
Hyderabad: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni might have expressed his displeasure over the Umpire Decision Review System on quite a few occasions but Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday said that he is in favour of the use of technology as it can reduce human errors. The UDRS, which received a mixed response during the World Cup, is not in use in the ongoing Indian Premier League but ...

02:03 AM, Jan 22, 2008

Karachi: Former Pakistan players are in favour of resumption of bilateral cricket ties with India but have doubts over playing a short series this year due to arch-rivals' packed international calender. Former captains Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad and Rashid Latif feel that a series is possible on a neutral venue later this year if both Indian and Pakistan governments work out the modalities. "If both the governments want, then a ...

01:22 PM, Jan 16, 2008

Sydney: Australia captain Michael Clarke believes that his team are deserving holders of the number one ranking in one-day international format. The recently-appointed skipper flew back into Sydney on Friday after the 3-0 one-day series win over Bangladesh. Clarke defended Australia's position atop, despite their loss in the quarter-finals of the World Cup to the World Champions India. "The statistics say we are number one for good reason. We've won...

01:30 AM, Jan 16, 2008

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by Lalit Modi against an earlier order of the single bench asking the BCCI to initiate an inquiry into alleged financial irregularities by the former IPL chairman. The Board of Control for Cricket in India had in December last year formed a Disciplinary Committee to probe into the allegations of financial irregularities during Modi's tenure as chairman of the...

12:09 AM, Jan 12, 2008

Sydney: Respected but seldom loved at home, admired but also reviled abroad, Ricky Ponting led Australia to great success but his captaincy will ultimately be defined by three lost Ashes series. The tough, single-minded Tasmanian always put the team first and that, he said, had prompted him to stand down after nine years in charge of the Australia one-day team and seven as Test skipper on Tuesday. The most Test...

09:49 PM, Jan 09, 2008

Cricket enthusiasts all over the country are praying for an Indian victory in the World Cup semi finals against Pakistan. ...

12:16 AM, Jan 09, 2008

New Delhi: On March 23, 2003 India's much cherished dream came crashing down to earth at the Wanderers. Australia routed India by 125 runs to win the World Cup for a historic third time. Skipper Ricky Ponting played the innings of his life scoring an unbeaten 140 and was involved in a belligerent 234-run partnership with Damien Martyn, thereby batting India out of the game. India's only hope was Virender ...

03:14 PM, Jan 06, 2008

Chennai: Their morale low after a shock loss to Bangladesh, an injury-hit England take on the West Indies in a crucial group B match here on Thursday requiring an outright win to keep their World Cup hopes alive. England have endured a roller-coaster World Cup so far having won two games, including the humdinger against South Africa, holding India to a tie but their loss to minnows Ireland and Bangladesh...

07:06 PM, Jan 02, 2008
Johannesburg: Cricket fans across the world will have an opportunity to win South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs' man-of-the-match trophy which he won after a record run chase of 438 against Australia in 2006. Gibbs, who mutually terminated his contract with Cricket South Africa last year, said he would give the prize to one of his Twitter followers. "Next week I'm giving away my 175 (run) man of match medal vs...

03:14 PM, Dec 04, 2007

With this film the Santoshi-Ajay combo will once again be seen on the big screen. ...

03:53 PM, Nov 13, 2007

Karachi: The legal team that will represent Pakistan's suspended former Test captain Salman Butt in the spot-fixing case continues to grow with one of the country's most prominent lawyers Aitzaz Ahsan now joining his defence. Ahsan, who is one of the most sought-after lawyers in Pakistan, will represent Butt in the International Cricket Council Code of Conduct Commission hearing scheduled in Doha from January 6 to 11. Aitzaz Ahsan has ...

12:14 PM, Nov 13, 2007

Here's hoping he does work the
Ghayal or
Khakee magic once again. ...

02:18 AM, Oct 18, 2007

After
Family bombed, Raj Kumar Santoshi is back with
Halla Bol starring Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan and Mallika Sherawat. ...

11:30 PM, Jan 08, 2007