Dhaka: Bangladesh may have left their supporters heartbroken by crashing out of the cricket World Cup, but no one can doubt the team's improved performance over the years. And here lies an Australian connection. A team which once went winless in 46 ODIs at a stretch and took 13 years to get their first limited overs victory over a Test playing nation, have now reached a position where their supporters...
10:35 PM, Jan 04, 2008
Kolkata: Paul Stirling smashed an explosive century as Ireland posted an emphatic six-wicket victory over the Netherlands in their last World Cup match on Tuesday. The 20-year-old opener gave a superb exhibition of hitting, cracking two sixes and 14 fours in his 72-ball 101 as Ireland chased a stiff 307-run target with 14 balls to spare at Eden Gardens.Stirling also upstaged the Netherlands' Ryan ten Doeschate, who scored 106 for...
10:05 PM, Jan 03, 2008
New Delhi: Under-fire Sri Lankan umpire Asoka de Silva, who gave batsman Gary Wilson out lbw in Ireland's loss to West Indies in Mohali, has been dropped from officiating in some key World Cup matches. Asoka's onfield decisions has come under scanner during the World Cup with the most criticised being the decision to give Wilson out lbw even after reviewing the decision twice last Friday. Among 18 umpires officiating...
12:02 AM, Jan 03, 2008
Chennai: The best news for the West Indies on the eve of their World Cup Group B game against England here Thursday is the availability of their explosive opening batsman Chris Gayle, who has been declared fit to play after suffering abdominal strain. Darren Sammy, who took over the captaincy from Gayle last year, said the former skipper was a key member of the squad, especially since he can also...
10:12 PM, Jan 02, 2008
Belgian player who won the singles and doubles titles at Chennai Open says 2007 has begun on a good note. ...
10:41 PM, Jan 08, 2007
Wins singles and double crown, sets sight on Australian Open. Poor show by World No II Rafael Nadal. ...
10:28 PM, Jan 08, 2007
Xavier Malisse defeated Austrian Stefan Koubek in the Chennai Open final to win the second title of his career. ...
01:14 PM, Jan 08, 2007
Clearly the centre of all attention was a bat signed by Rafael Nadal and Krish Srikkanth. ...
09:29 PM, Jan 06, 2007
World No 2 and top seed Rafael Nadal was eliminated from the Chennai Open on Saturday. ...
08:54 PM, Jan 06, 2007
The Chennai Open this year in many ways has been the story of two Spaniards, Carlos Moya and world No 2 Rafael Nadal. ...
08:24 PM, Jan 05, 2007
Rafael Nadal and Austrian Stefan Koubek moved into the Chennai Open quarter-finals on Thursday. ...
12:04 AM, Jan 05, 2007
Carlos Moya's love affair with Chennai started in the late 1990's and has been going strong ever since. ...
08:07 PM, Jan 04, 2007
Spain's Carlos Moya cruised into the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open beating United States' Kevin Kim. ...
09:24 PM, Jan 03, 2007
The man in charge in Rafael Nadal's case is Frances Roig, who has coached him for the past three years. ...
07:38 PM, Jan 03, 2007
Crowd favourite Carlos Moya and top seed Rafael Nadal sailed through to the second round of the Chennai Open. ...
01:40 PM, Jan 03, 2007
World No 2 and top seed Rafael Nadal coasted to an easy win over Rainer Schuettler at the Chennai Open first round. ...
11:41 PM, Jan 02, 2007
After a five-month injury break, Prakash Amritraj played his first match and the lessons learnt will only help. ...
08:36 PM, Jan 02, 2007
Carlos Moya of Spain eased his way into the second round with a straight sets win over Alexander Waske of Germany. ...
08:18 PM, Jan 02, 2007
Indian players had to bite the dust on the first day of the Chennai Open tennis tournament on Monday. ...
03:46 PM, Jan 02, 2007
A first timer at the Chennai Open, World No 8 David Nalbandian is determined to make a mark on Indian soil. ...
12:01 PM, Jan 02, 2007
