A fine four wicket haul by pacer RP Singh set up Deccan Chargers to a comprehensive eight wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League campaign opener in Cape Town on Sunday.
RP Singh led a disciplined bowling attack of Deccan Chargers with figures of 4/22 to bundle out Kolkata Knight Riders for [...]
Posted on April 20th, 2009 by admin
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Karachi: Pakistan was stripped of its 2011 World Cup matches by the International Cricket Council on Friday as growing security concerns cast the Asian giants firmly into the sporting wilderness. The decision came at an ICC executive board meeting here with the international body saying it had acted after noting the “uncertain political situation” in Pakistan.
Ijaz Butt, [...]
Posted on April 18th, 2009 by admin
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Australia’s Matthew Hayden, just retired from representative cricket, can look back on his international career that puts him in the top-10 Test batsmen and top-20 ODI batsmen of all-time.
Hayden’s highest Test rating of 935 came during the Ashes series of 2002-03 and puts him level in 10th position with South Africa’s Jacques Kallis and just [...]
Posted on January 19th, 2009 by admin
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The Australians may be a lesser force after retirements by some star players but former India skipper Kapil Dev has cautioned Anil Kumble’s men against taking the world champions lightly in the forthcoming four-match Test series.Let them land and play here. Only their former players like Adam Gilchrist have branded them as inexperienced. That may [...]
Posted on September 20th, 2008 by admin
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Champion batsman Sachin Tendulkar rated the current rivalry between India and Australia as bigger than that of the traditional one between India and Pakistan because of the “competitiveness” exhibited by the two teams over the last eight years.
“I think it (India v Australia) has become bigger largely because of the competitiveness. All the series between [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2008 by admin
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Australia will play split home Test and one-day series against New Zealand and three tests and five one-day internationals against South Africa in 2008-09.
Ricky Ponting’s team will open their domestic international programme with two tests against New Zealand in Brisbane and Adelaide before Daniel Vettori’s side return home for their own domestic international programme.
New [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by admin
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