India’s scheduled tour of Pakistan in January stands closer than ever to being cancelled after reports suggested the government wanted to take a tougher line against Pakistan in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. A neutral venue may also be ruled out as an alternative. The BCCI is yet to receive instructions from [...]
The England team, which arrived here late on Saturday night, will know by Monday whether to return to India to play the two-match Test series, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Managing Director Hugh Morris said. Speaking to newspersons at the Heathrow airport after the team’s arrival, Morris said a security risk assessment report of [...]
The International Cricket Council on Sunday said the two-Test series between India and England should be held as scheduled provided there was enough safety and security for the players and officials. The world governing body of the game expressed ‘shock’ over the Mumbai terror strikes and also promised to address the security issue which was [...]
Skipper of the England team Kevin Pietersen has revealed that his players had left their cricket kits, including flannels, behind at the Taj Mahal Hotel, which was one of the several places attacked by terrorists from the past three days. “If we’re looking what’s going on at the moment, all our cricket stuff is at [...]
England will return to India to play their two-match Test series as per schedule, but without several senior players including talismanic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, according to a media report here. Following the terror attack on Mumbai, Flintoff and fast bowler Steve Harmison and perhaps another bowler in the squad of 15, are expected to pull [...]
Indian tennis ace Leander Paes has been elected as one of the seven vice-presidents of Bengal Tennis Association (BTA). The Kolkata ace, who now lives in Mumbai, was not present at AGM on Saturday but has accepted the new role, offered to him sometime back. “Leander has shown keen interest for the development of tennis [...]
The BCCI has shifted the second Test between India and England to Chennai, following terrorist strikes in Mumbai. The Indian board’s announcement is a reiteration of their unequivocal stand of Thursday, when Lalit Modi, a vice-president and head of its fixtures committee, said the series would go ahead. The ECB has said that it was [...]
The fate of England’s Test tour to India lies in the hands of the players themselves, according to their captain, Kevin Pietersen, as the team prepares to fly home from the country in the wake of the terrorist atrocities that have rocked Mumbai over the past two days. Officials from both England and India are [...]
The ICL has called off its ongoing World Series after a meeting with Gujarat government officials. “The ICL executive board decided it was not appropriate to continue,” Kiran More, a board member said. “We were ready with the extra security but felt the atmosphere in the wake of the Mumbai events was just not right [...]
The organisers of the postponed Champions Twenty20 League will meet on December 8 to see if they can reschedule the tournament early next year, according to the spokesman of the $6 million tournament. The eight-team tournament was earlier scheduled to be held in India from December 3-10 but had to be postponed after terror struck [...]
Saina Nehwal and Arvind Bhatt continued their fine form to storm into the quaterfinals even as compatriot Chetan Anand fell by the wayside in the Hong Kong Super Series badminton tournament on Thursday. Saina quelled Korean Youn Joo Bae’s challenge 21-15, 12-21, 21-13 in 49 minutes in the women’s singles second round match to set [...]
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday made it clear that it would never recognise the unofficial Indian Cricket League or lift ban on its players until the ICC and the Indian board changed their policy on the league. PCB chairman Ejaz Butt said Pakistan was only following the policy laid down by the BCCI and [...]
The inaugural Champions League Twenty20, scheduled to begin in Mumbai on December 3, has been postponed following Wednesday’s terror strikes in the city. The tournament is likely to be held in India early next year, Lalit Modi, the Champions League chairman said in a press release. Modi said the tournament was postponed due to the [...]
The terror attacks in Mumbai have expectedly had an impact on the ongoing English tour to India as well as the T-20 Champions League that is scheduled to begin next week. For now the three matches of the Champions League that were meant to be played in Mumbai have been shifted to Bangalore, but whether [...]
Following Mumbai’s terror strikes killing more than 100 people, Cricket Australia has reportedly suspended plans for the Victorian and West Australian sides, besides other Test stars, to fly out to India for the Champions League Twenty20 competition beginning December 3. The Aussies were scheduled to stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel, which was one of [...]
Following a series of terrorist strikes in Mumbai which begain last night, the balance ODIs between India and England have been called off. Even the status of the Test matches hang in balance and a decision will be taken at a later date after evaluating the security situation in Mumbai. The English players have their [...]
Top Indian players including captain MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar have said that they are unwilling to tour Paksitan in January for their scheduled three-Test and five-ODI series. According to sources Dhoni, Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh have all expressed their unwillingness to go to Pakistan. The players believe that in spite [...]
Virender Sehwag helped India win the fifth one-dayer with a scintillating 91 as India thumped England by six wickets to stretch their lead to 5-0 at the Barabati Stadium on Wednesday. Chasing a victory target of 271, openers Sehwag (91) and Sachin Tendulkar (50) made it look like a stroll in the park and raised [...]
Extraordinary batting display by Abdul Razzaq (73 not out) and Rana naved-ul-Hasan (74) guided the tournament favourites ICL Pakistan to a thrilling victory over ICL World in the the ICL 20s World Series here at the Sardar Patel stadium on Wednesday. Both the all-rounders Razzaq and Rana Naved put on a 133-run partnership to take [...]
ICL World Series, 2008 ICL Pakistani vs ICL World, 4th Match Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, November 26, 2008 Match Information Toss: ICL Pakistani (Elected to field) Match Status: ICL Pakistani won by 6 wkts Batting: ICL Pakistani Innings Batsmen ICL Pakistani (191/4 in 17.5 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s SR Imran Nazir b [...]