London: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting marked his first-class Surrey debut with a century against Derbyshire in the County Championship on Saturday. Ponting has retired from international cricket and has joined Surrey for a brief spell while captain Graeme Smith is away on international duty.
The 38-year-old batsman showed there is still life in the old dog as he cruised to his 81st hundred and shared a third-wicket stand of 180 in 49 overs on the third day of a four-day match at Derby. Arun Harinath made a career-best 154, while Ponting was unbeaten on 120 from 182 balls out of 362 for four at the close.
However, with Surrey still trailing by 90 runs it is hard to see either side forcing a victory on the final day. Vikram Solanki and Harinath put on 133 for the second wicket to set the stage for Ponting.
Derbyshire knew they had to get Ponting early to put the visitors under pressure, but several of their bowlers complained of "light-headedness" along with umpire Nigel Cowley, who left the field for 20 minutes and was replaced by Surrey first team coach Ian Salisbury....
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11:47 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Derbyshire: West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has taken his place among batting greats by playing his 300th first-class match. The 38-year-old Guyanese batsman achieved the feat while playing in an English County game for Derbyshire against Sussex on Thursday. Only six men in the history of the game have reached such a landmark of appearances with a higher average than Chanderpaul's 56.19. The list is headed by Denis...
01:27 PM, May 17, 2013
Barcelona: With a return to England looking likely, Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho can go out a winner when his team plays crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid on Friday in the Copa del Rey final. Luckily for Mourinho and Madrid, Atletico have been incapable of winning a Spanish capital derby so far this millennium. Atletico's last victory over their city rivals came 14 years ago, in 1999. Since then, Madrid have...
09:37 AM, May 17, 2013
London: Neil Wagner staked his claim for a place in New Zealand's Test side against England next week with a five-wicket return as the tourists beat Derbyshire by 107 runs on the third and final day of their opening warm-up match at Derby on Monday. The 27-year-old left-arm seamer, who troubled England's batsmen during the recent drawn series in New Zealand, took five for 45 in 18 overs. However, the...
09:04 AM, May 07, 2013
London: Doug Bracewell claimed an impressive four-wicket haul on the second day of New Zealand's warm-up match with Derbyshire on Sunday to strengthen his claim for a place in the tourists' Test side. Having declared on 289 for 5 on day one, New Zealand bowled the English county side out for 154 as Bracewell finished with figures of 4 for 28. By the close of play, they were 199 for...
08:47 AM, May 06, 2013
Manchester: Manchester City's 2-1 win over Premier League leaders Manchester United on Monday was too little too late for manager Roberto Mancini who is already focusing his attention on next season's title race. Sergio Aguero's outstanding 78th-minute winner allowed champions City to close the gap on their neighbours to 12 points but it was more of a 'nice-to-have' result than a fate-changing victory for this campaign. "We know we can...
09:07 AM, Apr 09, 2013
London: Substitute Sergio Aguero scored a superb late winner as Manchester City slowed Manchester United's charge to the Premier League title by beating the leaders 2-1 in a frenetic derby on Monday. The Argentina striker slalomed through United's defense and arrowed a finish high into the net in the 78th minute, cutting second-place City's deficit to their fierce rival to 12 points with seven games remaining. James Milner gave the...
02:34 AM, Apr 09, 2013
London: Roberto Mancini's Manchester City are likely to lose their Premier League title to Manchester United but the feisty Italian manager is going down with all guns blazing ahead of their match later on Monday. Mancini told British newspapers that United had racked up a 15-point lead at the top with eight matches left partly because opponents go into games against Alex Ferguson's side expecting to be beaten. "No one...
10:16 AM, Apr 08, 2013
London: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is backing Robin van Persie to end a nine-game goal drought as the Premier League leaders prepare for Monday's derby clash with champions Manchester City. "Robin doesn't need a rest, that's for sure," the Scot told reporters on Thursday. "He's a strong lad with a great physique. "The goals will come. All strikers have little dry spells - you always hope it ends quickly....
08:56 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Gareth Bale has a great chance at White Hart Lane to improve on his 19 goals already this season - 15 of which have come in the league. ...
12:50 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Racist chants against Balotelli made little impact in Italian media, which focused more on the Milan striker's failure to score in his first city derby against Inter. ...
05:52 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Milan dominated the first half and took the lead through El Shaarawy in the 21st minute, but Ezequiel Schelotto equalized in the 71st for Inter. ...
03:35 AM, Feb 25, 2013
In a 52nd-minute move from Odafa Okolie, Tolgay Ozbey's powerful shot was handled by Uga Okpara inside the East Bengal box but the Kerala referee Santosh Kumar overruled the appeal. ...
06:31 PM, Feb 09, 2013
Is the All India Football Federation's decision to revoke the I-League ban on Mohun Bagan a welcome move? Football analyst Novy Kapadia joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:16 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Dutta said it was big victory for the foursome of club president Swapan Sadhan Bose, secretary Anjan Mitra, assistant secretary Srinjoy Bose and himself. ...
07:41 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Mohun Bagan, had been banned for abandoning its I-League derby against East Bengal last December, citing security concerns. The I-League core committee of the AIFF endorsed the decision of Justice AK Ganguly. In his report, the judge concluded that Mohun Bagan's decision not to play the second half could not be supported on the grounds of force majeure. Football analyst Novy Kapadia joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on whether...
05:40 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, has joined English county side Derbyshire on a two-year contract. ...
05:05 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Mohun Bagan club on Saturday urged the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to reassess the two year I-League ban imposed on it and blamed the referee for the December 9 Derby fiasco. ...
10:50 AM, Dec 30, 2012
The country's oldest football club, with a 123-year-old history, faces the risk of being banned. Whose fault is it? The players? The unruly supporters? The club officials? Or is it the football administration? What lessons can other big sporting clubs in the country draw from this experience? ...
05:09 PM, Dec 12, 2012
I-League giants Mohun Bagan face a two-year ban for refusing to play the second half of their Kolkata derby against East Bengal after fan violence injured their player Rahim Nabi. ...
02:25 PM, Dec 11, 2012
