Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Team India's famed batting lineup fires

Team India's famed batting lineup fires


Team India's famed batting lineup fires

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:58 AM PDT

Trailing 0-2 and with their No.1 ranking at stake, India left with no option but to bat out of their skin to salvage their reputation in Test series against England.


Pakistan Cricket Board replaces manager

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:51 AM PDT

Pakistani cricket confirmed on Wednesday it was replacing team manager Intikhab Alam with Naved Akram Cheema for this month's tour of Zimbabwe.


Harbhajan Singh ruled out of third Test

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:23 AM PDT

Team India's injury woes increased with off-spinner Harbhajan Singh being ruled out of the third Test against England due to an abdominal strain.


Aussies gear up for T20s against Sri Lanka

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:43 AM PDT

Australia's Twenty20 captain Cameron White said that he expects a tough contest against the hosts Sri Lanka during two upcoming matches.


'No double standards in Bell run-out'

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:20 AM PDT

Andy Flower said: "If an England side had done that in Mumbai (against Tendulkar), I think there would have been a proper international incident on the cards."


'Can't write off Dhoni after two losses'

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:07 AM PDT

MS Dhoni has found much-needed support in Pakistan pace legend Wasim Akram who feels he cannot be written off on the basis of a couple of defeats.


Someone will be disappointed: Bresnan

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:34 PM PDT

Bresnan was an injury replacement and he performed exceptionally well scoring 90 in the second-innings along with his first ever five-wicket haul in a Test.


Dhoni harps on the cramped schedule

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:20 PM PDT

Faced with the prospect of losing the No.1 ranking, MS Dhoni has once blamed a cramped schedule and tiredness for his team's poor performances.


England's journey began with a spat

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Relying on sound planning, solid work ethics and puncturing egos, Strauss and Flower earmarked their targets: Ashes 2009, Ashes 2011, No.1 ranking.


England's journey began with a spat

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Relying on sound planning, solid work ethics and puncturing egos, Strauss and Flower earmarked their targets: Ashes 2009, Ashes 2011, No.1 ranking.


'Sachin behind Ian Bell's reinstatement'

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:30 PM PDT

"Sachin has emerged as the key figure behind India's change of heart that led to them recalling Ian Bell after controversially running him out," a paper reported.


Injury management raises queries

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:50 PM PDT

If the BCCI works in mysterious ways, its team is even more secretive. Often, in fact, the latter behaves like it is on a world-saving undercover assignment.


Fitness, key to success: Chandrakant Pandit

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Former India stumper and Mumbai Cricket Association's (MCA's) managing committee member Chandrakant Pandit stressed on the importance of fitness in modern-day cricket as he spoke to eager upcoming players while inaugurating the off-season conditioning camp of the Rizvi Springfield High School at their premises in Bandra on Monday.


Dismiss MS Dhoni at your own risk

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:05 PM PDT

For the first time since 2008, India have lost two straight Tests in a series; for the first time during his reign, skipper Dhoni is on the verge of losing a series.


Dilshan wary of youthful Australia

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:45 AM PDT

Sri Lanka skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan on Tuesday insisted his team would not be taking Australia lightly despite the youthful look to the tourists' squad.


PCB drops Intikhab Alam as manager for Pak's Zimbabwe tour

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:00 AM PDT

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has dropped Intikhab Alam as the manager of the national cricket team for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe.


India looked under-prepared: Ganguly

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 06:59 AM PDT

Sourav Ganguly said playing just one practice game ahead of the high-profile Test series was not the ideal preparation for the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side.

Pragyan Ojha to play for English county Surrey

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 06:21 AM PDT

Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha will be playing for English county Surrey in the first-class and one-day format to gain experience in the lean domestic season.


Dhawan scores 146 against SA Emerging side in three-day game

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 06:07 AM PDT

Skipper Shikhar Dhawan struck a fantastic 146 but most of the other Indian batsmen failed to get going against South Africa on Day 2 of of the Emerging Meet.


Difficult times for MS Dhoni as captain

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 06:03 AM PDT

Humiliated in the first two Tests against England and battling poor form, MS Dhoni finds himself under the scanner - probably for the first time as a captain.

'Indian youngsters lack fighting spirit'

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 04:23 AM PDT

Warne said to derail India, an opposition just need to dismiss their three most experienced batsmen as the rest of the willow-wielders lack fighting spirit.


Best England side I have seen: Hussain

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 04:01 AM PDT

Nasser Hussain praised the England team after its emphatic 319-run victory over India on Monday in the second cricket Test at Trent Bridge.


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