Uninterrupted snow continues to mount miseries on people in the Valley. ...
12:33 PM, Feb 08, 2008
Melbourne: Cricket Australia says eight city-based teams in Australia's revamped Twenty20 'Big Bash' competition will have a salary cap of $1.05 million USD. The teams, including two each from Melbourne and Sydney, can sign up to 18 players, including up to two from overseas, within the cap, Cricket Australia said Wednesday. Players will be paid retainers, not match fees. Retired Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and attacking West Indies all-rounder ...
06:35 PM, Feb 07, 2008
Hong Kong: Cricket's governing body began its annual conference on Sunday with all eyes on controversial proposals to scrap its rotating presidency and bar non-Test playing nations from the next World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) kicked off four days of meetings between the chief executives' committee and executive board, followed by a full council meeting on June 30, at a glitzy hotel in downtown Hong Kong. The conference...
12:17 AM, Feb 07, 2008
Kingston: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was happy that in the absence of some of the key players youngsters took the responsibility and played a crucial role in the team's 63-run win over the West Indies in the first cricket Test on Thursday. While veteran Rahul Dravid's match winning 122 was the highlight of the match, youngsters like Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh played crucial knocks in the first innings ...
06:38 PM, Feb 06, 2008
Kingston: Mahendra Singh Dhoni became India's second most successful Test captain after guiding the side to a 63-run win over the West Indies in the first match here on Thursday. The win was Dhoni's 15th triumph from 25 Tests and by the dint of this victory, he went past Mohammed Azahauddin, who had won 14 of the 47 Tests as captain. Ganguly captained for 49 Tests and in all won ...
06:01 PM, Feb 06, 2008
Kingston: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to offer words of comfort to the West Indies after seeing his side record a 63-run victory in the first Test here on Thursday. I will not make the mistake by saying that this opposition is not good enough, he said. Every batsman can score runs. Their first seven batters have the talent that equally matches that of the current Indian team. Dhoni, ...
05:12 PM, Feb 06, 2008
Karachi: The Pakistan cricket Board is waiting for a written statement from retired captain Shahid Afridi in which he will accept his guilt of violating the board's code of conduct before he is issued a NOC to go and play abroad in foreign T20 leagues. Well-informed sources in the government and the board told PTI on Wednesday that as part of the deal that Afridi reached with the Chairman of...
07:55 PM, Feb 04, 2008
London: England batsman Eoin Morgan will return to play for his Indian Premier League franchise (IPL) Kolkata Knight Riders if he is not picked in the national side for the Test series against Sri Lanka starting Thursday. Morgan struck an unbeaten 156 while playing for England Lions against Sri Lanka in a warm-up match at Derby. The southpaw made it clear that he will fly back to India if his...
08:26 PM, Jan 27, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga is upset by reports suggesting he faked injury in order to avoid playing for his country and continue playing in the lucrative IPL. The 27-year-old Malinga made himself unavailable for Sri Lanka's three tests against England this year, citing a knee injury. With Malinga continuing to play in the IPL for Mumbai Indians, Sri Lanka chief selector Duleep Mendi conceded the situation was "awkward."...
08:05 AM, Jan 19, 2008
Chittagong: It's not often that a match-winning performance on the cricket field gets overlooked when adjudicators decide man of the match awards. But it has happened three times to Bangladesh seamer Shafiul Islam in this World Cup, each time the award going to batsmen who are as surprised as teammates and fans alike by the choice. The 21-year-old had put on spirited displays with bat and ball to keep Bangladesh's...
12:47 AM, Jan 02, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is right in saying that the team should top the group to avoid playing its quarterfinal match in India, feels former skipper Wasim Akram. "I agree with what Afridi and coach Waqar Younis have said that they would not like to play their quarterfinal in India," Wasim said from Colombo. The former fast bowling great pointed out that it would be better for Pakistan to...
02:43 AM, Dec 25, 2007
Colombo: Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara said the loss of Mahela Jayawardene and opener Tillakaratne Dilshan at a crucial stage of the match against Pakistan was a crucial factor in his team's defeat. Pakistan held their nerve to record a narrow 11-run win over the fancied home team in Colombo, leaving a sell-out crowd of 35,000 at R. Premadasa stadium bitterly disappointed. Sri Lanka, chasing a target of 278 runs...
05:27 PM, Dec 22, 2007
Mumbai: While appreciating the sentiments expressed by a few Indian cricketers, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, of the team wanting to win the World Cup for Sachin Tendulkar, former players were of the view that this should not take away the team's focus. "It is a great gesture by the Indian team if they are dedicating the World Cup to Sachin. But they cannot afford to lose focus," former stumper...
04:36 PM, Dec 12, 2007
New Delhi: India's only World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has some advice for Mahendra Singh Dhoni: Be aggressive as a captain and get back that ruthless batting of your early days as an international cricketer. Kapil's team, which won the 1983 World Cup to bring about a sea change in Indian cricket, wants Dhoni to be a more aggressive batsman. Kapil has paid a handsome compliment to Dhoni's side,...
09:33 PM, Dec 10, 2007
The signboard message of caution is being ignored every day on National Highway. ...
03:42 PM, Aug 12, 2007
Lalu told his pilot to land the chopper to land at NH28 near Muzaffarpur. ...
05:28 PM, Aug 02, 2007
It was a World War II relic and needed to make an emergency landing. ...
02:33 AM, Jul 25, 2007
The flood situation in Rajasthan has improved over the past 24 hours. ...
02:32 PM, Jul 09, 2007
The Centre is all set to build 600 km of highways in Orissa to be called POSCO roads. ...
04:52 PM, Jun 27, 2007
Environmentalists say it could spell disaster not just for the local ecology but also affect water supply into Indi ...
11:16 PM, Jun 20, 2007
