Himachal Pradesh DGP Ashwini Kumar has taken over as the new chief of CBI. ...
02:23 AM, Aug 01, 2008
New Delhi: Wasim Akram feels the presence of former Pakistan legspinner Mushtaq Ahmed as a spin bowling coach of England will boost the team and prepare them better to exploit the Indian conditions during the four-Test series starting in Ahmedabad Thursday. "The presence of Mushtaq Ahmed will stand England in good stead. Mushy has been with the English team for the last six years and the former Pakistan leg-spinner has...
11:49 PM, Jul 18, 2008
Hambantota: Sri Lanka won the five-match one-day international series against New Zealand 3-0 after the final match was abandoned because of rain after 28 overs of play on Monday. The hosts won all three matches in this rain-hit series under the Duckworth/Lewis method. New Zealand captain Ross Taylor won the toss and asked Sri Lanka to bat first, and they slumped to 123 for eight when rain stopped play. Upul ...
01:29 AM, Jul 18, 2008
Dhaka: A 15-member West Indies squad led by Darren Sammy arrived in Dhaka Monday for a series involving two Tests, five One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 against Bangladesh. The West Indies will start their tour with a Test match against the hosts at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here Nov 12-17, reports Xinhua. The visitors will play the second Test match at the Sheikh Abu Nasser Stadium in Khulna, 180...
11:35 PM, Jul 15, 2008
Bridgetown: West Indies cricket coach Otis Gibson has described pacer Fidel Edwards as a capable replacement for fast bowler Kemar Roach who will miss the Test series in Bangladesh next month. Roach is suffering from a knee injury and could be sidelined for about a month but may heal in time to play the one-day series. Fidel was a member of the squad that played in the recent ICC World ...
11:15 PM, Jul 14, 2008
Chennai: Ishant Sharma and Amit Mishra grabbed three wickets each as North Zone shot out West Zone for a mere 164 in their first innings on the third and penultimate day to virtually seal a semi-final berth in the Duleep Trophy here on Monday. Ishant (4 for 29), who had dismissed Ajinkya Rahane on Sunday, ripped through the opposition top order while Mishra (3 for 41) did the same by...
01:11 AM, Jul 05, 2008
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Port-of-Spain: A crisis appears to have been averted between the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (T&TCB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) making sure that 15 players selected for the Champions League will be turn out when the tournament starts Oct 10 in South Africa. It is alleged that the five players who are currently in Sri Lanka representing the West Indies at the World Cup had asked WIPA...
11:29 PM, Jul 03, 2008
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has withdrawn Abdur Rehman from the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in the wake of Test spinner failing a dope test in England. A PCB official said that Rehman has been withdrawn from the Sialkot Stallions squad that would represent Pakistan in the Champions League qualifying tournament this month. We have been informed by the England and Wales Cricket Board that Rehman has failed a ...
11:10 PM, Jul 02, 2008
Colombo: The Indian team's way of handling senior opener Virender Sehwag and the player's own attitude in this ongoing World Twenty20 is certain to raise questions whether all is well in the Indian camp. On the eve of the high-voltage match against arch rivals Pakistan, Sehwag was again seen skipping the entire net session although he did participate in a football game. While skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli...
01:36 AM, Jul 02, 2008
Unmukt Chand is the flavor of the season, having led India to their third Under-19 World Cup with an unbeaten 111 in the final against Australia to emerge as the Man of the Match. His superlative performance has drawn accolades from all quarters, not least from former Australian captain Ian Chappell who believes the 19-year-old is ready for international cricket and must be immediately drafted into the senior Indian team. ...
12:59 AM, Jun 22, 2008
London: England captain Andrew Strauss was hailed as an outstanding leader, as he became only the ninth England player to appear in 100 Tests when leading the side against South Africa at Lord's on Thursday. The match, also Strauss's 50th as England captain, was taking place on the Middlesex batsman's home ground, where he scored a hundred on Test debut against New Zealand back in 2004. England and Wales Cricket ...
12:40 AM, Jun 17, 2008
Mumbai: BCCI has said that it will first like to examine every bit of information about Rahul Sharma being tested positive for drugs before reaching a decision on penalising the Indian cricketer. Police sources, however, have said that the cricketer faces arrest. The legspinner, along with South African allrounder Wayne Parnell, has been tested positive for consumption of drugs at a rave party held in a posh Juhu hotel in ...
12:50 AM, Jun 11, 2008
New Delhi: As the Indian team is getting ready for their season opening tour of Sri Lanka in a couple of days time, BCCI president N Srinivasan and chief coach Duncan Fletcher will meet on Tuesday to discuss the twin Test series debacles in England and Australia. The president [Srinivasan] will be meeting [Duncan] Fletcher tomorrow before the team leaves for Sri Lanka. The 0-8 debacle would certainly come up ...
11:15 PM, Jun 09, 2008
St. John's, Antigua: Head coach Roddy Estwick says he has high hopes for the West Indies side at the next month's ICC Under-19 World Cup in Australia. Pointing to their preparations and the fact that they had been together for a while, Estwick said he expected the side to perform well in what would be a "tough tour of duty", reports
Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC). "We have a very good ...
11:16 PM, Jun 08, 2008
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings' opener Faf du Plessis said the defending champions need to bat well in the middle overs to produce better results in the ongoing Indian Premier League. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men suffered a batting collapse in their chase of 156 as they lost their IPL match against Kings XI Punjab by seven runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday. I think we lost a little bit ...
01:33 AM, May 17, 2008
New Delhi: Former cricketers on Thursday welcomed the government's nomination of Sachin Tendulkar for a Rajya Sabha seat, saying that it was a great honour and the iconic batsman deserved it for bringing laurels to the country. Former wicketkeeper Kiran More described the government's move as good news for the sports fraternity. It's great news. It's good for the entire sport fraternity. It's undoubtedly a great honour for Tendulkar and ...
03:44 AM, May 16, 2008
Cuttack: They have suffered yet another defeat – their fifth in a row –on Sunday but Deccan Chargers’ skipper Kumar Sangakkara said their bowlers have done well and it's their batting that has not clicked much. Deccan could only post a modest 126 for 7 against Kolkata Knight Riders and went on to lose the match by five wickets. The Sri Lankan also took solace from the fact that at ...
02:09 AM, May 15, 2008
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11:22 PM, May 12, 2008
Mohali: Former Pakistan allrounder Azhar Mahmood, who is now a British citizen, has finally got an Indian visa and would be joining his IPL team Kings XI Punjab soon, skipper Adam Gilchrist said here on Thursday. I have just been told that he has received a visa, Gilchrist said after his side beat Pune Warriors India here on Thursday. Gilchrist, who is also the team's coach, said Mahmood (37) should ...
11:30 PM, May 11, 2008
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar is likely to miss Wednesday's IPL 5 game against Rajasthan Royals but cannot be ruled out of the entire tournament, according to Mumbai Indians' team mentor and bowling coach Shaun Pollock. It's a long tournament, so we give him every chance, every game to see if he will be fit. I am not sure about tomorrow, whether there will be enough time [for him to be fit]. ...
11:32 PM, May 10, 2008
