Pakistan's women's cricket team to host a tri-series with South Africa and Ireland in Qatar.
Cricket is a unique game in many ways. What makes it all the more trickier for a newcomer to understand the whole game is the simultaneous existence of three formats of the game: the traditional, the much revered and the most classical form, Test cricket, played over five gruelling days with two innings per side; the one-day game, with only one innings of 50 overs per side; and then the newest baby on board, the Twenty20, or T20 as it is called more fashionably.
Following the South Africa debacle, Pakistan batting has once again come under microscopic scrutiny. The experts are out to dissect the team’s batting performance; some are lamenting the absence of a specialist batting coach, some are unhappy with the team selection while others have pointed out the inadequacy of the country’s domestic cricket structure in producing world-class batsmen.
Mumbai Indians captain Ricky Ponting is eagerly looking forward to hear the din at the Wankhede Stadium when Sachin Tendulkar comes out to bat, not as a member of an opposing team but as the iconic Indian cricketer's teammate. "The highlight of coming to Mumbai is that we are always playing against Sachin and the...
The advent of Twenty20 professional cricket leagues around the world has fuelled the rise of a new breed of gypsies with England's Dimitri Mascarenhas being one of those who goes around calling himself a "Freelance cricketer".
Mumbai Indians captain Ricky Ponting is eagerly looking forward to hear the din at the Wankhede Stadium when Sachin Tendulkar comes out to bat, not as a member of an opposing team but as the iconic Indian cricketer's teammate.
Veteran India discard Murali Kartik today said that spinners have come of age and are playing a great role in teams' victories in the Twenty20 format of the game.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar who made a dream debut in the first T20 against Pakistan wants to continue his good work in the next game too. The seamer from Uttar Pradesh said that there is no pressure on him. The all-rounder said that he was hopeful of national team selection after good performances in the domestic circuit....
Australian cricket great Adam Gilchrist believes the one-day format is on an irreversible slide and will be "history" in three years, a report said on Thursday.
Former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga was at Bangalore to support the T20 Blind World Cup tournament. Ranatunga stressed about the importance of holding such tournaments. He also expressed his delight on seeing the Sri Lankan Team in the competition and said opportunities like this will make the team better.