What a quixotic match it was, and what a startling result. Having been decidedly ordinary in the field, allowing Sri Lanka to cruise to 320, India got it together at the right time in extraordinary manner to chase down the target in 36.4 overs to seize a bonus point and stay alive in the tournament. The fans at Bellerive Oval were treated to a game of two halves. The first...
03:49 AM, Apr 29, 2008
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04:27 PM, Apr 28, 2008
Melbourne: Mind games and countering India's swing bowlers are the main focus of Australia's batting camp ahead of the grueling four-Test series beginning on December 26. In a bid to improve the footwork of the struggling Australian batsmen as they gear up to deal with the likes of Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma, bowling machines will be used to simulate swing and the points of delivery of the Indian speedsters....
04:47 PM, Apr 01, 2008
Kolkata: Rahul Dravid scored his 36th Test hundred on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies at Eden Gardens on Monday. Dravid also became the highest run-getter in Tests in 2011. After the day's play, Dravid admitted at a media interaction that a few things suggested by coach Duncan Fletcher helped him. Excerpts: On how it feels to get five centuries in six months: It obviously...
06:16 PM, Mar 19, 2008
Kochi: Kerala were struggling at 121 for four in their first innings after restricting Services to 253 on the second day of their Ranji trophy Plate Division Group 'A' match at the Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium here on Friday. Replying to Services' modest total, Kerala got off to a good start with skipper V A Jagadeesh 50 (7 fours) putting on 54 runs for the opening wicket with A M...
03:54 PM, Mar 18, 2008
New Delhi: The Karnail Singh Stadium had a surprise guest as star batsman Rahul Dravid dropped in to watch his state Karnataka play against Railways on the opening day of their second-round Ranji Trophy Elite Group match. Clad in a green T-shirt and blue denims, Rahul walked in at half-past 10, much to the delight of the Karnataka team. He enquired about the pitch and said, "I guess it's good...
02:48 AM, Mar 18, 2008
New Delhi: Putting aside talks of a mismatch, West Indies put up a brave fight in the first Test at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla but couldn't prevent India from registering a comfortable victory by five wickets on the fourth day to take a 1-0 lead. The hosts came from behind after conceding a 95-run lead in the first innings but then bowled out West Indies for a paltry 180 to...
06:44 PM, Mar 17, 2008
CNN-IBN talked to the cricket fraternity after a jail sentence was handed out to tainted Pakistan trio in spot-fixing case. ...
12:50 PM, Mar 15, 2008
Kolkata: South Africa's Evan Speechly was on Saturday appointed physiotherapist of the Indian cricket team for two years. A BCCI statement, released after its working committee meeting here, said Speechly will join the team for the third Test between India and West Indies to be played at Mumbai November 22-26. Speechly was earlier associated with the Royal Challengers Bangalore as physiotherapist. He comes to the Indian team with over a...
06:42 PM, Mar 13, 2008
London: Jurors in the spot-fixing trial involving Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif have not reached a verdict on the 18th day of the case and will resume deliberating on Monday. The 12-person jury returned to London's Southwark Crown Court on Friday to resume considering its verdict on whether Butt and Asif plotted to ensure the deliberate bowling of no-balls in the fourth Test against England in August last...
03:40 PM, Mar 13, 2008
London: Salman Butt's lawyer on Monday dismissed the case against the former Pakistan test captain, saying there simply isn't enough evidence to find him guilty in the spot-fixing trial in a London court. Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif face charges of conspiracy to cheat, and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, following a Lord's Test in August last year when they allegedly conspired with agent Mazhar Majeed, teenage...
05:44 PM, Mar 12, 2008
India's discarded striker Gagan Ajit Singh too joined the criticism of the Indian Hockey Federation's fallacies. ...
10:36 AM, Dec 27, 2006
The Bombay Hockey Association lambasted the IHF for pracitsing regionalism and poor administration. ...
01:35 PM, Dec 24, 2006
IHF Chief K P S Gill put India coach V Baskaran on notice, saying unsuccessful coaches can't be persisted for long. ...
04:56 PM, Oct 13, 2006
