No sex ban for England cricket team

July 31st, 2009 JALANDHAR - Harbhajan Singh on Friday said that he was confident about the Indian cricket team re-emerging as a fitter and hungrier side after the much needed break. The Indian cricket team has had a hectic schedule over the past 10 months and the side's dismal show in the Twenty20 World Cup that was played in England was attributed to players' fatigue.

July 15th, 2009 MELBOURNE - England's batting legend Geoffrey Boycott has warned that the lack of spectator interest is killing Test cricket, which requires radical changes to save it. The former opening batsman said crowds at Ashes matches masked the dwindling attendances for Tests elsewhere in the world, with even the recent series between South Africa and Australia, failing to sell out.

July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who shared a love-hate relationship with Andrew Flintoff, said that the all-rounder's retirement from Test cricket will be a big loss for England. "It's a big loss for England.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Even after the worthless performance in Kolkata Knight RIder in IPL, Buchanan is still trusted by the ECB to appoint him for a responsible post. The 56-year-old, who coached Australia to two World Cup wins, has been working with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for the last 10 days as a consultant.

July 3rd, 2009 LONDON - With just five days left for the Ashes, Australian captain Ricky Ponting again made it clear that he is not happy with John Buchanan's decision to join the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as an adviser. "I just hope I don't see him with an England jumper on.

June 30th, 2009 WORCESTER - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says that he is uncomfortable about former coach and mentor John Buchanan taking up a coaching stint with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). "I just hope I don't see him with an England jumper on.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan retired from all forms of professional cricket on Tuesday. He departs as England's most successful Test captain of all time with 26 wins from his 51 matches in charge.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - Former England captain Michael Vaughan Tuesday retired from all forms of cricket bringing down the curtains on an international career spanning over 11 years. "After a great deal of consideration, I've decided that now is the right time to retire from cricket.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - England's most successful Test cricket captain Michael Vaughan will announce his retirement from Test and first-class cricket this week. Vaughan, 34, is understood to have made his decision because his right knee makes it impossible for him to field all day and because he does not want to block the progress of some promising young batsmen in Yorkshire's side, The Telegraph reported Sunday.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - Former England captain Michael Vaughan is expected to announce his retirement from cricket this week. According to the News of The World, the 34-year-old Yorkshire batsman and England's most successful skipper, had hoped to regain his place in the national squad this summer, but the selectors snub this week, convinced him to bring the curtain down on a glittering career.

June 20th, 2009 LONDON - As cricket fever sweeps England, Marmite and Phil Tufnell have got together to give the Aussies a sound verbal thrashing with their new cricket anthem The Ashes Song.hil and the Wooden Urns' comic song aims to sledge the Aussies and cheer the England players on to victory this summer. Throughout the song Tuffers and his Wooden Urns holler their undying support for Straussy, Flintoff and the rest of the England players, SKY News reports.

June 12th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian coach Tim Nielsen isn't losing his sleep over his predecessor John Buchanan's decision to joining the England cricket board ahead of the Ashes. Buchanan surprised everyone by joining England's elite cricket set-up before the Ashes and will work with their under-19 and second-string Lions teams.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - John Buchanan, architect of Australia's 5-0 win in the 2006 Ashes, can switch loyalties this year. Buchanan, who recently lost his advisory contract with Cricket Australia (CA) was in England last week for meetings with England officials and members of the team coaching staff about their Ashes strategy and planning.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - The architect of Australia's thumping 5-0 victory in the last Ashes series Down Under in 2006/07, former coach John Buchanan, was in England last week for meetings with England officials and members of the team coaching staff about their Ashes strategy and planning. n a revelation bound to shock Australian cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board invited Buchanan after recently losing his advisory contract with Cricket Australia and having worked briefly with the England Lions squad in New Zealand last winter, The Telegraph reported.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - England may scupper Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting's plans to field an extra player in each of Australia's two Ashes warm-up matches. In what would be the first shot across Australia's bow, the hosts are reportedly opposed to allowing Ponting to play an extra man in both games as he seeks to give all five quicks an opportunity to push for selection.