The Lok Sabha on Friday took up the issue of security and women in the country citing the occasion of International Women's Day. While women MPs demanded more such sessions to bring about strict legislation to deal with crimes against women, CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta said the society is to be blamed for the plight of women. ...
02:15 PM, Mar 08, 2013
SL cricket Authority have criticised the cheerleaders in World T20 to the organisers. According to media and spectators they are disgraceful. ...
09:07 PM, Oct 04, 2012
The cheerleaders will perform when a boundary is hit or a wicket falls. ...
09:06 AM, Oct 27, 2009
SRK will pick six cheerleaders for his Kolkata Knight Riders. ...
01:32 PM, Jan 05, 2009
ICL's first of its kind cheerleading squad is curiously called the Zeebras. ...
05:49 PM, Sep 24, 2008
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Organizers believe cheerleaders bring more colour to the events. ...
02:51 PM, Aug 19, 2008
Nairobi: Intercontinental Cup matches between Kenya and Namibia in Nairobi were postponed by cricket's governing body on Wednesday because of security concerns. The International Cricket Council said the ongoing and changing security situation in Kenya had led to delays in making a security assessment, and the four-day and 50-over games were put back until September. There have been attacks in Nairobi and the coastal town of Mombasa in recent months,...
02:05 AM, May 24, 2008
New Delhi: Amidst reports of bookies planning to target the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka later in the year, the Sri Lankan Cricket Board on Monday said that it would take maximum precautions to ensure that unwanted elements were not involved in the game. Reports in the media said that bookies could assemble in the island nation during the September 18 to October 7 Twenty20 World Cup to...
03:56 PM, May 20, 2008
Kolkata: Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper Shreevats Goswami hopes to relish the 'home conditions' when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Friday. The diminutive Bengal wicketkeeper batsman, who also had a stint with the Kolkata franchise, said that he was happy to share his KKR experience with his Rajasthan teammates. I am very hopeful of my performance in this year's IPL. I am...
06:44 PM, May 11, 2008
Dhaka: Mashrafe Mortaza has earned a recall and Tamim Iqbal demoted to a reserve member in Bangladesh’s 14-man squad for the Asia Cup which begins on Sunday in Mirpur. The national selectors omitted four of the 15 players who last played in the home one-day series against Pakistan in December, while continuing to ignore Mohammad Ashraful. Apart from Mortaza, the selectors called up Nazimuddin, Jahurul Islam, Shahadat Hossain and Anamul...
12:43 AM, May 01, 2008
Brisbane: Chris Broad on Sunday became only the second ICC match referee to officiate in 200 ODIs when he took the field for the toss in the first tri-series final between Australia and Sri Lanka here. The 54-year-old former England opener made his debut in 2004 in Dunedin in an ODI between New Zealand and Pakistan. And now after eight years, Broad stands as only the second match referee after...
03:07 PM, Apr 30, 2008
Mumbai: The BCCI selection committee meeting to pick the team for the Asia Cup has been preponed by a day to February 29. The women's selection committee will also meet the same day to pick the team for the home ODI and Twenty20 series against Australia starting March 12. "The meetings of the All-India Senior Selection Committee and All-India Women's Selection Committee, to pick the Indian teams for the Asia...
08:15 PM, Apr 27, 2008
Karachi: Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has blasted the performance of the national team in the one-day series, singling out captain Misbah-ul-Haq and allrounder Shoaib Malik for scathing criticism. Shoaib said that the Pakistan team needed to review its selection policy for one-day and T20 matches as there was no longer any place for players like Malik. He has been playing for around 12 years and he has accomplished...
04:05 PM, Apr 26, 2008
Sydney: Former captain Ricky Ponting's one-day international career appeared over after he was dropped from Australia's ODI team for the tri-series against India and Sri Lanka. Chief selector John Inverarity on Monday said Ponting, the second all-time leading run-scorer in ODIs, was axed because of his poor batting form. Ponting, 37, said earlier that he wanted to battle through his current slump after scoring just 18 runs in five knocks...
09:29 PM, Apr 25, 2008
In the end, the better team won. Australia had struggled on a sluggish Adelaide Oval surface in their last two matches, but on a Brisbane pitch with more pace and bounce they showed that they have the firepower to make the best-of-three-finals, owing to capable batsmen and very good pace bowlers. For India it was their worst batting effort of the CB Series as a troubling trend of troubles against...
03:00 PM, Apr 25, 2008
Mad scenes unfolded during the 29th over of Australia's innings. Michael Hussey, batting on 1, missed a ball from Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni collected and disturbed the stumps. As the decision went upstairs to the third umpire, Bruce Oxenford, replays showed that Hussey had dragged his back foot back and part of his boot was behind the crease, which meant he was safe. Incredibly, the giant screen flashed a...
02:35 PM, Apr 25, 2008
Lahore: Australian Dav Whatmore will take over as the head coach of Pakistan's cricket team next month with the Asia Cup in Bangladesh being his first assignment. A senior official in the board confirmed to PTI that Whatmore and fielding coach Julian Fontain would be arriving here in the first week of March to sign their contracts. Mohsin Khan does not figure in the plans that the Chairman of the...
02:33 PM, Apr 25, 2008
Lahore: Keen to play in lucrative Twenty20 leagues abroad, some Pakistani cricketers have asked the PCB to re-jig the dates for the tour to Sri Lanka in June-July. PCB sources said some players had committed to playing in the T20 league in England in June and some dates were clashing with the Pakistan team's tour to Sri Lanka. These players now want the board to make minor changes to the...
07:29 AM, Apr 25, 2008
Dubai: Misbah-ul Haq has called for his batsmen to put up a stronger fight to change Pakistan's fortunes in the third one-day match against England on Saturday. Pakistan failed to chase down targets of 261 and 251 in the first two one-day matches to hand England an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the four-match series. "We have to really improve our batting," the Pakistan captain said on Friday. "In the Tests...
12:45 AM, Apr 25, 2008
Brisbane: India medium pacer R Vinay Kumar is not on anyone's mind and he would just like it the way it is as long as his skipper MS Dhoni keeps turning to him and batsmen keep nibbling at his swinging deliveries. The Karnataka medium-pacer has beggared belief with nine wickets at a staggering average 20.11 -- a wicket every 25th ball -- in the ongoing Commonwealth Bank one-day series. With...
06:17 PM, Apr 24, 2008
