Cricket

Cricket: McCullum reaches out to Ryder and Taylor - Sport - NZ Herald News
New Zealand Herald
Ryder, unavailable for the Black Caps while he works on personal issues, is proving to be an extremely big fish in New Zealand's small domestic cricket pond. The Wellington player was dismissed for 162 today in a Plunket Shield four-day match against ...
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Australia must go in to bat for Tamils Sydney Morning Herald Atherton's credentials as a cricket writer who thinks beyond the boundary were further enhanced last year when he addressed the controversial political issue of the Sri Lankan government and its treatment of the minority Tamil population. Alerted by ... See all stories on this topic »

Sydney Morning Herald

Domestic cricket is not of the quality to allow players to move into ... India Today India won three tosses and had the wicket in their favour in Mumbai and the best of the batting conditions in Kolkata but they just haven't been able to capitalise or put up a fight," said Dravid, who had retired from international cricket last March ... See all stories on this topic »

India Today

Perth Scorchers veteran Brad Hogg scoffs at ODI comeback
Herald Sun
The cricket world was abuzz last week after spin king Shane Warne, 43, floated the idea of a return to Test cricket if Australian captain and close friend Michael Clarke asked him to come out of retirement and play in next year's Ashes series. Hogg, 41 ...
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Wanted — a batsman who can 'stand and defy' The Hindu V.V.S. Laxman was a cricketer's cricketer; Rahul Dravid a captain's. When Laxman batted, cricketers set work aside and watched. He was such a delight. Dravid's work at the crease gave the captain his most relaxed phases. There was surety in Dravid's ... See all stories on this topic »

The Hindu

Pakistan cricket team for India tour announced BBC News Pakistan has dropped all-rounder Shahid Afridi for one-day internationals while retaining him for the Twenty20 games for the team's upcoming cricket series in India. The selectors also dropped opening batsman Imran Nazir and allrounder Abdul Razzaq ... See all stories on this topic »

BBC News

Pakistan wrong to tour India, says Mani
The News International
NEW DELHI: Ehsan Mani, a former president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), feels that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was wrong in agreeing on a brief limited-overs series in India. “I think the PCB is wrong to have agreed to this. If it is ...
See all stories on this topic »Controversial plan to revitalise South Australian cricket
The Australian
South Australian Cricket Association director of cricket Jamie Cox's blueprint - a new premier league formed from the best grade cricketers - must also overcome a mooted revolt of clubs' senior players. In an ambitious rewrite of the traditional ...
See all stories on this topic »Indian cricket 'pathetic' and filled with excuses, journalist Robert Craddock ...
NEWS.com.au
... their latest Test humiliation. Speaking on Fox Sports' Inside Cricket on Monday night, News Limited journalist Robert Craddock took aim at the cashed-up heavyweights in the wake of their back-to-back defeat in the ongoing four-Test series against ...
See all stories on this topic »Cricket: Vettori still out of action - Sport - NZ Herald News
New Zealand Herald
Daniel Vettori's return to cricket has been delayed even further with the left-arm spinner absent for Northern Districts' HRV Cup Twenty20 match against Otago at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Friday. Vettori hasn't played since the Twenty20 world ...
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