Sohail Tanvir wants to shed T20 specialist tag 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 that since I was selected for Pakistan and than in the Indian Premier League first season I performed well in the T20 format and since than this tag has been attached to me that I am only a specialist T20 player," Tanvir said today.

"I don't agree with that because I am in the best form of my life and I want to show everyone that I am equally good in test and one-day cricket as well," the pacer said....more    
08:53 AM, May 15, 2013

Essex grateful for England captain Alastair Cook
by AFP
London: Essex were glad to have England captain Alastair Cook on board for a rare County Championship appearance as 15 wickets fell on a dramatic first day against Hampshire at Chelmsford on Monday. The opening batsman finished the opening day of this four-day Second Division clash unbeaten on 25 in an Essex total of 5 for 72 after the hosts had dismissed Hampshire for a seemingly meagre 197 featuring 60...  
10:00 AM, Apr 30, 2013

Vikram Chatwal, arrested for allegedly carrying drugs, released New York: Indian-American hotelier Vikram Chatwal, arrested earlier this week at a Florida airport for allegedly carrying drugs, has been released on bond. According to the TMZ website, the city-based millionaire hotel owner was arrested on April 2 at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials found drugs hidden in Chatwal's luggage as he was about to board the flight. A spokeswoman at the Broward Sheriff's...  
09:20 AM, Apr 05, 2013

US: South Dakota to allow teachers to carry arms Supporters say this law could help prevent tragedies such as December's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, in which 20 students and 6 teachers died. ...  
09:01 AM, Mar 09, 2013

Hundreds of flights cancelled as storm pounds eastern US A powerful winter storm forced the cancellation of about 200 US flights on Thursday, snarling holiday travel as heavy snow and high winds pummeled the northeastern United States. ...  
12:28 AM, Dec 28, 2012

Watch: Kid Rock rocks it for Romney at last rally

Kid Rock and the Romneys were given a rousing welcome at their rally arena in New Hampshire, where Republican candidate Mitt Romney gave his last campaign speech. ...
10:46 PM, Nov 06, 2012

Romney ends campaign with rally in New Hampshire

Kid Rock and the Romneys were given a rousing welcome at their rally arena in New Hampshire, where Republican candidate Mitt Romney gave his last campaign speech. ...
06:37 PM, Nov 06, 2012

US elections: First results out from New Hampshire Washington: The first results of the US Presidential elections, by tradition, were tallied in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, New Hampshire, shortly after midnight on Monday. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney each received five votes in Dixville Notch. In Hart's Location, Obama got 23 votes to 9 votes for Romney and two votes for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. Obama and Romney face the verdict of voters on...  
01:40 PM, Nov 06, 2012

US: Obama, Romney fighting it down till the end

Obama and Romney face the verdict of voters on Tuesday after a long and bitter White House campaign, with polls showing them deadlocked in a race that will be decided in a handful of states where it is extraordinarily close. ...
12:37 PM, Nov 06, 2012

US: Full house at Mitt Romney's last rally in New Hampshire

It was a festive atmosphere at republican candidate Mitt Romney's last rally in New Hampshire before the US Presidential elections. New Hampshire is one of the nine swing states and has four electoral college votes. ...
11:53 AM, Nov 06, 2012

US Elections: Obama, Romney pursue last votes in deadlocked race Sanford: One day left in their stubbornly deadlocked race, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are storming through a final exhaustive campaign push Monday that won't end until the wee hours of Election Day in pursuit of every possible vote. Both candidates say the winner will be determined by which of their operations can get the most supporters to the polls. "This is going to be a turnout election,"...  
08:05 PM, Nov 05, 2012

Sialkot register six-wicket win over Hampshire Haris Sohail's unbeaten 63 off 57 balls were instrumental in Sialkot's six-wicket victory over Hampshire in the qualifying match of the Champions League. ...  
12:53 AM, Oct 12, 2012

CLT20, Sialkot vs Hampshire: As it happened Haris Sohail's unbeaten 63 off 57 balls were instrumental in Sialkot's six-wicket victory over Hampshire in the qualifying match of the Champions League. ...  
08:18 PM, Oct 11, 2012

CLT20, Hampshire vs Auckland: as it happened Azhar Mahmood grabbed five wickets and struck a half-century as Auckland Aces thrashed Hampshire by 8 wickets. ...  
04:18 PM, Oct 10, 2012

CLT20: Know your teams - Part One A lowdown on the first half of the CLT20 squads - Auckland, Chennai, Delhi, Hampshire, Kolkata, Lions, and Mumbai. ...  
08:26 AM, Oct 06, 2012

CLT20 allows replacements for Titans and Hampshire South Africa's Titans and England's Hampshire were allowed to replace their injured players. ...  
01:04 PM, Sep 28, 2012

Hampshire complete domestic one-day double
by AFP
Already this season's Twenty20 champions, Hampshire kept their cool to beat Warwickshire to win English cricket's 40-over final. ...  
12:25 PM, Sep 16, 2012

Pietersen woes continue with golden duck Kevin Pietersen was bowled for a first-ball duck playing for county team Surrey against Hampshire. ...  
11:17 PM, Aug 19, 2012

Sexual assault to stealing, boy goes on crime-spree
by IANS
London: A 12-year-old boy in Britain has admitted to having committed over 20 crimes, ranging from sexual assaults to stealing a model car, in just two months. His crime-spree also included a racially-aggravated beating, harassment, thefts and trying to break into a car, Daily Mail reported. The 21 offences were carried out in Portsmouth and neighbouring Southsea, in Hampshire, between May and July this year, a court was told. His...  
02:39 AM, Aug 14, 2012

Harbhajan goes wicketless in county match The Indian offspinner was wicketless until tea on day one of his side Essex's Division Two match against Hampshire. ...  
09:38 AM, Jul 20, 2012