Australia have suffered another blow in their bid to win the ODI series against India with James Hopes following Tim Paine and paceman Brett Lee home.
Hopes damaged his right hamstring during the first ODI at Vadodara and will return to Brisbane to continue his recovery.
Lee’s elbow injury ruled him out of the series on Friday, [...]

Bested in the ICC World T20, revenge-thirsty India would come down hard on West Indies in the ODI series, Chris Gayle believes.
West Indies not only beat India in the Super-Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup but also laid bare their frailty against rising deliveries which was exploited well by England.
Gayle believes the side under [...]

Shoaib Akhtar made it clear that he has no issues undergoing dope test during the forthcoming ODI series against Australia.
However, the controversial Pakistan fast bowler clarified that it must be done by a competent authority.
“Look if anyone wants to take my dope tests he is free to do so but only thing is [...]

Shoaib Akhtar said Australia will start as favourites in the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
The controversial pacer, who made a comeback to the team for the series on Monday, said although conditions are in favour of Pakistan, Australia will held the edge as they had been tough international cricket on [...]

For the third time in a row, Sachin Tendulkar was today done in by poor umpiring in the current ODI series against Sri Lanka.
He was again declared leg before wicket in yet another dubious decision.
Tendulkar was declared leg-before in the first ODI in Dambulla when the ball was clearly pitched outside the leg stump, he [...]

South Africa might have won the ODI series against Australia but the number one team spot will still be up for grabs at the WACA.
When the Proteas entered the ODI series without their charismatic skipper Graeme Smith, not one critic gave them a chance against a brilliant Aussie batting-line up. But with what they [...]

South Africa had every reason to look back fondly on 2008, a year in which Allen Stanford became a name known to all cricket fans and the once all-conquering Australia came back to the pack.
Even before the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne started, the Proteas had arguably completed their best year since the end of [...]

Yuvraj Singh and Pragyan Ojha have been included in the Indian squad for the two Tests against England next week.
Yuvraj has been rewarded for his consistent performacnes against England in the ODI series, where he scored two back-to-back tons. The left-handed batsman will probably replace the retired Sourav Ganguly in the middle order.
Left-arm spinner Pragyan [...]

Stuart Broad will face a fitness test in Rajkot to determine whether he can play in England’s opening ODI against India.
The 22-year-old Nottinghamshire seamer was rested for yesterday’s humiliating defeat against a Mumbai XI after reporting a sore right knee following the tourists’ opening warm-up match on Sunday.
He has since been given an injection [...]