Cricket - Australia win under-19 World Cup

Australia won the under-19 cricket World Cup tournament today, beating Pakistan by 25 runs in the final at Christchurch. Batting first, Australia posted 207 runs for the loss of nine wickets. It proved...

Ashes 2010 -11 : Fixtures and Schedule

The Ashes is a historic test series between Australia and England which features 5 test matches. Ashes 2010/11 will be held in Australia at the end of 2010. England had won the Ashes 2009 2-1 in their...

Afridi forgets forgiveness, now says not interested in IPL

Hours after he preached forgiveness and said it was time to move on after the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction controversy, flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi took a u-turn, saying apologies...

Australia take unbeatable series lead after beating Pakistan in third ODI Australia take unbeatable series lead after beating Pakistan in third ODI Do

Dominance: Australia's one-day team proves too strong for Pakistan Photo: GETTY IMAGES Australia demonstrated their bowling depth and took an unassailable 3-0 series...

Ham meal in Napier outrages Afghans

Some members of the Afghanistan cricket team here for the Under-19 World Cup cricket team will avoid eating meat during the rest of the tournament until they leave the country this Saturday. Team...

Hammad Azam special takes Pakistan to final

Pakistan U-19 213 for 6 (Hammad 92, Aziz 39, Holder 2-28) beat West Indies U-19 212 for 8 (Brathwaite 85, Dowrich 55, Bhatti 2-37) by four wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball detailsHammad Azam, not for...

Upbeat Australia aim to take seriesUpbeat Australia aim to take series

Australia can wrap up the series with victory in Adelaide after going 2-0 up at the SCG, where they enjoyed their third-greatest winning margin over Pakistan in terms of runs with a 140-run triumph....

Pakistan hits out at cricket insult

Diplomatic spats and warmongering between India and Pakistan are old stuff. Now a new row has broken out between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours over Pakistani cricketers being left out of a...

Who Will win IPL 2010 | IPL 3

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 3 is set to begin from March 12, 2010. Like previous seasons, 8 teams will be competing in the tournament. The winner and runner-up of IPL 2009 were in the bottom two of IPL 2008. So, we can say there is a tough competition among the teams. New systems and players are adopted by each team expecting to boost their games. Who do you think can really win the IPL 2010 and why. Participate in this poll and if you wish to provide reasons, please post comments.The teams...

IPL 2010 schedule and fixture

The countdown for multi-crore mega event of Twenty20 cricket, third edition of Indian Premiere League (IPL 2010), has begun.The IPL3 2010 will be kicked off from March 12, 2010 and will conclude on April 25, 2010. A total 60 matches will be played in the IPL3.The opening match will be played between defending champion Deccan Charges and Sharukh Khan owned Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).The team who will not qualify for final will play for third and fourth place respectively.However, the auction of...

TV channels broadcasting IPL 2010 - Live | IPL 3

Sony and WSG has got the global broadcasting rights of Indian Premier League. IPL 3 will be shown live in India via. Sony's Set Max. IPL will now be shown live in many countries all over the world on TV as well as internet. Along with India, IPL has fan base in countries like USA, UK, Australia, South Africa were people enjoy it on TV. Here are the TV channels broadcasting the IPL 2010 in different countries:Australia: Network 10 ten or Channel 10 will broadcast IPL 2009 on TV in AustraliaBangladesh...

India vs South Africa 2010 - Fixtures and Schedule

South Africa tours India for 3 ODIs and 2 test matches in February 2010. As, India and South Africa are no.1 and no.2 test teams respectively, the test series is termed as World Championship of Cricket by Neo cricket - the official broadcaster. The series starts from 06 February, 2010 and ends on 27 Feb, 2010. Here are complete fixtures/schedules of Ind vs SA 2010 : Date Match Details Time Venue GMT IST Ground City...

Gambhir's century puts India in commanding position

India led by 385 runs over Bangladesh in the first Test at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Wednesday at tea on the fourth day. India were 384 for seven in its second innings with V.V.S. Laxman...

IPL auction - Mumbai get Pollard, Bond for KKR

The auction of 67 players for the third season of the Indian Premier League got underway in Mumbai today. With 12 spots up for grab in the 8 franchisees, Shahid Afridi was the first player to go under...

Bond expected to fetch high price

Shane Bond is expected to be snapped up when the latest Indian Premier League auction gets underway tonight.With Bond retiring from test cricket, he will only miss a few days of the competition, unlike...

