With the enormity of India’s success under his leadership sinking in, India’s new captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Wednesday that he was excited but not unduly worried about leading the one-day cricket team against Australia in the series beginning from Saturday.
“It would be exciting against Australia, especially since it would be our first home […]
India’s historic win at the Twenty20 World Cup had not imposed any pressure on the team which has worked out a strategy to take on the Aussies to fight “fire with fire” in the coming ODI series, Robin Uthappa, part of the victorious team, said on Thursday.
“The pressure is not on us. We have done […]
BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla lost his cool when he was confronted with the same question by journalists in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.
Media persons wanted to know when the victorious team would travel to Delhi and meet prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh [Images] and Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi [Images].
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Sri Lanka’s tsunami-hit cricket stadium at Galle is embroiled in a heritage row as it races to host the final Test of the England tour in December, officials said Thursday.
Jayananda Warnaweera, the curator overseeing its reconstruction, said conservationists had objected to a new building at the stadium that could obstruct views of Galle’s 17th century […]
Yorkshire have completed the signing of former Pakistan and Sussex bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan on a two-year contract.
The 29-year-old was a key part of this year’s title-winning side but Sussex let him go after choosing Mushtaq Ahmed as their overseas player for next year. Read more
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting warned Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s celebrating Indians Thursday the tourists are determined to start the one-day series on a winning note on Saturday.
Ponting said India would be under pressure after lifting the inaugural Twenty20 World Championships in South Africa and his side had all the resources they needed despite missing key players.
“We […]
England leg-spinner Chris Schofield has signed a contract that will keep him at Surrey for a further two years.
The 28-year-old moved to the Oval from minor county side Suffolk in 2006 and has been a key player in both the four-day and limited overs formats. Read more
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Ricky Ponting didn’t wait for the umpires to call play to go on the offensive; his first press conference of the tour was all about pressure - pressure on India given their recent successes, the pressure of accommodating senior players into a settled side, the pressure of the one-day format, the on-field pressure typically exerted […]
There’s barely time for the dust from the celebrations of the ICC World Twenty20 to settle and the Australians are upon India for a seven-match ODI series. In India, the reaction was predictably exaggerated, both spontaneous and genuine and pre-planned and stage-managed. The players basked in the limelight and the administrators cashed in on the […]
Record-breaking Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf said Thursday he has ditched a contract with the breakaway Indian Cricket League and will play for his national side.
Yousuf, 33, signed with the multi-million dollar ICL last month after he was not selected for the Twenty20 world championship in South Africa, in which Pakistan reached the final. […]
Lord Bill Morris, the former Trade Union Congress leader and director of the ECB, has called for a fresh review of English cricket’s position on cricketing relations with Zimbabwe, in particular whether Zimbabwe should be allowed to tour England in 2009.
The thorny issue of Zimbabwe continues to stalk the ECB, largely because of the UK […]
Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla survived a few close chances to take the South Africans to 173 for 2 at tea on the first day of their first tour match against the Patron’s XI in Karachi.
Kallis and Amla resumed after lunch with the team precariously placed on 64 for 2, having lost both wickets shortly […]