England provisional squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies (30 April-16 May): P Collingwood (capt), J Anderson, I Bell, R Bopara, T Bresnan, S Broad, S Davies, J Denly, S Finn, C Kieswetter, M Lumb, S Mahmood, D Mascarenhas, E Morgan, G Onions, K Pietersen, L Plunkett, M Prior, A Rashid, O [...]

Our response to the recent article on The Cricket Blog about England’s ODI keeping situation. I think it is fair to say in this age of wicket keeping that you are not going to get picked purely on your keeping ability. Selectors will always be looking for a Gilchrist, Boucher or even a replacement for [...]

Sachin Tendulkar today hit a world record 200 in India against South Africa. Scoring at a strike rate of 136 Tendulkar helped the home side to a total of 401. Thanks to wonders of Cricinfo here is his Wagon Wheel for the innings. The previous record was 194 held by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan, the [...]

Another incredible finish to a game between South Africa and India, this time in the first of the ODI’s between the two sides. After the close finish of the 2nd test last week the sides will both have wanted to make a strong start to the ODI series. South Africa being without Smith was always [...]

India this morning finished off the South Africans in the 2nd test match of their 2 match series in India. Having the visitors 3 down over night, India needed to take 7 wickets on the final day which threatened to be rain affected like day 4 was. South Africa lasted until the final few overs [...]