
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath will be the spearhead along with Ajantha Mendis, Jeewan Mendis and teenager Akila Dhananjaya. ...

06:10 PM, Jan 02, 2013

Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat Cricket Association president Narhari Amin on Thursday alleged that the ICC had severely criticised facilities at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera during the three World Cup matches early this year. We have accessed the report of ICC which was given to BCCI, which says 'the standard of facilities in majority of stadiums (especially in India) was of variable quality ranging from being world class in Chennai to...

03:00 PM, Feb 18, 2008

New Delhi: India's out-of-form off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was on Wednesday ruled out for the third Test against England after sustaining an abdominal injury during the second Test at Trent Bridge. Harbhajan - who claimed just two wickets - in the first two Tests bowled only nine overs in the second innings at Trent Bridge but came out to bat and scored a stroke-filled 46 runs, raising doubts about the seriousness...

08:16 PM, Feb 17, 2008

Bridgetown: West Indies coach Ottis Gibson insisted that the explosive opener Chris Gayle does not figure in the team talks and that his entire energy was devoted to doing well against India in the second Test. Gayle is out of the national squad due to a row with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). "We don't sit down and discuss Chris Gayle. We discuss how to get Dravid and Laxman...

08:18 PM, Feb 08, 2008

Melbourne: Despite PCB revoking Shahid Afridi's NOC barring him from playing in the foreign leagues, Cricket Australia officials have expressed their desire to rope in the flamboyant all-rounder for this year's Big Bash Twenty20 tournament. After the former Pakistan captain announced his retirement from international cricket following his stand-off with PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, several of the eight teams featuring in the Big Bash have shown their interest in signing...

10:19 PM, Jan 31, 2008