Australia captain Ricky Ponting retired from Twenty20 international cricket on Monday as he bids to extend his Test career. Ponting is still smarting from Australia’s Ashes defeat and wants to return to England for the 2013 series
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Australia crash out of Twenty20 World Cup
The world’s top-rated Test nation Australia crashed out of the Twenty20 World Cup after losing by six wickets to Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge. Australia, who are also world champions in the 50-over version of cricket, could not transfer their skill to the shortest form of the game and will not contest the Super 8 phase.
Cricket hits heights with Everest match
A group of cricket enthusiasts ‘climbed’ into the record books on Tuesday when they staged the world’s highest match on the side of Mount Everest. The 50-strong group of amateurs and enthusiasts made the trip to set a world record for a field sport played at the highest altitude
Sport counts the cost after Stanford charged
English cricket chiefs have broken off negotiations with Allen Stanford after the Texan tycoon was charged by U.S. regulators over an alleged multibillion dollar fraud
Cricket banker charged in ‘global fraud’
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged businessman Robert Allen Stanford with orchestrating an $8 billion fraudulent investment program. Stanford is the tycoon who bankrolled the Twenty20 Super Series cricket competition in the West Indies last year