Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi appeals to the BCCI to run the T20 league properly in the wake of Deccan Chargers failing to find a new buyer. ...
07:50 AM, Jun 26, 2008
London: Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee said Andrew Strauss had left a "huge void" in the England team following his retirement from all cricket. England's then Test captain bowed out on Wednesday, citing declining form as his main reason for calling time in his career. But 35-year-old opening batsman Strauss retired with a fine record of more than 7,000 runs in exactly 100 Tests at an average of over...
04:45 PM, Jun 22, 2008
Sharjah: Afghan cricket chiefs on Tuesday said the team was anxiously waiting for the country's first international against Australia in the Middle East next month, as they focus on becoming an established side. The emerging cricketing nation will play Australia in a one-day match in the desert venue of Sharjah on August 25, their second contest against a major cricketing country after playing Pakistan at the same venue in February....
03:12 PM, Jun 12, 2008
Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed the United Arab Emirates as the venue for three one-day internationals and three Twenty20s against Australia in August. PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said the ODIs will start at 6:00 pm local time to counter extreme daytime heat in the UAE while T20s begin at 8:00 pm. Sarwar said the matches will be played at Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. Pakistan has been...
06:14 PM, Jun 04, 2008
Mohali: David Hussey's heroics helped Kings XI Punjab register a thrilling four-wicket victory over Deccan Chargers in the 61st match of the Indian Premier League at Mohali in a last-ball finish on Sunday. With this win, Punjab are placed seventh in the points table with 14 points from 13 matches and have kept their playoff hopes alive. Chasing a big target of 191, Punjab were off to a disastrous start...
08:57 PM, May 22, 2008
New Delhi: Amidst reports of bookies planning to target the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka later in the year, the Sri Lankan Cricket Board on Monday said that it would take maximum precautions to ensure that unwanted elements were not involved in the game. Reports in the media said that bookies could assemble in the island nation during the September 18 to October 7 Twenty20 World Cup to...
03:56 PM, May 20, 2008
New Delhi: For Morne Morkel, the idea of soaking up pressure at the international level is to make mistakes and learn from them all by himself and that is why the South African pacer feels he is flourishing in the IPL as his captain Virender Sehwag doesn't spoon-feed him. Personally, I hate the idea of trying to spoon-feed a cricketer as to what he needs to do in pressure situations....
10:37 AM, May 20, 2008
Islamabad: Pakistan government officials have promised intense security measures for a nine-member delegation from Bangladesh which will assess the country's ability to resume hosting international cricket. Pakistan have not hosted a Test-playing country since gunmen attacked Sri Lanka's team bus at Lahore in March 2009, killing six police officers and a van driver. Pakistan are planning to end that isolation by hosting Bangladesh for a limited-overs tour next month, with...
11:32 AM, Apr 30, 2008
Lahore: He represented Pakistan in 120 Tests and 378 one-dayers, but retired former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has lost interest in cricket now and says he is so engrossed in his construction business that he doesn't even keep track of the national team's fortunes now. The 41-year-old said he does not follow game any more and has no desire to seek any role in Pakistan cricket. Inzamam, who retired after the 2007 ...
12:59 PM, Feb 27, 2008
Agartala: Former India cricketer Nikhil Chopra on Monday said that the Indian team's prominent players should participate in the domestic tournaments to encourage budding cricketers. "Prominent national team players must participate in the domestic tournaments so that the budding cricketers get the opportunity to pick up tips from them," Chopra told the reporters at the Agartala Press Club, where he was invited to attend a Quiz Completion on World Cup-2011,...
11:40 AM, Feb 13, 2008
Antigua: Figuring out a way to end West Indies' misery against India is not the only thought bothering Darren Sammy, the skipper is also busy refuting allegations that he discouraged some regional cricketers from attending last week's Players' Association awards. So disturbed has Sammy been with such reports that he has come out with a formal statement to deny the accusation, calling it a "falsehood" meant to "smear my character...
03:52 PM, Feb 03, 2008
Colombo: In what would come as a massive blow to Sri Lankan cricket, batsman Upul Tharanga reportedly tested positive for a banned substance during the recent World Cup and the ICC will hold an inquiry against the player soon. The left-handed opener tested positive for a banned substance called Prednisolone prescribed to him by an alternate medical practitioner, the Sunday Times reported. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is due to...
09:03 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Chennai: Overwhelmed by the adulation of the fans during the IPL, West Indies batsman Chris Gayle today said the love and respect he has got during the Twenty20 event here eludes him back home. Its amazing I can score no runs and still be love & appreciated round the World!! Never get these sort of luv an respect in West Indies!!!, the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman wrote on his twitter...
08:42 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Belfast: Security officials hurried Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq away from reporters and back to the squad's hotel after his side beat Ireland in the first of two one-day internationals. But this was one occasion when his team's actions spoke louder than words. Pakistan's emphatic seven-wicket victory at Stormont here on Saturday could have been a tricky assignment in alien conditions. However, Misbah - leading the side after Shahid Afridi was stripped...
07:38 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians batsman James Franklin didn't hit the winning runs on Wednesday, but his stay at the crease when wickets at the other end fell in quick succession held the key as the team yet again beat the Kolkata Knight Riders in a thriller to go through to the second qualifier where they will face Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday. It's not sunk in yet. I am relieved. Unfortunately,...
09:21 PM, Jan 29, 2008
Mumbai: Despite being precariously placed at one stage of their Indian Premier League play-off match against Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Tuesday, Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he had the belief that his team could win the game. It was a difficult target, but we have been in similar situations, and we have the belief that we can win these games. We kept believing that we could...
03:35 PM, Jan 29, 2008
New Delhi: A Volkswagen Passat car sporting signatures of all captains of the 10 IPL teams has fetched a record over Rs 30 lakh in a charity auction that would benefit WWF India. The signature German luxury car has been snapped up by Banglore cricket enthusiast Saidas Malladi whose winning bid of Rs 30.13 lakh topped a total of 26 bids from across India in the auction that is said...
12:35 PM, Jan 29, 2008
Mumbai: After dishing out a last-ball thriller in the last league match, Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders would square off against each other yet again at the Wankhede stadium on Wednesday but the stakes are high now as it will be end of the road for the loser in the Indian Premier League. Thanks to the changed format, the eliminator tie has become a sort of a quarter-final since...
10:23 AM, Jan 29, 2008
Derby: Dilhara Fernando took three wickets for four runs as Sri Lanka completed their preparations for next week's first Test against England with a morale-boosting 38-run win over the England Lions here on Sunday. Sri Lanka, who'd already beaten Middlesex, won on the fourth and final day after being made to follow-on. England Test call-up Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara, left out of the 12-man squad named earlier on Sunday...
08:51 PM, Jan 28, 2008
New Delhi: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has committed a big mistake by sacking Shahid Afridi as the One-day captain. Akram said the 36-year-old Misbah-ul-Haq, who replaced Afridi, has no future and he doesn't see him in charge for more than six-to-eight months. "It was wrong to sack Afridi, who has recently brought glory to the country against all odds," Akram was quoted...
10:54 AM, Jan 28, 2008
