Sri Lanka openers Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan's first-wicket stand of 282 in Thursday's match against Zimbabwe was the highest in a ICC Cricket World Cup. It also fell just short of the best one-day international opening partnership of all time, which Tharanga holds with...

Justin Langer has been tipped to succeed India's head coach Gary Kirsten, who is expected to resign after the ICC Cricket World Cup. It could be Cricket Australia's loss. Its failure to offer permanent jobs to all its national team coaches could cost it none other than Australia's...

Sixty-two-year-old Duncan Fletcher has been appointed as the coach of India ahead of the team's tour to the West Indies. The decision to appoint Fletcher, whose name was doing the rounds as a possible successor to Kirsten, was taken at the BCCI's working committee meeting. The...

Gary Kirsten is all set to become the new coach of the South African team with former teammate Allan Donald assisting him, the 'Saturday Star' reported. According to the reports, Cricket South Africa (CSA) would make a formal announcement on Monday ending two-month speculation as the...

Prolific batsman AB de Villiers was on Monday named South Africa`s ODI and Twenty20 skipper while Graeme Smith was retained as Test captain. De Villiers will also be Smith`s deputy in Test while Hashim Amla will be the ODI and Twenty20 vice-captain. "De Villiers and Amla have been part...

Sachin Tendulkar is not against the Decision Review System but wants it to be combined with technologies such as Snickometer and Hot Spot for consistency. "I am not against DRS, but I feel it will be more effective with the support of the Snickometer and Hot Spot technology. This will give...