The last time these two teams met in a tournament final, Sachin Tendulkar produced a match-winning century that saw India win with relative ease. Not many people remember though, that there were other vital contributions too – Yuvraj and Dhoni both scored fifties, while Harbhajan Singh picked up 5/56. For Sri Lanka, Dilshan started off the chase by smashing 42 off...

Lahore, Nov. 2 (ANI): Pakistan’s opening batsman Nasir Jamshed has revealed how a few words of wisdom from Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir have helped him in his career. “Last year when India were touring Pakistan, I went to Gautam for some advice on my batting. Gautam told me that he was impressed with my batting and I had a good selection of shots. He told...

London, Nov 2 (ANI): England opener Alastair Cook believes he can take a giant stride in the next three months towards becoming next cricket captain of the country. If the Essex opener scores lot of runs against South Africa and displays good leadership, he will be the favourite to take over when Andrew Strauss retires. Cook is already Strauss” deputy and has been...

Wellington, Nov 2 (ANI): Former Sri Lanka and West Indies coach John Dyson has the job of the New Zealand coach in his sights. Dyson has previously coached Sri Lanka and the West Indies, but was axed as coach of the Caribbean side recently. “If the opportunity arose and they considered me a suitable candidate, I’d definitely be interested,” Dyson said. Dyson,...

Wellington, Nov 2 (ANI): New Zealand’s pace bowler Shane Bond is confident of his team’s good performance against Pakistan in the first of the three matches in Abu Dhabi. New Zealand’s five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Champions Trophy in Johannesburg was reason to believe a series win was within their grasp, although Bond is wary that the environment...

London, Nov. 1 (ANI): After showing splendid skills with both bat and ball during the Ashes, Stuart Broad was being touted as Andrew Flintoff’’s natural heir, but England skipper Andrew Strauss doesn’t think so. “Stuart is not a like-for-like replacement for Flintoff in any way. He has his own particular skills, some of which are world class and some of...

Wellington, Nov. 1 (ANI): New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum had it enough when he was singled out in the cricket contracts saga and sacked as the vice-captain, but the biggest blow came when his position as an ODI opener came into danger. McCullum has a chance to retain his opening position if he performs well in a three-match series against Pakistan, the New Zealand...

Dubai, Nov.1 (ANI): Barely four months after he bid adieu to T20 cricket after leading his team to win the coveted ICC T20 World Championship, Pakistan one-day captain Younis Khan has expressed his desire to play in the bang-bang version of the game once again. Khan, who is currently in Dubai for the three match one-day series against New Zealand, said he is ready to come...

London, Oct 31 (ANI): England team director Andy Flower has asked South African-born batsman Jonathan Trott to be prepared for a hostile reaction when he plays against the Proteas in November. Flower believes that Kevin Pietersen has now proved himself sufficiently to enjoy respect from South African crowds, but Trott should expect a repeat of the spiteful reaction shown...

Dubai (UAE), Oct. 31 (ANI): Veteran New Zealand cricket all rounder Scott Styris is expecting senior Black Cap players to step up and take the load off skipper and acting coach Daniel Vettori. New Zealand has arrived in Dubai to prepare for their three-match one-day cricket series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi next week without a coach, following Andy Moles” resignation...