Karachi, Dec. 31: The Sri Lankan tour of Pakistan seems to have hit another road block just when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was preparing to host Sri Lanka for a test and one day international series.
The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has turned down the PCB's proposal to play three tests and five one-dayers.
"Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has turned down the Pakistan Cricket Board's proposal to play three Tests and five one-dayers, making it clear that such an assignment would put extra work-load on their players," The News quoted an SLC source, as saying.
Melbourne, Dec. 31: South African cricketing all rounder Jacques Kallis has described his team's series win over Australia as good as winning the World Cup.
"It is up there with winning the World Cup, if not better. What better place do you want to do it? I have had some individual high moments here, but ... this takes the cake, having won a Test match here," Kallis said.
"All the younger generation, I don''t think they appreciate just how tough a place Australia is to tour," he added.
Melbourne, Dec. 31: Australia's cricket selectors continues to face flak in the wake of the national team's two-nil series defeat to South Africa.
The Andrew Hilditch-led committee is being accused of muddled thinking that has contributed in a large measure to the end of a sustained period of world domination in the sport.
An unbeaten 93 by S Badrinath steer Tamil Nadu to an eight-wicket win over Bengal and take his team to the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy on the fourth and final day of the match.
With a first innings lead of 39 and 173 runs to the good overall, Bengal appeared to be slightly better off. But Tamil players bounced back into the game strongly and bundled out Bengal for 187. Tamil Nadu batsman then ransacked the Bengal bowlers and notched up the victory target of 227 by just losing two wickets.
In-form batsman Cheteshwar Pujara scored an outstanding unbeaten century to guide Saurashtra into the Ranji Trophy semifinals with a five-wicket victory over Karnataka on the fourth and final day of the quarterfinal tie.
Melbourne, Dec. 30 : South African cricket team coach Micky Arthur on Tuesday said that his team was inspired by India''s "impossible" fight back when it was forced to follow-on at home to Australia in 2001 to effect a series win against Australia.
It may be recalled that a 376-run second-innings partnership between V. V. S. Laxman and Rahul Dravid triggered a historic victory for India.
Having defeated Australia both at Perth and in Melbourne, an outspoken Arthur, hailed his team''s mid-Test resurgence with the bat as confirmation of a "new era" in the world cricket hierarchy.
Karachi, Dec. 31: The Sri Lankan tour of Pakistan seems to have hit another road block just when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was preparing to host Sri Lanka for a test and one day international series.
Melbourne, Dec. 31: South African cricketing all rounder Jacques Kallis has described his team's series win over Australia as good as winning the World Cup.
Melbourne, Dec. 31: Australia's cricket selectors continues to face flak in the wake of the national team's two-nil series defeat to South Africa.
An unbeaten 93 by S Badrinath steer Tamil Nadu to an eight-wicket win over Bengal and take his team to the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy on the fourth and final day of the match.
In-form batsman Cheteshwar Pujara scored an outstanding unbeaten century to guide Saurashtra into the Ranji Trophy semifinals with a five-wicket victory over Karnataka on the fourth and final day of the quarterfinal tie. 
