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
Canberra: Senior batsman Rahul Dravid on Thursday said that just because he is in good form only won't ensure him bagful of runs against Australia in the four-Test series starting on Boxing Day. It's nice to be in good form but that doesn't mean you will score runs. I still have to do my preparation, I'll still have to work hard and earn every single run, especially in Australia. Just ...
12:47 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
