Archive for October 19th, 2007
‘Looking forward to playing T20 world champions’
Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Friday said his team was not looking at Saturday’s one-off Twenty20 cricket match as a chance for revenge against India for their loss in the World Championships in South Africa.
“There’s nothing about trying to get even. We are looking forward to playing against the Indian team which won this format [...]
Indian cricket fans arrested for racial abuse
Four Indian cricket fans will face charges of racially abusing Australian batsman Andrew Symonds with monkey gestures, police in Mumbai said yesterday.The four were ejected from a one-day international match, which India narrowly won on Wednesday, after officials showed police pictures of the three men and a woman making the racist gestures at Symonds, who [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )One gets used to the pressures of being a senior player: Dravid
Rahul Dravid is determined to enjoy the season ahead of him.Despite being left out of the Indian playing eleven for the Mumbai One-day match against Australia on Wednesday, Dravid appeared committed to staging a comeback.
“A lot of matches are coming up. I am looking forward to enjoying the season and try and play the best [...]
BCCI steps up security for Twenty20
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has said that it will take measures to prevent bad crowd behaviour during the Twenty20 international between India and Australia at the Brabourne Stadium on Saturday.
“The BCCI has appointed chief administrative officer Professor Ratnakar Shetty to deal with the crowd-control issue and it will be done in [...]
Crowd behaviour has embarrassed even host fans: Ponting
A livid Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said continuous “racial abuse” directed towards all-rounder Andrew Symonds by the crowds during the one-day cricket series against India must have left even the host fans embarrassed.
“I am sure there will be a lot of embarrassed people around this country as well to know that this stuff has [...]
