Michael Kasprowicz

Former fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz has resigned from his post as a Non-executive director of Cricket Australia (CA), the board's chairman Earl Eddings said.

Slowly but surely, sports-mad Australia is gearing up in style - along with co-hosts New Zealand - for cricket's showpiece event, the 50-over World Cup in February-March next year.

Former Australian pacer Michael Kasprowicz has a special connection with Bengaluru. The M Chinnaswamy stadium is among his favourite grounds in the world. Australia have won both the Test matches he has played against India here.

India’s fightback at the Eden Gardens did make captains and teams wary of enforcing the follow-on. Australia, even under successful captains like Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist enforced it just four times out of the 14 in which they had a choice to do so. Steve Waugh though enforced it seven times post Kolkata and won every Test!

MS Dhoni would be 'half the Indian team,' in the upcoming World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, feels former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar.

Michael Kasprowicz believes the strident criticism that Katich unleashed on selectors following his recent sacking will help increase professionalism.

PERTH: Australia had seen a sliver of an opportunity two days ago and they are now going all the way to expose and smash India in the finals.

Indian Cricket League has postponed its Twenty20 tournament scheduled next month as it clashed with India's tour of New Zealand, ICL board member Dean Jones said.

Australia came back to cut India's lead in the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy to 2-1 after winning the third Test in Indore, but the rank turners used in the three Tests have been the topic of discussion.

When Nathan Lyon was being carted to all corners of the Brabourne stadium in the warmup game against India `A', fans must have been reminded of the 1997-98 series when Sachin Tendulkar took the attack to Shane Warne and Co. on his way to a double hundred in the pre-Test warmup. That game set the tone for the three Tests to come. It took Warne another eight years and nine Tests before he could end up on the winning side in a series in India.

On this day in 1998, legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar played one of the finest One Day International (ODI) innings of all times against Australia at Sharjah, unleashing what is known as the 'Desert Storm' to the millions, on the lethal Aussie bowling attack comprising of likes of Shane Warne, Michael Kasprowicz, and Damien Fleming.

The recession-hit rebel Indian Cricket League, which has cancelled its next tournament, has not paid players' wages due last December, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported.

The Australian High Commissioner Harinder Sidhu recently hosted a gala dinner as part of the ongoing Australia Fest. The menu for the evening was especially curated by MasterChef Australia judge and Australia Fest Ambassador Gary Mehigan.

In an overhaul of Cricket Australia's administrative structure, its board on Friday unanimously recommended that three "outstanding individuals with diverse backgrounds and skills" be elected as CA's first-ever independent directors.

Former Australian pace bowler Michael Kasprowicz has labelled the pitch for the Ahmedabad Test as "bat-a-thon" and criticised the pace bowlers, led by Mitchell Starc, for not bowling enough bouncers and toe-crushers.

After few days the Indian Cricket League will kick start on October 10. Here are four players who will be watched keenly in the next session of the league.

A blistering 143 scored against Australia in 1998 was voted Sachin Tendulkar's greatest one-day innings in an International Cricket Council poll released for his 47th birthday. The 131-ball knock became known as the 'Desert Storm' after a sand storm in Sharjah interrupted India's chase. Tendulkar took on the likes of Shane Warne, Damien Fleming and Michael Kasprowicz but his side lost.

Those who think humour has gone out of cricket should be at Old Trafford, where the Lancashire County Cricket Club has preserved history and tradition while renovating the stadium.

Jason Gillespie has accused Cricket Australia of not supporting its players as the Board officials are too occupied maintaining their cordial relationship with their Indian counterparts.