On the sandy wastes of the troubled Middle East, in gangland Los Angeles or in the sun-kissed Caribbean, cricket is breaking down barriers and also creating controversial alliances. While the Ashes battle between England and Australia dominates the attention of the game’s devotees, cricket is playing the role of peace-maker in some of the [...]

Cricket is a cruel, cruel game indeed. At Cardiff, Australia came within one wicket of taking the lead in the series and just three days later, at Lord’s they were chasing the game after the first session of play itself. Ultimately, losing the Test, one is not so sure how this particular Aussie team will [...]

If the leaders are born, then this boy is a born leader. On the cricket field, he looks head and shoulders above the players of his age. Prithvi Shaw, 9, is the star of his school. If Rizvi Springfield High School has won four titles last season, it was because of Prithvi’s all-round skills and [...]

Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan has vehemently denied rumours of divisions in his team, saying he would step down if such a problem existed.
In an emotional interview, Younis stressed that there were no problems in the Pakistan team and speculations of infighting in the dressing room are being spread by some people with [...]

Under fire from the Indian cricket board, former captain Sourav Ganguly went back on his allegations about the board having different rules for different players, and said he knew “what to say and what not to”. “Being a responsible person, I know what to say and what not to say. People should look into [...]

Australia’s captain believes his team had Pietersen’s measure during the first two Tests, but wonders how England will cope without its batting star now he has been ruled out of the series following achilles tendon surgery. “If you look at the way we’ve bowled to him and the way he’s played, he’s been one [...]

What a topsy-turvy game cricket is. At Cardiff in the first Test England just about scraped home with a draw after its time wasting tactics brought a howl of protest from the Australians. At Lord’s, where England have a poor record against the old enemy, they went on to win by a handsome margin of [...]

After outbatting the faltering Phillip Hughes here yesterday, the all-rounder Shane Watson insisted he would be happy to face Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison with the new ball should England’s most potent pace bowlers be reunited at Edgbaston for the third Ashes Test this week. Watson’s 84 doubly underlined his credentials to open for [...]

Former Team India skipper Sourav Ganguly is set to lead the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the IPL season 3, reports said. Ganguly, who is eying to be in Cricket Association of Bengal(CAB) was not available for the comment but sources believe that he would be heading the KKR team.
The reports say further, the IPL [...]

Surrey’s hopes for promotion in the Championship have been hit with the news that Harbhajan Singh, the India offspinner, won’t be joining the club as expected due to international commitments. It had been hoped that Harbhajan would return to The Oval following stints in 2005 and 2007 but, as happened in 2008, his commitments [...]