Archive for the 'India' Category

Gambhir: I don’t enjoy batting

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Gautam Gambhir told SportsCenter’s Dinesh Chopra in an exclusive chat that he doesn’t enjoy batting. Shocked? Read on.
Even after becoming the ICC Test player of the year and ranking number one in ICC Test batsman rating Gambhir said he doesn’t enjoy batting.
Gautam Gambhir: It is pretty personal but I want to share this with you [...]

Laura Marsh steers England to T20 series win in India

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Laura Marsh made her highest score for England as they beat India by five wickets in Mumbai to win the Twenty20 series by a 2-1 margin.
The 23-year-old from Kent was promoted to number four and responded with an unbeaten 47 off 53 balls.
She shared stands of 49 and 44 with Beth Morgan and Jenny Gunn [...]

Laura Marsh takes England to series win

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Laura Marsh and Jenny Gunn gave England the series win with a six-wicket victory in the third Twenty20 in Mumbai. England were set to chase just 126 but after their collapse in the second match, it was not expected to be an easy chase.
And the win had looked doubtful when they lost three wickets with [...]

India to finish season as No. 2

Monday, March 8th, 2010

India will finish the season as No.2 ranked side in ODIs, behind Australia, and will receive USD 75,000 for this achievement.
India’s position in the ranking table at annual cut-off date of April 1 was confirmed after New Zealand went down to Ricky Ponting’s men by 12 runs in the second ODI on Saturday.
This means even [...]

Akram heaps praises on Sachin

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Wasim Akram has heaped praises on Sachin Tendulkar for scoring the lone double century in the history of ODIs.
“This achievement is all the more creditable as he earned it against a team like South Africa,” Akram, the bowling consultant of Kolkata Knight Riders, said.
Asked to compare Sachin with Sir Donald Bradman, he said these two [...]

England women beaten as India level Twenty20 series

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

England’s women succumbed to a 30-run defeat as India levelled the Twenty20 series at 1-1 with one match to play.
India chose to bat first and Sulakshana Naik hit six fours in her 36 to help the hosts to 126-7 from their 20 overs.
Lydia Greenway top scored with 29 from 35 balls but she was run-out [...]

Spinners help India level the series

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

India’s young spinners helped their team level the series with a convincing 30-run win, bowling England out while defending a total of 126. Poonam Raut, Gouher Sultana and debutant Diana David combined to take the last six wickets for 16 runs and England were left to rue how they had yet again stumbled in a [...]

England women win T20 game against India off last ball

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

England’s women scrambled two runs off the final ball to pull off a thrilling win in the first of three Twenty20 matches against India in Mumbai.
Needing one run to secure a draw, Nicky Shaw held her nerve to hit two runs and help England scrape home on 126-8.
Charlotte Edwards began England’s chase with 28 and [...]

England prevail in low-scoring thriller

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

With England needing six runs off the last over, with four wickets in hand, it looked like an easy win for the visitors in the first Twenty20 in Mumbai. But four balls later they needed two with two wickets in hand. A dot ball off the fifth meant two from the final ball. Nicky Shaw [...]

Indian colts skip Australia tour

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Security fears in Australia have prompted half a dozen academy-level players from India to pull out of a series.
Fears fuelled by the attacks on the Indians living in Australia have prompted Indian players to pull out of a series ironically meant to promote goodwill between the two countries.
“Cricket is the greatest tie we have between [...]

Goswami reclaims number-one spot

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

India captain Jhulan Goswami has reclaimed the number-one bowling spot in the ICC Women’s ODI Rankings for bowlers.
Goswami took 11 wickets in the series, including 3-16 in the series opener in Bangalore, which has helped her leapfrog the Australia duo of Shelley Nitschke and Lisa Sthalekar. Seven months ago, Goswami had surrendered her number-one position [...]

Goswami to lead Twenty20 squad against England

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The all-India senior selection committee has named the squad for India Women’s Twenty20 series against England, as well as the 30 probables for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 in the West Indies in April and May.
The three Twenty20 internationals against England will be played at the MCA recreation centre in Mumbai on March 4, 6 [...]