Mumbai: Harbhajan Singh's omission from the ODI team for the first three matches against West Indies is perhaps an indication that the off-spinner will not be on the plane to Australia next month. The selectors, who will pick the squad for the tour Down Under on Saturday, will find it difficult to fit him in, more so after Ravichandran Ashwin's all-round showing in the ongoing third Test. The only thing...
12:13 AM, Mar 25, 2008
Dubai: England's Eoin Morgan and Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka have been rated the top batsman and bowler in the inaugural ICC T20 rankings, announced in Dubai on Monday. Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh are the only Indians to figure in the top ten rankings of batsmen and bowlers. Raina is at the fifth place in the batsmen's rankings, while Harbhajan is ranked in ninth place among the bowlers. Australia's...
05:37 PM, Mar 12, 2008
New Delhi: Ravindra Jadeja's superb all-round display might not have been enough to stave off defeat for India in the third one-day international (ODI) against England, but his figures of 2/42 from nine overs could leave the visitors scratching their heads over might might have been had a specialist left-arm spinner been included in the squad right from the onset. Jadeja got the crucial wickets of Craig Kieswetter and Tim...
10:33 PM, Feb 27, 2008
Karachi: A New Zealand brewery company has withdrawn a controversial ad campaign, which showed pacer Daryl Tuffey taking a dig at Pakistan cricketers over match-fixing scandals, following angry reactions from the PCB and the Pakistani community. The Moa Brewing Co. had launched the ad campaign, featuring Tuffey, where he claims that Pakistani players are match fixers and while New Zealand win matches, the Pakistanis take home cash cheques. The ad...
11:24 PM, Feb 26, 2008
Lahore: Former Pakistan cricket captain Amir Sohail launched his political career on Thursday by joining the PML-N party led by former premier Nawaz Sharif. The left-handed opener called on PML-N president Sharif at his residence at Raiwind in Lahore and expressed his desire to join the party. Sharif welcomed him into the party. Sohail reposed his confidence in Sharif's political leadership. The cricketer-turned-TV commentator expressed his resolve to serve the...
12:53 PM, Feb 22, 2008
Mumbai: Team India's recent drubbing in England has raised a lot of questions about selection policies and suddenly Krishnamachari Srikkanth-led panel which was all but sure to get an year's extension will come under scanner during board's AGM on September 19 and 20. "It would be decided at the AGM," was the terse reply from BCCI secretary and president-elect N Srinivasan. According BCCI constituition, the tenure for a national selector...
03:57 PM, Feb 21, 2008
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Anil Kumble and Maninder Singh look back on the first day of the second Test between India and England. ...
12:49 PM, Feb 16, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lanka's inaugural Twenty20 premier league, which has been hit by a lack of big names, began on Thursday in front of sparse crowds with the first game decided by a bowl-out due to overnight showers. Spin wizard and local hero Muttiah Muralitharan starred in the second of the day's matches, which are between domestic first-class sides, but the event has struggled to live up to expectations. Hopes that...
11:05 AM, Feb 14, 2008
Mumbai: Speeding up its probe into the finances of Indian Premier League, the Indian Enforcement Directorate has summoned former Indian cricket captain Ravi Shastri for questioning in connection with the alleged financial irregularities in the IPL. Shastri, who is out of the country currently, has been asked to help the ED in answering certain questions related to the Twenty20 league as he was on the IPL Governing Council, sources involved...
09:45 AM, Feb 14, 2008
London: When everyone is waiting with earnestness to see Sachin Tendulkar scoring his 100th international century in what could be the 2000th Test in the history of the game and 100th Test match between India and England, spinner Graeme Swann said the home team should not waste too much of an effort to plan against the little master but focus more on opposition skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Though Swann acknowledged...
06:26 PM, Feb 13, 2008
Pringle also feels Lord's is a 'bogey' ground for Sachin Tendulkar. ...
05:07 PM, Feb 13, 2008
London: Graeme Swann insisted on Tuesday he bore Duncan Fletcher no ill-will despite the now India coach being widely credited with putting the brakes on his England career. The two men will be in opposition when England begin a four-Test series at Lord's here on Thursday. Although now established as one of the world's leading off-spinners, Swann's attitude, which some thought cocky, rubbed Fletcher up the wrong way when the...
04:39 PM, Feb 13, 2008
The southpaw also says he shares a great friendship with Kevin Pietersen off the field. ...
04:36 PM, Feb 13, 2008
London: The world is waiting with bated breath. In less than 48 hours the 100th Test match between India and England and the 2000th in the history of the game will get underway at the Lord's cricket ground at St. John's Wood, London. It is the most anticipated clash and has already being touted as being up there with the Ashes by England skipper Andrew Strauss. The outcome of the...
03:17 PM, Feb 13, 2008
London: At the twilight of their incredible careers, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman could be touring England for one last time. The batting trio has been a force behind India's rise to World No.1 Test team and their improved overseas record. When they play at Lord's on Thursday in the first Test, which will also the 2,000th Test match and 100th between the two nations, they will have...
09:57 AM, Feb 13, 2008
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