Mumbai: Chairman of India's selectors, Krishnamachari Srikkanth has admitted that Yuvraj Singh, after his back-to-back hundreds against England, had perhaps left a lot of other players who were in contention for a place in the Indian team, behind, and was now front-runner for the place left vacant by the retirement of ..... more »

Western Australian opening batsman Shaun Marsh will join the national side in India as an injury replacement, Cricket Australia said Wednesday.Marsh, 25, a member of the squad which toured the West Indies earlier this year, will replace opener Phil Jaques, who has returned home to seek treatment for a back injury."Obviously, I won't be playing .. more »

Michael Vaughan’s name will not be included when England announce the Test squad for the tour of India on Monday. England and Wales Cricket Board national selector Geoff Miller has confirmed that the former captain will be given the rest of the year to work on his game after failing to recover his form with Yorkshire. Vaughan stepped down .. more »

Indian coach Gary Kirsten is the man who recommended Sourav Ganguly's ouster, that's according to media reports quoting one of the five selectors.  .. more »

Andrew Flintoff starred with bat and ball as England won a rain-affected fourth one-day international against South Africa by seven wickets at Lord's.England, set a revised target of 137 to win off 20 overs after rain disrupted South Africa's innings at 6-183 in 32.1 overs, made it with 14 balls to spare with Kevin Pietersen making 40 and Owais .. more »

India has dropped to fifth place in the ICC ODI Championship table despite winning the away series in Sri Lanka 3-2... more »

John Bradman (far left), Tom Bradman (back) and Greta Bradman (far right) stand with John Howard, Australia's former prime minister, at the 2000 Bradman Oration. The son of Don Bradman says he continues to be "astounded" by the amount of affection directed towards his late father. In the lead-up to Wednesday's centenary of Bradman's .. more »

Greame Smith and co have a formidable record in recent One Day Internationals and they are short priced favourites on a ground which favours batting second. An enormous amount of time and effort down the years has gone into researching what effect the toss has on one-day internationals. Of course in the five-day arena it is hugely important but .. more »

See the latest news of English Premier LeagueSource: BBC sports Silvestre missed most of the 2007/08 season with injury Arsenal have signed Manchester United's France international defender Mikael Silvestre for an undisclosed fee. The 31-year-old joined United in September 1999 and had one year left on .. more »

Australia's cricketers remain concerned with the security situation in Pakistan and will refuse to travel there for next month's Champions Trophy, local media reported on Wednesday.Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) chief executive Paul Marsh told The Australian newspaper that a meeting between players, an ICC taskforce and Cricket Australia .. more »

Manchester United has signed a lucrative 5 years sponsorship deal with Saudi Telecom Co., the Arab world's largest phone company. The five-year deal with Saudi Arabia's biggest telecommunications company was announced at Old Trafford on Sunday ahead of United's season-opening home match against Newcastle. Details of the deal, which is reportedly .. more »

2008 India-Lanka Test Series Finale - The Last PostThat was the significant difference between the two teams in this series. Six innings of BAW Lanka decided the tour. Mendis has dominated masters of spin.The Dravid-Laxman partnership couldn't achieve one of their reputed brilliant efforts much to the relief of Lanka. Never mind, you tried.One .. more »

Kevin Pietersen celebrated his first innings as England captain with a century, as England took a 122-run first-innings lead... more »

Manchester United bid a final farewell on Saturday to the baby-faced assassin, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, in his testimonial match against Espanyol at Old Trafford. The Norwegian delivered a truly heart-warning address to the Old Trafford crowd before the game, showing himself to be of football’s true remaining gentlemen. Solskjaer made a public .. more »

India won the toss against Sri Lanka in the second test match at Galle and on a pitch that is expected to break down and start spinning from the 2nd day onwards, the visitors decided to bat first. Both the teams are unchanged for the game. Live Scorecard For the Indians, the biggest test will be facing the double threat of spinners Ajantha Mendis .. more »

The Pakistan Cricket Board would continue with random dope tests on its players before the Champions Trophy.  .. more »

Spin bowlers will be the centre of attention during the Test series between India and Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday as three stars with a combined tally of more than 1,600 wickets do battle.1 Vote(s).. more »

More images Leeds: AB de Villiers continued to frustrate England by completing his sixth Test hundred after debutant Darren Pattinson struck again by removing Ashwell Prince for a Test-best 149 here at Headingley. South Africa, at lunch on the third day of the second Test here on ... .. more »

Sachin Tendulkar gets a chance to test his match fitness.Match facts Friday July 18 - Sunday July 20, 2008Start time 10.30am (05.00GMT)Big Picture After three hectic months of Twenty20 and one-dayers, this is India's only warm-up game before the Tests against Sri Lanka. It is also the only chance for several of India's players who have had an .. more »

Speculation over a positive drug test during the inaugural Indian Premier League season this year was set to rest by IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, who confirmed it late Sunday. He, however, said in a statement that it is premature to say the cricketer had failed the drug test since some more procedures needed to be followed before cofirming .. more »