Pune Warriors hand Delhi the wooden spoon

Pune Warriors hand Delhi the wooden spoon Pune: Before their home fans - who turned out in good numbers at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium on Sunday afternoon - Pune Warriors prevailed in the battle of the basement-dwellers, leaving Delhi Daredevils to hold the IPL 6 wooden spoon. In a match of no real significance, Pune pipped their visitors by 38 runs but the win will overall ring hollow because as in 2011 and 2012, the team...
07:25 PM, May 19, 2013

Hyderabad seal play-off berth with win over KKR

Hyderabad seal play-off berth with win over KKR Live updates from game 72 of IPL 6 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The race for the fourth spot still hangs in the balance, and Sunrisers Hyderabad face the last obstacle in their path. After handing Rajasthan Royals one of their more comprehensive defeats this season, Hyderabad have taken out quite a few positives. Defending champions Kolkata Knight...
07:05 PM, May 19, 2013

As it happened: Pune Warriors India v Delhi Daredevils, Game 71, IPL 6

As it happened: Pune Warriors India v Delhi Daredevils, Game 71, IPL 6 Live updates from Game 71 between Pune Warriors India and Delhi Daredevils at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium. Pune Warriors India host Delhi Daredevils in a match which will decide who takes the last spot in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League. Both teams have a tournament to forget, each picking up just three wins in 15 matches and it's hard to say who is the favourite going into...
03:15 PM, May 19, 2013

As it happened: England vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 4.

As it happened: England vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 4. CLICK HERE for live ball-by-ball updates from day four of the first Test between England and New Zealand being played at Lord's in London. Day 3 Round-up: James Anderson and Steven Finn continued the good work from the previous day and bowled out New Zealand for 207. England's second innings did not get the start it needed as both openers Alastair Cook and Nick Compton departed in quick successions. Joe...
02:48 PM, May 19, 2013

Spot-fixing: BCCI orders probe, RR to file FIR against the arrested players

Spot-fixing: BCCI orders probe, RR to file FIR against the arrested players Chennai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), after its emergency meeting in Chennai on Sunday, has said it will not hesitate to take swift and strong action against any player found guilty of malpractice or illegal activities in the IPL or otherwise. While maintaining that the BCCI was "handicapped" when it comes to control over bookies, the board president N Srinivasan said the BCCI has decided to...
01:36 PM, May 19, 2013

Spot-fixing: Tainted cricketers face life bans as BCCI meets in Chennai

Spot-fixing: Tainted cricketers face life bans as BCCI meets in Chennai New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has begun its meeting over the fate of four cricketers accused of spot-fixing. The board's working committee began its proceedings at 11 am Sunday in Chennai. Three current Rajasthan Royals players - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan - and one former Rajasthan player Amit Singh have been implicated in spot-fixing by the Delhi Police, and CNN-IBN sources understand...
11:27 AM, May 19, 2013

Kohli powers RCB to an important win over CSK

Kohli powers RCB to an important win over CSK Bangalore: When rain was pouring down at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday evening, many might have thought that was the end of the road for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 6 as they were in a must-win situation. But the honest wait of the RCB fans didn't go waste as they witnessed something special from their captain Virat Kohli. The 24-year-old was a man on mission as he single-handedly...
12:37 AM, May 19, 2013

Hyderabad must beat KKR for play-off confirmation

Hyderabad must beat KKR for play-off confirmation Hyderabad: The race for the fourth spot still hangs in the balance, and Sunrisers Hyderabad face the last obstacle in their path. After handing Rajasthan Royals one of their more comprehensive defeats this season, Hyderabad have taken out quite a few positives. Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders are already out of the tournament after their "mathematical equation" was laid to rest by party poopers Pune Warriors but Gautam Gambhir and...
12:18 AM, May 19, 2013

Players were threatened at times by bookies: Sources

Players were threatened at times by bookies: Sources In another revelation in the spot-fixing scandal, sources close to Delhi police told CNN-IBN that some taped phone conversations have revealed that tainted trio at times were threatened by the bookies. Despite Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan willingly participating in spot-fixing, sometimes bookies threatened them. The three Rajasthan players were paid in cash as well as in kind, police source added. Trio were spending the money received by bookies...
09:26 PM, May 18, 2013

Police dispatch teams to 4 cities on money trail

Police dispatch teams to 4 cities on money trail New Delhi: Delhi Police on Saturday despatched teams to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Hyderabad to track the money trail in the IPL spot-fixing case even as it conducted raids for the second time at the Faridabad residence of Ajit Chandila, one of the three arrested cricketers. Investigators are also looking into the bank accounts of the players to trace the flow of money and are trying to find out how...
08:18 PM, May 18, 2013

Adam Gilchrist signs off with a wicket and 'Gillynam'

Adam Gilchrist signs off with a wicket and 'Gillynam' Dharamsala: We had often seen Adam Gilchrist massacring the opposition bowlers and taking some stunning catches behind the wickets, but on Saturday we saw him in a different 'Avatar'. Playing his last IPL match, Gilchrist not only bowled for only the second time in his 17-year long career, but also picked up his only wicket off the first ball. And the reaction after the dismissal said it all, with Gilchrist...
08:17 PM, May 18, 2013

Kings XI Punjab sign off IPL 6 on a high

Kings XI Punjab sign off IPL 6 on a high Dharamsala: Coming to form during the later half of the tournament, Punjab posted a a stiff total of 184 that eventually turned out to be too much for the visitors, Mumbai Indians. Mumbai went in with the same side as in the game against Rajasthan Royals. Sachin Tendulkar once again missed the fixture to rest his injured hand, which meant Mumbai's opening combination remain unchanged. However, it did not work...
07:39 PM, May 18, 2013

IPL 6: RCB stay alive for play-offs winning 8-over slog match against CSK

IPL 6: RCB stay alive for play-offs winning 8-over slog match against CSK Royal Challengers Bangalore find themselves in a do-or-die situation after two back-to-back losses to Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab. Not only do they have to beat Chennai Super Kings handsomely on Saturday, but they need Sunrisers Hyderabad to lose their last match on Sunday. Follow the LIVE Blog from match 70 of IPL 6 here. ...
07:08 PM, May 18, 2013

Mumbai Police arrest another bookie named Ramesh Vyas

Mumbai Police arrest another bookie named Ramesh Vyas Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Saturday arrested another bookie named Ramesh Vyas in connection with the recently surfaced spot-fixing scandal involving three Rajasthan Royals players - Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. Police seized 92 mobile phones, 18 sim cards from Vyas, who was said to have links with bookies involved in the spot-fixing scandal. "We have arrested a bookie named Ramesh Vyas and seized 92 mobile phones, 18 sim cards...
05:10 PM, May 18, 2013

As it happened: England vs New Zealand, First Test, Day 3

As it happened: England vs New Zealand, First Test, Day 3 CLICK HERE for live ball-by-ball updates from day three of the first Test between England and New Zealand being played at Lord's in London. Day 2 Round-up: James Anderson took his 300th Test wicket and then ended a bold counter-attack by New Zealand's Ross Taylor as England fought back in the first Test at Lord's. The two players lit up a Lord's bathed in artificial floodlight to counter the overhead...
03:06 PM, May 18, 2013