After Pakistan had lost to Ireland in the just concluded Cricket World Cup, Islamic fundamentalists in Pakistan had issued a fatwa against former cricket team manager PJ Mir for airing his views against some players over their offering prayers (Namaz) in the middle of a match.
The issuance of the fatwa against him had resulted in […]
After 51 matches and 49 days the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup has thrown up everything under the sun.
As Australia celebrate their fourth Cricket World Cup title, a look back at cricket’s mega carnival.
Call it punishment or destruction; six balls produced the maximum carnage ever in a One-Day match. South Africa’s Herschelle […]
Adam Gilchrist credited a squash ball stuffed inside his glove after pulverising Sri Lanka’s bowlers with his match-winning 149 in the Cricket World Cup final on Saturday.
Adam Gilchrist hit 13 fours and eight sixes from just 104 balls and pointed to his glove as Adam Gilchrist celebrated the fastest hundred in the history of Cricket […]
Poor cricket apart, India’s early exit from the Cricket World Cup was also a result of ex-coach Greg Chappell’s adverse planetary positions and the “inauspicious” departure time at which Team India departed for the West Indies, feel some leading Indian astrologers.
While experts and a majority of Indian cricket lovers are blaming players and the coach […]
Australia captain Ricky Ponting said he was excited by the team’s future prospects after they’d won an unprecedented third straight Cricket World Cup Final, even though their victory against Sri Lanka could be seen as a watershed match.
Australia’s 53-run rain-affected win here at Kensington Oval marked 37-year-old fast bowler and man of the Cricket World […]
Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody is confident that his team will be a major force in international cricket despite losing the Cricket World Cup final against Australia here.
“We have made a significant progress as a group in the last couple of years and if we continue to maintain the professionalism there’s no reason why Sri […]
Officials whose error led to the farcical finish in the Cricket World Cup Final do still have a future in cricket, according to Malcolm Speed.
The International Cricket Council chief executive said the five-man playing control team led by match referee Jeff Crowe were full of regret for their roles in the bizarre spectacle that saw […]
Ricky Ponting believes Australia can continue to dominate cricket despite the loss of some leading players.
Shane Warne and Justin Langer retired after the Ashes victory and Glenn McGrath bowed out after Saturday’s Cricket World Cup final triumph over Sri Lanka.
“I fully expect us to win every Cricket World Cup game we play, it doesn’t matter […]
Match referee Jeff Crowe has admitted that a blunder by him and the umpires caused the farcical scenes at the end of the Cricket World Cup final.
When Sri Lanka and Australia came off for bad light with three overs left, Sri Lanka and Australia were told the Cricket World Cup game would have to be […]
International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has apologised for the umpire error which led to the farcical ending of the Cricket World Cup.
But he has insisted the ICC will not “over-react” to the umpires’ mis-interpretation of the playing conditions on Saturday.
None of the umpires, nor match referee Jeff Crowe, realised it took only 20 […]
Australia are on a roll and look set to win the Cricket World Cup. They are not making any mistakes and have never looked like losing a game throughout this Cricket World Cup. They will be very hard to beat and Sri Lanka have a very difficult job in hand.
No side is unbeatable but the […]
Mohammad Ashraful is the new Bangladesh vice-captain in an expected 14-man squad for the one-day series against India this month. Habibul Bashar kept his place as captain, even though it was reported that he would retire after the World Cup, as the Bangladesh Cricket Board retained 14 of the 15 players that toured the Caribbean […]