DHAKA South Africa ensured top place in Group B and sent Bangladesh to the brink of World Cup elimination with a 206-run win on Saturday. South Africa’s win means India and England are also assured of quarterfinal places. West Indies can advance if its avoids a heavily lopsided defeat to India at Chennai on Sunday. …
COLOMBO: He has had some of the most memorable on-field battles with Sachin Tendulkar but maverick speedster Shoaib Akhtar claims he was never scared to bowl at the legendary batsman. Instead, it was dashing Australian ‘keeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist and West Indian legend Brian Lara who “scared the hell” out of him during his 14-year international …
COLOMBO: Australian captain Ricky Ponting today hailed retiring Pakistani tearaway pacer Shoaib Akhtar as an outstanding cricketer and the fastest bowler he has ever faced. “Congratulations to him for being an outstanding cricketer,” Ponting said of Akhtar who yesterday announced his retirement from international cricket after the ongoing World Cup. “I had some great duels …
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CHENNAI: Italian football managers, despite mostly possessing a versatile back-line, have perennially been rankled by this query, “Where do we get the goals from?” Similarly, India would be wondering where they would get the wickets, as the knockout phase looms. Wickets can have therapeutic qualities for strike bowlers, but it works the opposite way, too, …
NEW DELHI: Muttiah Muralitharan made his mark on the last World Cup he’ll ever contest, ignoring a painful hamstring strain and advancing age to take four wickets in a 112-run win over New Zealand on Friday that guaranteed Sri Lanka will finish second in Group A. A month out from his 39th birthday, Muralitharan hurt …
KOLKATA: Ryan ten Doeschate struck a fluent century Friday to help the Netherlands reach 306 in 50 overs against Ireland in their World Cup Group B match. The 30-year-old batsman struck 106 off 108 balls with 13 fours and a six, in what was his second century in this World Cup and fifth in limited-overs …
MUMBAI: Both Sri Lanka and New Zealand will look to end their group stage on a high when they clash here at the Wankhede Stadium Friday, and carry the momentum into the quarterfinals of the cricket World Cup. The two teams, apart from Australia and Pakistan, have already entered the knockout stage from Group A. …
MUMBAI: Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara said on Thursday that it was always nice to play at home and they will miss the home crowd greatly when they play New Zealand in their last Group ‘A’ match at Wankhede Stadium on Friday. “We will miss them greatly but at the same time we know that …
CHENNAI: West Indies have not beaten a big side for some time but their coach Ottis Gibson is confident of upstaging India in their last league match on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinal stage of the World Cup. The Group B is still wide open with only the South Africa assured of a berth …
CHENNAI: England skipper Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat first in Thursday’s must-win World Cup Group B match against the West Indies. England made three changes, including one enforced by injury to fast bowler Ajmal Shazhad who was ruled out of the tournament with a hamstring injury. Chris Tremlett replaced out-of-form paceman …
