Colombo: Offspinner Graeme Swann took two wickets in three balls of the penultimate over on the fourth day to put England on a strong footing for a series-levelling win in the second Test against Sri Lanka on Friday. After captain Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera shared 90 runs for the fifth wicket to rescue their team from a vulnerable 125 for 4, Sri Lanka slumped to 218 for 6 at...
03:56 PM, May 09, 2008
Mumbai: Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has lamented the lack of patience among young Indian batsmen, in the wake of India's back-to-back overseas whitewashes in Tests in England and Australia, and says the solution is to give under-19 players early exposure to bouncy tracks. Gambhir suggested that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) organise adequate overseas tours for U-19 teams, to give younger players the required exposure, which...
02:09 AM, May 08, 2008
Kingston: Explosive opening batsman Chris Gayle has signed an agreement with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) with a rider that he is honour-bound to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the English Friends Provident Twenty20 league this season, making it difficult for his return to international cricket. It was revealed on Sunday that Gayle had signed the agreement, brokered by Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), with...
01:47 AM, May 07, 2008
Rise, cheer, shed a tear, or just clap in awe. The milestone which for some was awaited with bated breath, for others seen as merely a number, for some a zenith has finally arrived. He searched it the world over, for over a year, not knowing that the landmark would come near to home. And today, March 16, 2012, he finally found it, in Bangladesh. Sachin Tendulkar is a 100-century ...
01:14 AM, May 04, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lanka is to undertake a major overhaul of its national cricket team and coaching staff ahead of the country's tour of Australia later this month, a media report said on Thursday. Skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan is tipped to be replaced by former captain Mahela Jayawardene while Australian coach Geoff Marsh is also likely to be asked to go, the local Daily Mirror said. It said the national cricket board...
12:51 AM, Apr 13, 2008
More than halfway into the Ranji Trophy season, Rajasthan, defending champions, were languishing in the bottom half of their pool. They had conceded the first-innings lead in five consecutive matches, yet had not lost or won a fixture. From having five points from five matches, Rajasthan rallied to retain their Elite Division place. They won the quarter-finals against Hyderabad on the basis of a first-innings lead and then beat Haryana...
03:02 PM, Apr 12, 2008
Melbourne: Australia are hopeful that debutant opener Ed Cowan will take the field on the third day of the first Test against India on Wednesday after receiving treatment for a sore back. Cowan, who scored 68 to be Australia's top-scorer in the first innings, was on and off the field on Tuesday and spent much of the second day with team physio Alex Kountouris. He was replaced by substitute fielder...
12:17 AM, Apr 04, 2008
The first time Michael Clarke captained an Australian side, it was in a Twenty20 against New Zealand in December 2007. Regular skipper Ricky Ponting had opted to rest ahead of a big home series against India, which Australia then the top-ranked team in the world won amid plenty of drama and no little controversy. Four years later, India are back in Australia and this time Clarke now permanent captain is...
11:30 AM, Apr 01, 2008
New Delhi: The second round of Ranji Trophy ties will begin on Thursday and teams will be looking to come out of their comfort zones and score outright wins. All eyes will be again on star players like Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Parthiv Patel to name a few. Jadeja, Rohit, Raina and Patel were off to flying starts in the first round, scoring big centuries. Harbhajan,...
11:07 PM, Mar 17, 2008
The left-arm pacer said his rhythm is getting back and the upcoming Ranji matches will be important for his progress. ...
02:07 AM, Mar 15, 2008
New Delhi: Giving wings to their dreams, India opener Virender Sehwag on Saturday offered to provide one-month free training to eight young cricketers below 18 years at his sports academy in Jhajjar, Haryana. An event titled "Viru v/s You" provided 100 young aspirants with an opportunity to bowl Sehwag out and win a month's free training at his academy. As it turned out, none of the youngster managed to get...
08:43 PM, Mar 13, 2008
Karachi: The return of former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi for next month's one-day series against Sri Lanka appears imminent after the flamboyant cricketer decided to come out of a self-imposed exile from the game earlier this month. Afridi has been assured by some political figures, who supported his comeback, that he would be in the national team for the ODI series against Sri Lanka if he revoked his retirement decision,...
03:06 AM, Mar 13, 2008
Hyderabad: A gutsy cameo by Kolkata's Dutch all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate helped them qualify for the group stage even though Kolkata Knight Riders lost the match to Somerset by 11 runs at Hyderabad on Wednesday to end the qualifying event. Chasing 167,KKR finished at 155 for eight in their allotted 20 overs. Kolkata made heavy weather of the of their chase to be reeling at four for 47 at one...
10:47 PM, Mar 01, 2008
Chennai: New South Wales all-rounder Steve O'Keefe is disappointed with BCCI's decision to terminate his IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala and said it would be a shame if he doesn't get a chance to play for the team. The BCCI terminated Kochi's contract, citing "irremediable breach" of terms and conditions. "I watched it on Hindi TV and couldn't understand what was going on. I only knew what you guys know...
04:25 PM, Mar 01, 2008
Harare: Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 28 runs in the third one-day international on Wednesday to complete a clean sweep of the three-match series. Pace bowler Aizaz Cheema claimed a career-best 4-43 as Zimbabwe was restricted to 242-9 in 50 overs after Pakistan posted 270-5. Zimbabwe gave us a tough time in every single game and I think there will be more to come from them, especially if they continue to...
04:52 PM, Feb 28, 2008
Mumbai: Until now, Darrell Hair - the former ICC umpire - was known to be solely critical of Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's bowling action but now, in his 360-page book (The Best Interest of the Game), the Australian has made sensational revelations about suspect bowling actions of other Asian bowlers too. Bowlers like Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar will always have suspect actions, Hair told MiD DAY from Sydney...
07:15 PM, Feb 24, 2008
Nairobi: Dominic Wesonga starred with bat and ball on debut for Kenya on the first day of the ICC Intercontinental Cup match against United Arab Emirates on Thursday. Wesonga claimed 2-29 as the UAE was bowled out for 213, with Khurram Khan top-scoring on 85 and Saqib Ali adding 45. Hiren Varaiya had the best bowling figures for Kenya, taking 4-45, while Lucas Oluoch chipped in with 3-58. Wesonga then...
02:13 AM, Feb 16, 2008
Indian born writer Nikita Lalwani’s
Gifted' was on the Booker longlist ...
12:49 PM, Feb 01, 2008
Indore: Still in with an outside chance of making it to the play-offs, a bruised Rajasthan Royals will be eyeing nothing less than a victory when they take on an inconsistent Kochi Tuskers Kerala in their crucial IPL match on Sunday. Rajasthan are currently placed at the fifth position in the team standings with 11 points from 12 games. But to qualify for the play-offs, the Shane Warne-led side first...
01:00 AM, Jan 25, 2008
Ricky Ponting says his team didn't take India lightly and tells how his incredible century won Australia the World Cup. ...
09:01 PM, Dec 11, 2007
