Sydney:Australia's cricket authorities said Tuesday they would honour a commitment to tour Pakistan despite Hockey Australia's decision to pull out of the Champions Trophy for security reasons.
Marvan Atapattu is arguably the most docile of captains that the cricket world will ever see. With his gentle demeanour he captained the Sri Lankan team to eight Test wins, and thirty-five one-day triumphs, without really letting his batting suffer.
Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) planned workshop of former players will have to go ahead without star ex-skippers Imran Khan, Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram after the trio pulled out of the event citing prior commitments.
Johannesburg: ''Frustrated'' after pulling out of the tri-series in Sri Lanka, South Africa are now ready to play One-dayers against England if Pakistan pull out of the ODI series in the wake of recent ball tampering controversy.
Colombo: The jinxed Unitech Cup, which was reduced to bi-series between India and Sri Lanka after South Africa pulled out, has met an abrupt end with the organisers calling off the three-match event due to bad weather here.
Colombo: ICC President Percy Sonn admitted he was ''deeply disappointed'' at South Africa's withdrawal from the Unitech Cup tri-series here owing to security concerns and said it was upto the Proteas board and its Lankan counterpart to decide if, when and where to replay the series.
Chennai:BCCI today played down security threat in Sri Lanka and said all the Indian team members were safe and there was no chance of pulling out from the tri-series following the bomb blast in Colombo.
London:Injured captain Michael Vaughan warned he is confident England can retain the Ashes with or without him this winter.
If he plays he makes news and if he doesn't, he makes more news. That is Shoaib Akhtar. His dramatic pull out from the Test squad to India has opened a can of worms.
London: England captain Nasser Hussain will not shake Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's hand in any pre-match ceremony should the team go ahead with its World Cup match next month against the African nation in Harare.
