
Dharamsala: Former India wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra helped steer his new team Himachal Pradesh out of trouble against Services in Dharamsala. HP, after being put into bat, had been 95 for 5 before Ratra and Amit Kumar put on 112 to save further embarrassment. Kumar was unbeaten on 76 as HP reached 262 for 6 at the close. Nishan Singh (3/69) was the best bowler for Services. Tekkami Atchuta Rao led...

12:09 AM, Mar 26, 2008

Dharamsala: Former India wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra helped steer his new team Himachal Pradesh out of trouble against Services in Dharamsala. HP, after being put into bat, had been 95 for 5 before Ratra and Amit Kumar put on 112 to save further embarrassment. Kumar was unbeaten on 76 as HP reached 262 for 6 at the close. Nishan Singh (3/69) was the best bowler for Services. Tekkami Atchuta Rao led...

12:09 AM, Mar 26, 2008

St. John's: West Indies selector Robert Haynes has asked young batsman from West Indies to learn from Shivnarine Chanderpaul how to adapt to new conditions. Chanderpaul scored a sparkling 118 on Sunday, in the first innings of the just concluded first Test against India on a difficult pitch at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Haynes, who played eight One-Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1989 and 1991, said on...

11:46 PM, Mar 17, 2008

St. John's: West Indies selector Robert Haynes has asked young batsman from West Indies to learn from Shivnarine Chanderpaul how to adapt to new conditions. Chanderpaul scored a sparkling 118 on Sunday, in the first innings of the just concluded first Test against India on a difficult pitch at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Haynes, who played eight One-Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1989 and 1991, said on...

11:46 PM, Mar 17, 2008

While Shahid Afrid termed it as national shame, the former lawyer of Salman Butt said the verdict is not justified. ...

02:29 AM, Mar 15, 2008

While Shahid Afrid termed it as national shame, the former lawyer of Salman Butt said the verdict is not justified. ...

02:29 AM, Mar 15, 2008

Dubai: Sri Lankan team manager Anura Tennekoon on Wednesday called for corruption-free cricket in order to sustain the interest in the game after three Pakistani players were found guilty in a spot-fixing scandal. "I think any form of corruption in the game should be dealt with seriously and eradicated so that the interest in the game is sustained," said Tennekoon when asked about his reaction on the court verdict in...

01:00 AM, Mar 15, 2008

Dubai: Sri Lankan team manager Anura Tennekoon on Wednesday called for corruption-free cricket in order to sustain the interest in the game after three Pakistani players were found guilty in a spot-fixing scandal. "I think any form of corruption in the game should be dealt with seriously and eradicated so that the interest in the game is sustained," said Tennekoon when asked about his reaction on the court verdict in...

01:00 AM, Mar 15, 2008

Kolkata: On the festive occasion of Diwali, Bengal received a good news when former India skipper Sourav Ganguly gave his nod to be available for the entire Ranji season, as the selectors picked a 16-member side for their first two Super League matches, beginning on November 3. Bengal senior selection committee chairman Deep Dasgupta told PTI that Ganguly is quite motivated and keen to play all matches for the state...

02:52 AM, Mar 13, 2008

Kolkata: On the festive occasion of Diwali, Bengal received a good news when former India skipper Sourav Ganguly gave his nod to be available for the entire Ranji season, as the selectors picked a 16-member side for their first two Super League matches, beginning on November 3. Bengal senior selection committee chairman Deep Dasgupta told PTI that Ganguly is quite motivated and keen to play all matches for the state...

02:52 AM, Mar 13, 2008

Chennai: Mumbai Indians bowling coach Shaun Pollock on Thursday said his team has the experience of playing at the slow track at M A Chidambaram Stadium and will look to adjust to the conditions quickly when they take on Somerset in their Champions League twenty20 semifinal clash on Saturday. Mumbai have played two matches in Chennai, while Somerset have not played any game on this track and Pollock feels his...

02:02 AM, Mar 07, 2008

Chennai: Mumbai Indians bowling coach Shaun Pollock on Thursday said his team has the experience of playing at the slow track at M A Chidambaram Stadium and will look to adjust to the conditions quickly when they take on Somerset in their Champions League twenty20 semifinal clash on Saturday. Mumbai have played two matches in Chennai, while Somerset have not played any game on this track and Pollock feels his...

02:02 AM, Mar 07, 2008

Bangalore: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir is hoping that the remaining group league matches produce favourable results so that his team can make it to the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20. It's always good to end up on a winning note. Now we have to wait for the results of the other matches, Gambhir said. The India opener was all praise for his team's fielding and bowling. We...

07:48 PM, Mar 05, 2008

Bangalore: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir is hoping that the remaining group league matches produce favourable results so that his team can make it to the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20. It's always good to end up on a winning note. Now we have to wait for the results of the other matches, Gambhir said. The India opener was all praise for his team's fielding and bowling. We...

07:48 PM, Mar 05, 2008

Hyderabad: Indian opener and Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir insisted that he has completely recovered from the concussion he sustained during the recent tour of England, even though he was out for a duck in his IPL team's loss to Somerset in the Champions League Twenty20 on Sunday. I am 100 percent fit and that is why I was playing, he told reporters in the post-match press conference after...

01:45 AM, Mar 04, 2008