Sydney, Aug 8 (IANS) Australian pacer Stuart Clark feared his Test career was over before his fiery first innings spell in the fourth Ashes Test sparked the Baggy Green's chances in the series. Clark (3-18 off 10 overs) started dredging up all of England's bad memories of his pivotal role in ...

London, Aug 5 (IANS) England have included aggressive batsman Jonathan Trott and fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom as a cover for struggling Andrew Flintoff in the squad for the fourth Ashes Test at Edgbaston. Chief selector Geof Miller said that it is a waiting game for the team management to get Flintoff ...

London, Aug 5 (IANS) Giles Clarke, chairman of the England and the Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has said that he will plead with the fans not to jeer at Australian captain Ricky Ponting during the fourth Ashes Test at Headingly. Ponting was booed by a section of the crowd during the ...

London, Aug 4 (IANS) Captain Andrew Strauss said that England can win the Ashes series without their maverick all-rounder Andrew Flintoff. Flintoff, who will retire after the series, has been on pain killers to ease the inflamation on his troublesome right knee. Flintoff was clearly struggling during the third Test at ...

London, July 31 (IANS) Australian captain Ricky Ponting Friday became the highest Australian Test run scorer in history. Ponting passed Allan Border's former record of 11,174 runs during the first innings in the third Test against England at Edgbaston and is now third on the all time Test run scorer ...

London, July 31 (IANS) Injured Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin faces the danger of missing the rest of the ongoing Ashes series due to a fractured finger. Haddin was injured moments before the start of third Test at Edgbaston Thursday and in almost the same spot where Glenn McGrath fatefully sprained ...

London, July 31 (IANS) Young Phillip Hughes faced the wrath of the Australian team management after revealing prematurely on the social networking site Twitter that he had been dropped for the third Test of the ongoing Ashes series at Edgbaston. Teams are not obliged to reveal their line-ups before the toss, ...

London, July 31 (IANS) England skipper Andrew Strauss's sporting gesture to allow Australia replace its injured wicket-keeper Brad Haddin, moments before the start of the long-delayed third Test at Edgbaston, has drawn praised by all and sundry including Australian coach Tim Nielsen. Strauss gave Australia permission to select reserve wicket-keeper Graham ...

Melbourne, July 31 (IANS) Former Australian openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer have decided to take struggling youngster Phil Hughes under their wings. Hayden promised that he and Langer would counsel Hughes and help him return stronger as the selectors' decision to sack the 20-year-old ahead of the third Test at ...

London, July 29 (IANS) England captain Andrew Strauss says Australia have lost their previous aura and opposition teams are no longer in awe of them. England are 1-0 ahead in the series after the heroics of Andrew Flintoff at Lord's last week and are imbued with the belief that the Ashes ...