DUBAI: The ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat on Saturday admitted that one of the disappointing aspects of year 2011 was not being able to reach a consensus regarding the use of Decision Review System (DRS) for international matches, despite majority of players in favour of technology.

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MELBOURNE: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is confident that his ex-team mate Sachin Tendulkar will come back strongly against Australia in the second Test that starts on Tuesday at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

Ganguly, who is a commentator with the host broadcaster, said: “There was lot of [...]

SYDNEY: Australian captain Michael Clarke challenged his bowlers to bounce India out from the second Test that starts on Tuesday at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

“I love the aggression of our fast bowlers. I love the way they served it up to the Indian tailenders during our [...]

SYDNEY: Former Test captain Ian Chappell feels that if Australia can shut down Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar they can inflict a 4-0 whitewash on India like England did during the summer.

“If Australia can shut down both Sehwag and Tendulkar, then India could well be propelled on a downhill [...]

SYDNEY: Australia cricket coach Mickey Arthur has thrown down the gauntlet to India’s famed batsmen by claiming that they have “chinks in their armour” and his team’s young pace attack has inflicted “psychological blows” on them for the remainder of the ongoing Test series.

“They all have chinks in their [...]

MELBOURNE: Most bowlers in international cricket feel elated after picking up the prized scalp of Sachin Tendulkar – widely regarded as the world’s best batsman, ever after Don Bradman.

Australian pacer Peter Siddle, who dismissed the Indian legend twice during the first Test at the MCG, [...]

MELBOURNE: India and Australia reacted differently, albeit on predictable lines, the day after the first Test ended prematurely at the MCG on Thursday with the home team emerging victorious by 122 runs.

The Aussies not only partied hard, but also upped the ante by naming a fit-again Ryan [...]

DURBAN: Just like the last time the teams played here, South Africa limped away from a traumatic cricket experience against Sri Lanka in Durban shaking their head and seriously pondering the future.

As the Proteas ended 2011 with a groundbreaking Test defeat, there was [...]

MELBOURNE: Batting great Sachin Tendulkar has termed the SCG as his ‘favourite ground’ outside India and hoped to continue his love affair with the stadium in the second Test against Australia, starting January 3.

Tendulkar averages a staggering 221 with two centuries and a double century from just four Tests [...]

MELBOURNE: The ongoing rubber against Australia was seen as India’s best chance of winning a series Down Under, but former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday said that the visitors should forget about such a possibility after the humiliating loss in the first Test.

India witnessed yet another poor start to [...]