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Afridi, who remains Pakistan’s one-day and Twenty20 skipper, announced the Headingley fixture would be his last Test after leading Pakistan to a 150-run defeat by Australia in the series opener at Lord’s here on Friday. That was Afridi’s first Test in four years and so the 30-year-old’s latest farewell to the five-day format has taken [...]

Morning rain forced the game to be reduced to 46 overs, but surprisingly, Ireland opted to bat. The captain William Porterfield was soon made to regret that as he departed in the fifth over, slashing Mashrafe Mortaza to Jahurul Islam at backward point. Shafiul Islam struck the next over when he sent back the other [...]

Pakistan Captain Shahid Afridi has announced his retirement from test cricket after the 2nd test against Australia at Hedingley. Afridi made his announcement to BBC Radio after leading Pakistan to a 150-run defeat by Australia in the first Test at Lord’s here on Friday. In the first test match Afridi was out with just two [...]

Although his six centuries in his last seven Test matches in Melbourne, 37 aged Hayden averages 23.50 in his last seven Tests having not scored a century since January and could be dropped if his poor run continues.

Mohammad Yousuf, famous for his stylish batsmanship, on Tuesday fired verbal volleys on  Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik, saying that his attitude was one of the reasons for him joining the Indian Cricket League. Reacting to Malik’s charge that Yousuf was not keen on playing for the country and that he was just making excuses for [...]

The bombing and machine gun attacks in Mumbai demonstrates how terrorism has affected Asian nations hosting sporting tours and places the global future of cricket in jeopardy. Pakistan, hit by a spate of bombings, will finish 2008 without playing a single cricket Test. Sri Lanka’s civil war involving the Tamil Tigers has been going for [...]

Whatever challenge is put in front of this Indian team they conquer it with skill and flair. In Cuttack, England managed their best batting performance of the series, led by Kevin Pietersen’s unbeaten 111, but it was made to look a long way short as they cantered home by six wickets with more than six [...]

A purposeful, fluent and unbeaten 92 from Simon Katich kept Australia ticking at the end of a day that saw effortless batting on either side of a dramatic bowling spell. India batted smoothly through the morning, and Katich’s 115-run partnership with Michael Hussey gave Australia plenty of breathing room in the late afternoon, but the [...]

ICL snatches arguably the best test batsman of the world. Mohammad Yousuf’s international career is in great danger now. PCB has banned him and he may not play in international cricket ever again unless dispute between ICL and ICC-BCCI is resolved. “I have decided to sign for ICL,” Yousuf – who will play for Lahore [...]

Days away from playing the last Test match of his distinguished career, former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Monday said he was taking the Nagpur five-dayer as just another game. “There is no special feeling going into the last Test of my career. It is just like any other game. And I am taking it that [...]