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The captain of Sri Lanka Mahela Jayanwardene once more led by example by scoring an unbeaten 74 to help the hosts to recover from a shaky start and finish on 155 for 4 at tea on Tuesdays first test against England. Jayawardene scored 180 in the first innings of the opening test, and Thilan Samaraweera further . . . → Read More: Sri Lankan captain leads by example in test series  Durham will have the Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson as part of their lineup for this seasons domestic Twenty20 contest. The northeast county club made the announcement on Monday. The 30 year old left armed bowler isn’t the overseas player confirmed for the team, as Herschelle Gibbs, the South African batsman, is also in the team for . . . → Read More: Durham team strengthened by Australian paceman Chris Cairns is the former captain of New Zealand cricket team and he has recently been awarded damages of £90,000 after there were untrue allegations that he was fixing matches published on Twitter. After the announcement was made on Twitter by the previous chairman of the IPL, Lalit Modi, Mr Carins sued him. Despite the judgement . . . → Read More: Chris Cairns awarded damages after false accusations were published on Twitter England have recently played a cricket match against Sri Lanka and the temperature on the subcontinent has been almost intolerable for the English players. There was a time when it would have been possible for forgiving the players for coming onto the pitch wearing shorts, simply because it was so incredibly hot. When the match took its . . . → Read More: England suffer in the blistering heat of Sri Lanka Umpires in England’s upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka will have the benefit of some technological assistance after the two countries agree to use the controversial Decision Review System. However, the “Hot Spot” system will not be available, meaning that in cases where the umpire is unsure if the bat hit the ball only the “Snickometer” . . . → Read More: Umpires in England-v-Sri Lanka test to benefit from technological assistance The High Court has been told by an anti-corruption officer that Chris Cairns was suggested to have been involved in match fixing, but the investigation into this was limited by the Indian Cricket League. The officer, Howard Beer, was previously a police officer and he works with the Indian Cricket League as an anti-corruption officer. At the . . . → Read More: Chris Cairns linked to match fixing allegations The redevelopment of Lord’s cricket ground is going bring new controversy today, after the announcement that Robert Griffiths has been re-elected to the MCC committee. Griffiths is one of the main architects of the scheme and was re-elected after receiving the support of Lord Grabiner and Sir John Major, the former prime Minister. Last year, a decision was . . . → Read More: Lord’s redevelopment could go ahead after all The conviction of disgraced financier and cricket fan Allen Stanford in aUScourt case could lead to many cricket teams being forced to repay money they received from the disgraced Texan. Stanford was found guilty of engineering one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in American history, pocketing an estimated $4.4 billion from over 20,000 different investors. Although Stanford . . . → Read More: Allen Stanford US court case could rock cricket in UK The final Twenty20 matches are going to take place with England today and it is going to conclude an intense eight-week period of matches in the Middle East. Andy Flower is the coach of the England side and he has said that during the matches England have made a great deal of effort and improved their game . . . → Read More: England team hoping to leave Middle East on a high After England’s recent abysmal failures in the Test series against Pakistan, where none of the batsmen emerged with their pride intact, some honour is finally being restored thanks to some solid batting performances in the current one-day series. Of course, many fans and commentators cannot help asking why the likes of Pietersen and Cook struggled so badly . . . → Read More: England redeem themselves after test debacle |
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