India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Thursday it was an interesting contest as the visitors came from a game down to draw the Test series for the first time in South Africa. ‘It was an interesting series. We are quite used to coming from behind; we never do well in the first Test. The bowlers …
The England cricket team has finally silenced Australian spin great Shane Warne in a way it never imagined. The fifth and final episode of Warne’s cricket-themed variety show, Warnie, was due to air in Australia on Thursday, but the Nine Network said Wednesday the episode has been shelved. And the network blames the England team. …
Former Indian captain Anil Kumble has pulled out of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), citing personal commitments, India’s cricket board said Tuesday. Kumble, captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise, had been instrumental in his team’s turnaround in the 2009 edition, leading the side to the final of the money-spinning Twenty20 tournament. The leg-spinner …
India opener Virender Sehwag will skip the one-day international series against South Africa because of a troublesome shoulder, his country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday. “Virender Sehwag has been advised to withdraw from the ODI series against South Africa to tend to his shoulder. Rohit Sharma will replace him in the squad,” BCCI secretary …
Indian opener Virender Sehwag has been rested from the One-day series against South Africa with a sore shoulder. Rohit Sharma will replace Sehwag for the five-match series, starting January 12. Murali Vijay, who is in the Test squad, has been asked to stay back as a back-up opener. ‘Sehwag has been advised to withdraw from …
107806707.jpgIndia scored a historic Test win in Durban, a venue where had fared poorly at in the past, and levelled the series 1-1 with a game left in Cape Town. Needing 303 to win this game and the series, South Africa were bowled out for 215. With Zaheer Khan’s return, India had a rejuvenated bowling …
New Delhi: Numbers alone can never define a legend called Sachin Tendulkar. Yet it`s difficult to do away with number crunchers when you talk of a legend whose only competitor over the years has been he himself. 2010 will definitely be an year which will be etched in the memories of cricket crazy Indians for …
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Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has advised current skipper Shahid Afridi to stop criticising his own players in public. Afridi rapped his batsmen for Pakistan’s defeat in their opening Twenty20 International against New Zealand in Auckland last Sunday and then turned his guns on his bowlers after the tourists crashed to a 39-run loss in …
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Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who recently made a return to Pakistan squad against South Africa after almost two years’ gap, said he has not dropped his pace and is looking to play a match-winner’s role for Pakistan in the World Cup February-April. Shoaib, who was once discarded as a spent force, said he can still …
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Tuesday provided an update on Brendon McCullum’s back injury following a recently completed fitness test. Speaking on behalf of the National Selection Panel Glenn Turner said, “Brendon got through the fitness test well and we are pleased with the progress he has made. “Although the signs are good the selection …
