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09:04 AM, May 05, 2008
Melbourne: Cricket Australia (CA) is all set to implement the Argus review's central and most contentious recommendations, which says that a player's pay must be weighted towards team and individual performance. The decision may lead to an unrest between the players and the management as it plans to move away from a fixed player payment pool. Currently the players get 26 per cent of revenue and the central contracts are...
03:36 PM, Apr 27, 2008
Dubai: England batsman Kevin Pietersen promised there will not be any spot-fixing jibes aimed at Pakistan players when the two teams meet in the first Test in Dubai on Tuesday. The three-Test series is the first between the two nations since the 2010 spot-fixing scandal, which ended in lengthy bans and jail terms for then Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer. The trio, along with...
01:04 AM, Apr 12, 2008
Melbourne: After two years of experimentation, disappointment and unfulfilled promise, Australia may finally have found a bowling line-up they can stick with. Pace bowlers James Pattinson, Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus stamped their authority over one of cricket's most experienced batting line-ups when Australia beat India by 122 runs on the fourth day of the first Test on Thursday. Hilfenhaus, discarded after a dismal Ashes series, returned figures of 5-75...
06:16 PM, Apr 04, 2008
Mumbai: The spin pair of Pragyan Ojha and R Ashwin have been rewarded for their stellar performance in the series against West Indies by being named in India's Test squad for the tour of Australia starting next month. Uncapped middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma has been included in the 17-man squad, which saw the return of Praveen Kumar after he was rested for the ongoing series against West Indies. Ojha's 20...
02:04 AM, Mar 25, 2008
Sydney: Australian captain Michael Clarke said on Wednesday he was excited at the appointment of Mickey Arthur as new head coach while throwing his support behind the under-pressure Ricky Ponting. Clarke returned to Sydney from South Africa following Australia tying their Test series with the Proteas to welcome Arthur, even though he is widely believed to have favoured former Test wicketkeeper Steve Rixon for the job. I'm stoked that we've...
08:48 AM, Mar 24, 2008
London: The jury in the spot-fixing trial of former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif were sent home for the night on Thursday and will continue their deliberations on Friday. Prosecutors allege that Butt, 27, and Asif, 28, conspired with British agent Mazher Majeed and bowler Mohammad Aamer to deliver three intentional no-balls during the Lord's Test between Pakistan and England in August 2010. Butt and...
10:53 AM, Mar 13, 2008
London: The jury in the spot-fixing trial of former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif were sent home for the night on Thursday and will continue their deliberations on Friday. Prosecutors allege that Butt, 27, and Asif, 28, conspired with British agent Mazher Majeed and bowler Mohammad Aamer to deliver three intentional no-balls during the Lord's Test between Pakistan and England in August 2010. Butt and...
10:53 AM, Mar 13, 2008
Dubai: Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene believes his team has the momentum going into the second Test against Pakistan beginning on Wednesday. Kumar Sangakkara's double century helped Sri Lanka fight back from conceding a first innings lead of 314 in the first Test to earn a draw in Abu Dhabi last week. We definitely came out of a hole, Jayawardene said. I think that shows a lot of character. If...
09:59 PM, Mar 12, 2008
Chennai: IPL powerhouse Mumbai Indians ended their trophy draught in style here on Sunday as their bowlers rose to the occasion and defended a thin total to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final of the Champions League Twenty20. Spinners Harbhajan Singh (3/20) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/9) not only strangled the RCB batsmen but also picked five wickets between them after a late batting collapse saw MI fold up for...
01:12 AM, Mar 08, 2008
Lahore: The PCB would try to justify the disciplinary action taken by it against Shoaib Akhtar as it has sought permission from the Lahore High Court to present excerpts from his autobiography, which the Board feels gives a good account of former paceman's own conduct. Akhtar, who has now retired from international cricket, had filed a writ petition two years back against the 18-month ban and seven million rupees fine...
10:39 AM, Mar 04, 2008
Johannesburg: Cricket South Africa president Mtutuzeli Nyoka has filed a criminal case alleging corruption within the board over irregular IPL bonuses paid to CEO Gerald Majola and other CSA staff three years ago. The case has already been launched under the Prevention of Corruption Act - it's with the (elite investigative unit of the South African Police) the Hawks, Nyoka's legal advisor Bernard Matheson told the daily Business Day. Majola...
11:18 PM, Feb 27, 2008
London: England head to the Oval for the final Test of the summer against India on Thursday as the world's top side courtesy of a rankings system which is now widely accepted but not generally understood. The International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings are the brainchild of former Wisden almanac editor Matthew Engel. Test cricket crucially depends on context, Engel wrote in the 1995 edition. It needs a five-Test series (six...
08:50 PM, Feb 21, 2008
Lucknow: After his ward was called back as the injured Zaheer Khan's replacement for the lone T20 and ODI series against England, RP Singh's coach on Sunday said that even English commentators have expressed surprise over the UP bowler's prolonged absence from the Indian squad. English commentator Nasser Hussain, while expressing surprise over RP's omission in the past, had said that why the bowler, who tested the English batsmen in...
10:54 AM, Feb 19, 2008
Lucknow: After his ward was called back as the injured Zaheer Khan's replacement for the lone T20 and ODI series against England, RP Singh's coach on Sunday said that even English commentators have expressed surprise over the UP bowler's prolonged absence from the Indian squad. English commentator Nasser Hussain, while expressing surprise over RP's omission in the past, had said that why the bowler, who tested the English batsmen in...
10:54 AM, Feb 19, 2008
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