Cricket Pulse

After a fairly ordinary Test series here in Sri Lanka, all eyes are now firmly on the Fab Four of Indian batting: is it time for them to pack up their bats and go? While public opinion seems to be tilting in that direction, the BCCI bosses are not yet giving up on them.
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FICA Chief executive Tim May, who is currently in Pakistan to review the security arrangements here, visited the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore and spent time with fellow Australians, Geoff Lawson and David Dwyer who are also attached with the national team.
May has been one of the most vocal critics off the International Cricket Council for [...]

India were 161 for five, leading Sri Lanka by 14 runs, at the close of the third day of the deciding third Test on Sunday.
Sri Lanka grabbed control of the game as they dominated all three sessions, building a healthy 147-run lead as they extended their first innings to 396 and then making deep inroads [...]

Two wickets from a resurgent Steve Harmison and a third by Andrew Flintoff reduced South Africa to 168 for five in their second innings on Sunday and put England in command on the fourth day of the fourth Test.
At lunch, AB de Villiers was on 15 and Mark Boucher on one with South Africa only [...]

Spinner Ajantha Mendis claimed 5-56 to help Sri Lanka bowl India out for 249 on the first day of the third Test on Friday.
India hit back with an early wicket, as Ishant Sharma bowled Malinda Warnapura (eight), before Sri Lanka closed on 14 for one with Michael Vandort on three and nightwatchman Chaminda Vaas on [...]

Kevin Pietersen celebrated his first innings as England captain with a century, leading the hosts to a 122-run first-innings lead over South Africa after the second day of the fourth Test at The Oval on Friday.
South Africa, bowled out for 194 in the first innings, were 37 for one at the close in reply to [...]

Even as India fight to win the Test series in Emrald isle against Sri Lanka, the Indian selectors will pick the One-day series team on Thursday. A source said that master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is likely to make a comeback in the squad, while pacer Ishant Sharma may be rested.
Dilip Vengsarkar and Co. will meet [...]

The pitch at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium, scheduled to host the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka, will offer more bounce for the faster bowlers, according to Sri Lanka’s national curator Anuruddha Polonowita. “The pitch will have some bounce for the bowlers. It will be good for both fast bowlers and spinners. [...]

A fact-finding committee probing Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif’s misadventure in Dubai earlier this summer has informed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf that there is enough evidence to punish the dope-tainted player.
The committee that includes senior PCB officials Shafqat Naghmi, Zakir Khan and Nadeem Akram found “damning evidence” against Asif from reports received by [...]

Dropped catches, missed stumping, shoddy glovework and scores of 9, 0, 7 and 20 - Dinesh Karthik has been an all-round failure in the two Test matches against Sri Lanka. The question isn’t really why has he failed; it really is why he continues to get so many chances.
In the first Test, Karthik dropped two [...]