Pakistan’s One-Day International captain Shahid Afridi on Friday said that he is left with only one ambition in his cricketing career and that is to end his playing days by winning the World Cup for his country. Afridi told the media in Lahore that he had a burning ambition to see Pakistan win the World …
Melbourne: More than the million dollars, it is Australia’s captaincy which can pull spin legend Shane Warne out of retirement to rescue the team’s floundering Ashes campaign, claims cricketer-turned-commentator Dean Jones. The 41-year-old Warne has been offered a million dollars to come out of retirement by a group of businessmen here which has created a …
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CHENNAI: India’s stand-in skipper Gautam Gambhir attributed the team’s 5-0 sweep in the ODI series against New Zealand to “overall effort” after the hosts won the final match by eight wickets on Friday. “It’s a complete overall effort and full credit to the team for the clean sweep,” Gambhir said. “It’s a young side and …
Mumbai: Stalwarts Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, as well as in-form opener Gautam Gambhir, were not retained by their franchises for 2011 and 2012 IPL seasons and will go into the players’ auction pool to be bought by interested teams. Kumble, who led Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last two seasons of the …
DAVID Hussey is as close as he’s ever been to playing Test cricket and has implored the national selectors to pick him for next week’s Third Test in Perth. On the eve of Victoria’s three-day match against England, the usually self-depracating Victorian batsman sent a loud and clear message that he can do the job …
Melbourne: Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is set to be recalled for the third Ashes Test against England to be played in Perth next week, while New South Wales quick Doug Bollinger is likely to be axed after Ryan Harris was cleared of a chest muscle injury. According to the Daily Telegraph, Johnson’s return appears …
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The five-match limited-overs cricket series between Sri Lanka and the West Indies was postponed Thursday due to bad weather. Sri Lanka Cricket announced that the one-day series has been rescheduled for next year and is likely to get underway late January. A single Twenty20 match has also been postponed. Most of an earlier three-test series …
NEW DELHI: India’s cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni cemented his position as the world’s top earning player on Wednesday with another multi-million-dollar endorsement deal. Dhoni, 29, inked a 6.5-million-dollar contract to be the face of Indian mobile phone company Maxx Mobile on Tuesday, four days after agreeing to a 5.7-million-dollar deal with Vijay Mallya’s United …
KOLKATA: Memories of a sparkling tour exactly four years ago still fresh in his mind, India medium pacer S Sreesanth is again travelling to South Africa with the belief that Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men have it in them to win a Test series there. Before leaving for South Africa on Tuesday night, the 27-year-old said …
Melbourne: The Australian cricket team collapsed to defeat before what could have been a potentially Test-saving storm in Adelaide, but had little cover from the deluge of media criticism on Wednesday that greeted their 1-0 deficit to England in the Ashes series. Tuesday`s crushing innings and 71-run loss in the second Test at Adelaide, the …
