London: England must beat India by at least two clear matches in the forthcoming series to be ranked as the world's top Test team. Anything less will be insufficient to remove their opponents from the No. 1 spot they have occupied since last year. At present, England are in third place on 117 points, behind India on 125 and South Africa on 118. A win for England by 1-0 or...
11:11 AM, Feb 12, 2008
Manchester: England one-day captain Alastair Cook is determined to avoid taking his fine form for granted as he leads the side into their series-decider against Sri Lanka at Old Trafford on Saturday. Cook made a career-best 119 in a six-wicket defeat at Lord's last weekend and followed that up with an unbeaten 95 off just 75 balls as England thrashed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets at Trent Bridge on Wednesday...
10:55 AM, Feb 11, 2008
Lahore: Former Test spinner Akram Raza, who was recently arrested on charges of illegal betting, has said he will share the details of the police case against him with the PCB but only after the verdict of the court. Raza, who is on the PCB's elite umpires panel, was arrested by the Gulberg police early this month while cracking down on a gang of bookmakers, involved in illegal betting on...
12:01 PM, Jan 30, 2008
New Delhi: Indiawin Sports Pvt Ltd, the owner of Mumbai Indians IPL team that is currently leading the tally in the ongoing 20-20 cricket tournament, has posted a net loss of Rs 15.42 crore for the fiscal year 2010-11. Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians (MI) team is owned by IndiaWin Sports Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary company of RIL. The financial details of the IPL franchise has been disclosed by industrialist Mukesh...
08:41 AM, Jan 24, 2008
New Delhi: Mindful of Sachin Tendulkar's ability and having watched Yuvraj Singh's all-round show, the Netherlands skipper Peter Borren says his bowlers would look to get the two India batsmen out early when they face off in a group B match of the cricket World Cup. Borren conceded that it would be quite an uphill task for the European nation to beat the world number two side. "Sachin is a...
10:54 AM, Dec 28, 2007
Dhaka: India take on Bangladesh in the 2011 World Cup opener on Saturday with a chance to exact revenge for a shock loss in the previous edition four years ago. Bangladesh ensured India's early exit in the first round of the 2007 tournament in the Caribbean and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is determined to avoid any repeat on the subcontinent. Dhoni's men have won both their warmup games ahead of...
11:03 AM, Dec 17, 2007
Chennai: Left-arm pace bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe paid a generous tribute to Makhaya Ntini on Friday but took pains to avoid comparisons with the pioneer for black South African cricketers. "He's played a big role for me. I played with him in the franchise system back home. He played a huge role for the black community in South Africa and played a part in my success also," Tsotsobe told a news...
11:47 AM, Dec 13, 2007
Former Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly breaks his silence after being snubbed by IPL teams. ...
10:25 AM, Nov 30, 2007
Islamabad: An ICC tribunal\'s decision to defer the spot-fixing verdict until next month will give renewed hope to suspended Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir, his lawyer said Thursday. Shahid Karim, who represented Amir at the International Cricket Council\'s anti-corruption tribunal in Doha, was confident the player will be exonerated when its decision is announced on February 5. \"The last day of the (six-day) hearing was very positive,\" Karim said. The...
10:21 AM, Nov 29, 2007
New Delhi: The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) has said that IPL Franchisees may start the process of signing up the uncapped players for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League from Monday. The signing of uncapped players will give a final shape to the squads of 10 teams in the fray. The teams will use the remaining balance of their USD nine million salary cap to buy these players....
10:29 AM, Nov 28, 2007
The markets opened with gap down on the back of weak cues from the Asian markets. ...
10:51 AM, Nov 21, 2007
The Sensex was up 210.94 points or 1.08 per cent at 19801.72. ...
11:11 AM, Nov 06, 2007
Sensex was up 54.48 points or 0.28 per cent at 19837.99. ...
10:36 AM, Oct 31, 2007
Metal, capital goods and oil & gas stocks did well in Thursday's trade. ...
11:13 AM, Sep 20, 2007
The rate cut comes after four years on account of recession concerns in the US. ...
10:28 AM, Sep 19, 2007
The markets opened on quiet note with weak cues from the global markets. ...
10:18 AM, Sep 18, 2007
The markets ended the day with marginal losses on sccount of selling pressure seen in index pivotals. ...
11:01 AM, Sep 07, 2007
The markets ended the day on a flat note after hovering around its previous close for major part of the day. ...
12:31 PM, Sep 05, 2007
The markets have opened flat in line with its Asian peers. ...
11:23 AM, Sep 04, 2007
The markets ended higher after some initial hiccups shrugging off any political concerns and uncertainties. ...
11:57 AM, Aug 24, 2007
