Lahore: Pakistan has formally lodged a complaint over poor umpiring decisions in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle, at a time when the International Cricket Council executive board has decided against making the Umpires Decision Review System (UDRS) compulsory in all Tests. Clearly buckling under pressure from the Indian cricket board's strong opposition to the UDRS, the ICC board on Wednesday decided to stick with the current system...
09:28 PM, Jun 03, 2008
Johannesburg: South African Test captain Graeme Smith is recovering well after undergoing surgery on his left ankle three weeks ago. Cricket South Africa (CSA) said in a statement that its medical team was satisfied with Smith's progress and hoped that the batsman might be fit for the tour to England in July. Graeme has responded well to the surgery on his ankle and started with his rehabilitation programme this week....
03:18 AM, May 16, 2008
Mohali: Kings XI Punjab continues to be a loss making venture with the accumulated losses of the company nearing Rs 50-60 crore so far, but the franchisee is hopeful of breaking even this fiscal. We've made losses of approximately Rs 50-60 crore in the last four years. This year, hopefully, we will be able to break even. We are working with the IPL and the BCCI, Ness Wadia, the co-owner...
02:50 AM, May 16, 2008
IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla rejects reports that India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is playing in the high-profile tournament despite being injured. ...
11:25 PM, May 14, 2008
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12:55 AM, May 14, 2008
New Delhi: As the Indian Premier League (IPL) gets bigger every year, players are finding it tough to cope with the hectic schedule of the cash-rich Twenty20 league. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings have played five games in 10 days since the league started April 4. Cris-crossing the country has taken a toll on the Chennai players as they have lost three out of the five games so far. CSK...
09:08 PM, May 12, 2008
Addressing a press conference, Yuvraj Singh said he wants to come back soon, but now his focus is entirely on his health. ...
02:32 AM, May 11, 2008
Wellington: As New Zealand's former captain Daniel Vettori put it, the third and final Test will be pretty influential on the team's summer. Having already lost the Twenty20 and ODI series, New Zealand have one chance to try and level the Test series, but considering how strong the opposition has been it wont be easy. Should New Zealand rally and pull of an improbable victory - as they did in...
12:57 AM, May 06, 2008
Sydney: Faced with a do-or-die situation, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is all set to field his three regular openers rather than experiment with a pinch hitter at the top of the order in Sunday's crucial tri-series One-dayer against Australia here. We have three genuine, proper openers. I see no good reason why I should sent in a pinch-hitter. All three score at a brisk pace, they are good at...
04:28 PM, Apr 27, 2008
After Australia's openers had rattled off 149 runs in 23 overs on Friday evening, the tone looked to repeat itself on day two at the WACA. David Warner was timing the ball well and India were searching for an early wicket. Zaheer Khan produced that opening first ball of the 35th over, when Australia were 193 for 0. Warner went after a pitched-up delivery and edged it to first slip,...
10:43 PM, Apr 10, 2008
Melbourne: Forced to miss the ongoing Test series against India due to a foot injury, teen pace sensation Pat Cummins has indicated that he might withdraw from the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League next year. The 18-year-old fast bowler said that he is no mood to compromise his Australia career for the Twenty20 league and will take a call on his participation before the IPL auction in February...
01:34 AM, Apr 04, 2008
The duo feels youngsters will get the energy going for India once the ODI series against England kicks off. ...
09:37 PM, Feb 25, 2008
The Aussie batsman also considers skipper Vettori to play an important role in the game. ...
04:05 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Wellington: Muttiah Muralitharan, international cricket's most prolific wicket-taker, will play for Wellington province in New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 competition next season. Cricket Wellington chief executive Gavin Larsen said on Friday in making the announcement that the Sri Lankan star was "a superb cricketer" and his signing was "a tremendous boost" to Wellington. The 39-year-old Muralitharan, who retired from international cricket after last month's World Cup final with 800 Test wickets...
06:12 PM, Jan 24, 2008
New Delhi: Ireland's shock win over England at Bangalore's Chinnaswamy stadium is sure to send shivers down the spine of Team India who are next up for a side which were considered to be one of the minnows before the start of the 10th ICC World Cup. India's bowling attack will once again be under the scanner as they take on the Irish who will be on cloud nine after...
07:27 PM, Dec 24, 2007
New Delhi:: India's dashing opening batsman Virender Sehwag will lead the Delhi Daredevils in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Sehwag had given up captaincy in favour of Gautam Gambhir in season three. While Gambhir was not retained by Delhi, the franchisee chose to retain only Sehwag. Gambhir will be part of Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders for the next three years after he became the...
10:36 PM, Dec 12, 2007
Melbourne: Ian Chappell feels that Australian captain Ricky Ponting has crossed his "use-by-date" as a leader and he should step down as skipper after the cricket World Cup, which starts in February next year in the subcontinent. Chappell said by staying on as captain after the World Cup, Ponting will hinder the renewal of the team. The former captain said a new leader should shape a team for challenges ahead,...
09:10 PM, Nov 22, 2007
DLF is building its biggest project ever on the outskirts of Bangalore. ...
09:35 PM, Oct 02, 2007
After settling in power, Mayawati is ready with her action plan against SP leaders. ...
08:08 AM, Sep 27, 2007
The common man many soon get a respite from ever-rising property prices. ...
08:28 AM, Sep 13, 2007
