Published: June 30, 2009
Dashing left-hander Yuvraj Singh is the man of occasions. The Punjab southpaw declared his arrival during the 2000 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, which India won by defeating the hosts. Yuvraj, with 203 runs, was named Man of the Series. The left-hander was immediately called for national duty during the ICC ICC KnockOut Trophy [...]
Published: June 28, 2009
West Indies vs India, 2nd ODI Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, June 28, 2009
West Indies won by 8 wkts
Published: June 26, 2009
West Indies vs India, 1st ODI Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, June 26, 2009
India won by 20 runs
Published: June 26, 2009
Kingston, June 26 (IANS) After playing in cooler climes for over five months, adapting to hot, humid conditions of the Caribbean isles will be the key to his team’s success in the four-match ODI series against West Indies, feels India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
After playing two Tests, five One-dayers and two Twenty20 games in New [...]
Published: June 26, 2009
Kingston, June 26 (IANS) West Indies captain Chris Gayle said his team will have to shake off fatigue and focus on winning the four-match One-day series against India, starting Friday.
West Indies toured New Zealand in December-January, hosted England in March-April, and then had an unscheduled tour of England in May to play two Tests and [...]
Published: June 26, 2009
Sometime in 2010, day-night Tests could be introduced changing cricket forever. True, the decision hinges on several factors but on Wednesday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) felt it was an opportunity worth exploring.
Successful trials of an ‘appropriate ball’ is one of the issues that need to be ’satisfactorily addressed’ before evening Tests get the go-ahead. [...]
Published: June 25, 2009
Colombo: Tillakaratne Dilshan, whose innovative batting earned him the player of the tournament award in the recently concluded Twenty20 World Cup, says opening the innings has provided a late spark in his career.
“I feel happy and proud about becoming the player of the series in a World Cup series,” Dilshan told reporters on returning to [...]
Published: June 25, 2009
Melbourne: Australian legend Shane Warne believes England have no chance of regaining the Ashes without Kevin Pietersen, who is a doubtful starter for the tournament owing to his Achilles heel.
“The one person England have to have is Kevin Pietersen. If England haven’t got Pietersen I don’t believe they can win. He’s just a wonderful player,” [...]
Published: June 25, 2009
London: The ICC has decided to implement the umpire review system in Test cricket from October this year that will give them the powers to decide on bad light calls instead of the present format where light is offered to the batsmen.
Other results of the Chief Executives’ Committee meet
The scope for a day-night Test in [...]
Published: June 24, 2009
M.S. Dhoni’s salary will be delayed next month. Ditto V.V.S. Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, S.Sreesanth and R.P. Singh.
Reason: These India cricketers are among the 200-odd sportspersons employed by Air India. Also on the list are India hockey captain Sandeep Singh and Jhulan Goswami who captains the national women’s cricket team.
“Frankly, we are [...]