Sydney: Indian pace bowler Shantha Sreesanth Tuesday said he would not be intimidated by Australian crowds during this summer's series Down Under and was confident of taking wickets.
Lahore:The organisers of the just-concluded Abu Dhabi series are likely to give a lesser remuneration to the Pakistan cricket team compared to their Sri Lankan counterparts after media reports suggested they have incurred heavy losses due to the absence of stalwarts from both sides.
More imagesColombo:Sri Lanka is banking on the publicity from the cricket World Cup to attract foreign investment and tourism to the South Asian island nation better known for its separatist conflict.
When the World Cup moved out of England to the sub-continent in 1987, Australia were certainly not the favourites to win it in front of 70,000 spectators at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta.
Paris:South African Herschelle Gibbs will miss one Test Match, one ODI and a Twenty20 international after the International Cricket Council rejected his appeal against a ban imposed by ICC match referee Chris Broad.
London:Arguably the best batsman of his generation, Brian Lara, saluted the best bowler of the era, Shane Warne, after the latter reached the magical figure of 700 wickets in the Melbourne Test against England yesterday and admitted candidly that he was never in total control against the champion leg-spinner.
London:Kevin Pietersen has rubbished reports that he and left-arm spinner Monty Panesar were racially abused by spectators in a pre-Ashes warm-up match in Sydney.
Sydney: ''Just settle down'' was Greg Chappell's advice to New Zealand pace great Sir Richard Hadlee when taunts of the crowd got the better of him in the 80's and the legendary Kiwi says this is exactly what England spinner Monty Panesar needs to do when confronted with abusive spectators during the upcoming Ashes series.
Kuala Lumpur: India will find themselves up against a rejuvenated West Indies side as they seek their first win of the DLF tri-series tournament in Malaysia today.
London: Expecting a ''worse than the worst'' reception from crowds in Australia during the Ashes, Monty Panesar has started having counselling sessions with England's Ashes psychologist to prepare for a torrid time with the spectators Down Under.
