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England’s Wicket Keeper Dilemma

Poor old Matt Prior. He had a difficult introduction to the world of international wicket keeping, arriving as he did [...]


Test Cricket: Day One Round Up

The first Test between New Zealand and Pakistan, and the second Test involving India and Sri Lanka both started today, [...]


Sri Lanka fail to win the unwinnable as Sachin Tendulkar passes 30,000

After fully two months without a Test match being played anywhere, the pyjamas have been placed under the pillowcase and [...]


Dravid defies Sri Lanka

The first Test match action since August 22nd kicked off in Ahmedabad between two of the finest exponents of this [...]


Terrorists open fire on Sri Lankan cricket team

The breaking news from Lahore this morning is that terrorists have attacked the Sri Lankan team bus with AK47s, rockets [...]


Records tumble in Karachi

Pakistan must wish after 2 days that they had not bothered playing test cricket again. The length of their absence [...]


Jayawardene to step down as captain of Sri Lanka

Mahela Jayawardene has announced his resignation as captain of Sri Lanka after his team’s defeat in their Twenty20 international against [...]


50 over international round up

The past week or two has seen the beleaguered 50 over form of the game return to the limelight. With [...]


Time for Bangladesh test status to be revised

So another sterling performance from Bangladesh. I am all for expanding the game to make it as global as possible [...]