Sydney: Australia's veteran paceman Brett Lee has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. It's official, I have retired from international cricket! Thanks for all your love and support. It's been an amazing 13 years, Lee said in his twitter account on Friday. ‘‘It has been a dream career, I guess, 13 years at the top. I couldn’t ask for much more,’’ Lee said to Channel Nine news...
08:38 PM, Jun 08, 2008
Pallekele: Unbeaten half-centuries from debutant Shaun Marsh and veteran Mike Hussey put Australia firmly in control of the second Test against Sri Lanka with the tourists extending their lead to 90 runs at stumps on day two on Friday. Australia reached 264 for three when bad light stopped play shortly after tea in reply to Sri Lanka's first-innings total of 174. More than 21 overs of play was lost when...
06:50 PM, Feb 27, 2008
Melbourne: Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie is moving from Adelaide to central Zimbabwe as the head coach of Kwekwe-based MidWest Rhinos cricket team. The 36-year-old Gillespie along with his wife Anna and three sons will be based for seven months in Zimbabwe for his second stint with the Rhinos. It was tough for him to take the initial Rhinos deal as his youngest son for just nine weeks old...
08:29 PM, Feb 25, 2008
London: There were problems aplenty for the Indian team management on the eve of the Oval Test. The pace trio of Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar and S Sreesanth needed injections after complaining of pain in their legs. Sreesanth, who is also down with flu, did not bowl at the nets on Wednesday. In these circumstances, MS Dhoni and coach Duncan Fletcher convened a team meeting last evening to shortlist a...
09:45 AM, Feb 22, 2008
London: With the series already out of their bag, Indian cricketers on Tuesday went through the motions in an optional practice session, clearly showing lack of intensity ahead of the fourth and final cricket Test here on Thursday. Team India, without pacer Praveen Kumar, had the looks of a bruised and battered outfit as they trooped in at The Oval. Praveen, who was hit on his right thumb on the...
08:27 PM, Feb 21, 2008
London: While praising Rahul Dravid for his resolute batting, England off-spinner Graeme Swann on Tuesday said that there will be no let-up from their side when the fourth and final Test against India starts here on Thursday. We are not thinking the series is over. Any backslapping and pat on the back can save itself for November, Swann, whose side has already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series...
06:29 PM, Feb 21, 2008
Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board awarded Category A contracts to spinners Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman on Monday in a new list of 28 centrally-contracted players until the end of the year. Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan's captain for all three formats, former skipper Younis Khan, fast bowler Umar Gul and opening batsman Mohammad Hafeez also received contracts in the top category. Details of the new contracts, which run from July 1 to...
03:08 PM, Feb 19, 2008
New Delhi: Not only will the fourth season of the Indian Premier League have two new teams, it will have altogether different team make-up as well, which will tell if the fans stick to their teams or move on where their favourite players will be playing. At the end of their three-year contracts, all the players - expect a handful of those who were retained by their employers - were...
08:07 PM, Jan 12, 2008
Bangalore: Their confidence sky high after drubbing England, Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke on Saturday said consistency would be the key when his team begins chasing a record fourth consecutive World Cup starting February 19. Clarke, who returned to form in the seven-match one-day series against England after a disappointing Ashes campaign, said to win ICC's showpiece event, Australia need to play as a unit. Our ODI form has been pretty...
09:45 PM, Dec 13, 2007
It seems clear both UPA and the Left are itching to get out of their coalition. ...
08:26 AM, Oct 06, 2007
State stares at mid-term polls as coalition govt totters. ...
11:18 PM, Oct 05, 2007
Trinamool Congress had not supported NDA's presidential candidate. ...
05:51 PM, Sep 06, 2007
Sonia's damage control may now defer the elections to sometime in 2008. ...
12:59 PM, Aug 25, 2007
People's Democratic Party (PDP) is likely to pull out of the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
05:05 PM, Mar 17, 2007
The Mizo National front announced that it has decided to break its coalition with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. ...
02:20 PM, Mar 11, 2007
Coalition is not a 'permanent arrangement' but UPA will stay for now, says party leader Janardan Dwivedi. ...
07:59 PM, Jan 24, 2007
NATO has assumed responsibility for security across the whole of Afghanistan, taking over from US-led forces. ...
03:45 PM, Oct 05, 2006
