What was Don Bradman's strike rate?

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 23, 2012: In Don Bradman's time, they didn't often record number of balls faced - usually instead recording number of minutes. However, because Bradman was such a quick scoring player, they have actually gone through most of the matches in which he played and recorded the number of balls faced - often just for Bradman. As such, I can get a reasonable estimate.

Switch Hit: Where the Confusion Lies?

By Jawad Hussain

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 23, 2012: Former England captain and the world’s best Twenty20 batsman, Kevin Pietersen, has invented a shot of his own where he shifts himself to his mirror image, changes the grip on bat, and use his immense power to hit the bowler out of the park.

Why Brad Haddin should not be recalled

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 23, 2012: Australian captain Michael Clarke, vice captain Shane Watson and even chairman of selectors Inverarity have all said that Brad Haddin is in the mix for selection for the Australian test squad.

Zaka Ashraf settles Razzaq-Hafeez row

By Nadira Mushtaque

PCB chief settles differences among Mohammad Hafeez and Abdul Razzaq

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 19, 2012: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday held a meeting with Pakistan’s Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez and veteran all-rounder Abdul Razzaq to settle their bilateral issues and imposed 0.1 million rupees fine on Abdul Razzaq, sources told TheSportsNEXT.com.

New BCB president takes charge

By Saqibul Islam

Bangladesh Cricket Board officially has new president at the office

DHAKA, Bangladesh (TheSportsNEXT) October 19, 2012: New chairman of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Nazmul Hassan Papon took charge of his responsibilities at the cricket board on Friday.

Detroit Tigers win ALCS, head into World Series

By Raleigh McPherson

Detroit Tigers won their 11th American League pennant and first since 2006

DETROIT, United States (TheSportsNEXT) October 19, 2012: The Detroit Tigers thrashed New York Yankees by 8-1 in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series to clean-sweep the series 4-0 and qualified for the World Series at Detroit on late Thursday.

Sam Stosur puts a lid on Alize Cornet in Kremlin Cup

By Alexia Krause

Samantha Stosur survives scare at Kremlin Cup

MOSCOW, Russia (TheSportsNEXT) October 19, 2012: Top-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia backed her abilities and talent to stave off a massive scare against Alize Cornet of France and defeated her by 7-6 7-5 to book her a place in quarter-finals of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday.

Janko Tipsarevic cruises into Vienna quarterfinals

By Alexia Krause

Janko Tipsarevic doing his best to qualify for ATP World Tour Finals

VIENNA, Austria (TheSportsNEXT) October 19, 2012: Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia did a world of good to his chances of featuring in the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday when he outplayed Ernests Gulbis of Latvia in straight sets by 6-3 6-4 at the Erste Bank Open.

CLT20: Rain washes out Mumbai Indians vs Yorkshire

By Sheriff Michaels

Rain puts Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire under tremendous pressure in CLT2012

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (TheSportsNEXT) October 19, 2012: Rain played spoilsport for the second evening on the trot at the Champions League Twenty20 2012 on Thursday.

Sydney Sixers complete hat-trick of victories in CLT20

By Sheriff Michaels

Sydney Sixers into Semi-Finals of Champions League Twenty20 2012

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (TheSportsNEXT) October 19, 2012: Big Bash League’s Sydney Sixers recorded their third successive victory in the Champions League Twenty20 2012 on Thursday to book them a place in semi-finals of the competition.