New Delhi: Even as uncertainty prevails over whether Kapil Dev has been left out of the list of former cricketers due to receive the one-time monetary benefit by the BCCI, the former India captain on Wednesday said officials of the cricket board are the boss and it's their call. They are the boss. Let them do whatever they want to do. What is the point about talking on this matter...
01:08 PM, May 26, 2008
Karachi: The legal action threat issued by the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) to the Bangladesh Cricket Board over non-payment of dues to the players who took part in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) apparently has had its effects. Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Tuesday said he finally received his dues from the BPL two days back in full. I got my full dues two days back from ...
10:40 AM, May 26, 2008
Chennai Super Kings Innings So Chennai keep their hopes alive with that crucial win that draws them level on points with Kolkata in the standings, and it's an especially good win after Bangalore lost their match against Mumbai earlier in the day. It's their third win in a row, and Chennai seem to be hitting form at the right time, with the fight for the top four still close. They...
01:48 AM, May 23, 2008
PUNE WARRIORS INDIA INNINGS 20th over: Pune 121 for 9. Rajasthan win by 45 runs. A boundary for Nehra off the last ball but nevertheless a big victory for Rajasthan, which should beef up their net run rate. They now go up to 14 points. 19th over: Pune 116 for 9. Tait trying hard to finish it in this over but somehow Nehra and Kartik keep him out. 18th over:...
05:25 PM, May 22, 2008
Royal Challengers Bangalore were languishing in the latter half of the IPL points table until the team’s reins were passed on to Virat Kohli. And the young Indian batsman, with his astute captaincy, brought the crumbling RCB campaign back on track. His proactive leadership managed to take out the best from the available resources. It’s not that Daniel Vettori, the team’s chosen captain for the fifth season, has done anything...
02:47 AM, May 22, 2008
Lahore: Snubbed Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and allrounder Abdul Razzaq on Friday expressed disappointment at being continuously left out of the national team, asking selectors for their reasons. Pakistan on Thursday announced three separate squads for next month's tour of Sri Lanka, but Kamran and Razzaq were not selected in any of the squads. Kamran said that he was unaware of the reasons for his continuous omission. I don't know...
02:20 AM, May 22, 2008
Pune: Sourav Ganguly will not be part of the playing eleven in Pune Warriors India's remaining three matches of the Indian Premier League season five and will serve only as the team's mentor from the next season, team owner Subrata Roy said on Thursday. Sourav wants to give youngsters a chance in the last games, Roy said. Ganguly has been under the scanner for his failure as a batsman in...
05:53 PM, May 21, 2008
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03:01 AM, May 21, 2008
CNN-IBN's cricket experts review Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals' wins in IPL 5 on Tuesday. ...
11:09 PM, May 20, 2008
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board is confident of finalising its Premier League T20 competition in a month's time after receiving a series of presentations from foreign and local broadcasters and sports management companies. Right now the presentations are hovering around the concept of the premier league for Pakistan. The financial and other aspects of the event will be finalised later on, a PCB official said on Saturday. He, however, made...
02:52 AM, May 20, 2008
Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians go head to head in the Indian Premier League at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. After a not-so-convincing start to their campaigns, both the teams have improved a bit of late, but a lot more is needed for both to feel secure about their play-offs qualification, more so in Chennai's case. This will be the second time this season that both the teams are...
06:29 PM, May 19, 2008
Hove, England: West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson is backing his bowlers to win him the three-Test series against England and says the tourists will do their homework on the World No. 1 side's batsmen. The Caribbean side meets England in the series starting May 17, with many pundits suggesting the Windies will struggle in unfamiliar wintry conditions. However, Gibson said he believed his bowling attack possessed enough quality to...
06:08 PM, May 19, 2008
Dubai: Australia have pushed India to fourth place in the ICC Test championship table after winning the three-match series against West Indies 2-0. Australia had entered the series on equal points with India at 111 but below MS Dhoni's side when ratings were calculated beyond the decimal point. The series win gave it one ratings point which was enough to put it ahead of India. England (116) leads the Test ...
02:57 AM, May 17, 2008
Kolkata: Jubilant after leading his side to a facile triumph over Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir is now plotting revenge over Pune Warriors India - the side led by one of Kolkata's favourite sons Sourav Ganguly. Having guided the side to a 47-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in front of a packed Eden Gardens Saturday night, Gambhir hoped that the spectators would root for KKR...
01:44 AM, May 17, 2008
New Delhi: South African Robin Peterson became an overnight sensation in IPL 5 after leading Mumbai Indians to victory with a stunning batting display. Peterson, 32, adopted the switch-hit made famous by his former countryman Kevin Pietersen after his team needed 32 off the last two overs against Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday night. The left-hander, who said he had not even practised the shot, switch-hit the first two deliveries...
02:55 AM, May 16, 2008
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