Day International Player of the Year
Winner: Ross Taylor

The National Bank Twenty20 Player of the Year
Winner: Tim Southee

International Women's Player of the Year
Winner: Sara McGlashan

Domestic Player of the Year - Women
Winner: Sophie Devine

Domestic Player of the Year - Men
Winner: Rob Nicol

Winsor Cup
Winner: Chris Martin

Redpath Cup
Winner: Peter Ingram

Gillette Young Player of the Year
Winner: Simon Hickey - King's College

The Bert Sutcliffe Medal
Winner: Ces Renwick

Sir Jack Newman Award
Winner: Nick Craig from Auckland

Fans Choice for Outstanding Individual Performance
Winner: Neil Wagner

Marsh and Bichel Australia's new selector

2011-11-11T15:35:00.002+05:30

Melbourne, Friday, November 11, 2011

Cricket Australia (CA) announced that former Test wicketkeeper Rod Marsh and Andy Bichel will become new part time selector in the five member panel.

In the new selection Committee Marsh and Bichel will join chairman John Inverarity and current Captain Michael Clarke.

Each Member of the Panel have been part of the national team. Bichel played 19 Tests between 1996 and 2004.

Marsh said "I'm excited to be back working for Cricket Australia. It's been a decade since I last worked for CA."

Bichel said "I'm really looking forward to working with John (Inverarity), Rod (Marsh), Michael (Clarke), Cameron (Australia Twenty20 captain Cameron White) and the incoming head coach as we continue to take Australian cricket in the right direction."

Gautam Gambhir join noble cause, organ donation

2011-11-11T15:31:00.000+05:30

New Delhi, November 11, 2011, Friday

Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir has pledged to donate his organs and promised to encourage fellow players in the Indian cricket team to follow this noble cause.

He said "To donate organs was my decision, because I feel through this initiative we can save others lives."