| Thu, 24 May 2012 09:59:43 GMT Dismissing the idea that he might give up the Test captaincy, England opener Andrew Strauss has said he still loves the challenge of leading his team, adding that the responsibility makes him get out of bed every morning.© ANI Thu, 24 May 2012 08:11:34 GMTEngland opener Alastair Cook has rubbished claims that current pace bowling attack isnt what it used to be in the early 90s.© ANI Wed, 23 May 2012 10:05:36 GMTLegendary England captain Ian Botham has heaped praise on their current bowling line up, and branded James Anderson as the worlds best swing bowler.© ANI Wed, 23 May 2012 09:51:04 GMTEngland have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second Test against the West Indies, starting at Trent Bridge Friday.© IANS Wed, 23 May 2012 08:17:46 GMTEngland star batsman Kevin Pietersen says he would love to see the return of West Indies opener Chris Gayle for the Trent Bridge Test starting here Friday.© IANS Wed, 23 May 2012 08:00:38 GMTLords Test man of the match Stuart Broad is expecting to notch up stronger performance during the second Test match against West Indies at his home ground Trent Bridge in Nottingham, starting on Friday.© ANI Wed, 23 May 2012 07:57:23 GMTFormer England opening batsman Geoffrey Boycott has advised captain Andrew Strauss to work on his technique while facing short-pitched bowling, and warned him that South African fast bowlers are likely to exploit it when they play a three Test match© ANI Wed, 23 May 2012 07:53:26 GMTEngland batsman Kevin Pietersen has said he wont stop tweeting following his latest tryst with controversy after he branded former England opening batsman Nick Knights involvement in the Lords Test match as ‘ridiculous.© ANI Wed, 23 May 2012 07:48:40 GMTFormer England captain Ian Botham has lauded Stuart Broads match winning performance during the first Test against the West Indies at Lords, saying he always gives hundred percent while wearing the England jersey.© ANI Wed, 23 May 2012 06:39:03 GMTThe BCCI has announced that India will host three international cricket series from August 2012 to March next year, involving 10 Tests, five one-dayers and four Twenty20 Internationals.© ANI Tue, 22 May 2012 13:45:21 GMTA maiden 10-wicket haul by England fast bowler Stuart Broad against the West Indies has given him a career-best ranking in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) player rankings released Tuesday.© IANS Tue, 22 May 2012 13:43:12 GMTIndia are all set to host three major international series from August 2012 to March 2013, involving ten Tests, five ODIs and four Twenty20 Internationals.© IANS Tue, 22 May 2012 08:32:25 GMTEngland captain Andrew Strauss rubbished the talks that the West Indies were easy walkovers after his side was forced to fight before securing a five-wicket win in the first Test.© IANS Tue, 22 May 2012 07:16:37 GMTEngland has named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second Test match against West Indies at Trent Bridge, starting on Friday.© ANI Sun, 20 May 2012 12:03:52 GMTBBC cricket correspondent and former England cricketer Jonathan Agnew has announced that he has quit Twitter citing that he can''t tolerate or accept the level of abuse that takes place on the social networking site.© ANI Sun, 20 May 2012 09:24:52 GMTEngland bowling coach David Saker has ruled himself out of taking on Craig McDermotts role as bowling coach of the Australian cricket team.© ANI Sun, 20 May 2012 09:21:58 GMTFormer England cricket captain Geoffrey Boycott has T revealed how he gave a struggling Ian Bell a pep-talk prior to his classy 61 that pushed England into a winning position at Lords against the West Indies.© ANI Sun, 20 May 2012 09:14:52 GMTEngland batsman Ian Bell has underscored the need to get Shivnarine Chanderpaul's wicket early on the fourth day as the hosts go in search of a comprehensive victory over the West Indies in the first Test at Lord's.© IANS Sat, 19 May 2012 22:02:03 GMTIn the lexicon of sports, the terms 'fair play' and 'cricket' are synonymous and whatever is 'not cricket' is supposed to be unfair and falls in the realm of cheating. This was a worldview encouraged by the British aristocracy and was spread in count© HT Sat, 19 May 2012 22:02:03 GMTIn my playing days, I believed many Englishmen used to unnecessarily complicate what was meant to be a reasonably simple game. It looks like that habit has now spread. I can't imagine a more complicated solution to control the switch-hit phenomenon t© HT |