Cricket Pulse

South Africa will have a three-day warm-up in Perth before the opening of the three-Test series at the WACA from December 17, and another practice match is planned for Hobart in the lead-up to Boxing Day. There is no major fixture for Hobart, which hosted the second Australia-Sri Lanka Test in 2007-08.
The Proteas will then [...]

The BlackCaps travel to Brisbane to play Australia in the first test match at the Gabba.
The BlackCaps tour of Australia includes 2 test matches against Australia and a first class match against New South Wales.
Part of the 2008/09 Summer of Cricket. The first Test of the summer will be against New Zealand at the Gabba [...]

Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, has said he is ready for the challenge of leading the bowling attack on the spin-friendly Chittagong track when his side takes on Bangladesh in the first Test starting Friday.
On New Zealand’s 2004-05 tour of Bangladesh, Vettori picked up 20 wickets in two Tests, including 12 at Chittagong’s MA [...]

Captain Ricky Ponting led from the front with a brilliant century to help Australia reach 254 for four at close on the opening day of the first Test against India at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Thursday.
Zaheer Khan though spoiled Australia’s day when he dismissed Michael Clarke (11) leg before wicket in the [...]

Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain, believes the pressure on India’s “fab four” batsmen will hand Australia an advantage when the Test series begins on Thursday. Sourav Ganguly has already announced he will retire after this series, while Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman are also in the twilight of their careers.
But there is also [...]