London: James Anderson is in line to make his first Twenty20 international appearance in nearly three years after being called up by England for the three-match series against South Africa. The 30-year-old fast bowler, who is not in England's squad for the World Twenty20 tournament starting this month, was called up for the South Africa matches on Thursday as a replacement for Steven Finn, who has a stiff back. Anderson's...
08:36 AM, Jun 24, 2008
As expected, India thrashed New Zealand 2-0 in the Tests and while the victory in Bangalore wasn't as convincing as one would have liked, the team drew a lot of positives from the series. Though the form of veterans like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan is a worrying factor, youngsters like Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha made a strong impression. This series...
08:42 AM, Jun 23, 2008
Mumbai: Mumbai and Delhi entered the semi-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali All India T20 tournament with contrasting victories over Tamil Nadu and Railways respectively at the Brabourne Stadium on Saturday. Delhi survived anxious moments till the end to pip Railways by one run on the other hand Mumbai outclassed Tamil Nadu by 31 runs thanks to superb ton by skipper Rajat Bhatia. Delhi will now take on the winners...
05:08 PM, May 06, 2008
CNN-IBN Cricket Analyst Harsha Bhogle says the failure of the Indian batting after Virender Sehwag's dismissal is worrisome. ...
03:44 PM, Apr 04, 2008
Melbourne: Former India coach Greg Chappell has strongly advocated the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in all bilateral Test series, saying technology helps in reducing mistakes. The issue of absence of DRS hotted up after Mike Hussey and Ed Cowan were controversially dismissed on the opening day of the first Test between India and Australia on Monday. The BCCI is the only cricket Board which is against the...
11:08 PM, Apr 03, 2008
Melbourne: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday said injury-prone pacers Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma are expected to be fit for the first Test against Australia and precautions have been taken to ensure that they don't break down in the middle of the series. We've missed Zaheer quite a few times in the past. We did give them (Zaheer and Ishant) some time off; they bowled in the practice...
01:10 AM, Apr 03, 2008
Melbourne: Former Test captain Mark Taylor feels that either Ricky Ponting or Mike Hussey must make way for young allrounder Dan Christian or recovering batsman Shaun Marsh in the top six for the Boxing Day Test against India starting on Monday. Taylor, however, does not believe that dropping one of the ageing batsmen would necessarily end his career. Chief selector John Inveriarity had indicated that Christian and Marsh are competing...
02:38 PM, Apr 02, 2008
Former India bowler Vivek Razdan says youngsters like Umesh Yadav will need guidance from senior bowlers. ...
09:42 AM, Mar 31, 2008
Head of the Pan-African Parliament observer mission said he was sure most results were known. ...
09:55 PM, Mar 30, 2008
The ruling Zanu-PF party has endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for the 2008 election. ...
12:08 PM, Mar 31, 2007
Many teenage Zimbabwean girls are taking to prostitution to pay college fees, falling prey to HIV virus. ...
02:33 PM, Jan 22, 2007
The economic crisis in Zimbabwe is forcing families to take drastic measures to stay alive. ...
03:15 PM, Dec 20, 2006
