Tasmania batsman Alex Doolan could make his Test debut in Sydney after being added to Australia's squad. Injury concerns surrounding the No.3 Shane Watson and fast bowler Ryan Harris may lead to a significant shake-up of the side, with allrounder James Faulkner also in contention and fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile a chance to debut having been named in a 14-man squad for the Test. Doug Bollinger,...
Flower set for England talks
England team director Andy Flower will meet with the incoming managing director of England cricket, Paul Downton, in Sydney over the New Year to plot a way forward for the team after their disastrous tour of Australia, which reached a new nadir in Melbourne as they threw away a position of strength with two days of awful cricket to lose by eight wickets. However, Flower reiterated that he has the...
Big fish in a small pond
Ireland are undoubtedly masters among the minnows but they continued to be disappointed at not getting chances against the big boys Ger Siggins December 30, 2013 Ireland's domination of the Associate level is complete. Now they yearn for Test status © ICC/Saleem Sanghati It may just have been Irish cricket's greatest year ever. Qualification was secured for the 2014 World Twenty20...
The urn returns, and Tendulkar signs off in style
India's young brigade, Sri Lanka's post-war healing, Australia's travails and more in our staff's picks of the best and worst of the year gone by India's young turks clinch the Champions Trophy © AFP George Binoy, assistant editorBest: Tendulkar's farewell speechAlmost everything around Sachin Tendulkar's retirement was sickly sweet. From the hastily arranged West Indies series to the...
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Kallis thrives in his bubble
Kallis played the almost perfect innings - Petersen Beyond the guard of honour, the handshakes, the hashtags and the heavy hearts, there was a Test to win. The most important person knew that. Jacques Kallis, who all the above gestures were for, blocked out the occasion and batted in his bubble. The same one many thought he had left when he announced his decision to retire from Test cricket....
Rogers and Watson bury hapless England
Lunch Australia 204 and 1 for 143 (Rogers 81*, Watson 36*) need 88 to beat England 255 and 179Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Chris Rogers guided Australia's chase towards a fourth consecutive victory over England, though not without significant help from the bedraggled tourists who missed two catches on the fourth morning of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. By lunch the hosts had reached...
Will one-day cricket continue to hold its own between the other two formats?
The prognosis for one-day cricket has been gloomy for long, despite a successful 2011 World Cup and the recent Champions Trophy. Tell us what you think of the format Every time two boards schedule a one-day series between their teams outside of a full tour, critics complain about a lack of context. There are many who feel that the introduction of two new balls in ODIs has killed the...
The tussle for crumbs
It was a year when Canada and Kenya tripped up while others like Afghanistan, Nepal, Netherlands and UAE made some loud noises Peter Della Penna December 29, 2013 Nepal are looking to usurp the place of teams like Canada and Kenya in the ICC's High Performance Programme, and ultimately get ODI status © ICC/Getty History repeated itself in 2013 when the goalposts were moved on Associate...
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The year of the underdog
In the women's game, West Indies, Pakistan and Ireland stamped their authority on the field, while Australia, New Zealand and South Africa made significant progress off it Raf Nicholson December 28, 2013 West Indies beat higher-ranked teams and made it to their first World Cup final © ICC/Solaris Images The Women's World Cup in India proved an exciting start to 2013, generating...
Where's the fight gone, Zaheer?
Zaheer Khan used to be a tailender who could contribute with the bat, but he does not seem to have the will to tough it out anymore Almost every time Zaheer Khan has come to bat in the last three years, with the match still alive and his contribution vital, he hasn't - for some reason - shown willingness to get behind the line of the ball, or fought for the sake of the better batsman at the...
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