The ban came on Wednesday, a year after the body sought registration. ...
12:03 AM, Oct 17, 2008
Mumbai: The BCCI's senior tournament committee Friday recommended that the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi be barred from hosting any cricket ties in 2012-13 after adverse reports were received from match referees over pitch conditions during matches held earlier this season. Railways Sports Promotion Board, which hosts matches at the Karnail Singh Stadium, would be asked to find an alternative venue for their home matches in the next season, the...
08:56 PM, Apr 24, 2008
Melbourne: Disgruntled Australian cricketer Simon Katich has given up hope of coming back to the national team and doesn't know whether he would ever be friends again with captain Michael Clarke after holding him responsible for the loss of his central contract. Katich was reprimanded by Cricket Australia after his public outburst against Clarke following his axing from the Australian Test team. I pretty much know they've made their decision,...
06:25 PM, Mar 29, 2008
Harare: Zimbabwe will play their first Test match in six years starting Thursday, with former captain Tatenda Taibu conceding that many of the problems that led to the team's voluntary withdrawal from the five-day game still persist. A boycott by senior players following a dispute with the board prompted Zimbabwe to begin a self-imposed exile from the Test arena in 2005, and Taibu says the rifts remain. I don't think...
03:51 PM, Feb 17, 2008
Chennai: With Ricky Ponting struggling to find form in the tournament so far, India can exploit the chinks in the Australian armour and beat them in the World Cup quarterfinal on Thursday in Ahmedabad, middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh said. Yuvraj said Australia are no longer the same intimidating force due to retirements of some key players and the defending champions are also copping with the problem of Ponting's poor form....
09:31 PM, Jan 04, 2008
New Delhi: A group of 10 HIV positive children played cricket with South Africa's World Cup team during a practice session on Tuesday. The event at New Delhi's Ferozeshah Kotla ground was part of an initiative by the International Cricket Council with UNICEF and UNAIDS called 'Think Wise'. "The idea is to create awareness about HIV and to get rid of the stigma attached to it," ICC representative Jon Long...
03:06 PM, Dec 20, 2007
Mumbai: World Cup organisers have scrapped plans for an online purchasing system for the World Cup final after it crashed on its opening day and will now arrange for a lottery instead. None of the 1,000 tickets available could be sold on Monday after the system went down almost immediately after opening for business. Millions of fans tried to buy tickets for the April 2 final in Mumbai's newly-renovated Wankhede...
01:22 PM, Dec 20, 2007
Mumbai: Seeking to allay fears expressed by the city's fire department about the safety norms at the Wankhede stadium, World Cup tournament director Ratnakar Shetty on Sunday said security and safety of people would not be compromised while staging matches at the venue. "When we build a stadium, we take care of each and every person who will come to the stadium. And there would be no compromises in anything...
01:54 PM, Dec 19, 2007
Mumbai: Buying an ear-splitting alarm clock might be on top of Suresh Raina's shopping list on Friday after the batsman almost missed his team's charter flight to Dhaka for their opening World Cup match against Bangladesh. The left-handed batsman gave his team mates a few anxious moments when he overslept on Thursday and missed the bus carrying Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men to Chennai airport. The 24-year-old eventually made a late...
12:16 PM, Dec 17, 2007
New Delhi: A billion hearts will beat for Sachin Tendulkar as he attempts to win the World Cup for India in his record-equalling sixth appearance in cricket's showpiece event. Tendulkar will not be short of support in what is expected to be his last World Cup -- even his team-mates want to win it for him.The most celebrated cricketer of the modern era has amassed 32,331 international runs and hit...
11:58 PM, Dec 13, 2007
Legendary Australian batsman Steve Waugh talks about previous World Cups and the upcoming 2011 World Cup. ...
08:59 PM, Dec 13, 2007
New Delhi: Delhi batsman Virat Kohli says playing for India in the World Cup, beginning from February 19, will be a dream come true for him. Kohli, who has proved himself as a reliable middle-order batsman in the One-Day Internationals, says he is focused to give his best in the mega-event. Kohli says he is living a dream since leading the India U-19 team to victory in 2008. "It has...
08:21 PM, Dec 07, 2007
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