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02:41 PM, Feb 18, 2009
Nottingham: Stunned by the humiliating defeat at the Lord's, India will have to quickly get their act together as they go into the second Test against England here on Friday with a serious threat to their status as the number one team. The demoralised Indians, who lost the first Test by a resounding 196 runs, will have to pull up their socks if they hope to prevent the hosts from...
10:43 PM, Feb 15, 2008
London: Zaheer Khan's hamstring injury in the ongoing Lord's Test between England and India is yet another addition to the list of fitness problems that the World Champions have been struggling to come to terms with in the recent past. Zaheer's absence has once again left a gaping hole in Team India's pace attack which has depended heavily on the left arm pacer for quite a while now. He has...
04:48 PM, Feb 14, 2008
New Delhi: The contest between the two hottest teams in international cricket at the home of cricket will not just go down as a colossal clash. The first Test beginning from July 21 at Lord's will be the 2000th Test in the history of the game and will mark a century of clashes between India and England. After the thrilling drawn game in the ICC World Cup against India, England...
12:37 PM, Feb 13, 2008
Lahore: Pakistan assistant coach Aaqib Javed feels that the revised rules of restricting the elective Powerplays between the 16th and 40th overs of each innings as well as use of two new balls - one from each end, could frustrate and hurt bowlers in international cricket. Former Pakistan pacer Aaqib said that the rules will eventually force the fast bowlers to shift their focus from reverse swing to traditional swing...
10:31 AM, Feb 12, 2008
Leeds: Sri Lanka are contemplating resting Mahela Jayawardene from games in order to prolong the star batsman's career. The only people who appeared to need Jayawardene to take a break at Headingley here on Friday were England's bowlers as the 34-year-old marked his 343rd one-day international with a career-best 144. Jayawardene's innings powered Sri Lanka to 309 for five and laid the platform for a 69-run win in the second...
07:35 PM, Feb 08, 2008
New Delhi: Defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have been drawn in Group A of the 2011 Champions League T20 tournament that will be held from September 23 to October 9, it was announced on Thursday. As many as 13 teams have the chance to go for Champions League T20 glory this season with seven teams already divided into two groups and six more competing for three remaining...
10:35 PM, Feb 07, 2008
New Delhi: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram on Monday said that India's youngsters "wasted" their opportunity by their inconsistent performances in the One-day series against the West Indies. India won the series 3-2 but the West Indies did well to reduce the margin of victory. It was a good chance for the likes of Subramaniam Badrinath, Shikhar Dhawan, Parthiv Patel and Manoj Tiwary but they all ended the series with...
09:18 PM, Feb 05, 2008
Southampton: Ian Bell's second hundred in three matches helped England stay on top in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl here on Sunday. Sri Lanka were 112 for three in their second innings at stumps on the fourth day -- still 81 runs behind England's first innings 377 for eight declared. England, pressing for a win that would give them the series 2-0, saw...
04:00 PM, Feb 05, 2008
Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket is seeking government grants and a soft loan to meet part of the $69 million it spent on co-hosting the 2011 World Cup, the island's sports minister said on Tuesday. The governing body has asked for a grant of two billion rupees ($18.35 million) and a 1.5-billion-rupee loan from the state-run Bank of Ceylon, minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said. "Sri Lanka Cricket ran out of funds after...
03:29 PM, Feb 04, 2008
Colombo: Australia will play two Twenty20 games, five one-dayers and three Tests during their tour of Sri Lanka in August-September, Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Monday. The newly-built Pallekelle International Stadium in the central town of Kandy will host the Twenty20 games as well as the opening one-dayer and the second Test match. Another new cricket facility in the southern district of Hambantota will host two one-day games. Both venues...
01:33 AM, Feb 04, 2008
Johannesburg: Former skipper Ray Jennings feels that AB de Villiers has the potential to become a good South African cricket captain. Jennings, coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, said De Villiers, who played for the same franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL), has a sharp cricket brain. AB has a sharp cricket brain. He assesses situations quickly and acts accordingly. I certainly don't believe that South African cricket made a...
03:55 PM, Feb 02, 2008
Wellington: Jamie Siddons has been appointed coach of Wellington province in New Zealand's domestic competition following his spell in charge of Bangladesh's national team. Siddons' three-and-a-half-year tenure with Bangladesh ended in April after the World Cup. The 47-year-old Australian had previously been an assistant coach of Australia under John Buchanan, who was recently appointed New Zealand's national director of cricket. Wellington chief executive Gavin Larsen confirmed on Monday that Siddons...
08:11 PM, Feb 01, 2008
Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said he wants to play in the Indian Premier League for a few more years before looking at other cricketing assignments. I (would) like to play for some more years in IPL. May be after four or five years, I will think about other option, Ganguly, who was initially unsold in the IPL auction but later played for Pune Warriors as a...
04:14 PM, Feb 01, 2008
Dubai: The ICC on Wednesday appointed India's Yogendra Pal Singh, a former joint-director with the Central Bureau of Investigation, as the head of its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU). Singh, 55, takes over from another Indian Ravi Sawani, who is retiring after holding the post since November 2007. Sawani will, however, be involved with the ACSU as a consultant so that his extensive knowledge and experience are available to the...
05:29 PM, Jan 31, 2008
Lahore: The PCB has released a partial amount of outstanding to controversial wicketkeeper, Zulqarnain Haider, who faces a grilling from the board's disciplinary committee for embarrassing Pakistan cricket last year. A senior board official confirmed to PTI that the PCB had released around 40 per cent of money that was due to Zulqarnain for representing the national team last year. The board is said to owe the runaway keeper around...
07:38 AM, Jan 31, 2008
Mumbai: After guiding defending champions Chennai Super Kings to their third IPL final in four seasons here on Tuesday night, Suresh Raina said his aim was to stay till the end and win the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the play-off qualifier. I knew it was important to stay till the end. Zaheer Khan was bowling well, but I had to play my shots. I stayed positive. It was...
03:33 PM, Jan 29, 2008
New Delhi: Suresh Raina smashed an unbeaten 73 off 50 just balls as defending champions Chennai Super Kings produced a stunning turn around to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets on Tuesday and storm into the Indian Premier League final for the third time out of four occasions. Chasing a daunting target, Chennai would have hoped for the openers to take the team off to a good start. However...
03:31 PM, Jan 29, 2008
New Delhi: The first play-off in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday was supposed to be between demolition man Chris Gayle and the Chennai Super Kings. But that contest came a cropper with R Ashwin getting rid of the Jamaican early in the innings. As soon as Gayle departed, there was a question mark on whether Bangalore, who have right through the...
03:29 PM, Jan 29, 2008
London: England fast bowler James Anderson has said his team's target of getting to the top of the Test rankings is a realistic one and they will stake their claim for it by beating Sri Lanka and India at home this summer. Anderson, who played a key role in England's Ashes triumph in Australia, said winning against the number one side and World Champion India and Sri Lanka will take...
09:37 PM, Jan 28, 2008
