Bridgetown: Dwayne Smith hit a whirlwind 63 off 35 balls on Friday and Fidel Edwards and Marlon Samuels claimed three wickets apiece as the West Indies defeated Australia by 14 runs in the second Twenty20 international at the Kensington Oval. The hosts' victory ensured the two-match series finished 1-1. Smith's top score was spiced with six fours and four sixes and piloted the West Indies to 160 all out off...
09:45 PM, May 07, 2008
Dubai: ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat says he feels sad for disgraced Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir, but asserted that the bowler who is serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing should focus on his rehabilitation instead of looking for ways to get the sanction reduced. Amir, who returned to Pakistan after serving half of a six-month sentence, said he was manipulated by his then skipper Salman Butt. The 19-year-old bowler does...
02:17 AM, May 06, 2008
Lahore: The father of Pakistan's jailed former cricket captain Salman Butt on Tuesday accused disgraced bowler Mohammad Amir of falsely pinning all the blame on his son in order to revive his career. Amir, in his first interview since being released from a British prison, this week accused Butt of trapping him into the spot-fixing scandal during the Lord's Test against England in August 2010. Butt and fellow team-mate Mohammad...
05:07 PM, May 05, 2008
Mumbai: Wasim Jaffer has quit as Mumbai captain to give more time to his batting. In his four-season stint, the former India opener led the domestic powerhouses to two trophies in 2008-09 and 2009-10. I want to concentrate more on my batting. I didn't have a good Ranji Trophy season and for me batting is more important than captaincy, the 33-year-old told The Indian Express on Thursday. Once you are...
11:44 AM, Apr 18, 2008
Napier: New Zealand captain Ross Taylor was on Saturday ruled out of the remainder of the Zimbabwe series by a calf strain which forced him to retire hurt on 122 in the first innings of the Test. Taylor was attempting a quick single early on Friday as he built on his sixth Test century when he tore his right calf and was forced to hobble from the field. Following hospital...
09:37 AM, Apr 16, 2008
Adelaide: Offspinner Nathan Lyon has been included at the expense of fast bowler Mitchell Starc in Australia's line-up for the fourth Test against India starting on Tuesday. Starc was one of a quartet of quicks selected for the third Test in Perth, where the Australians won by an innings and 37 runs in two-and-a-half days to take a 3-0 lead in the four-match series. Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and Ryan...
08:39 PM, Apr 14, 2008
Karachi: Former ICC President Ehsan Mani has advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to stop wasting time in trying to convince the BCCI for resumption of bilateral cricket ties between the two countries. The Pakistan board is wasting its time because cricket ties between the two countries have always been influenced by politics between the two governments, Mani told Geo News in Dubai. Instead of running after the Indian board...
10:58 AM, Apr 14, 2008
Marathon runner once touted as India’s Olympic hope isn’t giving up hope. ...
05:20 PM, Aug 16, 2007
The government plans to make provision in the sports hostel to accommodate the wonder child. ...
01:03 AM, Aug 14, 2007
The complaint alleged that Biranchi Das had inflicted physical and mental torture to Budhia. ...
11:12 PM, Aug 13, 2007
Budhia was to start a 500 kilometer walk from the Orissa Judo Association office in Bhubaneswar. ...
10:11 AM, Jun 06, 2007
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