Cricket

INDIA and Australia have faced off in some of the most engaging contests in recent times and a new chapter to their rivalry will be added when they contest 50-over cricket’s ultimate glory in Sunday’s...

NAMIBIA captain Gerhard Erasmus expressed concern Saturday (Oct 16) about the cold weather in Australia, but insisted the African nation could set the Twenty20 World Cup on fire by upsetting Sri Lanka...

Enthralling contests do not have to be quickfire entertainment

[NEW DELHI] India's 15-year-old women's cricket sensation Shafali Verma had to get her hair cut like a boy so that she could get into the local academy to train, her father told AFP.

[KABUL] Cricket-mad Afghanistan was euphoric after being awarded Test match status, a rare glimmer of good news amid rising insecurity, though many lamented the lack of sports infrastructure in the co...

INTERNATIONAL sports competitions are celebrated for pitting the world's best players against one another. In international cricket, this ideal is increasingly compromised.

WHEN England's cricket team plays a one-day international match in Bangladesh on Oct 7, it will do so without its captain, Eoin Morgan, who recently opted out of the tour, citing security concerns. Al...

LOCAL private equity firm Tembusu Partners has invested US$10 million in Wellington-based CricHQ, a platform that offers technology solutions to manage the game of cricket.