Mithali Raj will lead India's Women when they take on England Women in a series of two Twenty20 Internationals and five One-Day Internationals.
The two Twenty20 games are to be played on 26th and 28th June while the ODI series runs from 1st to 11th July.
The one and only Dada of Indian cricket, Saurav Ganguly has donned many avatars and his latest will be as the Brand Ambassador for the forthcoming Twenty20 World Cup for the Blind.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board has approved plans to increase the number of participants in the ICC World Twenty20 to 16 from 2014.
Following the first executive board meeting since the Woolf report recommended major changes to its corporate governance, some changes will be implemented.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed which venues will host matches in the 2012/13 season when New Zealand, England and Australia visit.
New Zealand will play two Test matches and two Twenty20 Internationals in August and September, England tour for four Tests, two Twenty20 Internationals and five One-Day Internationals between November 2012 and January 2013 before Australia play four Tests in February and March.
South Africa claimed an 11-run victory in the one-off Twenty20 International against India after rain ended the encounter early at The New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
South Africa racked up 219 for four and although India made a strong start to their reply, when the rains arrived with them on 71 without loss in 7.5 overs, they were short of the Duckworth/Lewis par score.
A cricket betting video for Cricket World TV about the latest cricket betting odds as John Pennington and Alastair Symondson look ahead to two Twenty20 Internationals coming up this week and the second Test between Sri Lanka and England.
India are looking to make amends for their poor performance in the Asia Cup when they play South Africa in a lone Twenty20 International in Johannesburg, a game in which South Africa may hand debuts to three players.
The Mumbai Indians have played down reports about Sachin Tendulkar missing the 2012 Indian Premier League due to injury, confirming that he will be available for the whole tournament.
The 2010 runners-up issued a statement confirming that Tendulkar would not be skipping the tournament due to a toe injury.
India’s cricket star Virat Kohli was on Saturday unveiled in New Delhi as a new global ambassador for ICC’s partnership with Room to Read, an international not-for-profit organisation that aims to promote literacy and gender equality in education.
He joins fellow leading international stars Shane Watson of Australia and Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews in promoting the partnership that was first launched at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
Former New Zealand international Chris Cairns has won his libel case against Lalit Modi and been awarded £90,000 in damages.
Cairns brought the case after he was dropped from a list of players available ahead of an Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. The league chairman Modi subsequently tweeted that the reason for his exclusion was due to links with match-fixing during the now-defunct Indian Cricket League.
Jhulan Goswami returned figures of five for 11 as India Women picked up an eight-wicket victory over Australia Women in the fifth and final Twenty20 International in Visakhapatnam.
Australia, who had won all three One-Day Internationals and the first four Twenty20s, were bowled out for 89 and India then reached 92 for two in 14.3 overs.
Australia Women's impressive unbeaten run continued as they raced into a 4-0 series lead over India Women with a crushing ten-wicket victory in the fourth Twenty20 International in Visakhapatnam.
They were completely dominant as they dismissed India for just 85 and then raced to their target in 12.2 overs without losing a wicket.
Australia Women's dominance since arriving in India continued as they won the third Twenty20 International over India Women by 63 runs.
The victory - their sixth in a row - moved them into an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series with two matches remaining.
An enterprising UK firm had been eagerly waiting for cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar to hit the historic landmark of 100 international centuries - after catching a lucrative deal worth up to £4.2 million.
Autographs of the World has been appointed sole, worldwide exclusive agent to market five items of limited edition memorabilia signed by Tendulkar to celebrate the India star becoming the first ever batsmen to hit the milestone; one of the most incredible achievements in modern sport.
Britain's secret little post office at Bletchley Park has commemorated Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century with a special stamp issue.
The sheet of 20 1st class stamps features an exclusive painting by renowned cricket artist Christina Pierce. It is accompanied by a designer envelope featuring another study of Tendulkar by Christina to which a single stamp has been added.
A cricket video for Cricket World TV about the latest cricket news as we look at the latest Asia Cup 2012 action between India and Pakistan.
Virat Kohli hit a career-best and Asia Cup record score of 183 in 148 balls as India chased down 330 to beat Pakistan in a thrilling encounter which kept their hopes of making the final alive, although should Bangladesh win against Sri Lanka, then their participation in the tournament will end.
Australia Women scored a commanding eight-wicket victory in the second Twenty20 International against India Women in Visakhapatnam to make it five wins out of five matches on tour.
Anjum Chopra top scored with 33 as India posted 111 for three but Australia, thanks to an unbeaten 68 from Jessica Jonassen, raced home with 16 balls to spare.
Indian batsmen Virat Kohli has been named as the Cricket World Player Of The Week after his remarkable run of strong in the Asia Cup 2012.
He struck 66 as India narrowly lost out to Bangladesh but his Asia Cup record score of 183 in their final group game against Pakistan set up a six-wicket win that kept India in the tournament.
A stunning innings of 183 in 148 balls from Virat Kohli drove India to a six-wicket win over Pakistan that keeps their Asia Cup hopes alive.
Despite conceding 330 in less than 48 overs to cede defeat, Pakistan are at least safe in the knowledge that they will contest the final on 22nd March - when either India or Bangladesh will be their opponents.
Australia Women made it four wins out of four in India as they took a 29-run victory in the first Twenty20 International in Visakhapatnam.
Jess Cameron scored 67 as Australia made 138 for four before India Women closed on 109 for eight with Harmanpreet Kaur scoring 57.
A cricket video for Cricket World TV about the latest cricket news from as we look at Bangladesh beating India despite Sachin Tendulkar hitting his 100th 100 in Mirpur.
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