Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson took two wickets each and helped their team bowl out SA for just 225. ...
05:49 PM, Nov 30, 2012
A brief look at the former Aussie captain's career spanning over 17 years. ...
02:00 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Johannesburg: South Africa reduced its 2011 home series against Australia from three Tests to two on Friday because of "time constraints," the latest sign that Twenty20 was threatening the five-day game as cricket's showpiece format. For the first time, a tour involving the teams will feature as many T20 internationals as Tests. Cricket South Africa confirmed the schedule would consist of two Tests, three one-day internationals and two Twenty20s in...
04:46 PM, Jan 22, 2008
Kolkata: Brad Haddin's Indian Premier League campaign was cut short after the KKR wicketkeeper was detected with a fractured finger. An MRI in New Delhi on Thursday revealed that the injury sustained during Australia's series in Bangladesh has not healed as he is all set to fly home and undergo a surgery. The 33-year-old Aussie wicketkeeper was not available for the first three outings of the KKR as he was...
11:22 AM, Jan 20, 2008
New Delhi: Indian opener Virender Sehwag reckons the BCCI did the right thing by appointing Duncan Fletcher as coach soon after Gary Kirsten's departure as it has given the Zimbabwean enough time to settle with the side. It's good for India. It's a good thing that the BCCI has found a replacement in quick time. It will obviously help the players and the new coach to settle down early. He...
08:57 AM, Jan 20, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan's limited overs captain Shahid Afridi today said that he is not satisfied with the One-day rankings system, presently applied by the ICC. His unhappiness stems from the recent announcement by the ICC that even if Pakistan, which lead the five-match ODI series 2-0 against the West Indies, manage to whitewash the series, it will not earn them a single rating point and they will still be placed at...
08:24 PM, Jan 19, 2008
Bangalore: Having lost four games on the trot in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, Pune Warriors will have to pull up their socks and perform as a team when they take on a confident Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Friday. The eight-wicket defeat to Chennai Super Kings at Mumbai in their previous game has put the Warriors in a tricky position. With barely...
06:44 PM, Jan 19, 2008
Kochi: As Ishant Sharma re-discovered himself with a demolishing five-wicket haul against the Kochi Tuskers Kerala, the gangling paceman credited senior bowler Zaheer Khan for improvement in his bowling. Ishant took five wickets at the expense of just 12 runs to help Deccan Chargers score an emphatic 55-run win as they bundled out Kochi side for a paltry 74. I need to say thanks to Zaheer Khan because he told...
04:34 PM, Jan 19, 2008
New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Manoj Tiwary feels that Gautam Gambhir's willingness to give each and every member of team a lot of space makes him stand out of the pack. Gautam is an innovative captain. He comes up with lot of ideas and makes it a point to discuss it with the players. He tries to understand each and every player's game and gives them a lot of...
04:18 PM, Jan 19, 2008
New Delhi: In what appears to be a perfect example of madness sans method, a group of about 40-odd die-hard fans is planning to enter the Eden Gardens during the Kolkata Knight Riders-Kings XI Punjab IPL match on Saturday, protesting the absence of Sourav Ganguly from the home squad. This despite the fact that the Indian Premier League has already entered its halfway stage. Fibbed into believing that their hero...
03:28 PM, Jan 19, 2008
Mumbai: Subramaniam Badrinath slammed his second unbeaten half century of the tournament to power defending champions Chennai Super Kings to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Pune Warriors in an Indian Premier League match at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. Badrinath, who scored a classy 71 not out for a losing cause against hosts Mumbai Indians on April 22, stroked his way to a fine 63...
12:22 PM, Jan 19, 2008
New Delhi: Team India's new coach Duncan Fletcher is a proven mentor who took English cricket to great heights during his tenure as coach from 1999 to 2007. Fletcher, who had a short-lived career as a player, turned out to be a master strategist in his coaching avatar as he helped England win back the Ashes in 2005 after a 18-year gap. It was also during his coaching stint that...
11:54 AM, Jan 19, 2008
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar on Friday credited his side's eight-run win over Chennai Super Kings in a thrilling IPL match to unbelievable fielding though he heaped praise on Harbhajan Singh and Rohit Sharma for their bowling and batting performances. Rohit batted brilliantly to rally the side and then Harbhajan bowled fantastic but I think fielding was unbelievable and we saved a lot of runs. It was a spectacular...
11:06 AM, Jan 18, 2008
"It's going to be exciting playing against Pune," said Mumbai Indians' Harbahajan Singh while talking to CNN-IBN. ...
11:16 AM, Jan 17, 2008
