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WI 66/1 in 10 Overs WI vs Ind

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:59:05 +0530

West Indies 66/1 in 10 Overs West Indies vs India

Rain delays start as India elect to bowl

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:40:08 +0530

St Lucia: With rain in the air, Mahendra Singh Dhoni won his third toss of the series and chose to bowl against West Indies at St Lucia.West Indies have gone in with an unchanged side while India have made two changes

Gambhir top-ranked Indian in Tests

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:36:34 +0530

Dubai: India's opening batsman Gautam Gambhir is the highest ranked Test batsman at number three and Harbhajan Singh, at sixth, is the highest placed Indian bowler in the ICC's latest ranking.Gautam Gambhir with 847 rating points, is the only Indian

BCCI faces Shivsena's ire in Mumbai

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:13:16 +0530

Mumbai: Shiv Sena on Thursday staged a protest march outside the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), warning the cricket body of "dire consequences" if it cancels Deodhar trophy tournament."BCCI has planned IPL matches in Maharashtra at the

Pakistan fine Asif for Dubai detention

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:51 +0530

Lahore: Pakistani cricket authorities on Thursday fined Mohammad Asif one million rupees (12,500 dollars) over the fast bowler’s 19-day detention at Dubai airport for alleged drug possession. Asif, 26, was detained last June on his way back home after playing in

Dhoni changed his style to survive: Gavaskar

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:18:37 +0530

Mumbai: Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar said that Indian captain MS Dhoni changed his batting style in order to sustain himself in international cricket.Gavaskar was delivering the first Dilip Sardesai Memorial Lecture at Mumbai on Thursday. In his speech Gavaskar noted that

Manjerakar questions logic behind Windies series

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:22:08 +0530

New Delhi: India's former player Sanjay Manjerakar has lashed out at BCCI for the on-going four-match ODI series in the West Indies and said with an already busy schedule in place, such tours can only result in players' exhaustion.After the

Sachin Tendulkar 'below poverty line'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:20:13 +0530

Nellore: Indian cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar lives below the poverty line, if government records in the state of Andhra Pradesh are to believed.Two special ration cards carrying Sachin Tenulkar's name and photographs were found during the exercise to weed out bogus

Dhoni wary of pace threat

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:44:28 +0530

St Lucia: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has advised his batsmen to be cautious against Windies pace bowlers Ravi Rampaul and Jerome Taylor, who were largely responsible for India's down fall in the second ODI.Dhoni pointed out that these two bowlers

BCCI ignores Eden Gardens again

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:42:24 +0530

Mumbai: BCCI has ignored India's finest stadium, Eden Gardens in Kolkota, while deciding on the venues to host the seven ODIs against Australia in October-November.Eden Gardens, popularly called the Lord's of Asia is the oldest cricket ground in India and also

Stage set for Indo-Oz ODI clashes

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:56:54 +0530

Mumbai: BCCI has finalised the venues for the seven-match ODI series between India and Australia which is scheduled to start from October 25. Guwahati, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Mohali and Nagpur are the selected cities for the seven ODI

Abhishek, first ICL player to join IPL

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:29:05 +0530

Kolkata: Bengal cricketer, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala has become the first former ICL player to be roped in by an IPL franchisee.Abhishek Jhunjhunwala will play for former IPL champions Rajasthan Royals during the 2010 IPL. The talented middle order batsman was a member

Ponting is crap as captain: Jeff Thomson

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:17:55 +0530

Melbourne: Former Australian pace sensation Jeff Thomson has described current Australian captain Ricky Ponting as a “crap captain”. Thomson observes that Ponting should never have been given the Australian captaincy five years ago and believes England has the advantage going into

Bhajji made me an alcoholic: Symonds

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:41:16 +0530

Melbourne: Controversial Aussie all-rounder Andrew Symonds has blamed Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh for making him an alcoholic.Symonds was sent home from the T20 world cup held in England after breaking an alcohol-related team agreement, Cricket Australia had said at that time.Drink

Exit T20 mode: Wadekar to India

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:23:30 +0530

Bangalore: Former Indian coach Ajit Wadekar urged Indian coach Gary Kirsten to help his young batsmen who have been constantly troubled by West Indian pacers in the ongoing ODI series.In an interview to Cricketnext.com Wadekar said that Indians particular younger lots

