
London: Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns told the High Court in London on Monday that an accusation of match-fixing had reduced his career to dust and strained his marriage. Cairns, 41, is suing Lalit Modi, the former chairman of Twenty20 franchise the Indian Premier League (IPL), for substantial libel damages over an unequivocal allegation made on Twitter. His lawyer, Andrew Caldecott, told judge David Bean, who is hearing...

09:20 PM, Apr 30, 2008

London: Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has suffered a hairline fracture of his right thumb and will bat on the final day of the second Test at Lord's here on Tuesday only if absolutely necessary, a team spokesman said. Dilshan himself initially played down the extent of his injury after twice being hit on the thumb by England fast bowler Chris Tremlett while making 193 - the highest individual Test...

12:12 AM, Feb 02, 2008