English Board defends Ashes overkill
London, Jan. 29: English cricket chiefs were forced to defend themselves from accusations of Ashes overkill on Friday after plans were announced for England and Australia to play 15 Tests against each
Hafeez, Afridi star in Pak’s win against NZ
Christchurch, Jan. 29: A maiden century by Mohammad Hafeez and a blistering 65 by Shahid Afridi set up Pakistan for a 43-run win over New Zealand in their one-day cricket international Saturday.
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North Zone knockout West in semis
Vadodara, Jan. 29: North Zone entered the final of the Duleep Trophy cricket tournament by the virtue of their first innings lead after their semifinal tie against defending champions West Zone ended
Benjamin’s ton in vain as City falter
Bengaluru, Jan. 28: Benjamin Thomas’ 100 went in vain as Hyderabad went down to Karnataka by 55 runs in the final league clash of the P.S. Rammohan Rao Trophy U-25 cricket event on Friday.
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Pathan promises fireworks at WC
New Delhi, Jan. 28: Explosive all-rounder Yusuf Pathan concedes that Indian cricketers would be under immense pressure during next month’s cricket World Cup in the sub-continent but they will have to
Proud to be part of this No.1 team, says Sachin
Mumbai, Jan. 28: Sachin Tendulkar swept the annual Castrol Awards for cricketing excellence announced here on Friday. The Little Master was adjudged the Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year as well as
Snubbed Eden officials blame it on IPL, Test
Kolkata, Jan. 28: A day after Eden Gardens faced the embarrassment of being snubbed as a venue for the India-England World Cup game, the Cricket Association of Bengal still seems busy looking for excu
South star Abhinav shines bright
Hyderabad, Jan. 28: Different day, but same result. For the third day in succession, South Zone were a far superior unit as they had Central Zone on the brink of a big defeat in the Duleep Trophy semi
SL lose $125,000 on Windies series
Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket on Saturday said it had lost $125,000 after bad weather forced a one-day series against the visiting West Indies to be rescheduled.
The series was due to be played in Decem
Eden rejection: ICC refuses to review move of shifting WC match
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council has rejected the BCCI's plea to reconsider its decision of shifting the February 27 World Cup match between India and England out of the historic Eden Gar