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DUBAI: Rival coaches Geoff Marsh and Mohsin Khan said they were comfortable with the change in rules as Pakistan and Sri Lanka play under them for the first time in the opening day-night match here on Friday. Teams will have to start the batting and bowling Powerplays at the beginning of any over between the ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters): After denying Sachin Tendulkar a 100th international century on Wednesday, West Indies captain Darren Sammy promised to salute the Indian batting great when he reaches the milestone — providing it comes against another side. Tendulkar was 24 runs away from what could have been his 52nd test century, to go with his ...
Dubai (AFP): Recalled Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi on Tuesday showed confidence to hit his turbulent past six months for a big six, saying he wants to perform for the country and his fans. The 31-year-old all-rounder was recalled to the Pakistan squad for the five-match one-day series against Sri Lanka, starting in Dubai with the ...
Dhammika Prasad, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has been ruled out of the limited-overs series against Pakistan in the UAE due to an injury he sustained during the third Test in Sharjah. Prasad pulled his quad muscle and bowled just four overs in the game. He’s been replaced by the allrounder Thisara Perera, who played ...
SHARJAH (Reuters) : Pakistan highlighted their talent on the pitch to draw the third and final test against Sri Lanka and win the series 1-0 on Monday just days after three former team mates were jailed for spot-fixing. Pakistan draw match to win Sri Lanka series 1-0 Pakistan finish on 87-4 with victory target of ...
Reuters: Pakistan recalled experienced all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq to their squad on Wednesday for the one-day series against Sri Lanka later this month. Afridi, 31, was captain for the 50-over World Cup at the start of the year but then announced his retirement in May after being removed as skipper. “I am delighted ...
Dubai, (AFP): Reigning world champions England top the inaugural Twenty20 rankings announced for the popular format of the game on Monday. England, who won the third edition of the World Twenty20 under Paul Collingwood in the West Indies last year, have a rating of 127 points and lead second placed
Morgan best batsman and Watson best all rounder in Reliance ICC T20 Player Rankings Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis, England’s Eoin Morgan, and Shane Watson of Australia were announced yesterday as the number-one ranked bowler, batsman, and all-rounder, respectively in the Reliance ICC T20I Player Rankings which were released in Dubai. Ajantha Mendis, who won the ...
New Delhi (AFP): Leading spinner Harbhajan Singh continued to be ignored as India on Tuesday retained their winning squad for the three remaining one-dayers at home against England. The fit-again off-spinner was one of seven World Cup stars to miss out for the first two games as the injury-ravaged world champions attempted to rebuild after ...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has said that his team is capable of beating Pakistan in the upcoming tour of the UAE. Dilshan said that he was confident his team would be able to end their win drought in UAE. “Pakistan has a mixture of experienced and young talent in their line-up. I think ...
Colombo (AFP): Sri Lanka hope to end their Test drought when they face Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates later this month, the team’s captain Tillakaratne Dilshan said on Thursday. Sri Lanka have not won a Test in their last 11 outings, since beating India in Galle in July 2010 when world bowling record holder ...
Hyderabad (AFP): Injury-ravaged India hope to make a fresh start in the new season by defeating England in the one-day series at home, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Thursday. India’s World Cup triumph in April was overshadowed by a disastrous tour of England a few months later when they were blanked 4-0 in the ...
ESPNcricinfo: Mahela Jayawardene, the former Sri Lanka captain, has said the senior players in the team have the responsibility of ending Sri Lanka’s recent struggles in Tests while at the same time nurturing the next generation of cricketers. Sri Lanka’s last Test victory came at Galle against India in July 2010 and this year they ...
We believed we could defend any total - Harbhajan; Malinga Man of the SeriesCHENNAI (AFP): Skipper Harbhajan Singh bagged three wickets to help Mumbai Indians lift the Twenty20 Champions League title with a 31-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final on Sunday. The off-spinner
Reuters: Three Pakistan cricketers, driven by greed, betrayed their team mates and the sport of cricket itself by taking bribes to fix incidents during a test match against England last year, a London court heard on Wednesday. The plot was orchestrated by Pakistan captain Salman Butt and his agent Mazhar Majeed and involved the team's ...
