No play was possible on the final day of New Zealand’s three-day warm-up against Kent at Canterbury, after heavy overnight rain had left the outfield saturated. Further drizzle in the morning was all that was needed for the umpires to abandon the fixture at 12.45pm, 15 minutes before lunch.
The situation left Jamie How, New Zealand’s […]
The Feroz Shah Kotla track isn’t known to provide any major assistance to seam or swing but Rahul Dravid, perhaps taking the dew factor and a fiery Dale Steyn into account, elected to field first against the Delhi Daredevils. Eleven out of 16 matches have been won by sides chasing and the Bangalore Royal Challengers, […]
Mumbai Indians stand-in captain Shaun Pollock has hinted that injury-hit Sachin Tendulkar may finally make his Indian Premier League debut during Sunday’s home match against the Delhi Daredevils.
The icon player and captain of the Indians has been out of action since India’s first Test against South Africa in Chennai during the last week of March […]
West Indies batsman Wavell Hinds will replace Australia’s Chris Rogers as Derbyshire’s overseas player for the summer’s domestic Twenty20 tournament.
The 31-year-old had originally accepted a deal to appear for the Phantoms as a Kolpak player for the entire season.
But the England and Wales Cricket Board blocked it because he had played in the unsanctioned Indian […]
Heavy rain prevented play on the final day of New Zealand’s opening first-class tour fixture against Kent.
After their one-day match at Arundel was curtailed by rain, the Kiwis were hoping for batting practice, but only three batsmen spent time in the middle.
They replied to Kent’s 324-1 with 92-1 from 38 overs on Tuesday but Wednesday […]
Heavy rain in the south-east ruled out any play on the opening day between Sussex and Surrey at Hove.
A prolonged downpour left the Eaton Road ground saturated and the day was abandoned before lunch. Read more
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Ravi Bopara has cited his dropping from the England side in Sri Lanka as the catalyst which has led to his remarkable early-season form.
Bopara was discarded by England following a miserable tour of Sri Lanka in which he failed to score in his last three innings. Fast forward four months and Bopara has amassed 499 […]
Ahmedabad and Mumbai will host the two Test matches on England’s tour of India in the last two months of 2008. The Tour, Programme and Fixtures Committee of the Indian board also announced the venues for the seven one-day internationals: Delhi, Indore, Rajkot, Jamshedpur, Cuttack, Guwahati and Kanpur will host the matches, but the final […]
Muttiah Muralitharan has plans to work alongside Anil Kumble to coach subcontinent players in spin bowling after his retirement. “He [Anil] is one of the greatest bowlers I have seen and he knows a lot”, Murali told Daily News and Analysis, a Mumbai daily. Read more
Courtesy: ind.cricinfo.com
Bangalore skipper Rahul Dravid has brushed aside suggestions that he is suited for Test cricket and said that “good players do well in every form of the game”.
“Some players would adapt well and some would not. But good players do well in every format of the game,” Dravid told reporters ahead of his side’s crucial […]
Mumbai Indians shrugged off the loss of off-spinner Harbhajan Singh to claim their maiden Indian Premier League win against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Tuesday.
Just 24 hours after Harbhajan was ruled out of the remainder of the IPL by an 11-match ban handed down for slapping India team-mate Sreesanth in Friday’s encounter with […]
James Marshall on Tuesday made the first tentative steps in his bid to fill former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming’s shoes in the forthcoming npower Test series.
Marshall, twin brother of Gloucestershire’s Hamish Marshall, has been entrusted with the number three position vacated by the recently-retired Fleming.
He resumes the final day of the tour match with […]