Archive for October 10th, 2007
400 just a number, says Tendulkar
He has done that for 18 long years and when Sachin Tendulkar walks down to take his guard against Australia on Thursday, he will become only the second player in the world to feature in 400 One-Day Internationals.
It will be yet another milestone achieved by the master craftsman who chose the momentous occasion to drive [...]
Lee to record album in India
Australia fast bowler Brett Lee plans to record and release his first studio album in India during breaks in his playing schedule over the next 12 months and is also looking forward to charity work and movie offers in the country in future.
Lee has returned to India with the Australian one-day side for a seven-match series [...]
Whatmore takes on Indian role
AUSTRALIAN cricket coaching continues to export to India with the appointment of Dav Whatmore to the position of director of operations at India’s national cricket academy.
The former Bangladesh and Sri Lanka coach had earlier been seen as a successor to Greg Chappell, who quit as coach of the India team.
However, Whatmore was surprisingly left off [...]
Fleming vows to let Vettori rule
Stephen Fleming has promised he will not be a de facto captain on New Zealand’s Test tour of South Africa following his demotion from the leadership after a decade in charge. However, Fleming will try to relieve the pressure on his successor Daniel Vettori by giving him advice on when to bowl himself.
“It’s more just [...]
Smith signs up to play in new BCCI Twenty20 series
Test cricket captains Graeme Smith of SA and New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori would play in the official Indian premier league (IPL) next year, officials said yesterday .The Twenty20 league, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has also signed up South African opener Herschelle Gibbs and West Indian veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
Pakistani [...]
India to go all out at Vadodara
After regaining confidence by winning in Chandigarh, India are now looking to go all out for victory when they take on Australia in the fifth one-dayer of the seven-match Future Cup series on Thursday.
The Reliance Stadium pitch is expected to be a belter, with the curator expecting a 300-plus score by the team batting first. [...]
Like life, cricket is a great leveller
The beauty of sport is nobody knows what is going to happen, what comes next, which way the ball will roll. India won the Twenty20 World Championship though few thought it possible. But, in cricket and in life, there is a catch.
This is not pessimism, just cold realisation of reality. Cricket has demonstrated that as [...]
Vettori, Styris sign with Indian league
Black Caps skipper Daniel Vettori and all-rounder Scott Styris have signed to play in the Indian Premier League next year.
The pair are among 10 current internationals the organisers have recently signed and follows the signature of former captain Stephen Fleming, who signed last month.
The Indian Premier League is a Twenty20 competition that has been set-up [...]
CSA leaves out ICL players from domestic league
South African cricketers who have signed up to play in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) have been left out of the country’s domestic competition starting on Thursday.
The players include Lance Klusener, Nicky Boje, Johan van der Wath and Loots Bosman.
Their exclusion follows a ruling by the general council of Cricket South Africa that [...]
Chanderpaul signs up for Indian Twenty/20 Cricket League
Guyanese and West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul is among ten more players who have signed up for the Indian Twenty/20 Cricket League.
Set to join the league, along with Chanderpaul are the South Africans Graeme Smith, Herschelle Gibbs, Ab de Villiers, Ashwell Prince and Albie Morkel.
They will be joined by New Zealanders captain Daniel Vettori, Scott [...]
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