British media praise mighty Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar's stupendous feat of becoming the first cricketer to score a double century in one-dayer was on Thursday hailed by the British media, which described the little master as the "finest...

Twenty20 International Cricket Betting – is Australia’s perfect summer over?

Australia’s ‘perfect’ summer is just one win away and despite attempts by West Indies players to convince everyone, including themselves, that they are in with a chance in the final match of their...

Firebrand Tait sings bowlers' praises

The South Australian speedster bowled the Windies captain through the gate for 5 as the tourists were restricted to 8 for 141 in reply to the home side's 8 for 179. The result extended Australia's...

Pakistan v England - Eion Morgan and Kevin Pietersen steer England to victory in Dubai

If Duncan Fletcher was watching on Friday night then his report card for Kevin Pietersen will make pleasant reading. Pietersen finished just seven runs short of what would have been only his second...

Pakistan will aim to restore belief in their embattled team when they take on England in a two-match Twenty20 series at the Dubai Sports City cricket stadium starting here on Friday. The ICC World...

Twenty20 International Series Cricket Betting – Pakistan vs England

Once again, as has become the norm with Pakistan, their latest tour is shrouded in controversy with embittered powerbrokers clambering for a piece of the pie as well as their 15-seconds of fame. It’s hard to find positives in Pakistan’s disastrous tour of Australia that saw them lose all nine matches.The poor showing will undoubtedly claim the scalp of coach Intikhab Alam and thus the revolving door of Pakistan cricket coaches since Bob Woolmer’s death at the 2007 World Cup continues to...

PCB offers coach post to Miandad

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has again offered former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad the coaching job of the national team. The offer was made during Monday’s hearing of Senate Standing Committee...

Senators suggest five-year ban for Afridi

Senator Tariq Azeem Khan suggested in the Standing Committee on Sports that all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi should be banned for five years from international cricket as his (Afridi) act humiliated...

West Indies Cricket Team Loose Series

The West Indies cricket team has lost their series against the boys from down under. The Windies fell 50 runs short of victory in the fourth One-Day International at the Gabba, handing Australia...

Squads of all teams for IPL 2010

The final squads of IPL 2010 for all teams have been announced on Feb 12, 2010. Along, with some new overseas players teams also include new domestic players in their squad. Many new players are the ones who played in the rebel league - ICL. Here is the final squad of all teams for IPL 2010:Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (capt), Muttiah Muralitharan, Manpreet Gony, Shadab Jakati, Arun Karthik, Thissara Perera, L Balaji, Suresh Raina, Michael Hussey, Makhaya Ntini, Thilan Thushara, C Ganapathy, M...

Pakistan to play cricket in USA this year

Pakistan cricket team is planning to tour the United States of America (USA) later this year. The decision was made during a meeting of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) officials in Dubai. A spokesman for the PCB said Thursday the USACA delegation was led by its chief executive officer Donald Lockerbie while PCB chief Ijaz Butt and chief operating officer Wasim Bari represented Pakistan. “The dates and types of matches to be played for...

Ejaz Butt leaves for Dubai to raise IPL issue in ICC meeting

PCB chairman Ejaz Butt left for Dubai on Monday to attend the executive board meeting of the International Cricket Council where he willA senior Pakistan Cricket Board official said Butt would be raising the issue of the humiliation meted out to Pakistani players at the IPL auction in January, which was condemned by most quarters both in India and Pakistan. "Yes, we want the IPL issue to be discussed at the ICC level because our government has also indicated that the IPL and its franchises...

TV channels showing Pakistan vs England 2010 - Live | 2 T20s in Dubai

Pakistan and England will play 2 T20 matches in Dubai on 19 and 20th February, 2010. Tensports has the global broadcasting rights for the series and will show it live in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Middle East and some other countries. Sky Sports will be broadcasting the matches live in UK. Here are other TV channels broadcasting the Pakistan vs England series live:Bangladesh : Ten SportsHong Kong : Ten SportsIndia : Ten Sports Indonesia: TelkomVision - Channel no. 113Nepal : Ten SportsNew Zealand...

Pakistan Vs England 2010 Dubai T20s- Fixtures and schedules

Pakistan and England will meet each other in the 2 twenty20 matches to be played in February at UAE. The matches will be played in the neutral host of Dubai Sports City. Dubai International Cricket Stadium will be hosting the both t20s on Feb 19 and 20. Both of the matches are scheduled to be day and night matches.For now, here is the schedules of the matches,1st T20 - Pakistan Vs England (D/N) - 19th Feb 2010 - Starts 14:00 GMT; 18:00 local; 19:00 Pakistan and 19:30 India - Dubai...

Nannes rejects Afridi ball tamper claims

Twenty20 paceman Dirk Nannes has rejected Shahid Afridi's claims on ball tampering and insists bowlers can be effective without breaking cricket's laws.The claims made by the suspended Pakistan star, that every side in the world illegally tampered with the ball, did not wash with Nannes, who is in the Australian squad for Friday night's Twenty20 game at the MCG and has played county cricket in England, in the Indian Premier League and with the Dutch national side. "It's no secret that everyone...

Afridi banned for ball-tampering

The 29-year-old Afridi, leading the team in the absence of rested captain Mohammad Yousuf, was caught by television cameras chewing on one side of the ball while walking with bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan...