Sports / Cricket

Cricket academy to be set up in Qatar 01 Jun 2014 - 09:14 am

Chairman of West End Park, Mana Ibrahim Al Mana Doha: A state-of-the-art cricket academy in Qatar - till now a dream - is...

IPL: Rampaging Kings XI Punjab seek glory 01 Jun 2014 - 09:12 am

George Bailey (left) captain of Kings XI Punjab and Gautam Gambhir of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pose with the Indian Premier League (IPL)...

MCC ‘snub’ sparked Flintoff return 01 Jun 2014 - 09:10 am

LONDON: Andrew Flintoff has revealed how being overlooked for the upcoming Lord’s Bicentenary match between Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and the Rest of...

Narine to miss Test series after putting West Indies second 01 Jun 2014 - 09:09 am

Guyana: West Indies spinner Sunil Narine (pictured) will miss next month’s three-Test series against New Zealand after opting to stay with his Indian...

ECB and Downton apologise over Pietersen comments 01 Jun 2014 - 09:09 am

LONDON: The saga of Kevin Pietersen’s extraordinary exit from the international arena took a fresh twist on Friday when the England and Wales...

Buttler effort goes in vain as Sri Lanka win 01 Jun 2014 - 03:25 am

England’s Jos Buttler hits a six during the fourth one-day international (ODI) match against Sri Lanka at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, yesterday....

Sehwag’s explosive ton takes Kings to their maiden IPL final 31 May 2014 - 01:15 am

Virender Sehwag hits the ball down the ground during his fiery knock of 122 runs against Chennai Super Kings yesterday. Mumbai: Virender Sehwag...

England’s Flintoff out of retirement for T20 31 May 2014 - 12:37 am

LONDON: Former England captain Andrew Flintoff (pictured) has come out of retirement to join Lancashire’s squad for this season’s English domestic Twenty20 competition,...

Ponting calls for swift action on corruption 29 May 2014 - 08:10 pm

SYDNEY: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting (pictured) has called for swift action on cricket’s corruption crisis, saying there is nothing worse for the...

Discarded pacer Zaheer losing support at home 29 May 2014 - 08:08 pm

NEW DELHI: Zaheer Khan’s (pictured) long-term coach, Sudhir Naik, is not very optimistic about the pacer making a comeback for India. Speaking to...

Pietersen visits cricket stadium in Doha 29 May 2014 - 01:42 am

Chairman of West End Park Mana Ibrahim Al Mana (right) briefs former England batsman and Delhi Daredevils captain Kevin Pietersen about the West...

Rain postpones IPL qualifier 28 May 2014 - 08:53 am

IPL qualifier was postponed yesterday after torrential rain in Kolkata. Kolkata: The Indian Premier League (IPL) qualifier 1 between Kings XI Punjab and...

Zimbabwe’s Streak named Bangladesh bowling coach 27 May 2014 - 01:32 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh have appointed former Zimbabwe Test captain Heath Streak (pictured) as a specialist bowling coach after agreeing on a two-year contract, the...

Pakistan to probe ‘missing’ $200,000 27 May 2014 - 01:16 am

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan’s cricket chiefs yesterday began an inquiry into the spending of $200,000, which they said was not accounted for during the...

Sri Lanka bounce to level ODI series 25 May 2014 - 11:44 pm

Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara celebrates after dismissing England’s Ian Bell during the second one-day international (ODI) match at the Riverside ground in Chester-le-Street,...

IPL: Mumbai Indians qualify for play-offs 25 May 2014 - 10:54 pm

Mumbai: Defending champions Mumbai Indians pulled off a sensational five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals to make the play-offs of the Indian Premier League...

Yusuf Pathan fires Kolkata to incredible win 25 May 2014 - 03:24 am

Kolkata: A Yusuf Pathan (pictured) blitzkrieg of 22-ball 72 powered Kolkata Knight Riders to the first qualifier of the Indian Premier League (IPL)...

Easy eight-wicket victory for Chennai 25 May 2014 - 03:23 am

Bangalore: Chennai Super Kings returned to winning ways with a convincing eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League (IPL)...