Wellington: Dejected after the embarrassing ODI series whitewash against India, New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori on Monday said senior players, including himself, will have to take the blame for the debacle. “It’s about players standing up and performing, Vettori told ‘ONE News’ on the team’s return to the country after a 0-5 drubbing in India. …
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PERTH: Shock Australian Ashes selection Michael Beer has admitted even he isn’t sure he is ready for his Test debut in the third Ashes tie against England, starting on Thursday at the WACA. The 26-year-old left-arm finger spinner, third in line for a place in the Victoria side just 12 months ago, finds himself picked …
India’s Test series with South Africa beginning at Centurion Thursday spiced up with the home coach Corrie Van Zyl reminding the visitors of their poor record here and saying that getting used to pace and bouncy conditions would not be easy. Van Zyl, however, said they are not ‘underestimating’ the world’s top Test side which …
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LONDON: Iconic Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar’s record-breaking ODI double century has found a place in the Time magazine’s top 10 sports moments of the year. “Certain sports milestones seem simply unreachable: In cricket, it’s the one-day double-hundred: no man had ever produced 200 runs for his team during a one-day international match,” ‘The Time’ said. …
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Johannesburg: The mind games have started ahead of the India-South Africa Test series with Proteas star batsman A B de Villiers saying that there would be a question mark on the visitors’ number one ranking if they falter in the three-match series starting December 16. “There’s been this feeling and stats show it, that their …
India are playing too much cricket resulting in injuries to their pacers and that could hurt the team’s chances in next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup on the subcontinent, feels former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram. Akram said the upcoming South African tour just before the World Cup in February has been ill-timed and will only …
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Johannesburg: South Africa coach Corrie van Zyl said his team has worked out special strategies to counter the furious batting of swashbuckling India opener Virender Sehwag during the three-match Test series. “We definitely have a few plans for (Sehwag),” coach Corrie van Zyl told the Afrikaans daily Beeld. “Sehwag would realise very quickly that he …
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar’s career longevity and his remarkable achievements make him a class apart, according to the legendary Sir Vivian Richards who reckons that the Indian maestro has set benchmarks that no other contemporary cricketer can come anywhere close to. Richards said Tendulkar has survived for so long in international cricket because of his …
Cape Town: The Indian cricket team suffered an injury scare as Sachin Tendulkar escaped unhurt after he was hit on the helmet by a rising delivery from fast bowler Umesh Yadav during pre-series training at coach Gary Kirsten’s academy here. A delivery from the uncapped right-arm paceman caught Tendulkar by surprise as it hit the …
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London, Dec 11 (ANI): England team managing director Hugh Morris has asked batsman Kevin Pietersen to be careful when posting tweets on his Twitter account following his latest outburst on the networking site. Pietersen, who was selected to England’s Twenty20 and one-day squads to face Australia after the Ashes series, branded the Adelaide Oval groundsman …
