Pune: The Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh and Lasith Malinga bowled an inspired spell to script an amazing one-run win over Pune Warriors India in an Indian Premier League match in Pune on Thursday. After winning the toss and batting first, Mumbai were restricted to just 120 for 9 in their 20 overs. However, they made a terrific comeback to win the contest on the last ball of the match, ...
09:53 AM, May 19, 2008
Bridgetown: Dwayne Smith hit a whirlwind 63 off 35 balls on Friday and Fidel Edwards and Marlon Samuels claimed three wickets apiece as the West Indies defeated Australia by 14 runs in the second Twenty20 international at the Kensington Oval. The hosts' victory ensured the two-match series finished 1-1. Smith's top score was spiced with six fours and four sixes and piloted the West Indies to 160 all out off...
09:45 PM, May 07, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan on Friday celebrated a nail-biting victory in the Asia Cup after a two-run win over Bangladesh that was hailed as providing some much-needed relief to the troubled country. Pakistan clinched only their second Asia Cup title in Dhaka late Thursday, sending delirious fans pouring onto the streets in major cities to celebrate, though some missed the action on the field because of power cuts. Our cricket team gives...
03:04 PM, May 06, 2008
Islamabad: Mohammad Amir's mentor urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday to review the fast bowler's five-year ban for spot-fixing. Asif Bajwa, who helped mould Amir from a village bowler into a world class left-arm paceman, said the 19-year-old had admitted his mistake and should not be deprived of cricket until 2015. Amir blamed former captain Salman Butt for manipulating him into bowling two deliberate no-balls against England that ...
03:03 AM, May 06, 2008
Dubai: ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat says he feels sad for disgraced Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir, but asserted that the bowler who is serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing should focus on his rehabilitation instead of looking for ways to get the sanction reduced. Amir, who returned to Pakistan after serving half of a six-month sentence, said he was manipulated by his then skipper Salman Butt. The 19-year-old bowler does...
02:17 AM, May 06, 2008
Lahore: The father of Pakistan's jailed former cricket captain Salman Butt on Tuesday accused disgraced bowler Mohammad Amir of falsely pinning all the blame on his son in order to revive his career. Amir, in his first interview since being released from a British prison, this week accused Butt of trapping him into the spot-fixing scandal during the Lord's Test against England in August 2010. Butt and fellow team-mate Mohammad...
05:07 PM, May 05, 2008
Bangalore: Rahul Dravid is expected to call time on a 17-year international career on Friday. The BCCI on Thursday sent out an email to the media announcing that Dravid and board president N Srinivisan will address a press conference in Bangalore, Dravid’s home city. The news comes on the back of a poor Test series in Australia, in which Dravid scored 194 runs in eight innings. Prior to that, however,...
03:43 PM, May 01, 2008
Mumbai: In a decision that is likely to polarize opinions, India's selectors have included Sachin Tendulkar for the Asia Cup that kicks off on March 12 in Dhaka. An out-of-form Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav have been rested from a 14-man team that does not look significantly different to the one that is struggling to qualify for the CB Series finals in Australia. In one of the longest...
11:28 AM, Apr 29, 2008
"There were quite a few shots that we shouldn't have played," said MS Dhoni after helping India chase a target of 270 with two balls to spare, "and we need to work on that." On an evening in which several shots from India's batsmen would have left their captain frustrated, it was Dhoni who stamped his authority on the result with a restrained, calculated innings that consisted of just one ...
12:24 AM, Apr 23, 2008
Adelaide: If India stick with their rotation policy with the top three batsmen, then Sachin Tendulkar will sit out of their next match against Australia at Adelaide Oval on Sunday. Virender Sehwag was rested in the first match against Australia and Gautam Gambhir in Wednesday's match against Sri Lanka. Tendulkar looked in good touch during his 48 in the last game before being dismissed by Angelo Mathews, but it is...
07:20 PM, Apr 22, 2008
Bangalore: Indian allrounder Ravindra Jadeja is the biggest catch, going for a whopping $ 2 million to the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League auction for season five, at the ITC Royal Gardenia Hotel here on Saturday. New Zealand's Brendon McCullum was the first player to be sold in the auction. He was taken by Kolkata Knight Riders for $ 900,000. McCullum had also started his IPL stint...
02:11 AM, Apr 19, 2008
Mumbai: Wasim Jaffer has quit as Mumbai captain to give more time to his batting. In his four-season stint, the former India opener led the domestic powerhouses to two trophies in 2008-09 and 2009-10. I want to concentrate more on my batting. I didn't have a good Ranji Trophy season and for me batting is more important than captaincy, the 33-year-old told The Indian Express on Thursday. Once you are...
11:44 AM, Apr 18, 2008
Napier: New Zealand captain Ross Taylor was on Saturday ruled out of the remainder of the Zimbabwe series by a calf strain which forced him to retire hurt on 122 in the first innings of the Test. Taylor was attempting a quick single early on Friday as he built on his sixth Test century when he tore his right calf and was forced to hobble from the field. Following hospital...
09:37 AM, Apr 16, 2008
Adelaide: Offspinner Nathan Lyon has been included at the expense of fast bowler Mitchell Starc in Australia's line-up for the fourth Test against India starting on Tuesday. Starc was one of a quartet of quicks selected for the third Test in Perth, where the Australians won by an innings and 37 runs in two-and-a-half days to take a 3-0 lead in the four-match series. Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and Ryan...
08:39 PM, Apr 14, 2008
Karachi: Former ICC President Ehsan Mani has advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to stop wasting time in trying to convince the BCCI for resumption of bilateral cricket ties between the two countries. The Pakistan board is wasting its time because cricket ties between the two countries have always been influenced by politics between the two governments, Mani told Geo News in Dubai. Instead of running after the Indian board...
10:58 AM, Apr 14, 2008
Pakistan's comprehensive ten-wicket victory over England in the first Test in Dubai would have filled their loyal supporters, who stuck with the team through thick and thin, with immense joy. It would have also given them a chance to divert their attention from the ongoing political rumblings in the country to something they have always loved and enjoyed passionately. Seeing their side performing well, and that too against the No....
07:23 PM, Apr 13, 2008
Johannesburg: Former India coach Gary Kirsten is a bit surprised and sad after watching India's abject capitulation in England that led to the team surrendering the No 1 rank in Tests to Andrew Strauss's men. I am bit surprised with the results, but not in a negative way, the current South Africa coach said on the sidelines of a promotional event here. He insisted that there was no any reason...
11:17 PM, Feb 22, 2008
Chennai: India's newly appointed cricket coach Duncan Fletcher hoped to maintain the side's winning momentum that has seen it attain the No.1 status in Tests and also winning the 2011 ICC World Cup. Looking ahead to the three major overseas tours (West Indies, England and Australia) in the coming months, the 62-year old from Zimbabwe, who took over from Gary Kirsten of South Africa soon after India won the World...
08:57 PM, Jan 24, 2008
Mumbai: India's new cricket coach Duncan Fletcher could earn Rs 78 lakh per year, a similar amount which his predecessor Gary Kirsten earned, it is learnt. Fletcher will also be given perks like house rent while the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will reimburse his phone bills. Apart from this, the board will bear his air travel expenses when he has to return home to South Africa....
08:53 PM, Jan 19, 2008
Colombo: Ace Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan said on Wednesday his team should not lower their guard against smaller teams in their quest to reach the World Cup quarterfinals. Sri Lanka are in Group A with defending champions Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya, with the top four sides qualifying for the quarterfinals. "Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, we know these teams, who the players are, and their form....
09:41 PM, Dec 11, 2007
