Colombo: Renowned cricket commentator, Ranil Abeynaike of Sri Lanka passed away at a private hospital here following a severe heart attack, his family informed on Tuesday. Abeynaike, who celebrated his 57th birthday only nine day ago, was a former first-class cricketer before Sri Lanka's non-Test playing era. A leading left-arm spinner in the domestic scene, he played for Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) and Bedfordshire during the first-class career, which spanned...
09:44 AM, Apr 26, 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
Sydney: Cricket Australia Board member Harry Harinath has advised Big Bash Twenty20 side Sydney Thunder to rope in players from India and Sri Lanka to increase its fan base among the people of sub-continental origin based here. If you (recruited) two Indian and two Sri Lankan players it'd be fantastic for the Sydney Thunder. No matter who they signed - MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma or whoever - it doesn't really...
12:27 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
Sehwag praises Delhi Daredevils bowlers; Dhoni gets more fans. ...
11:18 AM, Apr 23, 2008
Abu Dhabi: England will bid to put their woeful showing in the Test series behind them when they take on Pakistan in the four-match one-day series which kicks off here on Monday, captain Alastair Cook said Sunday. Pakistan blanked England 3-0 in Tests on the back of superb performance from their spinners with Saeed Ajmal (24 wickets), Abdul Rehman (19) and Mohammad Hafeez (five) plaguing rival batsmen no end. Pakistan...
09:23 AM, Apr 23, 2008
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board is mulling the option of playing its home ODI series against Australia later this year in Australia after ruling out UAE as the possible neutral venue. A PCB official confirmed that the venues for the ODI series are yet to be finalised and they were looking at several options to organise the matches. Australia is one of the option as cricket is played in Darwin...
04:23 PM, Apr 22, 2008
Gisborne, New Zealand: Uncapped allrounder Sam Wells has been added to the New Zealand squad for their one-off cricket Test against Zimbabwe after a strong performance for the New Zealand XI in their three-day match against the tourists. The 27-year-old Wells scored 65 in the New Zealand XI's first innings of 272 for seven declared and took one for 26 from 11 overs, claiming the wicket that ended Zimbabwe's first...
09:12 PM, Apr 14, 2008
Perth: Young Indian pacer Umesh Yadav, who took five wickets in an exceptional spell of sustained hostile bowling at the WACA on Saturday, conceded that the batting failure was not helping the visiting team's cause in the third Test against Australia here. The batsmen are not able to make runs. Put it to bad luck or anything. Each and every batsman is trying very hard but unfortunately, it's not happening,...
01:58 AM, Apr 11, 2008
Melbourne: He is one of the most popular international cricketers in India but Australian speedster Brett Lee said he wasn't sure if any of the IPL franchises would be interested in picking him up and was stunned when he fetched USD 900,000 in the inaugural auction. Lee was bought by Kings XI Punjab in the inaugural IPL auction and in his autobiography 'My Life', the tearaway pacer said he kept...
10:01 PM, Mar 15, 2008
London: England pacer Tim Bresnan feels the 0-5 ODI series whitewash at the hands of India cannot take the sheen off his team's spectacular rise in an unbelievable year. England are number one in ICC's Test and Twenty20 rankings and Bresnan said being on top in two formats of the game is quite an achievement. To be No.1 in two out of three competitions, we are not in a bad...
01:31 AM, Mar 14, 2008
St John's: Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle was on Thursday told to retract his bitter criticism of the region's governing body if he wanted to resurrect his international career. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) told the big-hitting batsman that they are prepared to negotiate a way out of the impasse which has left the 32-year-old exiled from the national team. The West Indies Cricket Board requires that Chris...
05:36 PM, Mar 11, 2008
London: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday blamed his batsmen for the humiliating 0-4 whitewash at the hands of an inspired England team. "We never put par score on the board. Runs are important to put pressure on the other side. Our batting should have performed better," stated the Indian captain, looking and sounding as calm as ever. Dhoni's ire was justified after they lost their final seven wickets...
08:45 PM, Feb 23, 2008
Praveen Kumar of India and England's James Anderson are doubtful starters for the Oval Test. ...
02:22 AM, Feb 22, 2008
New Delhi: Lack of viewership for the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Kerala has prompted the owners of Kochi Tuskers to request the Indian cricket board to shift the team's base to Ahmedabad. An official of the franchise told IANS that they have written to Shashank Manohar, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and the IPL Governing Council will consider their request. The letter from...
08:25 PM, Feb 21, 2008
