Mushfiqur confident of young players firing

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2012-13

A slew of late injuries may have thinned Bangladesh's ranks by the time they landed in Sri Lanka for their month-long tour, but captain Mushfiqur Rahim remained optimistic about his side's chances, and backed his

2nd Test: Australia face another trial by spin

India v Australia 2012-13

Australia have a huge task at hand to put up a good show in the second Test in Hyderabad starting Saturday after being routed by India in the first match by eight wickets. India's slow bowlers took all 20 wickets in

Pietersen, Compton struggle in warm-up match

New Zealand v England 2012-13

England will go into next week's first Test against New Zealand with question marks over the form of leading batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Nick Compton following failures in the ongoing four-day match against New

Opening SA-Pak Twenty20 called off due to rain

South Africa v Pakistan 2012-13

The first Twenty20 international between South Africa and Pakistan was abandoned because of rain at Kingsmead on Friday. Rain fell for most of the afternoon and was still falling at the scheduled time for the

AB de Villiers to open batting in 1st Twenty20 against Pakistan

South Africa v Pakistan 2012-13

AB de Villiers will open the batting for South Africa in the first Twenty20 against Pakistan in Durban on Friday, team's captain Faf du Plessis said on Thursday.

1st T20: Shorter format, bigger problems for Zimbabwe

West Indies v Zimbabwe 2012-13

Having been beaten 3-0 in the preceding one-day international series, Zimbabwe's task only grows stiffer as the focus shifts to cricket's shortest format with the first Twenty20 international at North Sound on Saturday.