Cook, Bresnan and Sangakkara named Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year

Last Updated: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 10:39

England cricketers Alastair Cook and Tim Bresnan were named in Wisden’s five-man Cricketers of the Year list.

`We need to be optimistic about resumption of cricket in Pak`

Last Updated: Monday, April 9, 2012, 00:22

BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Sunday made it clear that there is no possibility of Pakistani players becoming a part of the lucrative Indian Premier League until and unless there is a resumption of bilateral cricket ties between India and Pakistan.

Australia, WI cricketers raise awareness about HIV and AIDS

Last Updated: Saturday, April 7, 2012, 13:58

Cricket players from Australia and the West Indies have taken part in coaching clinics with local children in Barbados to raise awareness and reduce stigma about HIV and AIDS in cricket-playing countries.

Six Chinese cricketers to train in England

Last Updated: Monday, April 2, 2012, 15:34

Six young and gifted cricketers from China will spend the summer here, working with British coaches to learn the tricks of the trade and to inspire other young Chinese to play the sport.

PCB asks FICA to send security delegation to Pakistan

Last Updated: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 12:33

The Pakistan Cricket Board has urged the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) to send a security delegation to Pakistan to explore ground realities before trying to enforce their rigid views on the Board and other cricket playing nations.

Cricketers who died during their playing career

Last Updated: Monday, March 5, 2012, 20:24

West Indies cricketer Runako Morton died in a road accident in Trinidad & Tobago on Monday.

CA official tells BB franchise to hire Indian, Lankan players

Last Updated: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 11:57

Australia Board member Harry Harinath has advised Big Bash Twenty20 side Sydney Thunder to rope in players from India and Sri Lanka to increase its fan base among the people of sub-continental origin based here.

Gavaskar slams rotation of players, wants to field best team

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 20:39

Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Tuesday slammed the proposed rotation of the top-order batsmen in the Indian team in the cricket tri-series in Australia, saying that it suggested that the players were unfit.

SA cricketers become victims of restaurant scam

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 18:28

South African cricketers have become victims of financial fraud schemes in the country, prompting their Board to advise restaurants to double-check before accepting bookings made in the names of the players.

Young cricketers set to train at seamer-friendly Dharamsala

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 15:30

With Indian cricket team`s inadequacy to handle bounce and swing been exposed by the two consecutive overseas drubbings, the BCCI is mulling to train the young cricketers at the picturesque Dharmsala, that has conditions akin to the England and Australia.

3 or 4 players have played their last Test in Aus: Gavaskar

Last Updated: Friday, January 27, 2012, 16:56

Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday said that at least three senior cricketers may not be selected again for the national Test team after what has already turned out to be a disastrous tour for India.