Batting

Sydney, July 7(ANI): Former Australian fast bowler Rodney Hogg has said that the toss will be crucial in the first test of the Ashes series that begins in Cardiff on Wednesday....

Lahore, June 30 (ANI): With the return of middle order batsman Mohammad Yousuf in the team, the Pakistan team management is undecided over how to utilize all rounder Shoaib Malik, and is now thinking of pushing the former captain up the batting order....

Melbourne, May 31 (ANI): Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson believes he can bat in the top six, raising the possibility he could become the game's top all-rounder....

Cape Town, May 26 (ANI): South Africa, batsmen are surely going to thrive at the ICC World Twenty20 event in England, which going to start in June, if the Indian Premier League is a reasonable yardstick for judging their form....

Dubai, May 10 (ANI): Younus Khan regains number-one position after West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul lost his number-one position in the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his side's 10-wicket defeat to England at Lord's....

Melbourne, Apr 24 (ANI): Star Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has revealed his joy playing alongside Matthew Hayden in the IPL, comparing the opener's performances to God....

Melbourne, Apr 20 (ANI): Australia's captain for the Dubai series, Michael Clarke, has said that his team's main focus will be on improving their batting during the one-day international series against Pakistan....

Melbourne, Apr 10 (ANI): Australian batsman Callum Ferguson has earned plenty of praise for stabilising his team's rocky batting line-up....

Napier(New Zealand),Mar.27 (ANI): New Zealand vice-captain Brendon McCullum is expecting an Indian onslaught with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar at the crease at the end of the second day's play in the Napier Test....

Napier (New Zealand), Mar.25 (ANI): Former Indian cricket team coach John Wright has urged New Zealand's inexperienced batting unit to carefully note of how the Indian batters go about their business while at the crease....

Melbourne, Mar 14 (ANI): Former Australian captain Greg Chappell and other cricket experts have dismissed the criticism about new opening sensation Phillip Hughes homemade batting technique....

Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar.10 (ANI): Hamilton's temperamental autumn climate may give the Black Caps their best chance of weathering another batting storm from the Indian cricket side tomorrow....