SYDNEY: Australia captain Michael Clarke says he’s confident his chronic back problem will cope with the rigors of back-to-back Ashes series starting in England on July 10.

Clarke, who was diagnosed with a degenerative back condition at the age of 17, has been under an injury cloud [...]

SYDNEY: George Bailey was on Wednesday handed the vice-captaincy of Australia’s squad for their defence of the Champions Trophy, while promising fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile won a call-up.

The eight-nation tournament starts in England next month with Bailey getting the nod as Michael Clarke’s number two in place [...]

MUMBAI: Virat Kohli is an angry young man. Why? Because he was booed by the Wankhede crowd during the presentation ceremony after the game between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, on Saturday.

Was the 58-run thumping his side, RCB suffered, the reason for [...]

NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar has always been showered with the biggest of compliments but former Australia opener Matthew Hayden took it to a new level as he placed the senior batsman above the game itself while calling him India’s Don Bradman and a “movement in himself”.

“They will write [...]

SYDNEY: Australian cricketing prospects have rarely looked bleaker than when Michael Clarke took over the Test captaincy after the last Ashes series but only an out-and-out optimist would declare the outlook that much brighter two years on.

While his personal stock has risen inexorably on the back of [...]

MUMBAI: Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting on Sunday assured that the infamous “Monkeygate” episode won’t have an effect on the Mumbai Indians dressing room as he gears up to lead Mumbai Indians in the sixth edition of IPL.

“No, no. We are all friends for the next few months. That’s one [...]

It’s tough getting to the top. It’s tougher staying there. For Kolkata Knight Riders, talent and turmoil had walked hand in hand the first four seasons of the Indian Premier League, but they finally got it right last year. But, then, having tamed the demons within and having reached the pinnacle of [...]

MUMBAI: Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting on Sunday assured that the infamous “Monekygate” episode won’t have an effect on the Mumbai Indians dressing room as he gears up to lead Mumbai Indians in the sixth edition of IPL.

“No, no. We are all friends for the next few months. That’s one [...]

SYDNEY: Australia’s chief selector John Inverarity says Pakistani asylum-seeker Fawad Ahmed will be in contention for a place in the Ashes squad to tour England if he is granted citizenship in time.

The 31-year-old leg-spinner was handed a permanent visa to remain in Australia in November after leaving his [...]

SYDNEY: Australia’s chief selector John Inverarity says Pakistani asylum-seeker Fawad Ahmed will be in contention for a place in the Ashes squad to tour England if he is granted citizenship in time.

The 31-year-old leg-spinner was handed a permanent visa to remain in Australia in November after leaving his [...]