Sydney: Cricket pundits in Australia are struggling to find reasons for the recent debacle of its cricket team.A leading newspaper here said top players suffered from slump after playing in the inaugural Indian Premier League and associating with the lucrative IPL
Melbourne: Graeme Smith, who became South Africa’s youngest captain in 2003, has said that he is still trying to prove himself and is a better leader now.
Melbourne: South African captain Graeme Smith has joined strike bowler Dale Steyn and frontline spinner Paul Harris on the sidelines for the tourists’ opening match against Western Australia on Thursday.
Melbourne: The chairman of Australia’s cricket selection committee, Andrew Hilditch, has said that off-spinner Jason Krejza could be preferred to all rounder Shane Watson for the first Test against the South Africans, beginning next week.
Perth:South Africa will have three warm-up matches in Western Australia before the first Test against Australia starting here on December 16, Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) acting chief Geoff Havercroft said.
<img src="http://thatscricket.oneindia.in/img/2008/12/brett-lee1_02122008.jpg" border="0" alt="Brett Lee" title="Brett Lee" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="240" height="220" align="left" />Adelaide: In form Australia fast bowler Brett Lee has said that he is ready for a showdown with Proteas counterpart Dale Steyn.<br/><br/> After taking five wickets for 105 runs
Melbourne: Ricky Ponting fell agonisingly short of writing himself into the game's record books, caught out on 99 as he attempted to become the first batsman to score centuries in both innings of a Test on four separate occasions.In a compelling
Melbourne: The world is celebrating the fall of former cricket superpower Australia.Today's home series loss is Australia''s first in 16 years and the world's media are enjoying seeing the Australians endure what they had dished out over the past two decades."The
Melbourne: With five wins, five losses and four draws in 2008, Australia will have to strive to be recognized as the number one team in world cricket again, and that objective could take a couple of years to reach, belives captain
Melbourne: This week’s third Test between Australia and South Africa will not be a testimonial for out-of-form opener Matthew Hayden, said team skipper Ricky Ponting and Australia’s chief selector Andrew Hilditch.The 37-year-old Hayden has scored 313 runs at 22.35 in eight
