Negotiations are underway for cricket-mad sprint king Usain Bolt to play in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League, with Shane Warne leading the campaign to bring him to Melbourne.

From the moment Kevin Pietersen walked out on South African cricket in protest at their selection policy it was clear the batsman's sublime skills would often be overshadowed by his penchant for emotional gestures generated by self-interest.

In-form India batsman Virat Kohli, the leading run-scorer in ODIs this year along with Sachin Tendulkar has been nominated for the top ICC Awards 2012.

While Kohli has been nominated for the Crickete

Shoddy batting by top-order saw Unmukt Chand-led India U-19 side lose their opening World Cup match against the West Indies by four wickets here on Sunday.

On a slow track at the Tony Ireland stadium

Excited to be back into the national fold after a gap of more than a year, India off spinner Harbhajan Singh has said he is aware he would have to start afresh when he takes the field against New Zealand later this month.

Yardsticks for players to make the Indian team have always been different and unfortunately continues to be the same way.

Yuvraj Singh will return to international cricket early next month having been named in India’s Twenty20 squad for the home series against the New Zealand as well as the World T20 championship next mo

The Indian selection committee of late has been playing the game of 'musical chair' by rotating the post of vice-captaincy between Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli but the former seemed unperturbed after being handed back the position for the World T20 in Sri Lanka.

Gaurav Chaudhary emerged as the top performer of the day as his 35 runs and 3/35 helped Kusum Sarovar Cricket Academy beat Rajvanshi Academy by seven runs in the Swastik Ports U-17 cricket tournament on Thursday.

ICC’s global broadcast partner ESPN STAR Sports will telecast selected matches of the U-19 Cricket World Cup 2012, via its licensees, according to a press statement on Thursday. The event gets underway on Saturday with a match between defending champions Australia and arch-rivals England.