Rest-seeking AB de Villiers pulls out of NZ T20s

By Sheriff Michaels

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (TheSportsNEXT) December 18, 2012: South African skipper for Twenty20 Internationals, AB de Villiers has ruled himself out of the upcoming three-match Twenty20 International series starting December 21 at Durban.

Rains make Yuvraj Singh to wait as 1st India-NZ T20I washed out

By Abhishek Manroa

NEW DELHI (TheSportsNext) September 8, 2012: Indian left-hand batsman Yuvraj Singh will have to wait till September 11 to make a comeback into international cricket after first Twenty20 International match between Indian and New Zealand was washed out without even a single delivery bowled at VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.

South Africa beat England by 7wkts in 1st T20I

By Meg Anderson

LONDON (TheSportsNext) September 9, 2012: South Africa took first blood in the three-match Twenty20 International series Saturday when they defeated England by seven wickets at Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street.

Kohli, Pathan lead India to comfortable T20 win over Lankans

By Fathima Zanaida

KANDY, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNext) August 8, 2012: Virat Kohli continued his great run with the bat while Irfan Pathan cemented his role as an allrounder as India outplayed Sri Lanka in the only Twenty20 International match by 39 runs at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday evening.

Expanding Cricket: Can We Follow Soccer Model?

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNext) August 2, 2012: Not too long ago, Soccer was known as a niche sport. As at the 1980s, soccer was really only seriously played in Western Europe and South America. The same countries competed for top spot all of the time: Brazil and Argentina from South America versus Germany and England from Europe. Occasionally Uruguay from South America won it while France from Europe was also known to win it. But that was it. Everyone else didn't take it particularly seriously. It was played to some extent in other countries but never with the same degree of seriousness.

5-star Elias Sunny scathes Ireland in 1st T20I

By Meg Anderson

BELFAST (TheSportsNext) July 19, 2012: A career-best bowling performance by Elias Sunny and an all-rounder show by former skipper Shakib Al Hasan helped Bangladesh defeat Ireland by a huge margin of 72 runs in the first of the three Twenty20 Internationals at Civil Service Cricket Club in Stormont on Wednesday.