Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted an alleged international cricket betting racket and arrested three of its members. The accused not only used to accept bets themselves but also act as middlemen between bookies from Pakistan, Dubai and India. Acting on a tip-off on Tuesday that one Ramesh Vyas and his accomplices accepted bets on the ongoing IPL cricket matches and connect the calls from Pakistan and...
08:50 PM, May 15, 2013
Ranchi: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders came close to making it a hat-trick of unlike victories in their attempt to stay alive in IPL 6, but up against the team most likely to be beaten they ended up losing by seven runs. Chasing 171 to keep their flickering hopes of qualifying for the play-offs alive, KKR crashed from the favorable position of 127 for 3 in the 16th over to...
07:38 PM, May 15, 2013
CLICK HERE for live ball-by-ball updates of game 66 of IPL 6 between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals played at Ranchi. Team News: Rajasthan made two changes: spinners Ankeet Chavan and Pravin Tambe came in for Siddarth Trivedi and Vikramjeet Malik. Mumbai also made two changes, with injured Sachin Tendulkar going out and Aditya Tare replacing him. Glenn Maxwell replaced Dwayne Smith. Toss: Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid won the...
07:20 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: The 2013 ICC Champions Trophy will receive a grand farewell after all with the perceived threat of a pull-out by the game's most powerful cricket board, and in effect the 50-over world champions, having dissipated. Hard-pressed for promotion in what is its final run, the ICC Champions Trophy will have a stately exit with all decks cleared for India to take up the challenge of adding another limited-overs...
06:08 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland Wednesday backed the team management that had axed four players, including then vice-captain Shane Watson, ahead of the Mohali Test against India in March on ground of breach of discipline. Speaking for the first time on the issue which became a talking point during Australia's disastrous series, Sutherland said he has "in-depth" understanding of what had happened at that time. Coach Mickey Arthur...
05:55 PM, May 15, 2013
CLICK HERE for live ball-by-ball updates of game 65 of IPL 6 between Kolkata Knighr Riders and Pune Warriors India played at Ranchi. Playing XIs: KKR: Manvinder Bisla (wk), Gautam Gambhir (capt), Jacques Kallis, Ryan ten Doeschate, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Debabrata Das, Rajat Bhatia, Sachithra Senanayake, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy Balaji PWI: Robin Uthappa (w), Aaron Finch (capt), Manish Pandey, Yuvraj Singh, Luke Wright, Angelo Mathews, Raiphi Gomez, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,...
03:13 PM, May 15, 2013
Chennai: The absence of Kevin Pietersen and Jesse Ryder coupled with injuries to some key players at the start of the season were some of the reasons for Delhi Daredevils' disastrous campaign in the ongoing Pepsi Indian Premier League, said coach Eric Simons. Delhi, who made the play-offs last season, are languishing at the second last position in the nine-team competition having lost 11 out of their 14 games this...
11:27 AM, May 15, 2013
Sydney: Australia's pace bowling unit will give the tourists every chance of success in the Ashes series in England but will not be able to win back the precious urn without some help from the batsmen, captain Michael Clarke said on Wednesday. Clarke said the Australians would relish going into the series in July and August as underdogs and that, if fit, pacemen Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris, James Pattinson, Mitchell...
10:05 AM, May 15, 2013
Karachi: Pakistan's head coach Dav Whatmore has rejected talks about him recommending little known Australian Trent Woodhill for the post of the national team's batting coach ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy. Whatmore told reporters before the team's departure for Ireland earlier on Wednesday that Woodhill's appointment was a decision of the PCB. He also disclosed that he had not had any discussions with Woodhill since his appointment was made....
09:35 AM, May 15, 2013
Sydney: Australian captain Michael Clarke said on Wednesday he was confident his troublesome back would not prevent him from leading Australia in the two Ashes series against England this year. Clarke has managed the back problem since he was first diagnosed with a degenerative condition aged 17, but it forced him out of the fourth Test against India in March when the tourists went down 4-0. The 32-year-old, who struggled...
09:22 AM, May 15, 2013
Karachi: Pakistan's left-arm pacer, Sohail Tanvir is looking at a full season with English county, Hampshire to shed the tag of being a specialist T20 player. Tanvir, who will leave later this month to join Hampshire for a full season after getting clearance from the Pakistan Cricket Board, said he wanted to use the opportunity to show everyone he was good at any format of the game. "The irony is...
08:53 AM, May 15, 2013
Bangalore: Before Tuesday, he had hit a mere 162 runs in 10 matches - a record hardly suggestive of the explosive player he still is. But any doubts about that were dismissed with disdain on a fateful day for Royal Challengers Bangalore at home. Adam Gilchrist had finally come to the IPL party. Having posted 175 on the board, Bangalore were reasonablly satisfied and felt even safer when old guard...
08:51 AM, May 15, 2013
Chennai: With their place in the IPL play-offs confirmed before the toss in the form of an RCB defeat to Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings celebrated with a 33-win over Delhi Daredevils at home on Tuesday. MS Dhoni resuscitated the innings with a breezy unbeaten 58 and defending 168 Chennai's bowlers struck at regular intervals to keep Delhi to 135 for 9. An early drop off Murali Vijay on...
11:40 PM, May 14, 2013
MS Dhoni and (58) and Albie Morkel (3/32) started in a easy win for CSK as Delhi pummeled to their 11th loss in this edition failing to chase down 169. CLICK HERE for live ball-by-ball updates of game 64 of IPL 6 between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. TOSS: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first against...
07:16 PM, May 14, 2013
Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board has surprisingly awarded axed allrounder Shahid Afridi and batsman Younis Khan category A contracts while increasing their pay by 15 percent. Both players were dropped for next month's Champions Trophy, but will be given monthly retainers of around $3,600. Test and one-day captain Misbah-ul-Haq, Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez and offspinner Saeed Ajmal were also given category A contracts. Fast bowler Umar Gul, Umar Akmal and...
06:26 PM, May 14, 2013
Islamabad: Returning to England for the Champions Trophy will be "very sensitive" for the Pakistan's players following the spot-fixing scandal three years ago, team manager Naveed Akram Cheema said Monday, urging his squad to just focus on the eight-team competition. Cheema took over as manager in 2010, soon after three Pakistan players were charged of spot-fixing in a Test match during Pakistan's last tour of England. Later fast bowlers Mohammad...
02:27 PM, May 14, 2013
Mumbai: His whirlwind knock gave Mumbai Indians the crucial win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday, but West Indian swashbuckler Kieron Pollard was not even sure about playing the game as he was slightly under the weather due to flu. "I am still sniffling a bit. I missed the game against Pune, slightly under the flu. But I knew how important the game was. I came for practice yesterday; I was...
10:20 AM, May 14, 2013
London: Matt Prior was named the England cricketer-of-the-year for 2012/13, in an acknowledgement of the Sussex wicket-keeper's consistency with both bat and gloves. The 31-year-old is now one of the first names on the team sheet after England captain Alastair Cook and the latest demonstration of his worth to the side came with his match-saving unbeaten hundred in the drawn third Test against New Zealand in Auckland in March. Prior...
10:16 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: India have no plans to pull out of next month's Champions Trophy over a rumbling controversy surrounding a former Indian player's election to an International Cricket Council (ICC) panel, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday. The BCCI has been accused of using its clout to get former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan elected to the ICC Cricket Committee. Sivaramakrishnan beat Australian Tim May...
09:57 PM, May 13, 2013
