
Kolkata: West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards on Saturday said veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid is the most difficult batsman to bowl to in international cricket. Dravid is probably the most difficult batsman (to bowl to). He's known all over the world as the 'Wall'. Back home, I've bowled against him and he's been very good up front. It's very hard to get him out, Edwards said. The West Indies...

05:10 PM, Mar 18, 2008

Lahore: Poor health may not be the reason for Waqar Younis stepping down as Pakistan's cricket coach as speculation is rife that his exit was the result of a fallout with former PCB chairman Ijaz Butt. Although the former Test captain said he was resigning for personal and health reasons, there are now media reports emerging that perhaps Waqar might have also rubbed Butt the wrong way. Media reports claim...

12:25 PM, Mar 12, 2008

India Innings: 50th over: Cool as a cucumber, Dhoni hits two boundaries and follows it up with a fist pump towards the pavillion. India are victorious by five wickets and series is theirs at 3-0. 49th over: A harrowing over by Dernbach. No balls, wides, you name it! It's India's way now with seven needed off six balls. 48th over: Edge-of-the-seat stuff this! 13 runs off Finn's over. Now 17...

06:17 PM, Mar 11, 2008

New Delhi: England fast bowler Jade Dernbach said his side will have to come up with an improved performance in all departments of the game in the second one-dayer against India, if they are to bounce back in the five-match ODI series in New Delhi on Monday. India crushed England by 126 runs in the first ODI in Hyderabad on Friday, but Dernbach said the visitors have the wherewithal to...

05:41 PM, Mar 10, 2008

London: Former England cricket captain Ian Botham has said he was shocked to hear of his former team mate Graham Dilley's passing away. Dilley, who shared a 117-run eighth-wicket stand in a famous Ashes victory at Headingles in 1981, died on Wednesday after battling cancer. "We only heard a few days ago how ill Graham was. They were saying it was very serious and they were talking maybe two weeks...

12:15 AM, Mar 07, 2008

In a setback to former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, the Supreme Court has rejected his plea seeking reconstitution of the BCCI-appointed disciplinary panel probing allegations of financial irregularities against him. ...

02:11 AM, Mar 04, 2008