Players chase unpaid IPL 2010 money

Simon Katich is still owed IPL money Simon Katich and Ramnaresh Sarwan are among a group of cricketers still owed contract payments from the BCCI for the 2010 Indian Premier League.FICA, the international cricketers' representative body, has revealed that the money has remained unpaid for more than 18 months despite numerous entreaties by the players and their management. Tim May,...

de Villiers to miss Australia series

AB de Villiers will miss South Africa's T20 and ODI series against Australia AB de Villiers has been ruled out of cricket for between four and six weeks with a hand injury. He will miss South Africa's T20 and ODI series against Australia, of which the former was due to be his first as captain. De Villiers broke the third finger on his left hand during fielding practice with the Royal Challengers...

Harbhajan dropped for first two ODIs

Offspinner Harbhajan Singh has been left out of India's squad for the first two ODIs against England on October 14 and 17. Karnataka medium-pacer S Aravind and Punjab legspinner Rahul Sharma have received their maiden international call-ups. Squad: MS Dhoni (capt and wk), Gautam Gambhir, Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav,...

de Villiers out of Champions League

AB de Villiers' broken finger places him in doubt for South Africa's home series against Australia AB de Villiers has been ruled out of the remainder of the Champions League Twenty20 after fracturing a finger on his left hand during a Royal Challengers Bangalore training session at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. The injury could force de Villiers to miss the start of Australia's tour of South Africa,...

Mitchell Marsh in line for T20 debut

Matthew Wade has been named in Australia's Twenty20 squad Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade and Patrick Cummins are all in line to make their international debuts after being named in Australia's squad to tour South Africa next month. Australia's selectors have chosen separate 14-man groups for the Twenty20s and ODIs in South Africa, with Mitchell Johnson axed from the Twenty20 outfit...

Pomersbach faces discipline from Western Australia

The Western Australia batsman Luke Pomersbach is facing potential disciplinary action after failing to turn up for a state practice match on Monday. The WACA has confirmed it is investigating the matter, which is far from the first time Pomersbach has found himself in trouble. "The Western Australian Cricket Association is looking into a disciplinary breach by Retravision Warriors batsman...

Cooley named Australia's interim coach

Troy Cooley will be Australia's interim head coach for next month's tour of South Africa, but he has confirmed he will not apply for the full-time job as Tim Nielsen's replacement. Cooley is the head coach at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, having spent five years as the bowling coach and Nielsen's assistant with the national team.The current assistant coach, Justin Langer, and the...

South Australia to persist with three spinners

Callum Ferguson wants a braver approach from South Australia's batsmen Though South Australia Redbacks' three spinners conceded 69 runs for no wicket in eight overs against the Warriors, they are planning to play the same combination against Kolkata Knight Riders."The three spinners have worked very well for us over the last two years," batsman Callum Ferguson said. "I don't see...

Swann left stumped by England 'horror show'

Garey Mathurin put England under the cosh with 3 for 9 in four overs England's captain, Graeme Swann, admitted that a "bit of pressure, a bit of inexperience and a bit of ineptitude all added up to a horror show", as an entirely unfancied West Indian team rallied round in defence of a below-par target of 114, and pulled off an impressive 25-run victory thanks to a Man-of-the-Match spell of 3 for...

Tim Paine set for surgery on finger

Matthew Wade is the most likely beneficiary of Tim Paine's injury Tim Paine has been ruled out of Australia's tour of South Africa next month due to a finger injury, which is likely to open the door for Matthew Wade to make his international debut. Paine will have surgery later this week following a slower than expected recovery after he hurt his right index finger while batting at a Tasmania training...

Broad unlikely to play again this year

Stuart Broad suffered his season-ending injury in the one-day series against India  Stuart Broad has admitted that he is unlikely to play again this year as he recovers from the shoulder injury he picked up against India, although has been told he won't require surgery. Broad had already been ruled out of the matches against West Indies and the return one-day series in India, but had...

Nielsen takes new role with South Australia

Tim Nielsen will be casting his eyes over young South Australian players in his new role Tim Nielsen will switch his focus to developing young cricketers in his home state of South Australia after quitting as coach of the national team. Nielsen will head up the newly-created Emerging Redbacks Program, which will allow him to return home to Adelaide nearly a decade after he left to become an...

Bennett out of Zimbabwe series

Hamish Bennett picked up his third injury in a year Hamish Bennett, the New Zealand fast bowler, will miss next month's tour of Zimbabwe due to a sore back.A lower back soreness has put Bennett out of contention. "It seems like the trouble is muscular, the scans show nothing. I've just got to stop bowling for a few weeks and become pain-free, then I can resume gradually again," Bennett was quoted...

Injured Southee out of Champions League Twenty20

A knee injury has ruled out Tim Southee from the Champions League Twenty20 Tim Southee, the New Zealand and Chennai Super Kings seamer, will miss the Champions League Twenty20 after injuring his knee. He was supposed to join the Chennai team this week but will remain in New Zealand to undergo treatment. "Tim has suffered some cartilage damage to his left knee while preparing for the Champions League.,"...

Ricky Ponting to miss second Test

Ricky Ponting played in his 100th Test winin Galle, but will miss the second Test Ricky Ponting's 100th Test win arrived in the nick of time to allow him to fly home for the birth of his second child, which will rule him out of the second Test starting in Kandy on Thursday. The reserve batsman Shaun Marsh is set to make his debut, while David Warner, previously seen as a Twenty20 specialist, will...

Cox quits as Australian selector

Jamie Cox (right) was the selectoron duty at The Oval in 2009 Jamie Cox has cleared the way for a complete overhaul of Australia's selection panel by standing down and declaring he will not reapply for the role of part-time selector. Cox's decision means that all four of the Australian selectors who picked the side during last summer's disastrous Ashes campaign have now moved on. The Argus...

I've lost nine kilos from not eating - Meth

Keegan Meth: "At first, I didn't know where it had hit me.But then, I looked down and saw blood, and I could hearsomeone saying, 'Here's one of his teeth'." Two days after Keegan Meth had four teeth knocked out in the fifth ODI against Bangladesh on August 21, he logged onto his Facebook account. He had 380 friend requests and they were all from Bangladeshis who were concerned...