'Sikh warrior' Panesar determined to repeat 'last stand' perfo...

London, Apr.29 (ANI): Australian bowling Coach Stuart MacGill has reportedly said that the England cricket team needs left-arm spinner Monty Panesar to join the team for challenging the Australians during the Ashes series in 2013, more than ...

Over the past six months, England has won 2-1 in India with spinners Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar while Australia was flogged 4-0 with the only spinner in the Ashes squad, Nathan Lyon, dropped during the disappointing India series.However, the ...

John Inverarity, Australia's chairman of selectors, has dropped another hint that Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed could yet be called into the Ashes squad. Focused ... Fawad Ahmed appears to be close to an Ashes call-up. Source: Mal Fairclough ...

Sussex cricket manager Mark Robinson hopes time out of the team will allow Monty Panesar to come back stronger. The 31-year-old spinner was omitted from the side to face Middlesex. Robinson told BBC Sussex: "I think Monty has struggled by his ...

: Paceman Tim Bresnan and off-spinner Graeme Swann have returned from elbow surgeries to join the England squad for the first test against New Zealand, starting at Lord's on Thursday. "Both Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan have worked hard to regain ...

Sydney, May 16 (ANI): Australian captain Michael Clarke is confident that any attempt by England to prepare spinning wickets and doctor pitches during the Ashes will be blown away by his imposing pace battery despite his team''s troubled Indian ...

If England are planning on following India's blueprint for spinning Australia out of the Ashes, Michael Clarke says bring it on. Clarke doesn't expect spin to be his team's downfall as they fight to reclaim the urn, even if England feel they can ...

The English media has touted England off-spinner Graeme Swann as being 'virtually irreplaceable' in the set-up of the team ahead of the Ashes and is the last man that England would like to be indisposed before the Ashes. Although spinners are not ...

Part-time spinner Kane Williamson took two wickets, including that of Alastair Cook, just before stumps to put New Zealand firmly in charge of the series-deciding third Test against England at the end of the fourth day at Eden Park on Monday. Ian Bell was on ...