The terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore could lead to Dubai and Abu Dhabi becoming the "home" venues for the subcontinent's cricket-playing countries for the ­forseeable future, according to leading officials in England and worldwide. It would be the first time that Tests have been pla...

Who will step forward to save cricket in Pakistan in the wake of the attacks on the Sri Lanka team? It could have been worse – far worse. The rocket missed, the grenades failed to detonate, the ramshackle security fought tigerishly and the targets did not come to serious harm. To inbound tours of ...

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This afternoon, the Indians acquired Juan Salas from the Rays, who had been designated for assignment last week. Salas is a fairly nifty pickup for the Indians and could turn into a decent RH middle reliever if given a chance. However, I’m not here to write about Salas - I’m here to writ...

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Some other sites have already posted this, but I just saw on the MLB Network that they will put on a spring training preview series titled, 30 Clubs in 30 Days.  The show lasts and hour and will premiere Feb. 20 at 8 pm EST. This link has the schedule.   They'll barnstorm ...

The former Australia fast bowler Geoff Lawson is understood to have been sounded out over the vacant England coaching job. Lawson, who is currently out of work after a stint with the Pakistan team, declined to comment on the approach but his stern, occasionally acerbic approach may well be what...

Essex are so hard up that players have to pay £2000 each in a preseason warmup tournament in Abu Dhabi....

Andrew Strauss may be doing his best to heal rifts that opened up in the England ranks in the aftermath of the Peter Moores-Kevin Pietersen affair, but friction is never far away. With only 24 hours to go before the start of the first Test here, there was still doubt about whether Andrew Flintoff wa...

According to the IPL organising committee, one Kevin Pietersen is worth about 13 Monty Panesars – England's left-arm spinner was given a reserve price of $100,000 (£70,000) for the players' auction in Goa next week. But Panesar can take delight that at least he is still in the mix, with a reserve...