Pallekele: Offspinner Saeed Ajmal took 4 for 30 as Pakistan survived a late New Zealand charge to register a 13-run victory in a World Twenty20 Group D match on Sunday. Nasir Jamshed smashed two fours and four sixes in a career-best 56 off 35 balls and led Pakistan to 177 for 6 against some inconsistent New Zealand fielding. New Zealand looked out of the game when it needed 34 off...
01:10 AM, Jun 30, 2008
Australia Innings Australia 100 for 1 in 9.1 overs chasing 192 to win against West Indies. If there is no play, Australia will win (D/L). Rain has disrupted the Australia vs West Indies play. The ground-staff rushed out with covers. This could work in favour of Australia here. The par score, according to D/L, is 83 so Australia were well ahead at the time rain stopped play at R.Premadasa ....
07:20 PM, Jun 29, 2008
London: Stating that he is available for all three formats of the game, Chris Gayle has said that all the differences with the WICB have been resolved and he is now looking forward to contributing to West Indies cricket. Everything has been rectified, said Gayle, who played for the first time for the West Indies since the 2011 World Cup against Middlesex yesterday. The main objective is to contribute to...
04:39 PM, May 31, 2008
Dubai: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq on Friday hit back at criticism after his side's 4-0 defeat in the one-day series against England, urging a change of mindset among detractors. I have said that even after the Test series win that we have to keep patience, said Misbah following his team's eight-run win in the first of three Twenty20 internationals against England on Thursday. Pakistan routed England in the three-Tests 3-0...
11:39 AM, Apr 27, 2008
Auckland: Having split the first two Twenty20 fixtures, New Zealand and South Africa will be looking to come out all guns blazing, when the two sides clash in the third and deciding game at Eden Park on Wednesday. While the Kiwis got over the line in the first match by six wickets, the South Africans romped home in the second, winning by eight wickets with four overs to spare. Richard...
11:18 AM, Apr 26, 2008
Dubai: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said on Thursday that critics should stop doubting the bowling action of his star offspinner Saeed Ajmal. Ajmal was named man of the match after his 10-wicket haul as Pakistan stunned top-ranked England with a 10-wicket victory in the first Test on Thursday. Three years ago, Ajmal was reported for a suspect bowling action in Australia before he was cleared by the International Cricket Council. Critics...
12:33 PM, Apr 13, 2008
Dubai: Even if India manages to win the next two Tests against Australia, it will still lose its second place in the ICC Test ranking to South Africa. India have conceded a 0-2 lead to Australia in the four-match series. If the series in Australia ends in a draw, then India and South Africa will be locked at 117 ratings points but the Proteas will be ranked ahead of India...
06:16 PM, Apr 08, 2008
Chennai: Chairman of India's selection committee Kris Srikkanth expressed his shock and disappointment at the team's performance in the ongoing Test series against Australia. The tourists crashed to an innings and 68-run loss in the second Test in Sydney on Friday following their 122-run drubbing in Melbourne. We are pretty disappointed and shocked to see the performance, Srikkanth said as India suffered another humiliating defeat Down Under. The former Indian...
01:09 PM, Apr 08, 2008
New Delhi: India's injured opener Virender Sehwag is hopeful of recovering in time for the high-profile tour of England starting in July, media reports said on Tuesday. Sehwag, captain of the Delhi Daredevils franchise in the Indian Premier League, underwent an operation on his shoulder in London last week and has already been ruled out of India's tour of West Indies beginning June 4. I think I will able to...
07:55 AM, Jan 26, 2008
New Delhi: The cash-rich Indian Premier League has thrown up some exciting players in the last three years and the same has been the case in the fourth edition where we have seen the likes of Paul Valthaty, Rahul Sharma, Ambati Rayudu and Siddarth Trivedi. While many have proved their ability with some scintillating performances, some of the established stars have looked like fading away. Here are few big name...
12:34 AM, Jan 26, 2008
Harare: All-rounder Sean Ervine was back in Zimbabwe colors for the first time in seven years when he was named in its 15-man squad on Wednesday for next month's World Cup. The 28-year-old Ervine this week quit English County Championship side Hampshire to resume his international career with Zimbabwe. Ervine played five Tests and 42 one-day internationals from 2001 until 2004, when he was involved in a players' dispute with...
02:00 AM, Nov 29, 2007
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01:13 PM, Sep 19, 2007
What used to be World Trade Centre is now a construction site. ...
04:04 PM, Aug 06, 2007
BJP says Cong hatching 'conspiracy' to keep it out of power in Goa. ...
05:23 PM, Jul 27, 2007
Halle Berry told a magazine that she was so depressed after her breakup with her ex-husband that she tried to take her life. ...
11:29 AM, Mar 30, 2007
The ceremony was held in the new capital of Naypyidaw for the second time, after years of being observed in Yangon. ...
11:53 AM, Mar 28, 2007
With the carnival in Goa in full swing, Brazil is not far behind. Here are some colourful images of the event. ...
09:21 AM, Feb 17, 2007
An American publication has listed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf as one of world's worst dictators. ...
12:55 AM, Feb 12, 2007
Putin will arrive in New Delhi on a two-day official visit on January 25, heading a high-level delegation. ...
08:47 AM, Jan 19, 2007
The Indian Army celebrated its 59th Army Day on Monday, with a parade at the Cantonment grounds in the Capital. ...
08:32 PM, Jan 15, 2007
