All eyes on Kenya at Mombasa
No Kennedy Otieno for Kenya, but they remain the team to beat at Mombasa © AFP On Wednesday, a day short of eight weeks before the World Cup opens in Jamaica, the final run-in for…
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Malik to miss rest of Test
Malik got Pakistan off to good starts in both Tests © Getty Images Pakistan opener Shoaib Malik was today relieved of his duty in the second cricket Test to enable him to be at the…
Beginnings and endings
Hanif Mohammad: gritty and defiant in his debut Test at Delhi© The Cricketer InternationalBeginningsHanif Mohammad1st Test at Delhi, 1952It was Pakistan's first-ever Test. Vinoo Mankad, the master left-arm spinner, was weaving his magic but Hanif…
Shane Bond ruled out of Pakistan series
Shane Bond, New Zealand's fast bowler, will not be available for the home series against Pakistan. New Zealand Cricket announced today that while Bond has not suffered a new stress fracture he still needs more…
South Africa clinch series with nine-wicket win in Paarl
South Africa have beaten Pakistan by nine wickets and in so doing have clinched the Standard Bank one-day international series, going into the last game in Cape Town, on Wednesday, with an unassailable three-one lead.Brought…
England middle order dominate Pakistan attack to secure five-wicket win
An awesome display by England's batsmen brought a magnificent five-wicket victory, with 16 balls to spare, over Pakistan in the tour's first One Day International.In the presence of a sell-out crowd, England's middle order, led…
Aston Villa: Davis must be unleashed
Aston Villa striker Danny Ings has so far failed to live up to expectation since arriving at the club last summer for around £27m, and after scoring just four goals in 19 Premier League appearances,…
England to wear poppies
England have been granted consent from Fifa to wear poppies on black armbands for their game against Spain on Saturday in support of Remembrance Day. The English FA had initially wanted a poppy to be…
Everton lose Saha for rest of season
Everton manager David Moyes has confirmed star striker Louis Saha is likely to miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury.Saha, who has scored 10 times this campaign, suffered the injury during their…
England players too dense to travel
As another pathetic World Cup showing comes to a close is it too inconceivable to think that England’s footballers simply lack the general intelligence to win an international tournament? After all the Dutch and the…