Jim Maxwell says Australia' cricketers have long felt ignored by Cricket Australia. Photo: AP/Aijaz Rahi

Cricket pay dispute: Australia A tour of South Africa called off

Australian Cricket chief steps in but too late to save tour The bitter pay dispute in Australian cricket has intensified as ith the Australia A tour of South Africa officially cancelled on... Read more »
Pakistan beat front-runners India to clinch Champions Trophy title

Pakistan beat India to clinch Champions Trophy 2017 title

Fakhar Zaman smashes maiden century as Pakistan beat India by 180 runs to win first-ever ICC Champions Trophy Fakhar Zaman’s spectacular maiden one-day international century and breathtaking bowling spell by fast bowler Mohammad Amir... Read more »
Champions Trophy final 2017

Champions Trophy 2017: Pakistan India gear up for mother of all finals

This will be the first time Pakistan and India will clash in the ICC Champions Trophy final. India is eyeing their third title, Pakistan their maiden crown. Cricket fans couldn’t have wished... Read more »
West Indies players celebrate after defeating England in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket tournament at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 3, 2016.

Brathwaite sixes power West Indies to win World T20 title over England

Carlos Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels guide West Indies to World T20 title with victory over England in final over Carlos Brathwaite struck four straight sixes in the last over of the World... Read more »
The West Indies chased down a record total to win their first women’s World Twenty20 crown in the final against Australia. Photo: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images

West Indies beat Australia to win Women’s World Twenty20

West Indies win by eight wickets to secure first World Twenty20 crown KOLKATA (India): Powerful half-centuries from Hayley Matthews and skipper Stafanie Taylor fired the West Indies to their maiden World Twenty20... Read more »
Andre Russell runs towards his team-mates after taking West Indies home, India v West Indies, World T20 2016, semi-final, Mumbai, March 31, 2016 ©Getty Images

World T20: Both Men and Women West Indies teams qualify for Finals

Double joy for Caribbean Cricketers The West Indies will go for a double Sunday when both its men’s and women’s teams seek World Twenty20 championships in a doubleheader final of Twenty20 2016 Cricket... Read more »
Australian Claire Polosak and her New Zealand counterpart Kathy Cross will become the first women to adjudicate at any T20 World Cup after being included in a 31-person team of officials to oversee the concurrent men’s and women’s tournaments. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Aussie and NZ women umpires make history in World T20

Kathy Cross and Claire Polosak are the first female umpires to officiate in the Women’s World T20 New Zealand’s Kathleen Cross made history by becoming the first woman umpire to officiate in... Read more »
Hindu hardliners threatens to dig up pitch if Pakistan plays in India

Hindu hardliners threaten to dig up pitch if Pakistan plays in India

“If the Pakistan team comes to Dharamsala to play against Indian cricket team, we will dig the pitch in HPCA stadium,” Virender Shandilya, national president of Anti-Terrorist Front of India, said. Hindu... Read more »
Kane Williamson takes top honour at NZ Cricket Awards

Kane Williamson takes top honour at New Zealand Cricket Awards

New Zealand Cricket Awards paid homage to some outstanding performances and paid tribute one last time to one of the most influential Black Caps captains in history. Black Caps batsman and captain... Read more »
Australia's Haddin leads Islamabad to glory in PSL

Australia’s Haddin leads Islamabad to glory in PSL

Australian wicketkeeper smashes unbeaten 61 to help Islamabad United claim inaugural Pakistan Super League title By Dave Middleton (Cricket.com.au) Brad Haddin has added Pakistan Super League champion to his long list of... Read more »
Jackson Bird took five wickets and Australia knocked off 70 of the 201 runs they require for a series victory against New Zealand at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA

Australia close in on No.1 Test ranking after match against New Zealand

New Zealand fought hard with bat and ball on a heated fourth day of the second Test but Australia remain well placed to claim victory and the No1 Test ranking. Australia finished... Read more »
Lord's is the venue for the 2017 ICC Women's World Cup final

Women’s 2017 Cricket World Cup venues announced

Lord’s confirmed as venue for 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup final Lord’s will host the final of the Women’s World Cup in 2017, the ICC has announced, with fixtures also being allocated... Read more »

India and Pakistan to face off for national glory Thunder Nation Cup Final

Sydney (Media Release); On January 7th, the MoneyGram Thunder Nation Cup will be on the line as India and Pakistan battle it out on Spotless Stadium in front of a Sydney Thunder... Read more »
Warner's double-century powers Australia, crushes NZ spirits

Warner’s double-century powers Australia, crushes NZ spirits

Second Test Day 1 Australia 2- 416 (Warner 244n.o, Khawaja 121) As much as he thrives on the thrill of the grand occasion and the expectation that accompanies the big stage, David... Read more »
Shane Warne hopes someone watching the Cricket All-Stars currently would turn out one day to play for America at the World Cup. Photo by Peter Della Penna

‘Love to see all countries play in World Cup’: Warne

Peter Della Penna (ESPNcricinfo) Shane Warne has said he wants to see as many countries as possible play in a World Cup and hopes fans now watching the Cricket All-Stars tournament might... Read more »

India.. This is not cricket nor sportsman spirit

By Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad The Shiv Sena attack on Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) HQ at Mumbai, was a pre-planned scheme of the RAW controlled BJP government, which is proved by... Read more »
Australian team celebrates after wrapping up the second Test. (AFP Photo: Ian Kington)

Australia crush England in second Test match to level Ashes series

Australia has completed a crushing 405-run win over England in the second Test at Lord’s to tie the 2015 Ashes series at one match apiece. England was dismissed for the paltry total... Read more »
Australia and New Zealand to play first day-night Test cricket

Australia and New Zealand to play first day-night Test cricket

Cricket’s first day-night Test will be the centrepiece of an enhanced relationship between Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket. To be played in Adelaide from November 27 to December 1, the historic... Read more »
Sri Lanka's Sangakkara reacts after being dismissed during the fifth and final one-day international cricket match against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi

Sri Lankan batsman Sangakkara confirms international retirement in August

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara will quit international cricket during the Test series against India in August, the island nation’s most prolific batsman said on Saturday. “I have decided to call... Read more »

Pakistan’s Zaheer Abbas named New President of International Cricket Council

Abbas succeeds Bangladesh’s Mustafa Kamal in ceremonial role The former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has been appointed as president of the International Cricket Council for the next year at the annual conference... Read more »
Brad Haddin

It gave me an out for getting out: Haddin

Veteran wicketkeeper says every batsman needs luck when they start their innings Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin says every batsman needs luck at the start of their innings, especially when confronted with the... Read more »

Pakistan nominates Zaheer Abbas for ICC presidency

The nomination will now go forward for consideration by the ICC Nominations Committee and then to the ICC Board for approval before it is ratified by the Full Council at the 2015... Read more »
Jimmy Anderson, here against India in 2014, became the first England bowler to reach 400 Test wickets when he struck early against New Zealand. Photograph: Visionhaus/Corbis

England’s Jimmy Anderson joins elite 400 club with wicket

Paceman becomes first Englishman to Test milestone and 12th overall James Anderson has become the first Englishman to reach 400 Test wickets during the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley. Anderson... Read more »

Australia’s Meg Lanning named Wisden’s leading Woman Cricketer

Australian batter Meg Lanning has been named Wisden’s inaugural Leading Woman Cricketer in the World. Lanning earned the accolade based on her standout performances during 2014, in which she was named the... Read more »