Ponting

Ponting's retirement will be easier than Sachin's

Reverse Swing |  Suresh Menon

Now that Ricky Ponting has admitted that he does not expect to be picked for Australia's one-day team again after being dropped for the upcoming ...

Fab Four's legend more than stats

Reverse Swing |  Suresh Menon

In the age of globalisation (and IPL), it would be limiting to restrict such groupings as 'Fabulous Four' or 'Super Six' to within the boundaries ...

Ashwin v Ponting could be something to watch

Spin, Bounce and Turn |  Jamie Alter

This series is being billed in some quarters as India's big batsmen against Australia's new crop of fast bowlers, but the contest I am eagerly ...

Does the subcontinent's culture breed corruption?

Australian and British cricketers have said South Asian cricketers culturally do not share the values of ‘honest’ cricket. ...

Ricky Ponting says culture leads to corruption: Does the subcontinent's culture breed corruption?

Today at 10 pm on Face The Nation, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether the subcontinent's culture breed corruption. 

England cricket chief asks fans to spare Ponting

Australian cricket chief jeered during third Test at Edgbaston. ...  

Aussie fans ask their cricketers to behave, play fair

Survey conducted by authorities reveals what fans want from team. ...  

Ponting's team bats for Australia's wildfire victims

Skipper Ricky Ponting was moved by the massive losses of the victims. ...  

Cricket war: Ponting writes, Gavaskar writhes

Indian legend replies to Aussie captain's comment in book. ...  

Australian media slams Ponting for series loss

Australia lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy losing the series 2-0 against India. ...  

I was warned to drop Bhajji charges: Ponting

Aussies claimed Harbhajan had racially abused Andrew Symonds. ...  

Gambhir's aggressive stance riles Australian media

Sydney Morning Herald headline screamed 'Gambhir elbows Australia out of way'. ...  

Tension simmers as Zaheer, Ponting wage war of words

Zaheer Khan takes a swipe at Australians, draws a curt response. ...  

Aussies in India, player's safety high on Ponting's mind

Australia are touring India despite serial bomb blasts in New Delhi. ...  

Friends with Ponting but fight not over: Ishant

Hamilton: New Zealand's selectors have retained the 14-man Twenty20 squad doing duty against Zimbabwe currently for the first two matches against South Africa this coming weekend. Regular captain Ross Taylor continues to miss out having picked up a calf injury during the one-off Test against Zimbabwe and the team management was hopeful of his return before the ODI series starting February 25. Taylor's deputy Brendon McCullum has been named captain...  

'What goes around comes around', Pathan tells Oz

Chennai: David Warner stunned the Chennai Super Kings, smashing an unbeaten century, as New South Wales Blues dumped the reigning champions out with a 46-run win on Tuesday that also ensured their own progress to the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20. The home side was helpless as Warner let loose at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, his 135* featuring 11 fours and 8 big sixes, including one that sailed right...  

Aussies want to follow India's pick-youth policy

Chennai: A fighting 73-run partnership between Steve Smith and Ben Rohrer helped New South Wales Blues overcome Mumbai Indians by five wickets in the Group A CLT20 match here on Sunday. New South Wales Blues innings 17th over: All over for Mumbai Indians. Outstanding innings from Steve Smith (45 not out) and Ben Rohrer (26 not out) after NSW were 28/5 at one stage. A five-wicket win for NSW in...  

India deserve to go home with the trophy: Ponting

Karachi: Pakistan's most successful all-rounder in recent times, Mohammad Hafeez will undergo a surgery to remove a cyst on his chest, which forced him to skip the ongoing National T20 Championship, currently underway here. Hafeez, who won four Man-of-the-Match awards and scored two centuries in the clean sweep over Zimbabwe recently, was not part of the Misbah-ul-Haq-led Faisalabad Wolves team that played at the National Stadium on Wednesday. "Hafeez has...  

Tendulkar replaces Ponting as top ODI batsman

London: England's summer cricket season in 2012 will feature full tours from the West Indies and South Africa, as well as a visit from Australia's limited-overs side. England will begin with a three-match Test series against the West Indies at Lord's on May 17, followed by three one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match. Australia's top-ranked team then arrives for a five-match series between June 29 and July 10 before South...  

After Hayden, Harbhajan takes on Ponting

Hyderabad: India discard Yusuf Pathan on Wednesday hoped that he would put up a good show in the Champions League Twenty 20 tournament and return to the national side soon. "I want to perform well. My endeavour would be to do well so that the team benefits and reaches the final," he said in a media interaction here ahead of the qualifying round of this year's CLT20 beginning here from...