Lahore: Having apparently learnt a lesson from the spot-fixing scandal that rocked Pakistan cricket, the PCB on Wednesday issued tough registration guidelines for player agents, requiring them clearance at multiple levels if they want to represent cricketers. The new Agents Regulations, 2010 will be immediately applicable to all persons wishing to act as agent(s) for the cricketers who have or are representing Pakistan at all levels or who participate in...
01:06 PM, Jan 17, 2008
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders coach Dav Whatmore today warned his players against any complacency as they take on Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match on Sunday. After a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals yesterday, the Knight Riders face the same opponents at home tomorrow and Whatmore wants a win to set the momentum going. We should not forget we were exactly in same position last year. It''s...
12:00 PM, Jan 16, 2008
Mohali: Sachin Tendulkar would be 42 when the next World Cup comes around but former Australian batsman Adam Gilchrist says the Indian batting icon could well be seen in action in the mega-event as he is "ageless". Gilchrist heaped praise on Tendulkar, who would be celebrating his 38th birthday on April 24. "Sachin is ageless," Gilchrist told PTI here. "He has obviously shown his desire and hunger to continue and ...
11:32 PM, Jan 12, 2008
New Delhi: Top Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir on Monday described his knock of 97 in the World Cup final against Sri Lanka as the most important innings of his career though it was not the best. Gambhir top-scored with a gutsy 97 from 122 balls which set up the historic win for India after openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were out cheaply. "The 97 in the World Cup final...
05:59 PM, Jan 11, 2008
London: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's aggressive unbeaten 91 in the World Cup summit showdown against Sri Lanka matches the greatest innings played by a captain in a final of the showpiece event, according to former England captain Mike Atherton. Atherton said Dhoni's 79-ball knock could be compared to the match-winning 102 by West Indian captain Clive Lloyd in the 1975 final against Australia. "Dhoni's unbeaten 91, topped off with a towering ...
03:55 PM, Jan 11, 2008
New Delhi: When Chennai Super Kings picked their team in the 2008 auctions, it was as if they were plucking flowers from a garden in full bloom. Cut to 2011, and they will have a World Cup Champion, Champions League Champion and IPL Champion leading them into the fourth season of the Indian Premier League. In 2008, they picked up contemporary stars like Dhoni, Mike Hussey, Matthew Hayden, Suresh Raina,...
01:04 PM, Jan 11, 2008
CNN-IBN's 'Kings of Cricket' say Sri Lanka will start the last-four encounter as clear favourites. ...
09:26 PM, Jan 09, 2008
Mumbai: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori was confident he will be fully fit for their World Cup quarter-final against South Africa. The left-arm spinner hurt his knee while trying to take a catch against Pakistan on March 8 and missed New Zealand's group matches against Canada and Sri Lanka. The Kiwis have finished fourth in their group and will play against Group B winners South Africa in their last-eight match, ...
05:34 PM, Jan 04, 2008
Chennai: England face a must-win situation against the West Indies to stay afloat in the World Cup, and the Caribbean captain Darren Sammy said coach Ottis Gibson's understanding of the English players will hold their side in good stead ahead of the clash. Gibson has a fair bit of knowledge about the English cricketers having worked with the England national team as bowling coach for nearly two-and-a-half years before his...
09:21 PM, Jan 02, 2008
Kolkata: South Africa captain Graeme Smith believes his World Cup batting woes are about to end after the Proteas cruised into the quarter-finals. Smith, whose side became the first team from Group B to make the last eight with a 131-run win Ireland, said he was confident of regaining the form that has brought him over 6,000 runs in one-day internationals. "I'd like to have some runs. I think a...
08:00 PM, Jan 02, 2008
New Delhi: With his side tottering at 117/5, middle order batsman JP Duminy played the innings of his life as South Africa comprehensively beat Ireland by 131 runs in a World Cup Group B clash at Bangalore on Tuesday. Duminy's 99 (103) which included six boundaries and a maximum also enabled the Proteas to enter the last eight stage of the competition with a match still to go against Bangladesh...
04:49 PM, Jan 02, 2008
Pallekele: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Monday patted his team-mates for their all-round show in the seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe to qualify for the quarterfinals of the 10th ICC cricket World Cup. "I think we started very well, (Umar) Gul and (Abdul) Razzaq started very well, and then the spinners. I think the way (opening batsman) Mohammad Hafeez played, good to see him back. (Asad) Shafiq played an amazing knock,"...
12:13 AM, Jan 02, 2008
Chennai: England off-spinner Graeme Swann termed the lengthy ICC schedule as "ludicrous" but refused to use it as an excuse for their poor show in the tournament so far. "Most of the other teams in the world shared the ludicrous schedule that we did. We can't say that we were singled out. Although it's not an excuse for not doing well. We are all fit enought to get on with...
11:15 PM, Jan 01, 2008
Johannesburg: South African media on Sunday lauded the collective effort of their national team in its thrilling World Cup victory over India even while saluting Sachin Tendulkar for his "elegant" ton. Headlined 'Proteas breathe at last', daily Sunday Times praised the "remarkable team effort in alien, even hostile conditions." "South Africa batted conservatively for 20 overs, Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis batted watchfully after the early departure of Graeme Smith....
08:47 PM, Dec 31, 2007
Abu Dhabi: Paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe and off-spinner Johan Botha took three wickets apiece to help South Africa beat Pakistan by six wickets in the first of two Twenty20 matches here on Tuesday. Tsotsobe, with a career-best 3-16, and skipper Botha (3-31) led a spirited South African bowling to restrict Pakistan to a paltry 119 at the Abu Dhabi Stadium in a match whose income will go to flood victims in...
11:06 AM, Oct 28, 2007
The Boeing 737-800 fell into densely forested swampland early on Saturday. ...
12:34 PM, May 08, 2007
The wreckage of the Kenya Airways plane, which crashed on Saturday, has finally been found in Cameroon. ...
08:15 AM, May 07, 2007
The families of Indians feared killed in the Kenya Airways plane crash, many from Kerala, aren't giving up hope. ...
08:01 AM, May 07, 2007
The wreckage was found about six miles outside Douala at 2330 hrs IST, but there was no word yet on survivors. ...
01:27 AM, May 07, 2007
Missing passengers' kin still hope for the news of possible survivors of the Kenya-bound flight that crashed with 114 people in it. ...
09:52 PM, May 06, 2007
