England Shake Up Cricket Captaincy Structure

May 6, 2011

Alistair Cook and Stuart Broad have been named the new captains of the ODI side and Twenty20 side respectively as England overhaul the captaincy structure. Cook will take over duties from Andrew Strauss who announced his retirement from the 50 over ...

Alastair Cook excited by chance of captaincy for one-day cricket

May 5, 2011

26 year old Alastair Cook has been handed the role of captain for the one-day team with Test Cricket captain Andrew Strauss stepping down. It has always been known that Cook would be the likeliest candidate and speaking after his appointment the ...

Cricket corruption: International Cricket hit by fresh match fixing allegations

July 10, 2011

Cricket has been once again been thrown into the headlines for all the wrong reasons following allegations of match fixing by former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne. Last week, the 43 year old claimed on a Sri Lankan TV chat show that match ...

Cricket: Associate Members given hope by ICC

July 10, 2011

Associate members have been given hope of competing in the 2015 Cricket World after the International Cricket Council was asked to review the format of the competition. Earlier this month, the decision to allow only the 10 full ICC members to ...

County Cricket 2011: Who will be the front runners?

July 10, 2011

Saturday marked the moment when the first competitive cricket of our great English Summer began. Those hoping for a good start to the season will not be disappointed, as for one of the few times in living memory; the season is beginning in glorious ...

The five best performances from the 2011 Cricket World Cup

July 10, 2011

The cricket World Cup was a tournament that received as much acclaim as it did criticism. With the competition now over and with India declared as winners, here are my best five performances of the fantastic tournament. Ryan ten Doeschate 119 ...

Do we have too much County Cricket?

July 10, 2011

After a long, cold winter groundsmen all around the country are this week making their final preparations for another hectic and demanding county season. Pre-season matches against Universities and the like started last week and this signifies the ...

Cricket World Cup Final 2011: India V Sri Lanka: An All Asian Affair

July 10, 2011

So after a gruelling month and half we’ve finally reached the climax of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. On the most part we’ve been proved right. As expected, the sub-continent nations have out performed the other main international sides and two of ...

Ricky Ponting could be on his way out after World Cup exit

July 10, 2011

Australian Captain, Ricky Ponting is liable to see an end to his reign as One Day Captain following his sides exit from this year’s World Cup. Speaking at a press conference following his return to Australia, Ponting said that he will do as he ...

England have what it takes to win the Cricket World Cup says Graham Gooch

July 10, 2011

England batting coach Graham Gooch thinks this England side has what it takes to go one better than he did in his three World Cup Finals. The all time England leading run scorer and current batting coach believes that the players “have got it in ...

Tendulkar shows that walking hasn’t completely disappeared from cricket

July 10, 2011

India’s favourite son Sachin Tendulkar has re-ignited the debate over whether it is acceptable to stand your ground and wait for the umpire’s decision on caught behind appeals and other close run decisions. In India’s final group game yesterday ...

Cricket World Cup:Who is the form team heading in to the knockout stages?

July 10, 2011

So the group stage of the competition is finished and well, the teams who would have been expected to go through, have. There have been some unexpected results but there are no surprise qualifiers. Anybody hoping to see a cricket minnow through to ...