
Dubai: Dubai's status as an east-meets-west business hub is being rivalled in the world of sport with cricket's state-of-the-art academy, also a home for Pakistan's international brigade. Set up by the International Cricket Council (ICC), in company with Dubai Sports City (DSC) in 2010, the Global Cricket Academy (GCA) caters for players from around the world. Tim Anderson, the ICC global development manager, said the academy is the hub of...

12:21 AM, Apr 30, 2008

Hobart: It's tough to swallow such a loss, is how a dejected Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene put it after India pulled off a sensational victory over his team to keep their hopes alive in the tri-series on Tuesday. Virat batted brilliantly I think. You have to give him a lot of credit. The way he batted in the middle period, pretty much scoring a boundary every over. We probably...

04:42 AM, Apr 29, 2008