ICC clears Peter Siddle of ball tampering charges

By Nadene Smith

HOBART, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 18, 2012: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday cleared Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle of ball tampering charges raised by Sri Lankan cricket team after the home side won the first Test by 137 runs at Bellerive Oval.

Spirited Australia win Hobart Test by 137 runs

By Nadene Smith

HOBART, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 18, 2012: A brilliant bowling performance by fast bowlers Peter Siddle and Mitchell Starc led Australia to 137 runs victory in the first of the three Test matches against Sri Lanka at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday.

Australia include Usman Khawaja for Boxing Day Test

By Nadene Smith

HOBART, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 18, 2012: After losing skipper Michael Clarke to a hamstring injury during Hobart Test, the Australia selectors have included left-hand top-order batsman Usman Khawaja in the squad for the Boxing Day Test against Sri Lanka.

England win Test series in India after 28 years

Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell save the day for England on final day

By Ashley Williams

LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) December 17, 2012: England have done it, and they have done it in great fashion as they played out the whole fifth day in Nagpur against Indian spinners on a spinners-friendly pitch which for some unknown reasons stopped helping spinners.

Australia on top in Hobart despite Dilshan ton

By Nadene Smith

HOBART, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 16, 2012: Australia seized advantage in first Test match against Sri Lanka in Hobart on Sunday as they took their lead to 141 runs with all of their wickets still in hand.

England on course for series win in Nagpur

By Abhishek Manroa

NAGPUR, India (TheSportsNEXT) December 16, 2012: England battled it hard to set their sights on Test series victory against India on fourth day of the final Test match in Indian city of Nagpur on Sunday.

Kolkata Test: India reach 90 at lunch as Sehwag, Pujara perish

By Abhishek Manroa

MUMBAI, India (TheSportsNEXT) December 5, 2012: India reached 90 for the loss of two wickets with opening batsman Virender Sehwag gifting his wicket away to England on first day of the third Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Hashim Amla completes 5000 Test runs

By Nadene Smith

BRISBANE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) November 9, 2012: South African top-order batsman Hashim Amla became the seventh Proteas batsman to score 5,000 runs in Test career on Friday.

Graeme Swann prefers sick daughter over national duty

By Abhishek Manroa

NEW DELHI, India (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: England off-spinner Graeme Swann became the second England cricketer to return home from India tour to be with the family, thus preferring personal lives over national duties.

Sachin Tendulkar vs Don Bradman: Who is Better?

By Adrian Meredith

Melbourne, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 27, 2012: Outside of India, and especially inside Australia, people would laugh at the very notion that anyone, let alone Sachin Tendulkar, could possibly compete with the great Sir Donald Bradman.

Wouldn't it be nice if England was legitimate?

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNext) July 21, 2012: I am sure that the cricket-loving public in England (at least, those who don't prefer soccer or some other sport, or no sport at all) love the fact that England is currently the top ranked team in test and T20 cricket, and very nearly the top team in ODI cricket as well (they would have been had that ODI against Australia not been washed out).

Two retirements - Mark Boucher and Brett Lee

By Adrian Meredith

 

VICTORIA (TheSportsNext) July 13, 2012: Two high profile cricketers retired this week, Mark Boucher from South Africa and Brett Lee from Australia. So I wanted to write a bit about both at once.