Indian batsman VVS Laxman returned to the top-20 of the ICC Rankings, up six places to 15th in the latest list. In the rankings for Test bowlers, Indian pacer Ishant Sharma’s 3-95 in the drawn match helped him leapfrog Jacques Kallis of South Africa, Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria and England’s Monty Panesar to a career-best 17th [...]
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram says he will pull out of the Indian Premier League if a nagging Achilles tendon strain prevents him from playing the domestic State Championship final on April 6. Oram, who represents Chennai Super Kings in the cash-rich league, denied suggestions that he was trying to save himself for the Twenty20 [...]
Australian Daryl Harper will replace Billy Doctrove as the on-field umpire for the third and final cricket Test between India and New Zealand starting here April 6. Doctrove was diagnosed with chest infection during the second Tst in Napier and had to be replaced by stand-in umpire Evan Watkins on the third day. India lead [...]
New Zealand included young pacer Tim Southee in their squad for the series-deciding third and final cricket Test against India starting April 3 here. The host bowlers’ failure to grab Indian wickets despite having two days at their disposal allowed the visitors to force a draw in the second Test, which the Kiwis initially dominated. [...]
After New Zealand’s Craig McMillan, it is the turn of Pakistan cricketers to allege non-payment of dues by the rebel Indian Cricket League which has reportedly been hit hard by the economic meltdown and is planning to release players off their contracts. Pakistan cricketers under ICL’s payroll were supposed to get their money in quarterly [...]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who skipped the second Test against New Zealand with a back injury, will undergo a fitness Test on Wednesday to assess his chances of playing the third and final match in Wellington. Virender Sehwag, who led here in Dhoni’s absence, could not confirm Dhoni’s participation in the final Test starting [...]
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori said the result could have gone in his team’s favour had they been able to take a couple of early Indian wickets on day 5 of the second test at Napier. New Zealand enforced follow on but India showed great resilience to bat out the remainder of the match to [...]
Apparently fearing a public outrage after Sourav Ganguly was stripped of sole captaincy role, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Monday said they will announce their skipper and squad for the Indian Premier League second season in South Africa and not in Kolkata. After the six-day training camp concluded here today, KKR Director of Cricket Operations [...]
India’s stand-in captain Virender Sehwag insists neither he nor any of his teammates ever feared losing the second Test to the Kiwis. Sehwag said the Indian batting order, which failed to live up to the expectations in the first innings, was too good to falter twice and the players were pretty much sure of saving [...]
Gautam Gambhir’s marathon match-saving 137 in the second Test against New Zealand on Monday earned him rich accolades from stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag who likened the pugnacious left-hander to Rahul Dravid and dubbed him the “second wall” of Indian cricket. Otherwise an aggressive batsman, Gambhir batted for nearly 11 hours over three days to bail [...]
A change of guard is in the offing in the Kolkata Knight Riders camp. Sources say Sourav Ganguly is unwilling to carry on as captain of the team and could step down. The man who is tipped to replace him is New Zealand’s wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon MCCullum. The Knight Riders management has spoken to McCullum about [...]
The second edition of the Indian Premier League will be held in eight cities in South Africa, including Cape Town and Johannesburg which are to host the opening tie and the final respectively, as per the official fixtures list released on Saturday. The schedule of the high-profile Twenty20 League, to be held in South Africa [...]
The rebel Indian Cricket League is ready to off-load its New Zealand players like Shane Bond and Daryl Tuffey if requested, thus making them eligible for a national call-up. According to a report, the likes of Bond and Tuffey would be allowed to leave by the recession-hit league, which is fighting a grim battle to [...]
Former Proteas medium pacer Charl Langeveldt has joined the Indian Premier League (IPL). Langeveldt has struck a deal with the Kolkata Knight Riders after his county team Derbyshire ‘reluctantly’ set him free to participate in the five week cricket extravaganza starting from April 18. “I am pleased he has the opportunity to play alongside the [...]
Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi has outlined the alternative to the ‘home-away’ pattern of matches, which featured at the inaugural series, for the second edition to be played in South Africa from April 18. None of the participating teams will be based at any of the eight cities that will host matches in [...]
The second test between India and New Zealand was drawn at Napier. The Indians still lead the series 1-0 and with just one match to go at Wellington, India are in with a huge chance to win their first series in New Zealand since 1969. After winning the toss, New Zealand opted to bat but [...]
Force India came tantalizingly close to scoring its maiden point with Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella benefiting a rung each from Jarno Trulli’s safety car infringement to finish ninth and 11th respectively in the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. Sutil initially finished 10th and Fisichella 12th in the roller-coaster season opener but Toyota’s Jarno Trulli, [...]
India and New Zealand go head to head in the second test of the three test series in Napier on Thursday. India won the first test at Hamilton and took a 1-0 series lead. In contrast to India’s three-seamer, one-spinner combination, New Zealand have packed their attack with two spinners and three seamers for the [...]
New Zealand Cricket on Tuesday dismissed the concerns about McLean Park wicket to be used for the second Test, saying the strip, which developed some fungal growth, is in ‘excellent condition’. The Kiwi cricket board clarified that the pitch was not affected by any disease. “The Test playing strip is slightly to one side of [...]
South Africa will be hosting the second season of the Indian Premier League to begin from April 18. The deal was sealed after IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi met Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola on Tuesday afternoon and South Africa agreed to offer full support to the IPL. South Africa have also assured top security [...]