20th Over - Two needed. That the first off delivery number one. WIDE and Pakistan have won by 6 wickets. Misbah finishes with 66 and Malik with 52. Pakistan have now won two out of two in the Super 8s.
19th Over - Malik gets his 50 with a single - and people say he was […]
Harsha Bhogle, the voice of India cricket, thinks India’s bowlers have to buck up their bowling or else India will not make it to the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 championships.
Following India’s defeat by New Zealand, the ESPN STAR Sports commentator for the World Twenty20, felt that the India lost the game during two key […]
M S Dhoni’s elevation to captaincy of India’s One-Day team will be a giant leap of faith. He has defied convention in every sense of the word; emerging from a cricketing outpost that wouldn’t have dared this dream just a few years ago.
Ever since his debut for India a little over three years ago, Mahender […]
Sohail Tanvir dismissed Australia’s celebrated triumvirate of left-handers and the slow bowlers choked off runs cleverly in the middle overs as Pakistan gave themselves an outstanding chance of upsetting Australia at the Wanderers. Michael Hussey and Brad Hodge resurrected the innings with a 63-run partnership, but the expected late charge never came, leaving Pakistan to […]
The Durham wicketkeeper, Phil Mustard, has been called up for England’s forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka, after Matt Prior was forced to pull out with a fractured thumb, sustained during practice on the eve of England’s Twenty20 defeat against New Zealand at Durban.
Mustard, 24, has been in prime form as an attacking batsman and wicketkeeper […]
“You have to be really thinking on your feet,” said Daniel Vettori before this match. New Zealand did just that - recovering from 31 for 4 thanks to the big-hitting best of Scott Styris and Craig McMillan and then throttling England to take the five-run victory and head towards the semi-finals.
England took early and late […]
England fell five runs short of New Zealand’s total to leave their World Twenty20 bid in tatters in Durban.
Craig McMillan (57) and Scott Styris (42) rebuilt after a fine start from England’s opening bowlers, helping New Zealand to 164-9 off their 20 overs.
Darren Maddy, who had taken two wickets and a run out in the […]
England one-day captain Paul Collingwood says he regrets going to a lap-dancing club on the eve of Sunday’s Twenty20 match against South Africa.
England lost the Super Eight game by 19 runs, with the married Collingwood out first ball, and he says he has now apologised to the England management.
“It’s obviously unacceptable. I’m England captain and […]
Reports have been coming out on Indian news websites and television saying that MS Dhoni is set to be appointed as captain of the Indian ODI team. It is not confirmed though if he will skipper the Test side as well.
The Indian Media, quoting BCCI sources, has reported that an official announcement is expected to […]
BANGLADESH
Strengths
Their captain Mohammad Ashraful and Aftab Ahmed have been in fine knick. Left-arm orthodox bowler Abdur Razzaq has impressed in the tournament as well. It was an encouraging sign that young opener Tamim Iqbal scored some runs in the game against Australia. Read more
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NEW ZEALAND
Strengths
The 2007 World Cup semi-finalists have in their squad a good mixture of fast, swing and spin bowlers. The drafting in of off-spinner Jeetan Patel helped the composition of the bowling attack in the game against India. Also, the success of all-rounders Oram and McMillan is a plus point.
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Bangladesh’s search for a national coach looks set to continue after it was reported that Jamie Siddons, an assistant coach with the Australian team, was out of contention for the role.
“I don’t think he [Siddons] has any chance because his terms and conditions do not match our limits,” Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu, chairman of the […]