The Government is introducing the perk tax, which will replace FBT. ...
12:10 AM, Dec 23, 2009
The Government is introducing a perk tax, replacing FBT. ...
03:41 PM, Dec 21, 2009
Lahore: Controversial former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar threw his hat into the ring on Friday to become Pakistan's next bowling coach. Pakistan have been hunting for a bowling coach since appointing Australian Dav Whatmore as head coach in March, with former Essex paceman Ian Pont the leading contender. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) set up a three-man committee to find a suitable candidate but so far nothing has been finalised. I...
07:58 AM, Jun 17, 2008
The Sri Lankan said Delhi Daredevils have been playing good cricket and they will continue in the same spirit in the coming games. ...
11:52 AM, May 23, 2008
Perth: He might be drawing flak for his flopshow in the ongoing Test series against Australia but veteran Indian batsman VVS Laxman has no plans of hanging up his boots just yet. Contrary to reports in India and some scathing reactions by experts and former cricketers back home, a fellow cricketer said, He (Laxman) is not retiring yet. The impression that he has given to us is that he would...
08:31 AM, Apr 12, 2008
Cuttack: West Indies captain Darren Sammy on Monday said that India would miss a finisher in skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has been rested, during their five-match ODI series, starting here from Tuesday. Dhoni has remained unbeaten in the last six one-dayers against England, both at home and away. In fact, coming down the order, he has played the vital role of a finisher especially in the five-ODI series at...
05:52 PM, Mar 25, 2008
Cape Town: Australian captain Michael Clarke hit an aggressive century to cancel out some superb fast bowling by South Africa's Dale Steyn on the first day of the first Test at Newlands here on Wednesday. Clarke hit 107 not out in an Australian total of 214 for eight, while Steyn proved a constant threat to the batsmen on a seam-friendly surface, taking four for 31. New cap Vernon Philander took...
09:15 PM, Mar 17, 2008
London: Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt will appeal against his 30-month sentence for a spot-fixing scandal handed down by a British court on Thursday, his lawyer said. On behalf of Salman Butt, I simply want to confirm that we will be appealing the sentence and launching grounds of appeal against it in the next 24 hours, lawyer Paul Harris said. He was speaking outside Southwark Crown Court, where Butt...
01:04 PM, Mar 15, 2008
Dhaka: Kieran Powell, Kraigg Brathwaite and Kirk Edwards hit half centuries to lead West Indies to 253-5 at stumps Saturday on the first day of the second and final cricket Test against Bangladesh on Saturday. Edwards was unbeaten at 71 — scoring his maiden Test 50 — with Marlon Samuels on 16 after the visitors reached 160-2 at tea at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Brathwaite and Powell made a confident...
05:13 PM, Mar 13, 2008
Kolkata: The BCCI Selection Committee put to rest all doubts surrounding Harbhajan Singh on Friday by keeping the leading Indian off-spinner out of the Test squad as well, while recalling a fit-again Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar in the squad for the first of the three Tests against West Indies. Yuvraj Singh and Ishant Sharma, who have fully recovered from their injuries suffered in England, also made a comeback into...
03:51 PM, Mar 13, 2008
Kolkata: England will be desperate to avoid a second successive series whitewash in India, when they take on the Men in Blue in the fifth and final one-dayer at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. Having come nowhere near beating the Indians in the four matches thus far, the England players who seem to running out of ideas, will have one final crack at the world champions, in an effort to...
03:22 PM, Mar 12, 2008
London: Former England fast bowler Graham Dilley passed away on Wednesday after a short illness. He was 52. Dilley was best known for his 117-run stand with Ian Botham that helped England with Ashes Test at Headingley in 1981. His match-winning five wicket-haul in the Ashes Test at Brisbane in 1986-87 is another highlight of his career. Dilley played 41 Tests and 36 One-day Internationals in a career spanning 10...
07:41 PM, Mar 06, 2008
Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday laughed off Shahid Afridi's remarks that Sachin Tendulkar was uncomfortable against Shoaib Akhtar's pace, a claim which the Pakistani speedster had made in his autobiography 'Controversially Yours'. Afridi is out of his mind, Ganguly quipped, reacting to the former Pakistani skipper's claim that he has seen Tendulkar tremble while facing Shoaib. Ganguly is not surprised at off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's omission from the...
07:48 PM, Mar 05, 2008
Kolkata: The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Saturday decided to sell tickets at a reasonably low price of Rs 500 onwards for a season ticket in India's upcoming Test match against the West Indies in November. At its working committee meeting also attended by Sourav Ganguly, it was decided to have tickets in three denominations - Rs 500, 1,000 and 1,500 - for the three upcoming matches of ODI,...
05:48 PM, Mar 05, 2008
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who announced his retirement from international cricket soon after the World Cup to protest the working of the Pakistan Cricket Board, says he will decide on a comeback after a month. There is a lot of pressure from fans and friends to come out of retirement, but I will wait for things to improve. I will take at least a month to reconsider my...
04:49 PM, Mar 05, 2008
Sydney: Eighteen-year-old pace sensation Patrick Cummins is the youngest player in the ongoing Champions League T20 event in India and after a handful of first-class appearances he is in Australia's squads for shorter versions to tour South Africa. The New South Wales (NSW) speedster says it is all happening faster than he dreamed. Cummins, who was a school kid till last year and played the sport on weekends, has made...
01:48 PM, Mar 05, 2008
London: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced a hectic international schedule for next summer for World No.1 Test team England who play with the West Indies, Australia and South Africa six Tests, 13 One-Day Internationals (ODI) and four Twenty20 Internationals in 2012. England kick off the international season with a three-Test series against the West Indies followed by three ODIs and one Twenty20 International. They then play...
12:16 PM, Mar 05, 2008
India's legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev feels that players also need to unwind themselves and BCCI is to be blamed for India's poor run. ...
11:10 AM, Mar 05, 2008
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Karachi: Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal is viewing next year's Test series against England as a contest between himself and Graeme Swann to decide who is the world's best off-spinner. The 33-year-old Ajmal, Pakistan's leading bowler in all forms of the game recently, said he was preparing a surprise delivery for the English team who top the world rankings. Any spinner today worth his salt has to have lot of variation in...
10:42 AM, Mar 05, 2008
New Delhi: Injuries and bad form are likely to cause a major reshuffle in the Indian squad that will be picked later on Thursday when Kris Srikkanth & Co sit down alongside captain MS Dhoni and coach Duncan Fletcher to find a combination to beat England. The big news, though, is that the sword hanging over Harbhajan Singh may finally fall on him. If the sources are to be believed,...
09:50 PM, Mar 04, 2008
