Sunday 20 May 2012
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Bangladesh have not yet given up on the Asia Cup despite losing the final by two runs to Pakistan as the country’s Board plans to complain to the Asian Cricket Council that pacer Aizaz Cheema deliberately blocked host batsman Mahmudullah Riyad when he tried to come back for a run during the tense chase....
Oppressive heat and humidity will present a major problem for England in the first of two cricket Tests against Sri Lanka starting in Galle on Monday. These are unnatural conditions for English players, we don’t get this kind of heat, England batting coach Graham Gooch told reporters. It’s different to the United Arab Emirates,...
“My critics haven’t taught me my cricket,” Sachin Tendulkar has said in a rebuttal to those who were calling for him to retire. The day he feels “a little less passion” when walking out to bat for India, “I will give up the game”, the master batsman said, adding, “critics didn’t need to tell...
In just over two weeks from now, the Wankhede Stadium will unabashedly be buzzing with all the exorbitance and indulgences that make the Indian Premier League (IPL) what it is, as Mumbai Indians prepare to play their first home game against Pune Warriors in front of DJs, emcees, cheer-leaders and the plethora of stagehands....
The hackneyed discussion about the nature of pitches on the domestic circuit dominated the BCCI organised conclave for Ranji captains and coaches on Thursday. After four hours the major recommendation to emerge from the meeting was from a forgotten chapter from cricket’s history. The players and BCCI decision makers, including president N Srinivasan, more...
Bangladesh’s dream of being crowned Asia Cup champions stayed alive right until the last ball of a pulsating encounter against Pakistan on Thursday. Shahadat Hossain, their No.11 batsman, had arrived at the centre to face the final delivery from Pakistan medium-pacer Aizaz Cheema. Abdur Razzak had just been bowled off the penultimate ball, when...
Millions of Indian cricket fans will be praying for a Sri Lankan victory when the islanders take on hosts Bangladesh on Tuesday in their last league match, the result of which will determine India’s fate in the Asia Cup cricket tournament. The Indians recorded their highest run-chase ever to pull off an extra-ordinary victory...
In the form of his life but young Indian batsman Virat Kohli said he felt under pressure in the crunch Asia Cup game against arch-rivals Pakistan but having learnt to value his wicket he managed to deliver a match-winning 183-run knock. “It would be wrong if I say there was no pressure. I didn’t...
The ICC today sought to put a lid to the raging controversy surrounding Pakistan off spinner Saeed Ajmal’s bowling action, saying the tweaker was well within “the allowed degree of tolerance”. According to a television report, Indian cricketers have raised their concern over the bowler’s action after their stupendous six-wicket victory over arch rivals...
Sachin Tendulkar’s 100 international centuries is a bigger feat than Sir Don Bradman’s Test average of 99.94 and compares favourably with football legend Pele’s 1,281 goals, feels the bowler who was at the receiving end when the iconic Indian cricketer got to his first ton. Tell Us: Do you think Sachin’s 100 tons equal...
Every second seemed excruciatingly long as Sachin Tendulkar crawled first through the 80s, and later in the 90s on Friday. The wait to see Tendulkar reach three figures seemed endless. More so, since the anticipation to a cricketer going past the ‘never before crossed’ milestone of hundredth 100 had kicked off more than a...
All-rounder Angelo Mathews was today ruled out of the ongoing Asia Cup tournament due to a calf injury, dealing a blow to Sri Lanka’s chances in the four-nation cricket tournament. Sri Lanka Cricket is yet to name a replacement for Mathews, who had missed the finals of the recently-concluded Commonwealth Bank series in Australia...
The Australian middle-order collapsed like a pack of cards as Sri Lanka restricted the hosts to 231 in the third and deciding final of the ODI tri-series here today. The hosts were cruising along at 115 for 1 before a middle-order slump saw them get all-out in 49.3 overs. Things could have got worse...
Australia clinched the cricket tri-series title as they relied on a spirited bowling display to beat Sri Lanka by 16 runs in a low-scoring thriller here today. After posting 231 all out on a difficult Adelaide Oval track, the hosts rode on pacer Clint McKay’s five-for to stop Sri Lanka at 215 in the...
Captain Graeme Smith made a steady, unbeaten 53 to guide South Africa to 86 for one at tea after a rain-delayed start to the first Test against New Zealand. Smith ensured South Africa overcame the loss of the toss, the loss of more than a full session to rain and cold conditions to place...