Kolkata: Inspirational Steve Tikolo, a key member of the Kenyan cricket's glorious years in the late 1990s to early 2000s, led the side against Zimbabwe in his final international appearance in the concluding group A World Cup tie at Eden Gardens here on Sunday. With the regular skipper Jimmy Kamande spraining his right knee during Saturday's training session, Tikolo, who had led the side into the historic World Cup semifinals...
05:18 PM, Jan 04, 2008
Mumbai: Twenty million Sri Lankans will be scrutinising Muttiah Muralitharan's medical bulletins for the next few days after the world's most prolific bowler was stricken by a hamstring problem during his team's victory over New Zealand on Friday. The wily off-spinner battled through the pain barrier to pick up four wickets to propel Sri Lanka to a thumping 112-run win in their final Group A match but his injury caused...
11:32 PM, Jan 03, 2008
Kolkata: The Netherlands brought in medium pacer Bernard Loots in place of hard-hitting batsman Tom de Grooth in the only change to the team that played against Bangladesh in Chittagong in their previous match. Ireland retained the XI that played against South Africa. Teams Ireland: William Porterfield (c), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Niall O'Brien (wk), Gary Wilson, Kevin O'Brien, Alex Cusack, John Mooney, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston and Boyd Rankin. ...
06:22 PM, Jan 03, 2008
Chennai: England captain Andrew Strauss insists fatigue is the last thing on his players' minds as they play for their World Cup survival against West Indies. Beaten by Ireland and Bangladesh earlier in Group B, struggling after a long time on tour and now with a growing sick list, England has to win against the West Indians if it is to avoid another disastrous early exit from the World Cup....
11:08 PM, Jan 02, 2008
Bangalore: Despite being assured of a quarterfinal berth, Australia skipper Ricky Ponting is in no mood to over-experiment when his side will take on Canda in a Group A match of World Cup, here on Wednesday. "Depends upon how the game's going," Ponting said when asked if he would like to experiment with his spinners. "I think the guys got the chance to perform different roles the other night. Looking...
03:54 PM, Jan 02, 2008
Dhaka: Captain Andrew Strauss says England needs to improve its performances in a hurry if his side is to make any impression on the World Cup. His team, recently trounced 6-1 by Australia in a one-day series there, came within 17 runs of what would have been an embarrassing defeat by Canada in a warmup match on Wednesday. Strauss and other top batsmen were dismissed cheaply as they struggled to...
09:49 AM, Dec 17, 2007
London:Top England batsman Kevin Pietersen has dismissed reports that he will be retiring from one-day cricket after the Cricket World Cup in the sub-continent to prolong his Test and Twenty20 career. "Just to set the record straight. I have no intention of retiring from ODIs after the World Cup!!" Pietersen wrote on his twitter account before boarding the flight to Bangladesh for the World Cup. Reports had on Saturday claimed...
07:33 AM, Dec 14, 2007
Relief teams have reached Tushali and Shilon bagh resorts on the Kufri-Chail road. ...
01:37 PM, Feb 14, 2007
From Kashmir to the desert city of Jaipur, icy winds continued to lash across various north Indian cities. ...
09:27 PM, Feb 12, 2007
Freak weather conditions claimed at least 14 lives across north India as rains threw normal life out of gear. ...
02:00 AM, Feb 12, 2007
A severe cold wave has hit parts of northern India, with the mercury dipping to minus 2.2 degree celsius in Punjab. ...
01:48 PM, Jan 09, 2007
The nondescript Adampur in Punjab has recorded temperatures below minus three degrees this season. ...
11:43 PM, Jan 08, 2007
The mercury today plummeted to the lowest in the capital this winter measuring 2.6 degree Celsius. ...
09:19 AM, Jan 08, 2007
The extreme cold wave sweeping in Uttar Pradesh since last week has claimed five lives. ...
04:15 PM, Jan 05, 2007
An icy winter has claimed seven lives in Jharkhand - a state where over 100 people freeze to death every year. ...
12:42 PM, Dec 19, 2006
