Stand-in captain George Bailey has insisted leading Australia during the Champions Trophy tournament in the UK has been a "dream come true" despite the distractions of the David Warner affair.
When India plays Pakistan tension often boils over. Remember Javed Miandad mocking Kiran More with his famous kangaroo hop in the 1992 World Cup, or Venkatesh Prasad's expletive-laden send-off to Aamer Sohail at Bangalore four years later, writes
Rohit Bhaskar.
India maintain intensity in the inconsequential game to brush aside Pakistan; become the only team in the event to advance with all-win record, reports Rohit Bhaskar.
Is it just coincidence or strategy that most Uttar Pradesh cricketers who were part of the T20 league have changed their mobile numbers? According to sources, they have taken such a step to avoid the police, who have reportedly been monitoring their cell phone conversations since the spot fixing scandal came to the fore. Sharad Deep reports.
Former captain Bob Willis made a sensational claim that England players indulged in ball tampering which led to umpires changing the ball during the group league match of the ICC Champions Trophy against Sri Lanka.
Cricket Australia is seeking professional advice on what the organisation believes is troubled batsman David Warner's drinking problem, a report said today.
West Indies had salt rubbed into the wound of their exit from the ICC Champions Trophy when they were fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during their rain-hit Group B match against South Africa at Sophia Gardens, in Cardiff.
Stunned by an inspired Sri Lanka in their last game, hosts England find themselves in a spot of bother when they take on New Zealand in a must-win Group A match of the ICC Champions Trophy in Cardiff tomorrow.
Out-on-bail pacer S Sreesanth sought divine intervention in his efforts to emerge clean from the spot-fixing scandal as he paid obeisance at the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, insisting that he has not done anything wrong.
Title favourites India produced yet another clinical performance as they outplayed arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets in a high-voltage group league encounter of the ICC Champions Trophy in Birmingham on Saturday. Scorecard
A Delhi court today deferred till June 17 the hearing on the bail pleas of suspended Rajasthan Royal's player Ajit Chandila and five others in the T20 spot-fixing scandal case.
When the draw for the ICC Champions Trophy was made there was only one match on the mind of fans, players and organisers, all for different reasons. For fans it offered a chance to test the Orwellian notions of sport and war. Rohit Bhaskar reports.
Delhi Police today denied in a court in Delhi the allegations of Umesh Goenka that it forced him to name Raj Kundra as being involved in betting on T20 matches.
Even though the result would only be of academic interest, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today termed their face-off with arch-rivals Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy an 'important' game but said that his team would not take any added pressure.
Opposing the bail plea of Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila, arrested in connection with spot fixing, the Delhi Police today told the court that he was a key conspirator in the entire case.