England fast bowler Stuart Broad has sustained a torn abdominal muscle injury during the fourth day of the Adelaide Test, which will keep him out of the rest of the Ashes series. England medical officer Nick Peirce said the nature of the injury meant Broad would be ruled out of the rest of the tour. …
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Pakistan’s cricketers will be kept out of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) because of a spot-fixing scandal that has dogged Pakistan cricket in recent months, sources said. According to sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), IPL organisers have decided against clearing the return of Pakistan’s cricketers in the cash-rich Twenty20 …
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Tamil Nadu would be praying for divine benevolence by way of dry weather over the next four days when they take on leaders Mumbai in a crucial Group A match of the Ranji Trophy Super League here Wednesday. With their previous two games here being washed out, Tamil Nadu are on 11 points after five …
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Bangalore: Indian skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field first against New Zealand in the fourth ODI of the five match series. Gambhir: We have been chasing pretty well and the bowlers have been doing good, so we would like to go out there and get everything right. We have got 3 …
England captain Andrew Strauss hailed a “clinical” performance by his side against Australia in Adelaide. Having dismissed the Australians for 245 in the first innings and then romping to 620 for five declared in reply, England remained brutal in the attack as they claimed the six wickets they required to dismiss the hosts for 304 …
Ricky Ponting’s post-match team talk is not for public airing, after Australia’s landslide defeat in the second Ashes Test. But it is hard to see how he could have indulged in much more straight talking in the confines of the dressing room than he did in his subsequent press conference. Ponting, twice an Ashes loser …
Gautam Gambhir scored an explosive 126 not out as India beat New Zealand by nine wickets in the third ODI in Baroda. The stand-in India captain blazed to his second consecutive hundred in just 88 balls and added 114 runs for the unbroken second wicket stand with Virat Kohli (63 not out off 70 balls) …
Everyone’s hurting from the string of losses. But the attitude is to look ahead rather than look back. We have to make sure that when we get down to the field at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, we do so with a positive mindset. We need to improve on every facet of our game if we have …
Adelaide: England won the second Ashes test by an innings and 71 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series after dismissing Australia’s last six batsmen for 66 runs in the first session of the final day on Tuesday. Graeme Swann completed a five-wicket haul and James Anderson took two wickets in two …
The BCCI’s Disciplinary Committee, probing charges of alleged financial irregularities against suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, is likely to hold a meeting on December 15 to cross examine more witnesses in the case. Official sources said the meeting, which was put on hold temporarily after being challenged by Modi in the Supreme Court that it …
