London: Former cricketers have criticized the curator of the pitch at the Oval for creating a surface solely for the purpose of ensuring a result in the fifth and final Ashes Test. Oval Test-ScorecardBy the close of play on
Perth: Former West Indian pace bowler Michael Holding believes that the present South African pace attack is the most ferocious to arrive Down Under in almost 20 years.
St John's (Antigua):Texas billionaire Allen Stanford has given West Indies cricket US$100 million over three years in what he described on Wednesday as a bid to bring the game into the 21st century.
London:The former West Indies pacer Michael Holding has lashed out at the West Indies Cricket Board over its' failure to produce top quality cricketers in recent years.
Dubai:Volume of international cricket, ball tampering, and role of TV umpire will dominate discussions at a two-day meeting of newly constituted ICC Cricket Committee which begins here today.
Mumbai:Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and their former coach Tom Moody were named on the International Cricket Council's (ICC) newly constituted cricket committee on Tuesday.
Bridgetown, Barbados:Not all former West Indian greats have been impressed by Brian Lara's decision to retire from International Cricket at this stage and one such person was former fast bowler Michael Holding as according to him the legend was late in making the decision.
Hamilton:Former West Indies Test star Michael Holding believes the World Cup will be devalued by the number of non-Test playing nations taking part.
Perth:Perth's WACA Ground pitch has long been considered the home of fast bowling in world cricket, but its changing nature could force Australia to break with years of tradition and play two leg-spinners for the third Ashes Test in December.
New Delhi:Having never heard of cricketers taking drugs to enhance performance in his playing days, Michael Holding says the shocking revelations of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif testing positive for nandrolone is an indication that packed schedules have put the players - especially fast bowlers - under 'too much pressure'.
