Karachi: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, who is the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing World Cup with 14 wickets, today said his success as a bowler has a lot to do with his changed mindset. "There is no magic involved in my bowling now it is just that I have now started seeing myself as a bowling all-rounder rather than a batting all-rounder. I am now paying a lot of attention...
06:27 PM, Dec 27, 2007
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01:41 PM, Dec 25, 2007
Karachi: Pakistan's One-day captain Shahid Afridi wants the International Cricket Council (ICC) to consider increasing the number of Umpire decision review system (UDRS) appeals allowed to a particular team. Unlike his Indian counterpart Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is not happy with the UDRS, Afridi said the system had worked well for most teams in the World Cup. The use of the UDRS is a positive development and it would not...
01:34 PM, Dec 25, 2007
New Delhi: Ireland's Kevin O'Brien smashed the fastest World Cup century in 50 balls against England in a Group B match on Wednesday. O'Brien hit six sixes and 13 fours in his swashbuckling innings of 113 off 63 balls as Ireland stun England by 3 wickets. The honour of the fastest World Cup ton earlier belonged to Australia's Matthew Hayden who scored his century off 66 balls against South Africa...
06:51 PM, Dec 24, 2007
New Delhi: Former captain Kapil Dev on Wednesday came to the rescue of under-fire Indian bowlers' after their poor show in the World Cup, saying these were the same bowlers who won India many matches in the past two years. India's batting was phenomenal in their first two games against Bangladesh and England, but bowling was a big let down with the bowlers getting smashed all over the park. In...
03:29 PM, Dec 24, 2007
Bangalore: Ireland's Kevin O'Brien hit a sensational 113 from 63 balls to give his team an improbable three-wicket win over England and one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history. Ireland looked down and out at 111-5 in reply to England's 327-8 but O'Brien clubbed six sixes and 13 fours to power his side to victory with 329-7 — smashing Matthew Hayden's record for the quickest World Cup century...
01:42 PM, Dec 24, 2007
Bangalore: Senior players, including Sachin Tendulkar, chose to give training a miss but eight other members of India's World Cup squad had a one-hour training session at the National Cricket Academy here on Wednesday. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was among the eight who trained during the optional session ahead of the March 6 Group B clash against Ireland. Those who chose to stay back at the hotel included pace spearhead...
01:05 PM, Dec 24, 2007
Mohali: South Africa take on Netherlands in the World Cup on Thursday with the Dutch side's South African-born batsman Ryan ten Doeschate looking forward to facing his former compatriots in the Group B contest. Thursday's match will be the first of the tournament at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali and Netherlands are unlikely to mark the event with a maiden victory over the Proteas. South Africa have had...
12:37 PM, Dec 24, 2007
Colombo: You cannot miss Lasith Malinga. He is the Sri Lanka slingshot shock weapon with the fancy goldilocks highlights in his hair. He is also on up on the Australian pace trio of Brett Lee, Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson. Two World Cup hattricks on the Malinga CV makes him special and is why a battle of sharp-edged pace is expected to explode in Khettarama on Saturday night. This is...
11:25 AM, Dec 24, 2007
Colombo: Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga became the first man to pick up two hat-tricks in World Cups when he skittled out three Kenyan tailenders in their Group A match on Tuesday. Malinga, who missed his side's opening two matches with a sore back, fired back with 6-38 including the wickets of Tanmay Mishra (0), Peter Ongondo (0) and Shem Ngoche (0) with successive, full deliveries - the latter two clean...
07:49 AM, Dec 24, 2007
Bangalore: Ireland captain William Porterfield has urged his side to be "cricket-smart" when they face England in a World Cup clash here on Wednesday. The Irish, who knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup, were on course for another victory over a Test nation when they held Bangladesh to 205 runs in their opening match of this tournament. But a batting collapse saw a side featuring several players with...
04:04 AM, Dec 24, 2007
Colombo: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Tuesday asked his team to be more consistent and make winning a habit if it hopes to go all the way in the ongoing cricket World Cup. Pakistan had a tumultuous build-up to their World Cup campaign, which was ridden by captaincy issues and a spot-fixing scandal. But once the World Cup kicked off, Shahid Afridi's men zoomed to top of Group A after...
11:35 PM, Dec 23, 2007
Melbourne: Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will not be able to mentor the next generation spin talents Down Under because of prior commitments, which includes playing in the Indian Premier League in May. The veteran of 800 Test wickets was supposed to spend some time at Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane tutoring the budding spinners of the country. "Unfortunately, Murali will not be able to make it," said...
11:28 PM, Dec 23, 2007
New Delhi: India opener Virender Sehwag is in the capital to consult his personal physician for a rib injury he suffered during a practice session last week. Sehwag took a day's break from training after being hit by a local bowler at the nets last Friday. He is, however, expected to fly back to Bangalore and join his teammates on Wednesday, according to sources. Though it is not a major...
10:29 PM, Dec 23, 2007
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council on Wednesday advised MS Dhoni to read the UDRS rules before questioning its implementation as the Indian skipper expressed his disappointment with the use of technology following the controversy surrounding Ian Bell's decision in the tied World Cup game with England on Sunday. Talking to CNN-IBN exclusively, ICC's General Manager, Dave Richardson, said Dhoni should be aware of the rules that assist in making...
09:36 PM, Dec 23, 2007
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