2007

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Mohali: Irish cricketer Niall O'Brien's bats, which went missing after his team's World Cup group match against India, have been found. Ireland's media manager Barry Chambers said the bag containing six bats of the player has been found and would be reaching the player soon. "Niall's bag contained six Gary Nicollas bats including one given to him by India's Suresh Raina have been traced in the luggage of the Indian...  

The 'must-watch' and the 'must not watch' of 2007

Mohali: The wicket at the PCA stadium here is likely to behave better then the previous match, when West Indies play Ireland in a Group B encounter of the cricket World Cup on Friday, said curator Daljeet Singh. "It was raining prior to the South Africa-Netherlands match (on Mar 3) and we had to prepare the wicket earlier than required and had to keep it covered. However, there has been...  

The worthy and the worthless of Bollywood '07

Chittagong: Bangladesh's batsmen will be fighting their own demons on Friday in a World Cup group game when they face England, still fragile after posting a humiliating total of 58 against West Indies. Batsman Junaed Siddique said on Wednesday the team was working to recover from the mental trauma of the nine-wicket loss and will have put it behind them by the time of the England game. Bangladesh, with two...  

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Pallekele: As can be imagined, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal is not the most popular member of the Pakistan side these days. While emails and other forms of electric communication are being used to vent the rage of Pakistan fans, the man at the centre of the ruckus over his World Cup fumbling efforts is not about to be dropped from the side. Pakistan's next game is against Zimbabwe on Sunday in...  

Bollywood 2007: The hits and the pits

Chittagong: England on Wednesday applied to the ICC for permission to bring in Chris Tremlett as replacement for injured Stuart Broad in their World Cup squad. Tremlett, who has been with the World Cup party throughout the competition as a stand-by player, was the obvious man to come in for Broad as a like-for-like replacement, an ECB statement said. Broad discovered yesterday that his side strain was serious enough to...  

Snapshots 2007: The year in pictures

Pallekele: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Wednesday urged his team to learn the lessons of the 110-run defeat against New Zealand. The Black Caps rode on a brilliant unbeaten 131 by Ross Taylor to post a challenging 302-7 before Tim Southee removed the top order with a burst of three early wickets to bowl Pakistan out for 192. "There were quite a few lessons to be learned from the defeat,...  

Maut ka saudagar remark isn't what hurt Cong: Modi

Karachi: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who is the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing World Cup with 14 wickets, today said his success as a bowler has a lot to do with his changed mindset. "There is no magic involved in my bowling now it is just that I have now started seeing myself as a bowling all-rounder rather than a batting all-rounder. I am now paying a lot of attention...  

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Bangalore: An unbeaten run in the World Cup is enough to paper over most cracks and India so far have managed to hide the lack of a wicket-taking bowling line-up by piling on the runs. Throw a stone at India's 15-man squad and you will almost certainly hit a batsman who can walk into any international team. With a careful aim and some luck, you might also just find one...  

Modi calls on Keshubhai, seeks his blessings

Chennai: Historically, the British are known for brave words in adversity and so is the case with the current England team that suffered an embarrassing defeat to neighbours Ireland in the 2011 cricket World Cup to find themselves in a tight situation. Former captain Paul Collingwood displayed the customary "stiff upper lip" while fielding questions from the media on the sidelines of the Slazenger product launch function here on Friday...  

BJP's old and new unite to anoint Modi as CM

Mirpur: A crestfallen Bangladesh captain Shakib-al-Hasan on Friday described his side's nine-wicket rout by West Indies in a World Cup match here as the "worst day" of his career and said the fans were justified in jeering the home players. A sell-out crowd of 25,000 at Sher-e-Bangla stadium saw Bangladesh being shot out for just 58 that led to the day-night match coming to an end even before the lights...  

BJP unites to cheer as Modi takes charge

CNN-IBN's cricket experts discuss the prospects of Bangladesh-West Indies and New Zealand-Zimbabwe games. ...  

Time to show large-heartedness, says Modi

Karachi: Pakistan's One-day captain Shahid Afridi wants the International Cricket Council (ICC) to consider increasing the number of Umpire decision review system (UDRS) appeals allowed to a particular team. Unlike his Indian counterpart Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is not happy with the UDRS, Afridi said the system had worked well for most teams in the World Cup. The use of the UDRS is a positive development and it would not...  

In victory, Modi's heart goes out to BJP rebels

Mohali: South Africa served up a convincing all-round performance in an emphatic 231-run win over Netherlands in Group B at the World Cup on Thursday. AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla made centuries in South Africa's 351-5 and leg-spinner Iran Tahir took three wickets in a predictably dominant showing from the hotly favored Proteas. Netherlands was dismissed for 120 in 34.5 overs at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium for successive heavy...  

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Ahmedabad: New Zealand are preparing to face a versatile Zimbabwe spin attack led by the experienced Ray Price in a key Group A match for both sides at the World Cup on Friday. Zimbabwe scored an impressive 175-run victory over Canada on Monday, with left-arm spinner Price bagging 3-16 and legspinner Graeme Cremer taking 3-31. New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori is well aware of the stakes in their third match...  

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New Delhi: Ireland's Kevin O'Brien smashed the fastest World Cup century in 50 balls against England in a Group B match on Wednesday. O'Brien hit six sixes and 13 fours in his swashbuckling innings of 113 off 63 balls as Ireland stun England by 3 wickets. The honour of the fastest World Cup ton earlier belonged to Australia's Matthew Hayden who scored his century off 66 balls against South Africa...  

Surat funds BJP campaign, celebrates returns

Colombo: Australian leg-spinner Steve Smith knows the Sri Lankan batsman would come hard at him when the two teams clash in a World Cup match here on Saturday. The 21-year-old Smith said that it would be tough for the Sri Lankan batsmen to score runs off the lively Australian pace battery and they would reserve their power for the spinners. "We've got the firepower up top with the quicks all ...

Modi elected leader of BJP legislature party

New Delhi: Former captain Kapil Dev on Wednesday came to the rescue of under-fire Indian bowlers' after their poor show in the World Cup, saying these were the same bowlers who won India many matches in the past two years. India's batting was phenomenal in their first two games against Bangladesh and England, but bowling was a big let down with the bowlers getting smashed all over the park. In...  

Time for Modi to build an inclusive Gujarat: NRIs

Bangalore: Ireland's Kevin O'Brien hit a sensational 113 from 63 balls to give his team an improbable three-wicket win over England and one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history. Ireland looked down and out at 111-5 in reply to England's 327-8 but O'Brien clubbed six sixes and 13 fours to power his side to victory with 329-7 — smashing Matthew Hayden's record for the quickest World Cup century...  

For BJP, Modi win can be a double-edged sword

Bangalore: Senior players, including Sachin Tendulkar, chose to give training a miss but eight other members of India's World Cup squad had a one-hour training session at the National Cricket Academy here on Wednesday. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was among the eight who trained during the optional session ahead of the March 6 Group B clash against Ireland. Those who chose to stay back at the hotel included pace spearhead...  

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Mohali: South Africa take on Netherlands in the World Cup on Thursday with the Dutch side's South African-born batsman Ryan ten Doeschate looking forward to facing his former compatriots in the Group B contest. Thursday's match will be the first of the tournament at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali and Netherlands are unlikely to mark the event with a maiden victory over the Proteas. South Africa have had...