Dhaka: Shahid Afridi may have taken four wickets in Pakistan's first ever 10-wicket win at the World Cup on Wednesday, but the captain had to concede man-of-the-match honors to his opening batsman and bowler. Afridi has been one of Mohammad Hafeez's most vocal supporters, and his faith was repaid with the all-rounder's eye-catching performance in the crushing quarterfinal win over West Indies. The 30-year-old Hafeez took 2-16 in 10 overs,...
07:25 PM, Jan 06, 2008
New Delhi: New entrants Sahara Pune Warriors registered all 30 players for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League which will start from April 8 while Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Kolkata Knight Riders which failed to make it to the semifinals during the past three editions have only 20 on their roster. According to a media release, defending champions and runners-up Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have got...
10:13 PM, Jan 05, 2008
New Delhi: If you think the 2007 final being played in darkness was farcical, the 2011 World Cup may throw its very own version of despicable moments in the knockout phase - courtesy 'one over per side eliminator', acronymed as OOPSE, or more popularly known as the 'Super Over'. While the ties like the one MS Dhoni luckily secured against Andrew Strauss get a spectator his money's worth, they don't...
09:51 PM, Jan 05, 2008
Sydney: Ricky Ponting's nine-year tenure as Australia's captain might end after the World Cup as Cricket Australia (CA) is divided over retaining him as skipper for next month's tour of Bangladesh. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that as Ponting prepares to lead his team against India in Thursday's quarter-final in Ahmedabad, the 36-year-old faces a big a battle to hold on to his job. The Daily quoted a CA official...
06:54 PM, Jan 05, 2008
Dhaka: The New Zealand team remains optimistic that key bowlers Daniel Vettori and Kyle Mills will be fit for Friday's World Cup quarterfinal against South Africa. New Zealand skipper Vettori missed the last two group games after injuring his knee in the 110-run win over Pakistan, while pace bowler Mills sat out the loss to Sri Lanka with a thigh strain. A New Zealand team spokesman says both players are...
06:10 PM, Jan 05, 2008
CNN-IBN's panel of cricket experts discussed India's emphatic win over West Indies. ...
08:28 PM, Jan 04, 2008
London: England batsmen Kevin Pietersen underwent surgery for the cure of hernia and will commence a rehabilitation programme with Surrey CCC in conjunction with the England team medical staff. ECB Chief Medical Officer, Dr Nick Peirce, said, "Kevin underwent a successful, routine operation with a hernia and an area of weakness has been repaired on the left side while a small hernia was identified and repaired on the right side."...
11:50 PM, Jan 02, 2008
Even the IITs, which figured in the list in earlier, have not made it. ...
11:43 PM, Nov 12, 2007
Mohali: Concerned about the growing injuries among Indian players, the BCCI has hired Amit Shah as the second physio of the national team. The team already has Nitin Patel as its physio but in the wake of injuries, Patel is finding it difficult to singularly attend the individuals with injuries as well as the others in general. Shah worked as KKR physio during the third edition of the Indian Premier ...
12:35 PM, Oct 21, 2007
Spectators reprimanded for teasing Symonds but were they being racist? ...
09:37 AM, Oct 19, 2007
Spectators caught on camera heckling Aussie player. ...
12:56 AM, Oct 18, 2007
Symonds too is guilty of entering into an ungentlemanly gamesmanship. ...
10:52 AM, Oct 17, 2007
Andrew Symonds said Australia's military-style boot camp will go a long way in resolving players' ego clashes. ...
04:27 PM, Sep 03, 2006
