Archive for November 16th, 2007
BCCI vis-à-vis ICL: Who will win?
KAPIL DEV, Tony Greig, Dean Jones and Kiran More — these are familiar names in the world of cricket. All these legends have contributed a lot to the game of cricket. Today, we are not going to discuss about all of them. But in some way all of them are correlated. To promote modern cricket [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Pakistan’s Yousuf asked to face hearing after ICL U-turn
MUMBAI – Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has been asked to face an arbitration hearing over his decision to pull out of a rebel Indian Twenty20 league.
Yousuf had signed up with the lucrative Indian Cricket League (ICL), which has not been approved by national boards, but then changed his mind and joined the Indian Premier League
(IPL).
The [...]
2008 cricket fixtures announced
TEESSIDE cricket fans can enjoy their first derby of the season when Yorkshire travel to Durham for a Friends Provident Trophy clash on April 20.
Durham are, of course, the holders of the trophy and will be determined to put up a solid defence of what is their first ever major honour.
The fixture was one of [...]
Pak playing individual game: Raja
Former Pakistani captain Rameez Raja has hit out at the Pakistani batsmen and Mohammad Yousuf in particular for the loss against India in the series.
Rameez has said, “If you looked at Mohammad Yousuf’s innings, you could straightaway make out that he was more keen to play for himself. He has now become a statsguru, he’s [...]
Six NZers confirmed for rebel league
Organisers of India’s rebel Twenty20 cricket league have confirmed six New Zealanders will take part.
The former Black Caps joining the league are Craig McMillan, Chris Cairns, Nathan Astle, Chris Harris, Darryl Tuffey and Hamish Marshall.
Their confirmation came as the organisers unveiled the 30 international players to be divided equally among six teams – South Africa, [...]
Hayward opts to join rebel Indian League
FIERY speedster Nantie Hayward walked out on his Warriors contract yesterday to join up with the controversial rebel Indian Cricket League.
Hayward, who is in breach of his contract with the Eastern Cape franchise team, will join five fellow South Africans who will be playing in the unsanctioned ICL Twenty20 competition at the cost of their [...]
Indian skipper Dhoni hails teamwork after series win
GWALIOR - Indian skipper Mahendra Dhoni praised his players’ teamwork after they won the fourth one-dayer against Pakistan on Thursday to clinch the series.
India won by six wickets, scoring 260 for four replying to Pakistan’s 255 for six, taking an unassailable 3-1 lead with a game to spare. Batsman Sachin Tendulkar stroked 97 to set [...]
For Tendulkar, team comes ahead of personal milestones
GWALIOR : Missing yet another ton despite coming so close to it would leave any other cricketer with a broken heart but Sachin Tendulkar refuses to complain and says it’s okay with him as long as the team keeps winning.
For the 16th time in his career, and sixth time this year, Tendulkar came close to [...]
India beat Pakistan in 4th ODI, clinches series
GWALIOR :India’s wait for a One-day series triumph over Pakistan on home soil ended tonight after 24 long years as they thrashed their archrivals by six wickets to take an invincible 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
Chasing a competitive 256 for victory, the Indians overhauled the target comfortably with 21 balls to spare in a [...]
