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 current Indian …

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: “In …

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 after pick…

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 time. [...]