Archive for March, 2008

The kings of the draw

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Stats highlights from the first Test between India and South Africa in Chennai, which ended in a high-scoring draw.
# The last three Tests in Chennai have all been drawn, but the previous two - against Australia in 2004-05, and Sri Lanka in 2005-06 - were both severely affected by the weather.
# Over the last […]

IND vs SA 1st Test: Kumble expected wicket to deteriorate

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Indian captain Anil Kumble said after the match that he expected the wicket to deteriorate as the game progressed.
“I was expecting the wicket to deteriorate a little more. But I think the wicket could not be prepared well enough because of the rains in the lead up to the match,” the leg spinners said.
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IPL: Event difficult for England players - Sidebottom

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Seamer Ryan Sidebottom believes the lucrative Indian Premier League has created a “difficult situation” for England’s top stars.
The Twenty20 competition starts next month with many of the world’s best players involved.
However, representation from county cricket is small with Dimitri Mascarenhas, an England one-day international player, the most high-profile name involved. Read more
Courtesy: espnstar.com

PAK vs BAN ODI: Gul back in Pakistan squad

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Fast bowler Umar Gul was on Sunday included in the Pakistan squad for the one-day international series against Bangladesh.
Gul has been out of action for four months with a back injury but returns for the first two games of the five-match contest, which was scheduled after Australia pulled out of a tour of Pakistan over […]

India guarded on Tendulkar’s fitness

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

India will hope to be able to choose a full-strength side for the second Test in Ahmedabad after Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble rested themselves on the final day in Chennai. Tendulkar didn’t take the field on the fifth day while Kumble missed nearly two sessions.
Both suffered from groin strains and chose not to aggravate […]

Gul and Iftikhar included for first two ODIs

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Umar Gul and Rao Iftikhar Anjum have been recalled for the first two one-day internationals against Bangladesh, but there is no room for Shoaib Akhtar in a near-full-strength Pakistan squad. Three finds from the ODI series against Zimbabwe at home recently - Nasir Jamshed, Sohail Khan and Wahab Riaz - were handed another opportunity to […]

McKenzie ton rounds off tame draw

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

A patient unbeaten 155 from Neil McKenzie, and his solid 157-run partnership with Hashim Amla guided South Africa to safety on the final day at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, with India left to rue the missed chances that put paid to slim hopes of victory. Two catches were put down on a morning of frustration, […]

IND vs SA 1st Test, Day 5 LIVE: South Africa cruise along

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

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Record figures for Scots cricket

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Scottish Cricket has announced a record turnover of nearly £1.8m for the last financial year.
Despite increased costs from competing in two world cups the organisation also made a £40,000 surplus.
Much of the rise came from the rained-off international between India and Pakistan due to be staged in Glasgow last summer. Read more
Courtesy: news.bbc.co.uk
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Mascarenhas reveals England worry

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Dimitri Mascarenhas has revealed his fear that playing in the Indian Premier League could cost him a place in the England one-day international side.
The 30-year-old Hampshire all-rounder was involved in England’s one-day side in the recent tour of New Zealand.
But he feels his signing up to the IPL, which starts in April, is a “definite […]

‘The last 1000 have been a learning curve’ - Dravid

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

March 7, 1987 remains an iconic date in Indian cricket and Rahul Dravid remembered it clearly. It was the day when Sunil Gavaskar late-cut an innocuous ball to third man to become the first batsman to get to 10,000 runs in Tests. For young Indian batsmen growing up, the figure was some sort of a […]

IND vs SA 1st Test, Day 4: Draw on cards despite Sehwag heroics

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Virender Sehwag’s record-breaking innings was not enough to put India in a winning position as South Africa reached stumps on day four of the first Test on 131 for one in their second innings.
Having compiled the fastest triple century in Test history on Friday, Sehwag then passed his own record for most runs scored by […]