New Delhi: Shane Warne would not have achieved much success had he been made Australian captain as he often wants to be on his own and the first one to break strict team rules, says his former team-mate Matthew Hayden. Hayden wrote in his autobiography 'Standing My Ground' that Warne used to get away with his ways on many occasions because of his precocious talent and that could hardly be...
08:31 PM, Dec 08, 2007
Legendary Pakistani all rounder Imran Khan talks about why India should be cautious going into the 2011 World Cup. ...
07:04 PM, Dec 08, 2007
Harsha Bhogle talks exclusively to CNN-IBN about South Africa's chances at the 2011 World Cup. ...
04:24 PM, Dec 08, 2007
Auckland: Pakistan won the ODI series against New Zealand on Thursday by beating the hosts in the fifth ODI and will look to play youngsters Asad Shafiq and Abdul Rehman in their last ODI on Saturday, said team coach Waqar Younis. "In the final match, we might give outings to Asad Shafiq and Abdul Rehman," said Waqar on the eve of their last ODI ahead of the World Cup. Pakistan...
10:22 AM, Dec 08, 2007
Ranchi: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday said the team should perform well to take the pressure off batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar in the World Cup starting on February 19. Tendulkar,37, would be making his sixth appearance in a World Cup and the players have said they want to win the prized trophy for him. "It is not right to put pressure on Sachin. All the team members should...
09:03 AM, Dec 08, 2007
Karachi: The Pakistan coach Waqar Younis is keen to end the one-day series against New Zealand on a winning note after his team wrapped up the series on Thursday in Hamilton. Waqar told Pakistani reporters in Hamilton that the series win was a great boost for the team ahead of the World Cup and the side had developed into a confident fighting unit under the captaincy of Shahid Afridi. Waqar...
07:22 AM, Dec 08, 2007
New Delhi: For a nation that played its first two World Cups as a non-Test-playing nation, it was nothing short of a shock for the world when Sri Lanka turned the tables and grabbed everybody's attention by the throat with their 1996 triumph. The island nation went from strength to strength therafter, reaching the semifinals in 2003 and ending up runners-up in 2007. Turning over the pages of Sri Lanka's...
12:28 AM, Dec 08, 2007
Visakhapatnam: South Zone produced a solid batting display to take control of the final against North, reaching 298 for three on the second day of the Duleep trophy match here on Thursday. Three South Zone batsmen -- Robin Uthappa (66), S Badrinath (97 not out) and Manish Pandey (74) -- smashed individual half-centuries as they posted a solid reply to North's first innings total of 337 in 70 overs on...
08:57 PM, Dec 07, 2007
Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board has already applied for visas of their players to Indian High Commission for the Cricket World Cup in order to avoid any hassles later on though they are not playing in India in the group stage, sources said on Wednesday. Sources in the PCB told PTI that the Board had already completed all documentation and informed the Indian High Commission in Islamabad that it would require...
04:18 PM, Dec 07, 2007
Sydney: Australia captain Michael Clarke and all-rounder Shane Watson will miss the final one-day match against England in Perth Sunday to get some rest before the World Cup, Cricket Australia said Thursday. Australia have already won the seven-match series against England and hold a 5-1 lead after their two wicket win in the sixth game in Sydney Wednesday. All-rounder Steve Smith will also miss the match after he sustained a...
03:58 PM, Dec 07, 2007
Mumbai: Former Pakistan all-rounder Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the PCB has put the team in a "big disadvantage" by not naming a captain as yet for the forthcoming World Cup beginning February 19. "Three weeks before the World Cup, we still don't know who is the Pakistan captain. Pakistan have put themselves in a big disadvantage by not naming a captain," Imran, who led Pakistan to the title...
01:48 PM, Dec 07, 2007
New Delhi: Strong starts by the opening duo of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag would be key to India's success at the forthcoming World Cup, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said on Wednesday. The feisty 30-year-old off-spinner said the feat of the 1983 World Cup, when Kapil Dev and Co stunned one and all by lifting the coveted trophy, inspires him a lot. I am always reminded of the 1983 World Cup,...
12:29 PM, Dec 07, 2007
New Delhi: With the 2011 edition of the ICC World Cup probably going to be Sachin Tendulkar's last appearance in the quadrennial event, the Indian team wants to win it for the world's best batsman. We all love him (Tendulkar) a lot. Most probably it is his last World Cup, although we all want him to play many more World Cups. But practically speaking, it seems impossible, Dhoni said while...
08:14 AM, Dec 07, 2007
New Delhi: India skipper MS Dhoni on Tuesday said Team India now calls pressure an added responsibility and believes in each other's talent when he was asked how India would react to the pressure that comes with playing the World Cup at home. Dhoni, along with Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan and Piyush Chawla, was here on Tuesday to attend a promotional event ahead of the World...
02:01 AM, Dec 07, 2007
Kolkata: With World Cup Trophy being the missing feather from Sachin Tendulkar's dazzling cap, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha hopes that the tournament favourites India will do it this time as a special tribute to the milestone man. For 37-year-old Tendulkar, who has scored more than 32,000 runs and 97 centuries in international cricket, it will be in all probability his last chance to lift the Cup. "I will follow the...
01:20 AM, Dec 07, 2007
Hamilton: Pakistan can wrap up their ODI series against New Zealand with victory in Hamilton on Thursday after a two-wicket win in the fourth ODI on Tuesday. New Zealand batting has been struggling through out the series and sipper Daniel Vettori has issued a scathing critique of his side's top order, describing their performance as "unacceptable" in their latest defeat by Pakistan. Pakistan lead the six-match series 2-1, with one ...
12:51 AM, Dec 07, 2007
New Delhi: A string of Houdini acts has convinced Harbhajan Singh that the Indian cricket team has mastered the escape-to-victory art and there is nothing, including the World Cup, they cannot achieve. The feisty 30-year-old has been an integral cog in the Indian wheel, architect of several come-from-behind wins, largely with his tricky off-spin and occasionally with his new-found batting prowess. India's ability to return from the brink of disaster...
06:24 PM, Dec 06, 2007
Napier: Misbah ul-Haq made a career-best 93 not out to steer Pakistan to a two-wicket win over New Zealand in the fourth one-day cricket international on Tuesday to lead 2-1 in the six-match series. New Zealand made 262-7 in its 50 overs, batting first after winning the toss in conditions at McLean Park described as heaven for batsmen by Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi. Pakistan stumbled several times in its run...
06:22 PM, Dec 06, 2007
New Delhi: Sir Don Bradman finished with a career average of 99.94 in Test cricket, distanced from that magical triple-figure average by a second-ball naught in his last innings at The Oval in 1948. Sixty-three years later, Sir Don's mirror image - as confessed by the magician himself - will try to cap a run-loaded career with a World Cup trophy and 100 international hundreds. Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar,...
04:39 PM, Dec 06, 2007
London: England has called up fast bowler Liam Plunkett ahead of Sunday's seventh and final one-day international against Australia at Perth after injuries to pacers Chris Tremlett and Ajmal Shahzad. Plunkett will fly to Perth all the way from the West Indies where he was a member of the domestic side England Lions. He will join the national squad only three days before the final match of the two-month-long Australian...
03:15 PM, Dec 06, 2007
