Want to see highlights of the world cup 2007 final between Australia and Sri Lanka ? Want to see a piece of history – Gilchrist’s smackering 149. Share and Enjoy:
The Indian Cricket Board on Sunday gave a clean chit to Sourav Ganguly who had himself offered to show his endorsement contract papers to BCCI amidst media reports that the deal contained a clause that provided financial incentives for more time spent at the crease. We fail to understand how BCCI takes such action without [...]
Want to listen to Kapil Dev’s interview after winning the World Cup in 1983, click here (in hindi). Share and Enjoy:
Sania Mirza has slipped one place to 50th in the latest WTA rankings issued on Monday. Sania, who has been out of court with a knee injury is aiming to return in next week’s USD 1.3 million German Open in Berlin, has 503 ranking points. Share and Enjoy:
Kapil Dev does not agree with BCCI that Sachin and Sourav have been rested only for the Bangladesh tour. He said that it was clear to him that both of them were dropped. He said that either a player is in or out – there is nothing such as resting. Furthermore, both players have hardly [...]
International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has apologised for the farcical end to Saturday’s World Cup final but ruled out blacklisting the erring officials. He said that it was an unnecessary error and was made under difficult circumstances towards the end of the match. He considered it a very unfortunate way to end the [...]
It was Australia’s third consecutive win. They won over Sri Lanka by 53 runs (D/L method). Although the match was rain-hit, it was Adam Gilcrist’s day all the way. His score of 149 runs in under 100 balls was the highlight of the day and also the highest score in the world cup. Although none [...]
The Indian Olympic Association announced on Saturday that New Delhi will bid for the rights to host the 2020 Olympic Games. IOA President Suresh Kalmadi said India withdrew its proposal to bid for the 2016 Olympic Games following its failed 2014 Asian Games bid last week but would be in race for the 2020 edition. [...]
Today at the World Cup 2007, while Sri Lanka plays Australia, the situation is same as that of India in 1983 when we played defending world champions West Indies, considered to be a much stronger team. If Sri Lanka does not lose openers early, it is their game. They tend to lose their confidence and [...]
My heart says Sri Lanka, but my head says Australia! He said that Sri Lanka would be a nervous lot as they will be playing 2 time consecutive defending champion Australia – the situation is same as what India was in 1983 while playing West Indies the 2 time defending consecutive champions. Sri Lanka on [...]
The Times of London reports that while the England cricket team may have failed at this World Cup – the lawyers have done very well. A look behind the scenes at the tournament shows that legal advisers are involved with everything from broadcasting rights to player discipline. In fact, even as this World Cup nears [...]
With the final still to come, bookies William Hill (willhill.com) have already doubled their original estimate of turnover for the Cricket World Cup with £50 million already wagered with the high street firm, making it their biggest ever turnover on a cricket competition – exceeding even England’s Ashes-winning series. Assuming a similar level of interest [...]
ICC Boss Malcom Speed finally agreed that the tournament is too long. His statement came just 2 days before the world cup final to be played in Barbados between Sri Lanka and Australia. He said that the next tournament will be 7-10 days shorter. He also said that he was disappointed with the spectator attendance [...]
ODI team 1. Gautam Gambhir 2. Robin Uthappa 3. Virender Sehwag 4. Rahul Dravid (capt) 5. Yuvraj Singh 6. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) 7. Manoj Tiwary/Dinesh Mongia/Dinesh Karthik 8. Piyush Chawla 9. Sreesanth/RP Singh 10. Munaf Patel 11. Zaheer Khan Test team 1. Wasim Jaffer 2. Dinesh Karthik 3. Rahul Dravid (capt) 4. VVS Laxman [...]
Because of India’s disappointing performance in the world cup, no Indian was considered by Viv Richards in his world cup 2007 dream team. Richards` all star team comprises: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Kumar Sangakkara (SL) Ricky Ponting (Captain) (Aus), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Scott Styris (NZ), Shaun Tait (Aus), Shane Bond [...]
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Ian Chappell, who recently received a lot of criticism for saying that Sachin should retire, has come out with another of his views. He feels that great batsmen like Brian Lara, Shane Warne and Glen McGrath announced retirement at the right time and at the right stage – they were not struggling for form and [...]
One Day matches Thu 10 1st ODI – Bangladesh v India Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Sat 12 2nd ODI – Bangladesh v India Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Tue 15 3rd ODI – Bangladesh v India Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong Test matches Fri 18 – Tue 22 1st Test – Bangladesh [...]
Sir Vivian Richards flayed ungrateful fans for crucifying Sachin Tendulkar after India’s early exit in the world cup. Sir Vivian Richards, who has expressed interest in becoming the coach of the Indian team, said that Tendulkar has been facing unprecedented criticism which is totally not justified. He also said that he called Sachin Tendulkar, who [...]
Sreesanth, who did not play even a single match in the world cup, strongly insisted that advertisements and endorsements do not affect on-field performance. Citing the Boost advertisement of Sachin Tendulkar, he said that advertisements do not relate to performance in any way. He also stated that he wished to open with Sachin Tendulkar some [...]