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Can Test match survive in the wake of the growing popularity of T20 format of the game, this is a question asked by many in the recent times.The Marylebone Cricket Club which is the custodian of the laws of cricket conducted a survey in places like South Africa, New Zealand and India [...]

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The Ball of the Century, also referred to as the Gatting Ball or simply The Magic Ball, is the nickname given to a delivery bowled by Australia’s Shane Warne to England’s Mike Gatting. The incident occurred on day two of the first Test of the 1993 Ashes series, which took place at Old [...]

South African umpire Rudi Koertzen became the first umpire to officiate 200 ODI , he reached the 200 mark during the second match between Ireland and Kenya in Dublin.
Speaking in this occasion Koertzen said:
"For someone who started umpiring very late in life, it is a huge personal achievement and a dream come true. [...]

Sri Lanka announced the schedule for the Sri Lanka, New Zealand, India tri series.New Zeland will first play two tests and a T20 then India will join for the ODI’s
 

1st Test NZ vs Sri Lanka

August 18 to 22

at Galle International Stadium.

2nd [...]

Ahead of the series against the Bangladesh West Indies players have boycotted the series. The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) said it had attempted to hold talks in the past few days with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to resolve a number of issues. “The players have requested me as President of WIPA, the [...]

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Brett Lee who was expected to the spearhead the Australian bowling attack against the English in the Ashes is ruled out for the first two matches as he suffered a tear in the side muscle. Australia will miss his experience as the remaining bowling attack is relatively inexperienced.  He is also a doubtful [...]

More of the rebel players who cut their ties with the ICL are getting into their national squads. After Abdul Razzaq made a successful return in world T20 its the turn of Shane Bond and Daryl Tuffey to called back to the Black Caps squad for the series against Sri Lanka.
Shane Bond could make it [...]

The squads of Australia and England are as follows for the ASHES 2009:
England:
Andrew Strauss (C), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Graham Onions, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior (W.K), Graeme Swann.
Cric Republic Player to Watch: Kevin Pietersen
Australia:
Ricky Ponting (C), Michael Clarke, Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin(W.K), Nathan [...]

Requiring just 168 to win Pakistan started the fourth day of the first test against Sri Lanka with over night score of 71-2 and Mohammad Yousuf who got a century in the first innings at one end ,many believed it was just a matter of time before Pakistan took lead in the three match series [...]

In the latest edition of International Cricket Council (ICC) world rankings issued on Sunday West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul has lost his place at the top in the batting rankings.Pakistan’s Younus Khan has moved back on top of the rankings, a position he briefly held earlier this year thanks to the triple-century he scored in the [...]