New Delhi: There was little doubt after Anil Kumble's retirement in 2008 as to who will blow the trumpet of India's spin prowess, with Harbhajan Singh's wickets' reserve resembling a healthy green belt. But little did India know that three years later, it will play a Test with an untested spin battery while Harbhajan searched his long lost form in Ranji Trophy. For almost a decade – from 1998 to...
03:34 PM, Mar 16, 2008
Hyderabad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Alastair Cook, the captains of the India and England cricket teams respectively, unveiled the trophy on Wednesday which will be presented to winner of the five-match ODI series between them, beginning on October 14. The trophy has been designed by Frazer and Haws in silver with 24-carat gold plating, said Harlin Thayal, CEO Bharti Airtel, Andhra Pradesh. "We at Airtel are proud to associate with...
12:50 PM, Mar 09, 2008
Hyderabad: India discard Yusuf Pathan on Wednesday hoped that he would put up a good show in the Champions League Twenty 20 tournament and return to the national side soon. "I want to perform well. My endeavour would be to do well so that the team benefits and reaches the final," he said in a media interaction here ahead of the qualifying round of this year's CLT20 beginning here from...
07:43 PM, Feb 28, 2008
The Indian team's decision to skip the ICC Awards ceremony in London on Monday has created controversy, with no one really sure why the World Cup winners did not attend. ...
12:53 PM, Feb 28, 2008
London: Indian skipper MS Dhoni has become a man of few words. Even though he has stoically faced the media and the questions at the end of every lost match on this tour, Dhoni on Friday admitted that he finally has an ODI team in place which has the right combination. Injuries to key players through the English summer has cost India and it was expected that India will pull...
10:42 PM, Feb 27, 2008
Mumbai: In the twilight of his first class career that has spanned close to two decades, prolific run-getter Amol Muzumdar wants to return to play for Mumbai, the team that he led to Ranji Trophy glory five seasons ago. Muzumdar, a veteran of 158 first-class games, in which he has amassed over 10,000 runs, was given a 'No Objection Certificate' by Assam, the team that he represented over the last...
03:13 PM, Feb 27, 2008
Pallekele: Batsman Shaun Marsh is expected to make his Test debut for Australia in the second Test against Sri Lanka, replacing former captain Ricky Ponting who has returned home for the birth of his second child. The 28-year-old Marsh has played 35 one-day internationals and has a healthy 37-run average in first-class cricket. Marsh, who is accustomed to playing at the top of the batting order, should fill Ponting's No....
02:12 PM, Feb 27, 2008
Southampton: Architect of England's win in the second ODI against India, captain Alastair Cook had thought of sitting out of the game after rain interruptions almost made it a Twenty20 game, a format in which he hasn't quite made a mark so far. Cook's 63-ball 80 helped England comfortably chase down a stiff 188-run target in the 23-overs-a-side affair on Tuesday. That was mentioned (in the dressing room) but in...
12:30 PM, Feb 27, 2008
New Delhi: The BCCI might be refusing to identify itself as a NSF but Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday said that the high-profile game must be seen as nothing but just another sport. Taking a dig at the Indian Cricket Board, Maken said that since cricketers and coaches are always shortlisted for government honours, the sport should be brought under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. We consider cricket...
10:40 AM, Feb 27, 2008
Karachi: The Pakistan cricket Board is furious with a New Zealand beverage company's ad campaign in which Kiwi player Darryl Tuffey claims that Pakistani players are match-fixers. The ad campaign has also drawn a strong reaction from the Pakistani community in New Zealand and sources said it was former Test player and coach Khalid Ibadullah who drew the attention of the board towards the campaign. The commercial, which features Tuffey,...
08:07 PM, Feb 26, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan's cricket board chief Ijaz Butt on Thursday said that differences between the board and its chief selector Mohsin Khan have been resolved. Mohsin had reservations over the 15-man squad announced for this month's Test series against the West Indies and threatened to resign. Butt summoned Mohsin to the board's headquarters in Lahore on Thursday for a meeting and later stated that they have sorted out things. "Mohsin and...
01:25 PM, Jan 22, 2008
Matthew Hayden is determined to force his way into Australia's World Cup party next year. ...
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