India seal final berth with 81-run victory over Sri Lanka
India comprehensively beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs (via Duckworth/Lewis method) in the sixth and final match of the Caribbean tri-series on Tuesday at the Queen’s Park Oval to book their place in the...
View ArticleVirat Kohli lauds India's 'commendable' effort after sealing final berth in...
Stand-in captain Virat Kohli termed Indian team's comeback after back-to-back defeat as a "commendable" one as it showed the character of the team which enabled them to reach the final of the...
View ArticleIreland qualify for ICC World Cup 2015
Ireland qualified for their third successive ICC World Cup after their World Cricket League Championship match against the Netherlands ended in a sensational tie in Amstelveen.
View ArticleTeam India contenders for the 2015 World Cup: Part 2 of 2
Nishad Pai Vaidya delves into Sourav Ganguly’s recent statements which suggest that India are yet to find their combination for the 2015 World Cup. In the last of two parts, he discusses the bowling...
View ArticleRohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Bhuvneshwar Kumar — The triumvirate to...
We will never know if Rohit Sharma would have curbed his tendency to throw it away with a loose shot after doing all the hard work, as he has done in earlier games of the tri-series as well as the ICC...
View ArticleIndia vs Sri Lanka 2013 tri-series final Preview
Inspired India beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs at the Port of Spain in a do-or-die encounter to seal the final berth. India were under the cosh after their loss in the first two games. The manner in which...
View ArticleIndia vs Sri Lanka 2013 stats highlights: 6th ODI at Port of Spain
Statistical highlights of the ODI tri-series match between India and Sri Lanka at Port of Spain on Tuesday night.
View ArticleJohn Edrich and Brian Close - two men with a combined age of 84 – show...
Old Trafford witnessed one of the most hostile displays of fast bowling on July 10, 1976. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at the day when two ageing batsmen resisted a fearsome group of fast bowlers...
View ArticleMichael Clarke, Alastair Cook try to downplay Ashes hype
Rival captains Michael Clarke and Alastair Cook both tried to keep the Ashes in perspective on the eve of the latest edition of cricket's oldest Test rivalry.
View ArticleJoe Root: England's boy wonder
A little less than two years ago, in a game of cricket, the White Rose county was involved in a Titanic battle against the men from South East of England, Sussex. In that game, the young and...
View ArticleEngland vs Australia Live Cricket Score, Ashes 2013 1st Test: Kevin...
England skipper Alastair Cook has won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the first Test of the Ashes 2013 at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.
View ArticleThe day Sunil Gavaskar converted a nine-year-old into an incorrigible...
The peerless Sunil Gavaskar was born on July 10, 1972. A starry-eyed Abhishek Mukherjee recalls the day —Tuesday. March 17, 1987 — when he was converted to cricket for good thanks to the last innings...
View ArticleAshes 2013 Live Cricket Score: England vs Australia, 1st Test Day One at...
The first Ashes 2013 Test between Alastair Cook-led England and Michael Clarke's Australia begins on Wednesday at Trent Bridge. After months of banter and scoreline predictions, the two teams finally...
View ArticleIndia aim for another ODI title triumph against Sri Lanka in tri-series
Bolstered by their dramatic comeback in the tournament, a rejuvenated India will be gunning for yet another title triumph when they clash with an equally determined Sri Lanka in the final of the...
View ArticleAshes 2013: Alastair Cook happy to open alongside Joe Root
England captain Alastair Cook said Tuesday he had no qualms about having Joe Root open alongside him in the cauldron of an Ashes Test.
View ArticleIrani Cup to be held in February 2014
The Irani Cup clash between Ranji Trophy champions of the upcoming domestic season and the Rest of India will be held from February 9-13, 2014 at a venue, which will be decided later by BCCI.
View ArticlePakistan cricket heading in right direction as selectors thrust...
There was a time when Pakistan had remarkable wicketkeepers who added valuable runs lower down the order. In those good days, besides England’s Alec Stewart, no other team had players as capable with...
View ArticleAshes 2013, 1st Test at Trent Bridge: England take lunch on Day 1 at 98/2
England took lunch on Day One of the first Test of Ashes 2013 played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, at 98 for two, after Australian quicks James Pattinson and Peter Siddle took a wicket each, that of...
View ArticleFawad Ahmed officially becomes Australian citizen
Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed on Wednesday officially became an Australian citizen at a citizenship ceremony conducted by Minister Brendan O'Connor at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in...
View ArticleDavid Warner released from Ashes squad to join Australia A tour of Africa
Australia's opening batsman David Warner, who was dropped from the first Ashes Test, was released from the squad and will join the Australia A squad in Africa to play Zimbabwe XI and South Africa A,...
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