Sydney, Nov 21(ANI): Former Australian batsman Matthew Hayden and Cricket Australia board member has said that cricket is being overplayed and undervalued around the world. Hayden's comment comes after the tedious seven-match series ...

Ahmedabad, Nov 16(ANI): Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara has supported master blaster Sachin Tendulkar's call for more Test cricket, saying that the lopsided schedule needed to be changed. Sri Lanka has just ...

Melbourne, Nov.5 (ANI): The crowded international cricket program is unsustainable, the chief of the players' union, Paul Marsh, has said, adding that the injuries hitting the national squad at present, could affect ...

Melbourne, Nov.5 (ANI): The crowded international cricket program is unsustainable, the chief of the players' union, Paul Marsh, has said, adding that the injuries hitting the national squad at present, could affect ...

Hyderabad, Nov.5 (ANI): Powerbrokers of Cricket Australia (CA) have denied wanting the volume of fixtures against India to be reduced, though they are intent on shaving matches off a cramped international schedule. Cricket ...

Sydney, Nov.5 (ANI): Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke's back injury is healing slowly and there is a doubt over him taking his appointed place in the national squad for the first test against ...

Melbourne, Oct. 23 (ANI): Cricket Australia has reached an in-principle agreement to host the game's biggest draw-card, India, in four out of six summers under the new Future Tours Program (2012-2017). The new ...

Wellington, Oct.15 (ANI): New Zealand Cricket is optimistic that they will host a tour by one of world cricket's big four nations -- England, Australia, India and South Africa -- in each ...

Johannesburg, Sep.28 (ANI): International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Haroon Lorgat has said that the sport's governing body should not cop all the blame over scheduling woes and added that member nations must ...

London, Sep. 22 (ANI): International Cricket Council CEO Haroon Lorgat has said that India and England are obstructing the way of a proposed world Test championship. Lorgat added that most cricket playing nations ...

Wellington, Sep 21 (ANI): New Zealand might be relegated to Division Two of Test playing nations, according to a Sunday Star-Times report, which referred to a draft plan for cricket's Future Tours ...

Lahore, Sep.20 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has said that Indian and Pakistan would soon be playing bilateral series at a neutral venue. Addressing a press conference at the Gaddaffi ...

Dubai, Aug 30 (IBNS) Sri Lanka has narrowed the gap with number-one ranked South Africa to just two points in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship after winning the two-Test series against ...

Karachi, July 9 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is hoping to revive its sagging bank accounts by hosting arch rivals India. The PCB's Chief Operating Officer (COO), Saleem Altaf expressed the hope ...

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has criticised the Indian cricket board for showing reluctance to schedule a bilateral series. The Future Tours Programme draft does not include a ...

June 25 (ANI): Fomer Australian vice captain Adam Gilchrist has called for a drastic reduction in the number of Test matches in a bid to help preserve the five-day format from the ...

Johannesburg, May 25 (IANS) Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said the Twenty20 Champions League has been provided a slot in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) calendar. "The Champions League ...

By Omar Khalid Karachi, April 11 (IANS) Pakistan is keeping its options open on the venues for its "home" series against the Kiwis this November and could well opt to play in New ...

Cape Town (South Africa), Mar.16 (ANI): Australia will play South Africa every summer under plans being negotiated by the two cricket boards, but in future the visitors will never be seen ...

Wellington, Mar 5 (ANI): Indian batting ace Sachin Tendulkar has expressed his shock and sadness at the attack on Sri Lankan players outside Lahores Gaddafi Stadium, terming it as a very ...

Canberra, Mar.4 (ANI): Tuesdays terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore may have far reaching consequences, as no other international cricket squad would want to visit Pakistan in ...

Wellington (New Zealand), Feb.23 (ANI): New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said that he is ready to halt the Black Caps tour of Zimbabwe. The New Zealand cricket team are scheduled ...

London, Feb 17 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has questioned whether it was safe for its cricketers to tour Zimbabwe, a country undergoing political and social breakdown. New Zealand are scheduled ...

Melbourne, Feb 7 (ANI): Cricket Australia bosses have announced that they have no plans to ban cricketers wives and partners from future tours. There was a debate on having wives on tour ...

Perth (Australia), Jan.31 (ANI): The ICC Board on Saturday held the first day of its two-day meeting in Perth, the first of the four scheduled meetings it holds each year. Among the ...

Sydney, Dec 18 (ANI): Australian players participating in the second edition of the Indian Premier League, which starts on April 10, could suffer greatly, because the postponed tour of Pakistan has ...

Islamabad , Dec. 17 (ANI): Indian High Commission sources said here today, India is not willing to play the upcoming cricket series against Pakistan even at a neutral venue. The Indian ...

Sydney, Dec.11 (ANI): There is still apprehension among some Australian players about touring India or Pakistan in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Some senior players have told The ...

Sydney, Dec.11 (ANI): There is still apprehension among some Australian players about touring India or Pakistan in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Some senior players have told The ...

Cape Town (South Africa), Dec.9 (ANI): The ICC Chief Executives Committee met here on December 7 and 8 and discussed a range of issues relating to the playing and the business ...