Bangalore: Just like Group A, where the fate of the teams looking to qualify for the semifinals of the Champions League Twenty20 was decided only on the last day of the group’s round robin matches, Group B's future will also be decided on Tuesday when the two other semifinalists will be confirmed. In day's first match, England’s County side Somerset will take on South African Warriors while the IPL team...
01:23 PM, Mar 06, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Tuesday appointed Upeka Abeykoon-Nell as the Tournament Director of next year's Twenty20 World Cup in the country. She will be heading the organising team of the event, to be held from September 18 to October 7 at four different venues. Abeykoon-Nell, a corporate PR personality, comes with a wealth of experience in event management. Her Australian husband Stan coached Sri Lanka 'A team in...
11:44 AM, Mar 06, 2008
Chennai: The Group A of the Champions League Twenty20 has justified its name - Group of Death - given to it before the start of the tournament as Tuesday is the last day of round robin matches of the group, with all five teams still in fray to reach the semifinals. Though Mumbai Indians are leading the group with five points in four matches, the scenario will completely change once...
08:22 AM, Mar 06, 2008
Chennai: A fighting 73-run partnership between Steve Smith and Ben Rohrer helped New South Wales Blues overcome Mumbai Indians by five wickets in the Group A CLT20 match here on Sunday. New South Wales Blues innings 17th over: All over for Mumbai Indians. Outstanding innings from Steve Smith (45 not out) and Ben Rohrer (26 not out) after NSW were 28/5 at one stage. A five-wicket win for NSW in...
09:17 PM, Mar 05, 2008
Colombo: Former Australian batsman Geoff Marsh began his two-year stint as Sri Lanka's new coach on Thursday, hoping to lead the side beyond his contract and into the next World Cup in 2015. Marsh, who turns 53 in December, said he was ready to accept the challenge of preparing the Sri Lankan team for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, even though his contract was only for two...
08:29 AM, Mar 05, 2008
Somerset innings Somerset win! A blistering knock by Roelof van der Merwe (73 off 40 balls) helped Somerset beat Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets in their Champions League T20 encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday. Over No. 20: Somerset get to the target with two balls remaining. Nick Compton and Steve Snell remained unbeaten at the end. 164/5. Over No. 19: Somerset on the...
11:59 PM, Mar 03, 2008
Hyderabad: A balzing knock from Jon-Jon Smuts and a disciplined bowling performance helped Warriors to register a comprehensive 50-run win over the South Australia Redbacks in their Champions League Twenty20 match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday. Electing to bat first, Warriors rode on a 65-ball 85 from Jon Jon Smuts and contributions from Colin Ingram (30 off 24 balls) and Mark Boucher (34 off 26...
11:39 PM, Mar 03, 2008
Chennai: Lasith Malinga played the best innings of his Twenty20 career to seal a thrilling three-wicket victory for the depleted Mumbai Indians in their Champions League T20 opener against the Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Saturday. With 11 runs needed in the last over, Malinga first hit a four on the second delivery and then took a single on the next ball of Doug Bollinger....
08:31 PM, Mar 03, 2008
Chennai: Dashing opener Shane Watson has a few candidates in mind for the vacant Australia coach's post even as the nation's Cricket Board (CA) is desperately searching for a suitable candidate for the job following Tim Nielsen's sudden resignation. CA is scrambling to find a replacement for Nielsen before Australia leave for South Africa tour in less than three weeks time. Senior batsman Watson, however, said that he knows a...
10:28 AM, Mar 03, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan's Aleem Dar, who was adjudged the best umpire for the third year running by the International Cricket Council (ICC), says the secret of his success is his honesty and his concentration on the game. "It is a hard job for an umpire, particularly when technology is also at work," Aleem was quoted as saying by the Pakistan media. He said the award was not only an honour for...
08:05 AM, Mar 03, 2008
Melbourne: More than two-thirds of international players in a recent survey conducted by FICA believe that Indian Cricket Board exerts unfair influence on ICC decision-making but 40 per cent of them said they were willing to skip national duty for playing in the cash-rich IPL run by the BCCI. Asked if ICC decision-making was influenced unfairly by the power of BCCI, 69 per cent said 'yes' while 31 per cent...
08:41 PM, Jan 31, 2008
Port of Spain: Rain in the last few days hampered the West Indies in their practice session at the Queen's Park Oval, the venue of the first three limited overs matches against India starting on Saturday, and they had to sweat it out at the indoor facilities. As West Indies trooped in Queen's Park Oval for an intense training session, they were disappointed to learn that rains of last few...
08:21 PM, Jan 31, 2008
Lahore: The Pakistan cricket Board is mulling over the possibility of allowing a team from Afghanistan to take part in its national T20 tournament in June in Faisalabad. According to board officials, the Afghanistan officials are keen on the idea of sending its Kabul region team that includes all the top players for the Pakistani T20 competition starting from June 24th. "There is a lot of passion for cricket in...
12:52 AM, Jan 31, 2008
Belfast: Security officials hurried Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq away from reporters and back to the squad's hotel after his side beat Ireland in the first of two one-day internationals. But this was one occasion when his team's actions spoke louder than words. Pakistan's emphatic seven-wicket victory at Stormont here on Saturday could have been a tricky assignment in alien conditions. However, Misbah - leading the side after Shahid Afridi was stripped...
07:38 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Cardiff: Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott hit centuries as England reached 287-2 at stumps on day three of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday. Cook's knock of 129 not out came from 263 balls with 10 fours, while Trott's innings of 125 not out came from 219 balls with 11 fours. Ajantha Mendis (1-43) was the only Sri Lanka bowler to take a wicket at Sophia Gardens, removing...
07:38 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians batsman James Franklin didn't hit the winning runs on Wednesday, but his stay at the crease when wickets at the other end fell in quick succession held the key as the team yet again beat the Kolkata Knight Riders in a thriller to go through to the second qualifier where they will face Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday. It's not sunk in yet. I am relieved. Unfortunately,...
09:21 PM, Jan 29, 2008
New Delhi: A Volkswagen Passat car sporting signatures of all captains of the 10 IPL teams has fetched a record over Rs 30 lakh in a charity auction that would benefit WWF India. The signature German luxury car has been snapped up by Banglore cricket enthusiast Saidas Malladi whose winning bid of Rs 30.13 lakh topped a total of 26 bids from across India in the auction that is said...
12:35 PM, Jan 29, 2008
Mumbai: After dishing out a last-ball thriller in the last league match, Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders would square off against each other yet again at the Wankhede stadium on Wednesday but the stakes are high now as it will be end of the road for the loser in the Indian Premier League. Thanks to the changed format, the eliminator tie has become a sort of a quarter-final since...
10:23 AM, Jan 29, 2008
Derby: Dilhara Fernando took three wickets for four runs as Sri Lanka completed their preparations for next week's first Test against England with a morale-boosting 38-run win over the England Lions here on Sunday. Sri Lanka, who'd already beaten Middlesex, won on the fourth and final day after being made to follow-on. England Test call-up Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara, left out of the 12-man squad named earlier on Sunday...
08:51 PM, Jan 28, 2008
Saint Kitts: Pakistan opener Taufeeq Umar was dropped three times before compiling an unbeaten 97 on Sunday to put his team in the ascendancy at stumps on day three of the second Test against West Indies. Pakistan were 202-3, which gave them an overall lead of 251 runs after having led by 49 after the first innings at Warner Park. Taufeeq - dropped on 1, 13 and 94 - struck...
08:01 PM, Jan 28, 2008