Indian cricket team's schedule for 2010

Indian cricket team will be playing some tests, ODI and T20 matches in the year 2010. Till now Bangladesh Tour and home series against South Africa are only confirmed for the year 2010 along with the ICC World T20. Here are the complete fixtures / schedules of cricket matches to be played by India in 2010: January 2010 Date Match Details Time Venue GMT IST Your Time Ground City Jan 17 - Sun - Jan 21 Bangladesh v India, 1st Test India in Bangladesh, 2010 03:30 09:00 09:15 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury...

India vs Bangladesh 2010 - Highlights of 1st test

Day 1: Bangladesh came back strongly in the day 1 of first choosing to field first after winning the toss. The opening partnership of Sehwag and Gambhir made it 79/0 but then 8 wickets fell one after the other.After the end of day, India are 213/8 with Tendulkar on 76 and Ishant Sharma on 1. Shahadat Hossain and captain Shakib Al Hasan took 4 wickets each. Watch video Highlights of India vs Bangladesh 1st test in Idea cup 2010: Video highlights can be watched in cricketnirvana for free. Its available...

Under 19 cricket world cup 2010 - Fixtures and Schedule

Under-19 cricket world cup 2010 starts from Jan 15, 2010 in New Zealand. It features teams with players of age below 19 years from test playing as well as some non-test playing nations. Many international cricket stars like Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, have emerged from U-19 tournament. Here is the complete fixtures/schedules of U-19 world cup 2010: Date and Time Match Fri Jan 15 21:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 local 03:00...

IPL auction 2010: Final list of 66 overseas players for auction

After the registration of 97 players for IPL 2010, the final list has been shortened to 66 players based on the interest of IPL franchises. Earlier, only 51 players were listed with no players from England due to Board's policy. After it was confirmed that they will be available for whole season, English players are also included in the list. The list comprises 11 players from Pakistan, Australia and South Africa; nine from Sri Lanka; eight from England and West Indies; four from New Zealand and...

Andrew Flintoff's latest injury likely to cost him 1 million IPL contract

Flintoff underwent another knee operation on Thursday which will rule him out of cricket until July. He has already spent five months on the sidelines after a major knee operation the day after England...

Cricket Australia says players can decide on IPL

Cricket Australia will let players involved in the IPL make their own decisions about whether to take part in the tournament following threats on their safety from India. The Shiv Sena political party has said they would not allow Australians to play in Maharashtra following attacks on Indian students in Melbourne. "At the end of the day those players make their own decision about whether or not they go," Peter Young, the Cricket Australia spokesman, told AAP. "But we want them to be able to make...

PCB - living in self-denial or fools paradise (VI)

By trying to be injudiciously self-evasive, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and their sycophantic officer-bearers have started to trace their steps to fool’s paradise. Arrogance, hotchpotch policies, confused mix of even planning. Abruptness, brazen lies contrary to the documentary evidence, intolerance to criticism, complete dearth of vision and plans for the future, unnecessary and often irrational justifications, paucity of authenticity and unabated self-denials, indignant enough to challenge...

Former Pak cricketers lash out at adamant Akmal

Embattled Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has come in for sharp criticism for his statement that he would play the final Test against Australia in Hobart as a specialist glovesman and not as a batsman alone. Akmal's statement came even though the Pakistan Cricket Board and national selectors have rushed in young Sarfaraz Ahmed to Australia as his replacement and said he would play in the Hobart Test. "Akmal's statement just shows what is going on in the Pakistan team right now. The whole nation...

Pakistan cricket needs young blood, says Wasim

Former Pakistan captain and legendry pacer Wasim Akram has said that Pakistan lost the second Test against Australia in Sydney because of scare of defeat and urged the selectors to induct new blood in...

Australia rides Hussey ton to victory

Commentator Michael Slater called it a "great advertisement for Test cricket - the ebbing and flowing of this match have been incredible. it was one of the most extraordinary games ever played." Australia...

Cricket-South Africa v England - third test scoreboard

Scoreboard at lunch on the third day ofthe third test between South Africa and England in Newlands,Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday. South Africa first innings 291 (J. Kallis 108, M. Boucher51; J. Anderson 5-63) England first innings (overnight 241-7) A. Strauss c Boucher b Morkel 2 A. Cook c Prince b Morkel 65 J. Trott b Steyn 20 K. Pietersen c & b Steyn 0 P. Collingwood lbw b Morkel 19 I. Bell c Duminy b Kallis 48 M. Prior b Steyn ...

Ponting criticised for batting first on green SCG pitch

Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has invited severe criticism for opting to bat on a green Sydney Cricket Ground pitch on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan. "The question will...

T20 cricket has actually helped Test cricket - Afridi

Contrary to Mohammed Yousuf's assumption that Twenty20 cricket would eventually destroy Test cricket, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi says it has actually made the five-day games more result-oriented.Test...