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Well, be assured of Andrew Symonds not sitting quietly as the burly Aussie all-rounder is always known to speak his mouth. With his team virtually losing the urn to England, Symonds has criticized the team culture that led to his unceremonious ouster from the national side. Symonds, who has been following the Ashes on television, [...]

Australia might be gearing up to face the wrath of their fans and selectors by handing over the Ashes to England but former skipper Ian Chappell still believes that Ricky Ponting is better captain than Steve Waugh. Chappell blamed the selectors for the debacle at the Oval. “Not only did they (selectors) handcuff Ponting at [...]

Ton-up Trott grounded the Aussies and it left England eyeing a stunning Ashes triumph as they closed in on a series-clinching victory in the fifth and deciding Test at the Oval on Saturday. With the weekend crowd building up steadily throughout the day, Australia were given a victory target of 546 and in reply they [...]

And then it finally happened… England’s charismatic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff scored 22 and ended his final knock in Test cricket and was cheered throughout his knock. The final innings was short, occasionally spectacular and over far too soon for all his admiring fans who had come in full attendance at  the Oval for Saturday’s third [...]

Even as various cricketing nations are busy formulating a plan to lay their hands on the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy to be held in South Africa, former Australian opener Matthew  Hayden has written in his column in The Independent wanting the Champions Trophy to be scrapped as he feels  it is meaningless to hold the eight-nation tournament [...]

The Kangaroos must be hopping mad with the Poms taking a full-fledged advantage of them in the final Ashes 2009 Test at The Oval. Well, it was a day which started with the tourists on top but the Ashes 2009 final Test saw England taking a commanding position on day two of the Oval Test. [...]

For all those of you who thought Test cricket were on a decline, be assured that its a just passing phase. The advent of Twenty20 might have kept the big match players at bay but New Zealand stumper Brendon McCullum does not think Twenty20 format’s overwhelming success has sounded Test cricket’s death knell. The right-hander [...]

A fitting day of Test cricket which for sure has tilted in the favour of the title holders Australians after England were reduced t 307 for 8 with Peter Siddle taking four wickets on the first day of the deciding Test at the Oval here on Thursday. For a change, every batsman from the hosts side [...]

‘Gambling is here to stay’ The dark world of gambling in cricket will remain if illegal bookmakers are allowed to flourish in India, avers a prominent Australian sports bookmaker. Gerard Daffy from betting agency ‘Sports Alive’ also maintained that the phenomenal surge of Twenty20 cricket was majorly responsible for the rise in illegal betting activity [...]

Bhajji bats for BCCI The WADA issue is not going to die anytime soon, so it appears. Indian offie Harbhajan Singh toon Thursday said that he had full faith in the BCCI (Board for control of cricket in India) and will abide by whatever the Cricket Board advises the players on the contentious ‘whereabout’ clause [...]