
Kanpur: Mohammed Kaif has stepped down as captain of the Uttar Pradesh Ranji cricket team but would continue to play as a batsman for the state side. Sources say, Kaif, who led the side for six years, is likely to be replaced by R P Singh as the left-arm pacer's name is doing the rounds in the state cricket circles. I am happy with my stint as captain of the...

01:58 AM, Mar 02, 2008

Chennai: Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga has backed his Mumbai Indians teammate Sachin Tendulkar's idea of revamping the ODIs by splitting the 50 overs into four innings, and said it will give bowlers a chance to reverse swing the ball quite often and negate the batsmen's advantage. I am bowler and I did not like personally the change of ball in the 34th over as per the existing 50-50 match...

01:45 AM, Mar 02, 2008

London: Somerset skipper Marcus Trescothick has promised an in-depth inquiry into his teams failure to land a major trophy for the second successive season. Yet again I have found myself facing questions about Somersets inability to lose the tag of nearly-men over the past few days and I only wish I had a some answers, the former England opener wrote in his exclusive column for Wisden. Somerset, minus Trescothick, are...

01:25 AM, Mar 02, 2008