Georgetown: West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has hailed Devendra Bishoo for the maturity that he has shown since his entry onto the international scene. The 25-year-old leg-spinner finished with four wickets on his Test debut to help bowl Pakistan out for 160, and hand West Indies a 66-run, first innings lead on the second day of the opening Test at the Guyana National Stadium. "Judging from his debut in the...
03:15 PM, Jan 25, 2008
Chennai: New Zealand crushed Kenya by 10 wickets in a totally lop-sided Group A match for a perfect start to their World Cup campaign on Sunday. New Zealand unleashed their pace trio of Tim Southee (3-13), Hamish Bennett (4-16) and Jacob Oram (3-2) to bundle out rank outsiders Kenya for a meagre 69 in 23.5 overs and returned to overwhelm the target in eight overs. There was not much room ...
03:42 AM, Dec 19, 2007
New Delhi: Flawless hand-eye coordination and a simple batting philosophy where half-measures have no place allow Virender Sehwag to compensate for other shortcomings and make himself invaluable to India. Footwork is not his greatest strength, some of the shots he routinely unfurls -- such as the upper cut -- are unconventional and his single-minded approach to tearing apart every bowling unit often renders him vulnerable. India, though, will rely on ...
01:19 AM, Dec 11, 2007
Karachi: Pakistan has retained all-rounder Shahid Afridi as captain for the World Cup and named Misbah-ul-Haq as the vice-captain. "Afridi will lead Pakistan in the World Cup," Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman Nadeem Sarwar told reporters on Friday. Pakistan was the only country among the 14 World Cup participants which did not name its captain when announcing its 15-man squad last month. The hard-hitting Afridi had led Pakistan to a series...
12:24 AM, Dec 08, 2007
Hamilton: Ahmed Shehzad hit his maiden one-day international century on Thursday to guide Pakistan to a 41-run win over New Zealand in the 5th one-day international, clinching the six-match series. Shehzad made 115 from 104 balls as Pakistan posted 268-9 in its 50 overs after being sent in to bat on a slow pitch. Umar Akmal made 32, the next-best score, and Misbah ul-Haq (25) and Shahid Afridi (24) —...
05:28 PM, Dec 07, 2007
Talking to CNN-IBN, Harbhajan Singh hopes the team wins the World Cup for Sachin and Kirsten remains India coach. ...
04:18 PM, Dec 06, 2007
Wellington: When New Zealand opening batsmen Jesse Ryder was run out four balls into his innings in a recent domestic one-day match, he didn't kick the dressing room door, throw his bat or give his batting partner a piece of his mind. He went to Twitter and vented his annoyance in 140 words or less. He tweeted: "I just got run out by my other batter. What a waste of ...
04:04 PM, Dec 06, 2007
New Dehli: The International Cricket Council on Monday confirmed Bangalore as the venue for the India-England World Cup match, which was originally scheduled to be held at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The ICC had earlier scrapped the iconic Kolkata stadium due to construction delays that led to Eden missing two deadlines for completion of work. The Indian Board appealed against the decision but the ICC on Sunday rejected the ...
10:50 AM, Dec 06, 2007
Kolkata: West Bengal government is hoping that the India-England World Cup match on February 27 can still be held at the Eden Gardens here after Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's intervention. Bhattacharjee on Saturday asked two of his ministers to get in touch with former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly and put in all possible efforts to bring the match back to the city. Sources said Bhattacharjee spoke to ICC President...
09:18 PM, Dec 05, 2007
Kapil Dev talks about the match against Zimbabwe when India were 17/5 at one stage. ...
02:15 AM, Dec 01, 2007
It is the first time that Bollywood is experimenting with such a format. ...
01:12 PM, Nov 27, 2007
Khoya Khoya Chand takes you back in time and Shankar's film fiesta. ...
03:09 PM, Nov 12, 2007
Kandy: Kumar Sangakkara didn’t quite get the first-day script he wanted on yet another rain-scarred day of the third Test against the West Indies in his hometown. Having lamented at the passing of Asgiriya as an international venue and welcoming the spectacular setting for the 104th Test, winning the toss was important one respect; it gave him the chance to at least put pressure on the West Indies in a...
08:01 PM, Nov 11, 2007
Hyderabad: Brendon McCullum slammed his maiden double century as New Zealand clawed their way to safety on the fifth and final day of the second Test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Tuesday. At tea, the visitors, having stretched their lead to 326, were placed at 448 for the loss of eight wickets. Wicketkeeper Hopkins was unbeaten on 11, while giving him company was Brent Arnel, batting on...
09:24 PM, Nov 05, 2007
The film is set for a grand showcase at the Rome Film Festival. ...
01:34 AM, Sep 07, 2007
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