Australian pacer Brett Lee has announced his retirement from Test cricket to focus on the shorter formats of the game.
He has decided to pay more attention towards onedayers and T20s as he aims to play for Australia in te 2011 World Cup.
He holds the record for the second fastest ball ever bowled (160.8 km/h) by [...]
India won a thriller against South Africa to lead the ODI series 1-0. In a nerve-racking encounter India won the match by just one run to prevail over the Proteas.
Earlier, India lost a very important toss and were asked to bat first. India got of to a shaky start as Sachin got runout scoring just [...]
The commissioner of the Indian Premier League, Lalit Modi, on Tuesday confirmed and assured the fans that all 8 teams will be participating in the third season of the IPL and any news which says about a team not participating should be ignored.
He said on his Twitter page that ‘Reports that DC will not play [...]
The defending champions of the cash rich Indian Premiere League, Deccan Chargers, have issued a legal notice to the Indian Premier League for shifting their matches out of Hyderabad.
The team sent a legal notice to the BCCI president Shashank Manohar, asking authorities to reconsider their decision of relocating the team’s home matches to Hyderabad and [...]
Agricultural Minister and ICC president-elect Sharad Pawar along with BCCI president Shashank Manohar met Bal Thackery on Sunday to discuss the issue of Shive Sena’s threat against Aussie players in IPL. The meeting held at Thackeray’s residence was also attended by Sena’s executive president Uddhav Thackeray and party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut.
To [...]
Sydney: On the eve of the second Test Pakistan suffered a major blow with teenage pacer Mohammed Aamer being ruled with a groin injury.
Mohammed Aamer’s stiff hamstring would mean Pakistan’s hopes of securing a series-leveling win in the second cricket Test against Australia would receive a major setback. On Saturday Mohammad Aamer was ruled out [...]
Mumbai: Team India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday said the team feels the need for bowling and fielding coaches, which has an increased workload for present chief coach Gary Kirsten.
While talking to reporters on the eve of the team’s departure for the tri-series in Bangladesh, Dhoni said Kirsten had his plate full and the [...]
London: TheTiger Woods sex-scandal plot may soon be turned into a movie as Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr is reportedly lined up to play the troubled celebrity golfer, according to reports. As soon as the Woods story made headlines, the battle has been on to dramatise the scandal for the screen.
Gooding Jr, 41, is reportedly [...]
Karachi: Swashbuckling Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi rated the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash higher and tougher than the cash-rich Indian Premier League.
Afridi said that the Big Bash is very tough and also said earlier that Australia’s domestic tournament would help him get ready for the upcoming one-day series and Twenty20 International against Australia in February. [...]
Birmingham frustrated Premier League leaders Chelsea by holding them to a 0-0 draw. This was the first time in 34 games that Chelsea failed to score.The visitors though created enough chances to win the game, but didn’t finish them properly – handing rivals Manchester United and Arsenal a chance to recover ground when they play [...]