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Peter Roebuck dies aged 55
Peter Roebuck, the respected cricket commentator and columnist, has died in South Africa. South African police have released a statement confirming that Roebuck took his own life. "This office can confirm that an incident occurred last night at about 21.15 at a hotel in Claremont where a [...]
West Indies elect to bat against India
West Indies skipper Darren Sammy won the toss and decided to bat against India in the first match of the three-Test series at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. Yuvraj Singh makes a comeback to the Indian Test side, while Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane are out for this [...]
India start series with crushing win
India 300 for 7 (Dhoni 87*, Raina 61) beat England 174 (Cook 60, Jadeja 3-34) by 126 runs. MS Dhoni marked India's homecoming with a brutal innings of 87 not out from 70 balls, before the left-arm spin of Ravindra Jadeja sparked a dramatic English batting collapse, as the team that failed to win [...]
Indians win despite Denly ton
Indians 164 for 6 off 20 overs (Kohli 78, Rohit 30, Tredwell 2-18) beat Kent 159 for 5 (Denly 100, RP Singh 2-36) by 5 runs. A century from Joe Denly went in vain as Kent failed to make eight runs off the final over, and lost an exciting match to the Indians by five runs. Riding on Virat [...]
Dhoni failed to inspire India against England: Akram
Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram found Mahendra Singh Dhoni's demeanour hardly inspiring during the recently-concluded Test series and said the visitors 0-4 drubbing against England should act as an "eye-opener" for the Indian skipper. Akram felt that Dhoni's poor batting show against an [...]
Pressure on Bopara as Taylor shines
Graham Thorpe, the England Lions batting coach, believes James Taylor would be ready for the challenges of Test cricket should a chance arise in the middle order, which will add to the pressure on Ravi Bopara to perform against India at The Oval. England have moved on from the days of a player's [...]
If Sachin is to get Bharat Ratna, he should shun IPL: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has said that master batsman Sachin Tendulkar should not play in the Indian Premier League if his name was under consideration for the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna. "In my view, Sachin Tendulkar should not play in IPL if [...]
Malik, Kaneria meet PCB integrity committee again
Shoaib Malik's and Danish Kaneria's long drawn-out battle to gain clearance from the PCB continued on Monday when they appeared before its integrity committee again. A spokesman for the PCB said the decision on whether the two players - who last played for Pakistan during the England tour last [...]
Former captains fear slide for India
India's dismal performance in England has seen them lose the No. 1 ranking in Tests, and several former captains and players concur that it could be a while before they regain the position. A lack of preparation has been pointed out as one of the chief reasons for India's three consecutive [...]
Zimbabwe make it 2-0 v bangladesh
Zimbabwe 191 for 3 (Sibanda 67, Taibu 61) beat Bangladesh 188 (Nasir 63, Vitori 5-20) by seven wickets. Zimbabwe stormed to another easy victory against Bangladesh, with another commanding all-round performance giving them a 2-0 series lead. After Brian Vitori carved up the Bangladesh line-up, [...]
