Nasheed is the first ever democratically elected president of Maldives. ...
11:45 PM, Nov 15, 2008
He will have to shell out over a million dollars as electricity bills within 15 days. ...
06:04 PM, Oct 24, 2008
Karachi: With Pakistan losing by four-wicket to Australia in the first ODI in Sharjah, former captain Wasim Akram on Wednesday said the negative mindset of the Pakistani batsmen is letting them down in limited-over matches. The legendary fast bowler believes the Pakistan batsmen need to change their mindset and play with aggression and their natural game at least in the first 10 overs. "I think the team management, including the...
11:54 AM, Jun 21, 2008
LONDON: Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has decided against playing for Middlesex in English county cricket's Twenty20 competition, the county's managing director Angus Fraser announced on Monday. The 28-year-old paceman, whose unusual 'slingshot' action makes him difficult to face, has been told to rest after completing his Indian Premier League duties with the Mumbai Indians. Malinga, who retired from Test cricket last year, complained of soreness in his knee...
01:30 AM, May 28, 2008
London: England duo James Anderson and Stuart Broad had an awkward day for different reasons when they returned to county action in Wednesday's County Championship clash between Lancashire and Nottinghamshire at Old Trafford. Seam bowler Anderson gave England a scare ahead of their three-Test series against the West Indies, which starts at Lord's in a fortnight, when he was sent to hospital for X-rays after suffering a couple of blows...
10:57 PM, May 18, 2008
Hundreds of voters turned out for the country’s first election in nearly 10 years. ...
11:30 PM, Apr 10, 2008
Dubai: Fast-rising paceman Aizaz Cheema on Wednesday said the Pakistan team was not reading much into England's recent run of poor batting displays, acknowledging that Test matches would be a different ball game. England, which rose to world number one in Test rankings last year, were restricted to 185-8 and managed 261-7 during their hard fought three-wicket win in a three-day match against an ICC Combined XI. They were also...
10:45 PM, Apr 09, 2008
New Delhi: The familiarity with each other following IPL stints will help Indian and Australian players understand one another better but it will not take any of the competitiveness away when the two sides clash in a Test series later this month, feels Aussie opener David Warner. That some of us have played in DLF Indian Premier League over the last four years will surely help the players understand one...
08:49 PM, Mar 29, 2008
Abu Dhabi: Captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal hit half-centuries after teammate Sohail Tanvir took four wickets on Wednesday to steer Pakistan to a three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka and a 4-1 win in the one-day series. Misbah compiled a patient 66 while Akmal struck eight fours in an unbeaten 61 off 60 deliveries as Pakistan reached their victory target of 219-7 with 16 balls to spare at Sheikh Zayed Stadium....
10:03 AM, Mar 24, 2008
Sydney: Former Australia spin bowler Beau Casson has retired from all forms of cricket due a heart condition. The 28-year-old Casson took three wickets against the West Indies in 2008 for his sole Test appearance. He played 53 domestic matches for Western Australia and New South Wales, taking 123 wickets at an average of 43.04. After undergoing surgery at a young age for the heart condition Tetralogy of Fallot, Casson's...
04:18 PM, Mar 23, 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
New Delhi: There has never been much love lost between Yuvraj Singh and Kevin Pietersen, and the latest banter between the two on social networking site Twitter, just adds more spice to a series which has already had its fair share of controversies and war of words. After Yuvraj's finger injury ruled him out for the final two Tests of India's campaign against England, Pietersen had a go at India's...
02:18 PM, Feb 18, 2008
Kochi: Delhi Daredevils skipper Virender Sehwag on Saturday criticised the pitch preparation for Saturday's IPL match against Kochi Tuskers Kerala, saying it was not suitable for Twenty20 cricket. The Nehru stadium track was slow and had uneven bounce and batsmen of both the teams struggled to stroke the ball. Sehwag was the only exception as he hammered a 47-ball 80 to lead Delhi to a 38-run win. Asked if the...
08:40 AM, Jan 21, 2008
Murali Kartik supports Indian spinners Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla ahead of India's World Cup clash against South Africa. ...
12:06 AM, Dec 31, 2007
Russian Grandmaster to spend five days in jail for illegal rally in Moscow. ...
10:38 PM, Nov 25, 2007
Jemima said that she had not heard from Imran since his arrest. ...
02:41 PM, Nov 15, 2007
Hyderabad: India spinner Harbhajan Singh might have struck back-to-back hundred in the last two Tests against New Zealand but captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday said he doesn't want to put pressure on the spinner by calling him an all-rounder. Bhajji is still a specialist bowler, who can bat. I don't want to give him a tag of an all-rounder and put pressure on him, said Dhoni at the post-match...
11:18 PM, Nov 05, 2007
Indore: Stormy knocks by Yusuf Pathan and Monish Mishra helped India Red upstage India Blue by three wickets in the inaugural match of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy tournament here on Friday. India Blue scored 251 for the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs, courtesy Ajinkya Rahane (84) and Ravindra Jadeja (58). Fluent innings by Pathan (63) and Mishra (42) swayed the match in favour of India Red which...
10:41 PM, Oct 22, 2007
Centurion: The Indian cricket platter – which of late has been full of Sri Lankan cuisine – will be served a fresh island delicacy garnished with Twenty20 flavour on Wednesday, when the Chennai Super Kings take on the Wayamba Elevens at the SuperSport Park here on Wednesday. The Asian neighbours' Champions League 2010 campaign has hit an altogether different roadmap. While Wayamba's graph failed to take off against the Warriors,...
02:01 PM, Oct 15, 2007
Benazir Bhutto says that she made the deal with President Musharraf to save democracy. ...
10:45 AM, Oct 06, 2007
