London: Boot camps and para-military trainings maybe in the vogue for male cricketers but the English eves went even further and had a chilli-eating competition to prepare themselves for their February tour of India for a quadrangular World Series.
Melbourne:Cricket Australia (CA) will press the International Cricket Council (ICC) to give next year's matches against the Rest of the World official status.
Bangalore: The World Series rolls into its second leg on Sunday with Australia (Southern Stars) taking on England and New Zealand (White Ferns) crossing swords with India.
Bangalore: Even as the World Cup (men) fever is heating up across the globe, the women are engaged in a World Series of their own.
London: Former South African cricket captain Kepler Wessels confirmed on Saturday that he has accepted the post of Northamptonshire's first team manager for the next two seasons.
Hyderabad: India XI outplayed World XI in all the departments to register a convincing 44-run win in the ICL 20s World Series tie at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium here on Saturday.
Hyderabad: A fine all-round effort from Matt Elliott (26&3/17) helped World XI thump Pakistan XI by 6 wickets in the last league tie and set up title clash with India XI in the ICL 20s World Series at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium here on Monday.
Hyderabad: A fine all-round effort from Ganapathi Vignesh (57, 2/28) helped India XI edge past World XI to clinch the inaugural ICL 20s World Series title at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Satdium here on Monday.
London: The defiance of International Cricket Council by Indian and South African cricket authorities triggered an angry condemnation in the UK with the British media suggesting that world cricket was heading towards "anarchy" and facing the biggest threat since Kerry Packer unleashed the World Series cricket 24 years ago.
Bangalore: India's loss to New Zealand is disheartening but there is this consolation that the team did fare much better that it did while in England. So that is a positive sign. I suppose it will take time for a team
