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- Tendulkar reaches career landmark
- Date: Monday, November 16, 2009
- Tributes have poured in for India batsman Sachin Tendulkar to mark the 20th anniversary of his Test debut. The 36-year-old will start his 160th Test when India begin a three-match series against Sri Lanka on Monday. "It's really amazing. I am honour...
- ICC to recce Pakistan before giving match officials for series
- Date: Monday, December 22, 2008
- The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday said it would carry out an independent security assessment before allowing match officials to travel to a trouble-torn Pakistan for their home series against Sri Lanka. . ICC chief executive officer Haro...
- Wasim urges India not to sever cricket ties with Pakistan
- Date: Monday, December 1, 2008
- Former great Wasim Akram on Monday called on India not to break cricketing ties with Pakistan, suggesting both countries should instead play a Test match in terrorist-hit Mumbai to show solidarity. The former Pakistan cricket captain made his remarks ...
- British media lambasts Modi for 'insensitivity'
- Date: Friday, November 28, 2008
- BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi was today chastised by the British media for suggesting that England's cricketers should return to India for next month's Test series despite their heightened security fears in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks. England a...
- India-England ODI series called off, decision on Test later
- Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008
- The last two matches of the India-England One-day series have been called off because of security fears following Wednesday's militant attacks in Mumbai, an Indian board spokesman said on Thursday. "The final two One-Day Internationals are off,&qu...
- No place for Asif in ICL: More
- Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008
- The Indian Cricket League has rubbished Mohammad Asif's claim that he was approached by the 'rebel' league with a mouth-watering offer and said the disgraced Pakistani pacer first has to come out clean from all doping charges. ICL executive board membe...
- CA, players feel Symonds is too loud and arrogant
- Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
- Some officials of Cricket Australia and Australian rugby league and cricket players believe that beleaguered cricket star Andrew Symonds is too loud and arrogant, and therefore, prefer to keep their distance from him. According to The Courier Mail, i...
- Tendulkar at his best is better than Lara: Ponting
- Date: Monday, November 24, 2008
- Australia captain Ricky Ponting may not have much love for Team India but he was liberal in his praise of individuals like Sachin Tendulkar whom he placed ahead of West Indian batting great Brian Lara. "I have always maintained that he (Tendulkar)...
- BCCI wants Lloyd's ouster from ICC panel
- Date: Friday, November 21, 2008
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India has reportedly asked the ICC to remove former West Indian captain Clive Lloyd from the chairman's post of the governing council's cricketing committee following his remarks over the Indian Premier League and India...
- IPL and ICL can co-exist, says Lloyd
- Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
- Here's some news that should bring joy to the Indian Cricket League (ICL) organizers. While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is turning a deaf ear to their pleas of giving the league official status, the chairman, cricket committee of Inte...
- India need to phase out the retirement of seniors: Akram
- Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
- The retirement of India's senior cricketers should be done in a phased manner, according to Pakistan's pace legend Wasim Akram who said it was imperative for India to maintain the ideal blend of youth and experience in the Test team. Akram said it was ...
- Sourav Ganguly to play Bengal's last Ranji tie
- Date: Monday, November 17, 2008
- Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who has retired from international cricket, will play Bengal's last Plate Division Ranji Trophy match against Vidarbha in Nagpur next month. Ganguly, who retired from international cricket after the Test series agai...
- Harbhajan doubtful starter
- Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
- The big Test at Ferozeshah Kotla is almost upon us and the indicative contours of what is going to be a fascinating cricket match are firming up, after India and Australia had full-fledged practice for the second consecutive day on Monday. The third Te...
- India romp to historic win over Australia
- Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
- India completed a crushing victory over Australia by a record margin of 320 runs in the second Test on Tuesday to seize a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. Scorecard Left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan grabbed three wickets in four balls and Australia, ch...
- Symonds back in form but CA rules out India ticket
- Date: Monday, October 20, 2008
- Andrew Symonds returned to form with a 73-run knock for his state side Queensland but Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland ruled out a hasty national comeback for the troubled all-rounder despite the batting woes of Ricky Ponting's men in the Test serie...
- India dominate opening session in Mohali
- Date: Friday, October 17, 2008
- India scored at more than four runs an over in the opening session to reach 1 for 104 at lunch on day one of the second Test against Australia. After regular captain Anil Kumble ruled himself out of the game with a shoulder injury, stand-in skipper MS ...
- Sourav did his job, says Brett Lee
- Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008
- The Australian media may have dubbed Sourav Ganguly a “serial offender”, but Brett Lee insists his teammates have no issues with the former India captain. He added that they have not lost their respect for Anil Kumble either despite the India ...
- Camaraderie missing: Bopanna
- Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
- Axed from the Davis Cup squad, Rohan Bopanna was not privy to what transpired in the locker room but the lanky player believes camaraderie was missing in the team which lost the World Group play-off tie against Romania. Former Davis Cup captain Leander...