Dhoni, Yuvraj to star in a movie

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:32:23 +0530

Mumbai: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and vice captain Yuvraj Singh are set to conquer bollywood as they will play lead roles in a movie produced by Dino Morea.Dino has written the script keeping in mind both the super heroes of

ICC boss suggests four-day Tests

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:35:27 +0530

New Delhi: ICC president David Morgan has come up with a new proposal to reduce Test matches from five to four days as a part of a major overhaul of the game's traditional format.In an interview given to an Indian

Ponting upset with Buchanan

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:17:58 +0530

Worcester: Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says that he is uncomfortable about former coach and mentor John Buchanan taking up a coaching stint with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)."I just hope I don't see him with an England jumper

Michael Vaughan walks into sunset

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:20:55 +0530

London: Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan retired from all forms of professional cricket on Tuesday.He departs as England's most successful Test captain of all time - with 26 wins from his 51 matches in charge. As a batsman, he scored

Sri Lanka's saviour praying for Pakistan win

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:30:29 +0530

Lahore: The bus driver who saved the Sri Lankan cricket team, Meher Mohammad Khalil, who by his presence of mind and prompt action saved the lives of the Lankan cricketers during the Lahore terror strike, has said that he

West Indies retains same squad for 3rd and 4th ODI

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:18:26 +0530

Kingston: West Indies cricket board named the an unchanged 13 man squad for the rest of the matches against India at Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia on July 3 and July 5. Darren Bravo, who scored 19 in the first match

Chappel has no knowledge of cricket: Tendulkar

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:56:07 +0530

New Delhi: Despite many allegations Sachin Tendulkar has never lost his cool and reacted. But this time, Cricket Maestro could not control his anger and reacted sharply to former Australian player Ian Chappel. Ian Chappel had been targeting Sachin for

Sanath Jayasuriya 40 not out

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:10:19 +0530

Colombo: Sanath Jayasuriya, the modern day wonder in cricket world turns 40 on Tuesday with an aim to carry until 2011 world cup.Age is not a bar for cricket, its how you stay mentally and physically fit to remain on top

Irfan Pathan bowled over by Shivangi!

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:31:26 +0530

Vadodara: Irfan Pathan, who terrorises batsmen with his awesome deliveries was completely bowled over by Shivangi Dev.The Baroda Bomber is all set to marry his long time friend Shivangi Dev, daughter of an Indian diplomat in Australia.Pathan knew Shivangi Dev

'A to Z' for the Australian squad to win the Ashes

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:05:45 +0530

Queensland: In an analysis done by a leading Australian newspaper, it has formulated a plan which has suggested different methods to the Australian squad for winning the historic Ashes series this year. The Courier-Mail in its analysis titled “ABC of

First Ashes cricket pitch brought back to life

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:20:10 +0530

London: The first cricket pitch used for an Ashes series on English soil has been returned to sporting use after seventy years.According to a newspaper report, veteran international cricketers stepped onto the wicket at Sheffield Park near Uckfield in East Sussex

'Waited for India to play rash shots'

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:41:02 +0530

Kingston: Windies pacer Ravi Rampaul, who ripped thorough India's batting order on Sunday with a career-best four-wicket haul to script his team's thumping win in the second ODI, says the rash shots played by the visiting batsmen helped his

Indiia's dream to turn no 2 shattered

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:21:06 +0530

Dubai: India's hopes of toppling Australia from the second spot in the ICC one-day rankings dashed on Sunday as they succumbed to a 8 wicket loss against hosts West Indies at Kingston on Sunday.A 4-0 whitewash against West Indies would have

Why Symonds was axed from Oz team?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:18:19 +0530

Melbourne: Watching a rugby league game at a pub with just pints of beer for company was the reason behind Symond's ouster from Australia's Twenty20 World Cup squad.Disgraced Aussie all-rounder Symonds was sent home from the event held in England after

Dhoni proves his critics wrong

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:27:19 +0530

Kingston: West Indies might have beat India in the second one-dayer but that doesn't take credit away from Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who played a face saving innings for India on Sunday.Dhoni's batting was a fitting reply to critics who

Bedi, Gavaskar, Kapil in ICC's Hall of Fame

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:50:56 +0530

Dubai: Three Indian greats, world winning captain Kapil Dev, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar and spin king Bishen Singh Bedi, have been named by the International Cricket Council in its 55-strong Hall of Famers list, which has 22 Englishmen in it.The list