Michael Hussey believes he can emerge from a lean Test run and regain the consistency that made him one of the game’s leading batsmen. Hussey will enter the Ashes without a hundred since the tour of India and an average in the mid-50s, a big drop on the mean of 84.80 he had early last [...]

India’s most successful batsman Sachin Tendulkar feels that his team can retain the World Twenty20 trophy which it won at the inaugural edition in 2007.
The Indian team departed for England yesterday with the hope of defending the World Twenty20 trophy it won in South Africa two years ago.
All members of the cur…

Many see power-hitting as the key to Twenty20 success but Indian batsman Anjum Chopra has said that technically sound batsmen will do well in the game’s shortest format.
Citing the example of this season’s IPL finalists Royal Challengers Bangalore, who were derided as a Test team last year, Chopra said: R…

India’s premium quick bowler, Zaheer Khan, who was injured in the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL), is expected to be fit ahead of India’s first game of the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 2009.
Zaheer, India’s leading bowler over the last two seasons, underwent rehabilitation in South Africa afte…

There was no signs of any jet-lag as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men trained at the Lord’s on Saturday.
The team started preparations for their title defence in the ICC World Twenty20 beginning in England on June 5.
The team arrived in England last night and hit the practice session today without wasting ti…

South African cricket has taken big strides over the past 12 months, including moving into top spot in ODIs, and Graeme Smith has said he wants to cap that with a win in the World Twenty20.
Smith’s side are among the favourites for the title, and their limited-overs prowess is illustrated by their record of only […

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that the ICC World Twenty20 2009 warm-up encounter between India and Pakistan at The Oval on 3 June had been designated as a ‘Catch the Spirit’ match.
Funds raised through a variety of means during the game will go to support the families of the victims of the …

Greg Chappell feels MS Dhoni’s captaincy and Yuvraj Singh’s aggression make India the “strongest contender” to win ICC World T20.
“It is very hard to predict who will win the trophy. But I think India is the strongest contender to retain the title. Pakistan is unpredictable and Australia to…

Dilip Vengsarkar, the former India captain, has warned of a possible “cricket overkill” in India because of the long IPL schedule and fears that many players in the Indian team may be mentally tired as they leave on Friday for the ICC World Twenty20 in England just four days after the Indian league ended in [...]<…

Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, has said India is the team he will be keeping an eye on during the ICC World Twenty20 because the defending champions have more game-breakers than most other teams. South Africa, he said, would be “very, very formidable” too because of their flexibility, unpredictability, bat…