Archive for December 13th, 2007
Australia considering day-night test matches
SYDNEY - Australia are considering introducing day-night test matches to try and halt the declining interest in the game.
Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland said officials wanted to cash in on the popularity of one-day and Twenty20 cricket by staging tests at night.
Sutherland said the plan was still in its infancy but he hoped to trial [...]
Ganguly relishing regained youth
Eleven years after he made his Test debut, Sourav Ganguly seems to be drinking from a secret fount of youth.
What else can account for two of his most amazing innings ever, at the ripe age of 35? What else can account for the fact that, two years after being condemned as a man whose game [...]
Ditch Gilchrist to promote Clarke, Warne tells selectors
SYDNEY – Michael Clarke should be groomed to take over from Ricky Ponting as Australia’s next cricket captain, according to retired spinner Shane Warne.
Warne said the Australian selectors should ditch Adam Gilchrist as vice-captain and give the job to Clarke to help prepare him to eventually take over from Ponting.
“To me the next logical [...]
Inzamam-led Hyderabad Heroes out of ICL
Panchkula, Haryana: The Hyderabad Heroes led by former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq faltered in a do-or-die match here Wednesday evening, crashing out of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) Twenty20 championship after losing to the Kolkata Tigers by 53 runs.
The Kolkata Tigers, who became the last team to make it to the semi-final round of the breakaway [...]
Delhi Jets beat Chennai Superstars, enter ICL semis
Delhi Jets entered the semi-finals of the inaugural Indian Cricket League’s (ICL) Twenty20 tournament with a thrilling six-wicket win over Chennai Superstars at the Tau Devi Lal Cricket Stadium in Panchkula on Wednesday.
Jets captain Marvan Atapattu, who was also adjudged the Man of the Match, scored a brilliant 64 off 43 balls in his team’s [...]
Sehwag recalled, call-up for Pankaj Singh
The Indian selectors have sprung a major surprise by recalling Virender Sehwag to the Indian team for the four-Test series against Australia. Although he was not in the list of 24 probables Sehwag has got a recall after Gautam Gambhir was advised three weeks rest with a sore shoulder.
There was also place in the 16-man [...]
PCB unaware of Yousuf’s petition against ICL
Karachi : The PCB on Wednesday said it was not aware of Mohammad Yousuf taking the India Cricket League to the court but reiterated support to the batsman on the issue.
Some media reports had claimed that Yousuf has filed a suit in a Lahore civil court in which he has asked for a hefty 21.5 [...]
Pakistan to show more faith in youngsters after disappointing India tour
KARACHI: More than half of the Pakistan team that will take on Zimbabwe in a five-match one-day series at home next month will consist of rookie players.
‘The News’ has learnt that the decision to induct fresh legs in the Pakistan squad on an ‘experimental basis’ is a part of a planned drive by the Pakistan [...]