Karachi (AFP): Pakistan appointed on Monday chief selector Mohsin Khan as interim coach for this month’s Test and limited-over series against Sri Lanka, a day after he unveiled the Test squad. The 56-year-old will replace Waqar Younis, who left the post on medical grounds after Pakistan’s tour of Zimbabwe last month. The Pakistan Cricket Board ...
Tillakaratne Dilshan has accepted his transition from being Sri Lanka’s skipper to being a key foot-soldier for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Champions League. After an injured AB de Villiers was ruled out, Dilshan donned the wicket-keeping gloves and he is open to continuing in that role. “I started out as a wicketkeeper-batsman. But when ...
London, (ANI): England coach Andy Flower believes that time away from cricket will be good for Test captain Andrew Strauss before series abroad against Pakistan and Sri Lanka later this year. Strauss will be kicking his heels for three months as he has quit one-day and Twenty20 cricket. “
Reuters): India axed spinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday and drafted in the uncapped Sreenath Aravind and Rahul Sharma for the first two one-day internationals against England next month. Senior players Sachin Tendulkar (toe), Virender Sehwag (shoulder) and Yuvraj Singh (finger) have not recovered from injuries and were left out of the 15-man squad for the ...
COLOMBO, Sept 29 (Reuters) : Australian Geoff Marsh said he was keen to extend his two-year contract as Sri Lanka coach after taking over the job on Thursday. "If Sri Lanka Cricket wants me to extend my contract till the 2015 World Cup its open from my end for discussions," Marsh told reporters. Sri Lanka’s ...
LONDON, (Reuters) : England will play three-test series against West Indies and South Africa next year separated by a five-match one-day series against Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday. The home side, who replaced India as the world’s top-ranked test nation this year, will play 14 one-day internationals, including a ...
Reuters: England have recalled batsman Kevin Pietersen and rested their senior fast bowler James Anderson for a four-week tour of India next month including five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 international. In a statement on Tuesday, the England and Wales Cricket Board said uncapped Surrey
Reuters : Australia wicketkeeper batsman Brad Haddin has retired from international Twenty20 to prolong his career in 50-over matches and Tests. Haddin played 25 matches for Australia in the shortest form of the game, the last against Sri Lanka in Kandy last month.“I thoroughly enjoy
COLOMBO (Reuters): International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has ruled out changes to 50-over cricket despite a proposal put forward by Indian great Sachin Tendulkar. Despite the success of the World Cup earlier this year Tendulkar, the most prolific batsman in one-day internationals, wrote to Lorgat last month suggesting four 25-over innings rather ...
By Sachin David The International Cricket Council officially launched the Marquee event of the shortest format of cricket the World Twenty20 tournament that is to be played on Sri Lankan soil in the year 2012. The tournament will be played from 18 September 2012 to 7 October 2012. The event
Pallekele, September 7 (AFP): Australia and Sri Lanka clash in the second cricket Test in Pallekele from Thursday, relieved they will not be playing on a dustbowl like the one in Galle. The controversial dry wicket in the first Test last week was described as “poor” by match referee Chris Broad and the International Cricket ...
Reuters: England piled more misery on India with a thrilling six-wicket victory in a one-off Twenty20 match at Old Trafford on Wednesday. After losing the test series 4-0, India started brightly in the shortest version of the game and racked up 165 all out, only to see England reach their target
England batsmen Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott, Hashim Amla of South Africa and last year’s ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year’ Sachin Tendulkar of India have all been short-listed for the top honour at the LG ICC Awards 2011. The votes have now been casted by the independent 25-person academy and these four men are the ...
Reuters: Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga was unaware he had become the first player to take three one-day international hat-tricks until after the match against Australia on Monday. Malinga, nicknamed “Slinger Malinga” due to his distinctive round-arm action, ripped out Mitchell Johnson, John Hastings and Xavier Doherty in an explosive burst which set up ...