Saha dons ball-boy role
Durban, Dec. 25: Lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice. India’s reserve gloveman Wriddhiman Saha donned the white India flannels for the first time against the South Africa in Nagpur earlier
Bowlers need to step up, says Dhoni
Durban, Dec. 25: Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men have been ranked No.1 for a year now but there has been some criticism that they haven’t yet beaten the top sides, South Africa and Australia in an away ser
Gauti in doubt, Vijay on guard
Durban, Dec. 25: India’s chances of a series-levelling victory in the Boxing Day Test beginning from Sunday have been dealt a massive hit with Gautam Gambhir not recovering from a crushing blow to his
Zaheer key to India’s fortunes
Durban, Dec. 24: Every stroke off their bats sounded like a gunshot, stabbing the calm of an overcast and sluggish Christmas’ eve morning. Sachin Tendulkar stepped out to drive, made accommodative cor
Durban is home away from home for Indians
Life-size images of Hashim Amla, the Pollock brothers – Graeme and Peter, Jonty Rhodes and other South African cricketers, who owe their roots to Durban, gaze down at you, as you stroll the corridors
Malik, Akmal face PCB’s ire
Islamabad, Dec. 24: The Pakistan Cricket Board has told wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and former captain Shoaib Malik that they will not be considered for the World Cup squad unless they submit documents
Meet Ash, the prankster
Contrary to belief, the rocketing career graph of R. Ashwin was not a one night climb. He had to endure a lot in domestic cricket before advancing to the next stage.
Sitting out of the playing XI fo
Pak, NZ look to make amends in T20 match
Auckland, Dec. 25: With New Zealand cricket in turmoil on the field and Pakistan in tumult off it, there is plenty at stake for both sides when they launch a 11-match series with a Twenty20 game in Au
Goa cricket chief faces FIR for forgery
Panaji, Dec. 25: The Goa Cricket Association has been fined Rs 5,000 for fielding its chief Dayanand Narvekar’s son in its under-15 team in violation of rules and that too on the basis of a forged bir
‘Need to keep Viru in check’
Dec. 23: South Africa skipper Graeme Smith said on Thursday that he was “more than ready” to take on India in the Boxing Day Test, who he reckoned would fight back hard after the crushing defeat at Ce