- Australian media slam Ganguly for delaying tactics in 'farcical draw'
- Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
- Intentionally or inadvertently, Sourav Ganguly continues to rub Australians the wrong way and the media here poured vitriol on the former India skipper, accusing him of indulging in delaying tactics to ensure the Bangalore Test ended in a draw. The pop...
- Waqar to be bowling coach of ECB academy for India tour
- Date: Monday, October 13, 2008
- Former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis has accepted an offer from the England and Wales Cricket Board to tour India with their academy team as a bowling consultant. "They asked me if I could accompany their academy team which is going to tour a work w...
- Special playing alongside Ganguly: Tendulkar, Dravid
- Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008
- Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, the two most celebrated peers of Sourav Ganguly, on Wednesday paid tributes to the retiring member of the 'fab four', saying the Bengal stalwart had been a fount of inspiration for his teammates during his 16-year-long g...
- New PCB chief vows to revive Pakistan cricket
- Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008
- Pakistan's new cricket chief Ejaz Butt on Thursday vowed to restore the health of the sport in the nation, plagued by security concerns and disciplinary problems. Butt, a former secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan was appointed as...
- Making Hay in India
- Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008
- There’s something about India that fires Matthew Hayden up. It could be the food, the wickets, or even Harbhajan Singh. Hayden has already hinted at the fact that the Indian bowlers always fire him up to perform at his best. “As you know, o...
- Pak players face visa problem: Sources
- Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is facing problems in acquiring visas for its players for a four-nation twenty20 tournament in Toronto after Canadian embassy officials raised certain questions over the inclusion of star batsman Mohammad Yousuf and two ot...
- Fab four burdened by own expectations: Dhoni
- Date: Monday, October 6, 2008
- More than the expectations of fans and scrutiny by the experts of the game, Indian cricket's 'Fab Four' are burdened by their own high expectations which puts them under pressure every time they step on the field, feels India One-day skipper Mahendra Sing...
- Pace, not spin, will be Aussie trumpcard in India
- Date: Friday, October 3, 2008
- Banish the thought that Australia's untested spin attack would hand India a major advantage ahead of the highly-anticipated Test series starting next week. Contrary to popular belief, it's pace, rather than spin, that has clinched wins for touring team...
- Kumble slams media speculation on seniors
- Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008
- India's cricket captain Anil Kumble on Thursday lashed out at the media for their speculation about an 'honourable exit' being worked out for the seniors and said such "rubbish" reports are bound to hurt the players. Kumble bluntly told the m...
- BCCI selects Ganguly with retirement rider
- Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
- Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly will be a part of the team for the first two Tests against Australia but with a rider. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the series will be Ganguly's last who is likely to announce that he will retire after the series. ...
- Probe report on Pak Olympic debacle in a month
- Date: Friday, September 26, 2008
- The committee constituted by the government to probe the Pakistan hockey team's disastrous performance at the Beijing Olympics held its first meeting on Thursday and will submit its report in a month's time. The three-member committee is headed by spor...
- India A beat Australia A by 3 wickets
- Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
- India A registered a brilliant three wicket victory over Australia A in the last league match of the tri-series at the M Chidambaram stadium in Chennai today. Batting first, Australia A set a target of 273 runs for the host in the limited fifty over, whic...
- Cricketer Kapil Dev now an honorary army officer
- Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
- Cricketer Kapil Dev, who scripted history by leading the Indian team to victory the 1983 World Cup, was Wednesday commissioned into the Territorial Army (TA) as an honorary lieutenant colonel. Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor piped the badges of...
- Sandeep drives AI to Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup hockey title
- Date: Monday, September 22, 2008
- Drag-flicker Sandeep Singh scored four goals, including a second-half hat-trick, powering Air India to a spectacular 5-4 victory over star-studded Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in the final of the 8th Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup hockey tournament on Monday....
- India lose to Romania in Davis Cup
- Date: Monday, September 22, 2008
- Romania retained their place in the Davis Cup World Group after forging to an unassailable 3-1 lead in the play-off with Inida here on Sunday. With a 2-1 overnight advantage victory was assured when Romania's Victor Hanescu defeated Prakash Amritraj, ...
- Pakistanis demand ICC tour action
- Date: Friday, September 19, 2008
- Leading lights in Pakistan cricket have called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to change its rules so countries cannot pick and choose tours. The call comes after Australia decided to tour India despite recent bombings there, having repeated...
- Air India beat IOCL to lift Murugappa Cup hockey title
- Date: Monday, September 15, 2008
- Air India survived a nerve-wracking tie-breaker to beat Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) by an aggregate 6-5 scoreline in the final of the 84th All-India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament here on Sunday. Penalty corner specialist Ramachandra Ra...