Australian team has been knocked down from the number one slot to the fourth position in the ICC Test rankings after losing the Ashes series to England. They are placed behind India. Australia lost the fifth and crucial Test on Sunday by a comprehensive 197 runs. This tragedy cost Ricky Ponting’s men eight ratings...
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India’s Standing in ICC Test Championship Table
India have dropped down one place to fourth in the ICC Test Championships table after the annual update released on Tuesday, which reflects the performance of only the last three years with the older results being discarded. Sri Lanka, riding on their Test series win over Pakistan, leveled India (119) on points but replaced...
Dhoni asks Team to be truthful about injuries
Ahead of the ODI series against West Indies beginning on Friday, the Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni gave his team members a dressing down. Dhoni reportedly told his team members that everyone needs to be truthful about injuries or any other personal issues that could affect team’s performance. The other issue Dhoni is said...
Dhoni men left to London for T20 World Cup
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Indian team left for London on Friday morning to defend their World Twenty20 title. The team would have a week in England to get used to the conditions. India have their first game against Bangladesh on June 6. But before that they play warm-up matches against New Zealand next Monday...
IPL is important for me says Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff says he is right to play in the Indian Premier League, despite suggestions he should be rested ahead of the big Ashes summer. The England all-rounder, 31, has been plagued by injury in recent years. But he plays for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians in Cape Town on Saturday saying he...
IPL to miss top players
The Indian Premier League may bring unforseen riches to the world’s top cricketers, but not everyone has fallen for the lure of the lucre. Australian captain Ricky Ponting and senior pro Michael Hussey opted out of the IPL’s second season starting in South Africa on Saturday to rest tired limbs after a back-breaking schedule....
Kevin Pietersen will prove says Royal Challengers Coach
Bangalore Royal Challengers coach Ray Jennings has said that he is confident that England batsman Kevin Pietersen will show his class as the skipper of the side during the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and ‘doesn’t care a damn’ about the star batsman’s controversial reign as England captain. He said: “I...
India’s Probables for World T20
In the absence of the domestic Twenty20 tournament, which was postponed for the second year in a row, performance in the IPL will be crucial for the 30 players selected in India’s preliminary World Twenty20 squad for the tournament in England. The notable omissions were Sreesanth, Joginder Sharma, Ajit Agarkar and Piyush Chawla, who...
West Indies Beat England
West Indies crushed England by eight wickets in the third one-day cricket international at Kensington Oval on Friday. After rain reduced the match to 45 overs each then 44, West Indies routed England for 117 in 41.3 overs, then captain Chris Gayle obliterated the English attack with 80 off 43 balls as the home...
