Cricket

2012: End of the World Luckily, the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 will take place in Sri Lanka, and since that's about the last country in the world in which Pakistanis aren't strip-searched on arrival, abnormal security may not be required. Publish...

Broad goes into bat for S&S Details of the second book have yet to revealed. England will shortly begin a three test series with Pakistan, returning to England in the summer to play Australia and South Africa, before the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri ...

Investing In 2012 - What We Have Learned From Panic Times Debt and Deficit Problems in Selected Countries These considerations leave US with the following 13 countries for further consideration: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Korea, Malays...

India's Oz tour lets bears out on D-Street After a long gap, the next Australian tour of India was in 1999-2000 , under the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar. In the new millennium, the sensex, after scaling a new peak at 6151 in mid-February , was ...

CHEETAHS, TINNED SALMON AND DIAMONDS: THE HISTORY OF GIFTS FOR ROYALS During his tour of Australia with the Queen last November, he was given an “emu caller” and Aboriginal tie by an elder despite once asking a group of Aborigines if they still ...

Statistical highlights: India vs Australia, 2nd Test Day 3 Clarke's marvellous unbeaten knock is the fifth highest by a captain in Tests behind the 400 not out by Brian Lara for West Indies against England at St. John's in 2003-04, 374 by Mahe...

Sri Lanka brimming with promise Sri Lanka is completely open to it and I think it would be mutually valuable. TDL: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding in 2010. Could you outline ...

Celebrating New Year's 2012 Mikhail Metzel / AP A band takes part in the annual Cape Town Minstrels Carnival in Cape Town, South Africa. The event, which is deeply rooted in Cape Malay culture, includes more than 60 groups of musicians, dancers an...

The Iron Duke The following winter Jardine captained England in India, and the MCC had to deal with the delicate question of who should be appointed to lead against Australia in 1934. It was, potentially, a hugely problematic issue but one which, ul...

Editorial: Catch up with the times This year we welcome the GreenEDGE Cycling team as the first ever Australian professional cycling team. The GreenEDGE team line-up includes three past Santos Tour Down Under winners - Cameron Meyer, Simon Gerrans a...

Poetry as therapy Practise. This was your first trip to India; how was the tour? The tour was amazing. India was a great finish after touring in New Zealand and Australia. It pushed me the most and was the most difficult: I did five performances in ...

It all happens at the WACA @Meety - Tim Zoehrer did bowl some legspin, both in 1st class games for WA and for Australia (county games on an Ashes tour). I believe in the WA games he was picked as keeper but Veletta took the gloves so Zoehrer could h...

Global Economic Crisis Affecting Children Everywhere Mr. Kutin: Before the earthquake there were a minimum of two million Haitians living in slums in dire poverty, without hope; similar to Indonesia, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka after the tsunami –...

Australia tour will be huge learning experience for youngsters: Zaheer By CricketCountry Staff India pacer Zaheer Khan says that the Australia tour will be huge learning experience for the new-look Indian bowling attack, but his side will miss the e...

DIARY - Asian Market Holidays to December 2012 Double-click in brackets for Americas holidays diary , European holidays, Middle East and African holidays. Alternatively click on to retrieve dates by country. Please note the diaries mentioned above can...

Durban again forces South Africa to ponder future "We've got to regroup and bounce back as a team. "Hopefully 2012 and the contests that lie ahead will be a good one. But through our own bad play and Sri Lanka's good play, we start...

David Warner could be named Australia captain for T20s against India Warner has impressed Cricket Australia with his leadership skills, first as vice-captain for Australia A against New Zealand, and then leading CA Chairman's XI in a three-day t...

Sri Lanka –Down at Boland Park But it was a “Bad Day” for Sri Lanka. South Africa deserved this and they defeated Sri Lanka in all departments. But as usual Sri Lanka can come up with Giant killing instincts in next match at Buffalo Park., Eas...

England's lethal cocktail As England prepare to embark on a testing 2012 programme that features away series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, home contests with West Indies and South Africa, and a tour of India, the supremacy of their pace unit m...

Tour of Australia gives Dhoni the opportunity to reinforce his greatness India were simply hard to beat. Yes, Australia were pathetic, but that fact rarely has prevented the Aussies from not winning. If I were to encapsulate my fears for India on th...