Kenny Dalglish has again claimed Luis Suarez should never have been banned for the comments he made to Patrice Evra in October. Dalglish has risked infuriating Manchester United ahead of Suarez’s appearance at Old Trafford next weekend with his latest comments. Although the Reds were condemned for their initial reaction to the eight-match ban Suarez [...]
Former Aussie skipper Steve Waugh said that Sachin Tendulkar’s aura as a batsman will not diminish even if he does not score his long awaited 100th century. “I think it’s a huge statistic and India is obsessed by stats. The whole country wants him to get his one-hundredth 100 so maybe that’s where the real [...]
Australia continued their recent dominance over India with a resounding 31-run victory in the first Twenty20 international staged at Sydney Olympic Park. In front of 59,659 fans – a new record attendance for a single day’s cricket in New South Wales – a hard-hitting half-century from rookie wicketkeeper Matthew Wade propelled the hosts to a [...]
Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan feels Sachin Tendulkar should have retired after India won the World Cup last year. “We all want to go with a big bang but you don’t always get it right. For Sachin the ultimate time to go was after that World Cup win. He had such a great World Cup. [...]
Brian Lara’s knowledge of how to amass big scores at rapid rate without putting his wicket at risk makes him a “superior” batsman of his era, says Ian Chappell. Chappell said Lara’s remarkable feat of scoring the only 400 in Test cricket, a triple-century and seven double centuries, probably highlights an area where Lara was [...]
Twenty20 internationals often go through an identity crisis. They are neither World Twenty20, nor leagues like IPL and BBL where every game takes you towards a larger goal. On international tours, Twenty20s – often one or two in number – run the risk of being seen as just exhibition games. Not for India this time. MS [...]
Novak Djokovic win Australin opens final defeating Nadal by 5-7,6-4,6-2,6-7, 7-5 in an epic encounter which lasted almost 6 hours. Nadal lost six finals to his nemesis in 2011, but will hope the minor adjustments he made to his game during off-season will be enough to finally end Djokovic’s hold over him. For the Serb, [...]
Former captain Sourav Ganguly has come down heavily on the Indian team after it suffered a 0-4 whitewash in Australia, demanding sweeping changes in the team. “If the team keeps losing like this, changes are inevitable,” Ganguly said after India on Saturday lost the final Test in Adelaide by 298 runs, their eight successive loss [...]
Australia 7 for 604 dec and 5 for 167 dec beat India 272 and 201 (Sehwag 62, Lyon 4-63, Harris 3-41) by 298 runs. Before the Sydney Test, Glenn McGrath gave his typical prediction that Australia would win the series 4-0. Few people truly expected it to happen. But such has been the gulf between the two sides [...]
Manchester United veteran Paul Scholes has admitted he missed the game more than he ever imagined following his retirement last summer. The 37-year-old stunned most observers by returning to the game this month, over half a year after announcing his decision to quit. Sir Alex Ferguson jumped at the opportunity to get Scholes back into [...]
