Derby, July 4 (IANS) India won their second warm-up game beating Derbyshire by five-wickets at the County Ground here Thursday. Derbyshire, who started the day 15 runs behind the Indians, declared their second innings at 156 for three after Billy Godleman top scored with 56 not out and Alex Hughes was unbeaten on 36. Set a […]
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Continuing their dream run, Kolkata Knight Riders moved closer to the knock-out round by galloping to a eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings as their batsmen led by Robin Uthappa put up a sparkling show in an Indian Premier League match here Tuesday. Playing their first match at the home ground Eden […]
Sharjah, April 18 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss and put the Delhi Daredevils in to bat in the second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Thursday. The following are the squads: Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (Captain), Nic Maddinson, Parthiv Patel, Yuvraj Singh, […]
Miami, March 23 (IANS) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his South African partner Kevin Anderson suffered a first-round exit from the men’s doubles event of Sony Open Tennis here. Bhupathi and Anderson went down 4-6, 6-4, 6-10 to the second-seeded pair of Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil in the first round here Saturday. […]
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) India discard Gautam Gambhir doesn’t see the Indian Premier League as a platform to make his case for a national comeback. The opening batsman has set no deadline for himself but says he will quit the day he is not enjoying the game. For the present, Gambhir’s priority is the upcoming […]
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Tainted Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ajit Chandila, who is out on bail, Wednesday sought more time from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) disciplinary committee to reply to charges of spot-fixing levelled against him. Chandila along with Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan were the three Rajasthan Royals cricketers who were arrested […]
St. John’s (Antigua), March 5 (IANS/CMC) Former West Indies captain, Sir Richie Richardson, is encouraging the youth in Antigua & Barbuda to emulate the achievements of cricket legends who were knighted here Friday. Richardson and two other former international Antiguan cricketers, former fast bowlers Sir Andy Roberts and Sir Curtly Ambrose, received knighthoods during the first […]
Sydney, March 4 (IANS) As Australia pummels its team to an inexorable defeat, South Africa’s highly-regarded captain Graeme Smith will call it quits from international cricket, at the end of a series that exposed his position as South African cricket’s go-to leader. Cricket-mad Sydney has been brewing coffee to stay up late and watch a third […]
Three-time former champions Australia and two-time runners-up South Africa will be the favourites to advance to the ICC Under-19 World Cup semifinals when they feature in Sunday’s quarterfinals. Australia, which won the title in 1988, 2000 and 2010, will take on 2004 finalists West Indies at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here. South Africa, losing […]
The Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee, investigating allegations of spot-fixing and betting in the Indian Premier League (IPL), is likely to submit its report Feb 10, the BCCI said Sunday. The Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI), however, said in a release that the committee has yet not arrived at any final conclusion. The […]