16th Over: WICKET! Mahesh edges a Patel bouncer and Rawat finishes it off behind the stumps. McGrath is the last man in. FOUR! McGrath gets it on the gloves and the ball races away fine. Delhi are 87-9
15th Over: Warnie is ripping them off. He finishes his spell off with a tidy delivery. Delhi are […]
Western Australia batsman Luke Ronchi has given the Indian Premier League the thumbs-up despite a brief and difficult stint with the Mumbai Indians.
Ronchi only played four matches in the IPL, scoring a meagre 34 runs before he made way for the return of Sachin Tendulkar.
Despite his short stint and lack of runs Ronchi, who has […]
The momentum would be with Yuvraj Singh’s Mohali as they clash head on against the MS Dhoni led Chennai at the Wankhede Stadium in the second IPL semi final on Saturday.
The Indian skipper, also in charge of Chennai, has had a topsy turvy ride in the tournament so far while his deputy Yuvraj has had […]
Batsmen Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan have won call-ups to India’s squad for the one-day tri-series in Bangladesh and the Asia Cup in Pakistan.
Pathan, brother of bowler Irfan, has not played a limited overs game for India, while left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha is also an uncapped squad member. Read more
Courtesy: news.bbc.co.uk
Dwayne Bravo made a handy early breakthrough but Ricky Ponting was again looking in ominous form as Australia reached 70 for 1 at lunch on the first day in Antigua. Ponting, who began the innings needing 61 to reach the 10,000 Test run milestone, had driven his way to 28 at the break, with Simon […]
Tim Ambrose has been called up to England’s one-day squad for the series against New Zealand. Ambrose, who took over from Matt Prior in the Test side earlier in the year, replaces Phil Mustard and is the only uncapped player in a 14-man squad.
Ambrose made his mark for England during the Test series in New […]
Thandi Tshabalala is one out of seven promising spinners picked by Cricket South Africa (CSA) to be sent to India for a 12-day coaching camp starting June 3. The players will be accompanied by national selector Shafiek Abrahams and Dolphins coach Yashin Ebrahim.
Jonathan Vandiar, a Dolphins legspinner, who took four wickets in six World Cup […]
Sri Lanka’s chairman of selectors Ashatha De Mel has conceded that Sanath Jayasuriya deserved a recall for the Asia Cup.
The veteran opener was not picked in the initial group identified by the selectors but was added at the expense of Upul Tharanga after the intervention of Sri Lanka’s sports minister Gamini Lokuge earlier this month.
De […]
Sussex’s Matt Prior is in line for a recall to the England one-day side after his prolific start to the summer.
The 26-year-old wicket-keeper/batsman has been out of the picture since last winter’s tour to Sri Lanka.
But he could regain his one-day place from Phil Mustard on Friday when the selectors name the squad for the […]
A huge slice of luck helped Delhi Daredevils secure a berth in the last four, but skipper Virender Sewhag will leave nothing to chance when his team takes on Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals in the first semi-final of the IPL here on Friday.
The Daredevils advanced to the semi-final after table leaders Rajasthan Royals secured an […]
Matthew Hayden says the injury that has ended his tour of the West Indies will not finish his career. Hayden was sent home from the Caribbean after Australia discovered the tendinosis in his right achilles, which kept him out of the first Test, would stop him from playing the remaining two matches.
It will be the […]
Simon Katich has won the backing of the captain Ricky Ponting and one of the selectors, David Boon, as he aims to settle into the Test opening role after Matthew Hayden was forced home from the Caribbean due to injury. When Hayden missed the first Test in Kingston because of his achilles tendon problem, Katich […]