CNN-IBN cricket expert Harsha Bhogle wants the senior players in the Indian team rested for the upcoming Asia Cup. ...
09:54 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Sachin Tendulkar's ODI career is on its last legs, if they haven't folded already. Those on the inside track say he was to announce his ...
10:52 AM, Feb 28, 2012
It was a year of drama in both Indian and International football; unfortunately, far too much of it took place off the pitch rather than on it. The affairs of the sports governing body drew more attention than should be necessary, with charges of wrongdoing, corruption and politicking carrying into the new year, after the controversial selections of Russia and Qatar as World Cup hosts for 2018 and 2022 respectively...
03:29 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Luge athlete Shiva Keshavan of India set a new Asian speed record of 134.3 kmph to win the gold medal at the 2011 Asia Cup. ...
09:42 AM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: Luge athlete Shiva Keshavan of India set a new Asian speed record of 134.3 kmph to win the gold medal at the 2011 Asia Cup. His timing in the first run was 50.162 seconds, a mere 0.09 seconds behind the current track record, and 50.221 in the second, clocking a total of 1:40:383. Runner-up Takahisa Oguchi from Japan, who was the previous Asia Cup winner, scored a total...
03:37 PM, Dec 19, 2011
London: Graeme Swann has backed the "polarising" figure of Kevin Pietersen to have a major role in what he believes can be a successful England Test side in India. Star batsman Pietersen is set to make his return to the Test arena in Ahmedabad on Thursday after missing the climax of England's home series against his native South Africa having been dropped for sending "provocative texts" to Proteas players. But...
07:31 PM, Jul 18, 2008
Brisbane: Ed Cowan and Michael Clarke added an unbeaten 71 to rescue Australia from 40 for 3 in their reply to South Africa's 450 on the third day of the first Test at Gabba on Sunday. Cowan (49) and Clarke (34) batted valiantly to take their team to 111 for 3 at stumps. Earlier, Australia lost David Warner (4), Rob Quiney (9) and Ricky Ponting (0) in quick succession. Warner...
10:46 PM, Jul 17, 2008
Pune: Maharashtra, last seasons quarter-finalists, made a strong statement of intent against Group B table toppers Uttar Pradesh at the Sahara Stadium here on Friday as they began their 2012-13 Ranji Trophy season. Having opted to bat, the home team rallied to a daunting 339 for 3 at the close of play with Kedar Jhadav reaching his century in the final over of the day. Against a UP bowling attack ...
10:12 AM, Jul 17, 2008
Dhaka: The Bangladesh selectors have included uncapped offspinner Shohag Gazi in the squad for the first Test against West Indies in Mirpur starting November 13. The 14-man squad named on Thursday also saw medium-pacer Abul Hasan, who has played four Twenty20 internationals, earn his maiden Test call-up. Gazi, 21, has been called up after an impressive run in the ongoing National Cricket League in which he has taken 11 wickets...
11:26 PM, Jul 16, 2008
Panaji: Former Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa has been hired by the Goa cricket board as a coaching consultant for a short stint in the upcoming Ranji Trophy season. The 34-year-old who played 30 Tests and 95 one-day internationals will work with Goa’s bowlers for ten days, having already been in Panaji observing and meeting the squad. I have a motive in coaching the Goan team. Cricket has given ...
03:10 AM, Jul 12, 2008
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New Delhi: MS Dhoni is in no hurry to plot South Africa's exit from the ICC World Twenty20 in a virtual quarter-final against AB de Villiers' team on Tuesday. Instead, he wants to wait how the first match on that day, between Australia and Pakistan, pans out. We can't make plans right away as a lot of things will depend on the result of the earlier [Australia vs Pakistan] match....
11:43 AM, Jul 02, 2008
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Johnson Charles is adjudged Man of the Match for his sparkling innings. 20th over, England 164 for 4: Samuels is bowling the last over and Morgan hits him for the boundary off the first over. The full-pitched delivery is hit straight and even the splendid effort from Pollard couldn't save the boundary. No run off the second ball. Samuels gets the length right this time. Right in the blockhole. Another...
04:48 PM, Jul 01, 2008
Lincoln: Ambati Rayudu's fine knock of 105 resurrected India A's floundering innings as the team posted a challenging 339 in their first innings on the second day of the first unofficial Test against New Zealand A here on Thursday. In reply, the Kiwis were four down for 105 in 31.4 overs when bad light forced an early end to the proceedings at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval here. Struggling at 136...
11:55 AM, Jul 01, 2008
New Delhi: Indian opener Virender Sehwag will lead the 15-member North Zone team in their Duleep Trophy match against West Zone scheduled to be held early next month at Chennai, the selectors said on Monday. The decision was taken in the zonal selection meeting which was held at the DDCA. Beside Sehwag, the team will also feature other big names of Indian cricket such as Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj...
01:25 PM, Jun 30, 2008
London: Former England wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose admits he has endured a long battle with depression since losing his international place. Ambrose has not played for England since 2009 and he revealed on Friday that being cast into international exile left him at a low ebb.The 29-year-old played in the last of his 11 Tests against the West Indies in Bridgetown in February 2009, making an unbeaten 76 in his final...
12:35 PM, Jun 26, 2008
Karachi: Former ICC president Ehsan Mani on Wednesday termed PCB's decision to boycott the ICC Awards Ceremony for omitting offspinner Saeed Ajmal's name from nominations as a childish move and feels that it will marginalise country's parent body. It will be a childish act, said Mani. The PCB supporting their cricketer is fine and that is within their right. But boycotting the ceremony will marginalise us. The PCB should use...
06:05 PM, Jun 25, 2008
Lahore: Pakistan's former captain and now director-general cricket in the PCB, Javed Miandad has been given the task of assisting the national team's batsmen ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. Miandad confirmed that he will be travelling to Sri Lanka this week to join the Pakistan team, but dismissed media reports that he was going there in the capacity of a batting coach. I am not going...
11:25 AM, Jun 25, 2008
Mumbai: To captain Team India is no big deal, feels former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, while adding that the real challenge lies in leading an Indian Premier League (IPL) team where you have to keep the franchise owners happy all the time. Ganguly had the honour of delivering the fourth Dilip Sardesai Lecture on the 'Effects of T20 cricket on Tests' in Mumbai on Friday, where he expressed his opinion....
02:17 PM, Jun 24, 2008
Indian coach Joaquim Carvalho is upset at the lack of recognition. ...
10:08 PM, Sep 26, 2007
