Kanpur: Hurt by a sting operation by a news channel which has implicated him in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, Uttar Pradesh cricketer Shalabh Srivastava has claimed innocence saying that laid low by injury, he was not capable of manipulating matches and was only paying the price of opening up to strangers. The 30-year-old medium pacer has 130 wickets from 41 first-class matches and 20 scalps from 22 IPL games while...
01:14 AM, May 24, 2008
It is not all over for Royal Challengers Bangalore like the hosts Pune Warriors India. After two straight wins which included the thumping of Mumbai Indians at their home ground on Wednesday, Bangalore has strengthened their position in the points table. The visitors are still on the hunt for the play-off stage while for Pune, the script has ended. Presently, Bangalore are being led by stand-in skipper Virat Kohli in...
02:59 PM, May 21, 2008
Hyderabad: A convincing victory over Deccan Chargers secured, Kings XI Punjab's stand-in captain David Hussey said the side is gaining even though it is faced with the daunting task of winning all its remaining league matches to make the Indian Premier League playoffs. Of course, we are confident. [We] would not be in the competition if we are not confident of making it to the finals. Our job is to...
12:43 AM, May 21, 2008
Pune: A captain’s knock of 87 not out by Virender Sehwag proved decisive as Delhi Daredevils cruised to an eight-wicket win over Pune Warriors India and maintained their top spot in the IPL 5 points table. Sehwag made 87 off 48 as Delhi overhauled Pune’s 146 with four overs to spare to register their fifth win in seven matches. Mahela Jayawardene (18 off 14) and Kevin Pietersen (27 off 21)...
05:03 PM, May 15, 2008
Lahore: Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has been told to appear for a fitness test at the National Cricket Academy on Tuesday. Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that national team coach Dav Whatmore, after consulting the chief selector, has decided to put Yousuf through his paces. Yousuf has been practicing at the national academy for the last one week and Whatmore wants to know whether the 37-year-old...
12:20 PM, May 15, 2008
Bridgetown: West Indies offspinner Sunil Narine believes he is learning quickly and says his first brush with international cricket last December has put him in good stead to face Australia in the one-day series starting on Friday. The 23-year-old made his debut against India in Ahmedabad and showed great composure in the three one-day internationals (ODI) in which he played. When I played in India last year I got a...
02:29 AM, May 03, 2008
Hamilton: New Zealand will be aiming for only their second ever Test victory at home against South Africa, when the two teams take the field in the second match of the series at Seddon Park on Thursday. Having gone down to the South Africans in the Twenty20 series and the one-dayers on the current tour, the Black Caps raised the bar against the visitors in the first Test in Dunedin...
02:01 AM, May 03, 2008
Mumbai: Virender Sehwag on Saturday denied reports of any rift with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni during India's dismal cricket tour of Australia, saying they were just media creations. I don't think there is any rift. It was created by the media. We will continue to play like we did earlier. We have spoken about this in Australia and also over here. There is no rift among any player, Sehwag told...
02:01 AM, May 02, 2008
Sydney: When Australia and India took the field for the second test here Tuesday, the Sydney Cricket Ground joined an exclusive club of only three venues to host 100 test matches. Only the 'home' of cricket, Lords in London, and the Melbourne Cricket Ground have hosted more, but the SCG can claim to have hosted its fair share of the game's most celebrated moments since its creation in the mid ...
01:27 AM, Apr 07, 2008
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board has set September 26 as the deadline for candidates interested in becoming the national team's coach and has also contacted other Test playing nations and the ICC for advice on the matter. A board official confirmed that a advertisement would be posted this week by the board in which interested candidates would be asked to apply for the coaching position. In the advertisement, September 26...
07:51 PM, Feb 27, 2008
Mumbai: Will Dilip Vengsarkar be able to snap the near two-decade-old stranglehold of politicians over the Mumbai Cricket Association, is the big question as the former cricketer goes into a toe-to-toe contest with Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in the elections on Friday. MCA had been led by political biggies Manohar Joshi and outgoing president Sharad Pawar since 1992 and its going to be a tough task for former India captain...
12:04 PM, Feb 12, 2008
Bridgetown: West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels is not satisfied with his 78-run knock against India in the ongoing second Test as he wanted to notch up a hundred against the world number one side. I have done well against them but they are presently world's number one team. I want to score bigger runs against them. I have raised the bar; set bigger standards for myself. I want to be...
02:18 AM, Feb 08, 2008
Gros-Islet: Old foes West Indies and Pakistan face each other in a Twenty20 International for the first time on Thursday. The Beausejour Cricket Ground in this coastal town on the northern circumference of this volcanic island of St Lucia forms a picturesque backdrop for the occasion. It is hard to believe that though Twenty20 matches have become popular in the modern game that the two sides have not been fortunate...
10:52 AM, Jan 17, 2008
A panel of cricket expert analysed the Proteas' victory over the Caribbean side. ...
01:37 PM, Dec 21, 2007
Kolkata: Cricket Association of Bengal President Jagmohan Dalmiya on Thursday accused the ICC of conspiring against him when the world body shifted the India-England World Cup match from Eden Gardens. "A great injustice had been done to CAB. While other stadia in the sub-continent were given time, we were not allowed to extend the period for the renovation work up to February 7," Dalmiya told reporters here. Asked whether shifting...
01:31 PM, Dec 21, 2007
Match fixing, sex scandals, drunken binges and doping scandals - cricket's scandals go on and on. ...
11:27 PM, Mar 21, 2007
Batsmen all over the world have described Shane Warne to be like a magician, someone who could make the ball talk. ...
08:04 AM, Dec 22, 2006
Shane Warne has leapt to the defence of Darrell Hair, saying he's not racist and did what he thought was best. ...
05:52 PM, Aug 23, 2006
Warne said that his staggering track record was “not as extensive” and that it was exaggerated in the book. ...
11:18 AM, Aug 23, 2006
