No license to cheer | Cheers, jeers, leers

No license to cheer | Cheers, jeers, leers In the end, the better team won. Australia had struggled on a sluggish Adelaide Oval surface in their last two matches, but on a Brisbane pitch with more pace and bounce they showed that they have the firepower to make the best-of-three-finals, owing to capable batsmen and very good pace bowlers. For India it was their worst batting effort of the CB Series as a troubling trend of troubles against...
03:00 PM, Apr 25, 2008

Top political agenda: ban IPL cheerleaders

Top political agenda: ban IPL cheerleaders Brisbane: India medium pacer R Vinay Kumar is not on anyone's mind and he would just like it the way it is as long as his skipper MS Dhoni keeps turning to him and batsmen keep nibbling at his swinging deliveries. The Karnataka medium-pacer has beggared belief with nine wickets at a staggering average 20.11 -- a wicket every 25th ball -- in the ongoing Commonwealth Bank one-day series. With...
06:17 PM, Apr 24, 2008

BJP leaders raise stink over IPL cheerleaders

BJP leaders raise stink over IPL cheerleaders Karachi: In a first, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday awarded contracts to three umpires in the country. According to the report, the scheme is limited and only three of the International Cricket Council (ICC) panel umpires from Pakistan - Zameer Haider, Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza - were offered the contracts. Zakir Khan, PCB director for domestic cricket operation, was quoted as saying in the local media on...
01:35 PM, Apr 24, 2008

Sena left out of mega Modi felicitation in Mumbai

Sena left out of mega Modi felicitation in Mumbai Mumbai: Pune Warriors captain Yuvraj Singh has blamed his team's poor bowling, especially in the death overs, for his side's three-wicket loss to Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League here on Sunday. IPL debutants Pune Warriors succumbed to their first defeat in the tournament after Virender Sehwag-led Daredevils chased down an imposing 187 for five with four balls to spare at the DY Patil Staduim. David Warner (46), Virender...
02:02 PM, Jan 16, 2008
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