New Delhi: Prolific England batsman Kevin Pietersen is the most missed overseas cricketer in the Indian Premier League (IPL), according to a poll conducted by sportswear giant Nike. Of the total 3096 votes, Pietersen has garnered a staggering figure of 2208 for a percentage of 71.32, which is miles ahead of the next best player, Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi who has got 369 votes with 11.92 percentage. The middle-order batsman...
02:43 PM, Apr 16, 2013
London: Margaret Thatcher's funeral this week may be the costliest political advert in history, if critics are to be believed - but her death is reminding Conservatives that their current prime minister pales against her ideological conviction and power. Pollsters say David Cameron may get a small lift in the polls from public nostalgia for such a historic figure, even as figures on the right of his party pine openly...
06:25 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Melbourne: Mired in gloom following a Test drubbing in India, Australian cricket has turned to Canberra's halls of power for succour, asking the country's top immigration official to act as a de facto selector ahead of back-to-back Ashes series this year. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Australia's bid to secure a passport to England for Fawad Ahmed, a 31-year-old Pakistani refugee with just 13 first-class matches under his...
03:29 PM, Apr 11, 2013
London: Kevin Pietersen has come under sharp attack in the 150th edition of Wisden Almanack, which has described the star batsman's behaviour as "arrogant" during South Africa-England series last year when the SMS saga led to his ouster from the national side. Lawrence Booth, in his Notes by the editor in the latest Almanack, said the big money which Pietersen had secured with his contract to play in IPL, made...
05:26 PM, Apr 10, 2013
London: The 150th edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack published on Wednesday warned that the Ashes will be "stretched to their limit" as a result of numerous upcoming series between England and Australia. Cricket's oldest rivals - who played the first cricket Test in 1877 - meet 10 times in the now five-day format from July 2013, with a series in England, to January 2014, by which time they will be...
04:22 PM, Apr 10, 2013
London: England and Wales Cricket Board has asked the BCCI if the Indian Premier League can be advanced by a month so that its players can take part in the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament, a media report said. According to a report in 'The Times' newspaper, David Collier, the ECB chief executive, travelled to India last week to meet officials of the BCCI to urge them to reschedule future IPL seasons...
09:11 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Alec Stewart turns 50 today, less than a decade after the end of his international career - it stands as a testimony to the level ...
02:26 PM, Apr 08, 2013
London: England captain Alastair Cook believes his team could be on the verge of a period of sustained dominance which would peak with a World Cup triumph in two years. Cook is confident England's recent lacklustre displays in the drawn Test series against New Zealand were just a blip that will soon be forgotten as they head into a frenetic programme over the next few months. England play New Zealand...
07:52 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Wellington: Former Test captain Daniel Vettori and top order batsman Martin Guptill have been recalled for New Zealand's tour of England in May and June after recovering from injury. Vettori, who has been battling a long-term Achilles injury, was included in the ODI squad that will also contest Champions Trophy in June, but not the Test side. The 34-year-old retired from limited-overs cricket following the 2011 World Cup in a...
08:13 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Tremlett has not played a Test match since January 2012 due to a long-standing back problem and last featured in a first-class match in July last year. ...
08:00 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The total prize money of the 50-over event is worth USD 4 million and even the losing semi-finalists will get USD 400,000 each. ...
05:29 PM, Mar 28, 2013
England were relieved to avoid the embarrassment of losing to a team who came into the series in disarray following a poor run of results and controversy over Ross Taylor's removal as captain. ...
09:58 AM, Mar 28, 2013
Redemption was not a word McCullum would bother to countenance after his side were denied a Test series victory against England. ...
04:45 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Captain Steven Gerrard, who said England "stopped playing" after halftime, pleaded with the team to shake off their alarming habit of sitting on a 1-0 lead. ...
04:28 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Taylor admitted that he was not entirely comfortable in the team following a dramatic Test series draw against England. ...
02:06 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Alastair Cook's team return to England under no illusions they pulled off a great escape against New Zealand. ...
01:23 PM, Mar 27, 2013
The result left Montenegro on 14 points and England on 12 in Group H, with four qualifying rounds remaining. ...
08:19 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Alastair Cook found himself pacing around the dressing room as the three-match Test series against New Zealand drew to a gripping climax at Eden Park on Tuesday. ...
02:57 PM, Mar 26, 2013
"England were hell-bent on ensuring they didn't lose the match and unfortunately we weren't able to penetrate to get that one more wicket," the Kiwi captain said after the Auckland draw. ...
02:49 PM, Mar 26, 2013
England captain Alastair Cook breathed a sigh of relief that his side managed to scrape out a nail-biting draw in the series-deciding third Test against New Zealand on Tuesday, though disappointment was the over-riding emotion. ...
02:02 PM, Mar 26, 2013
