Sports / Cricket

Don’t want to think of relapse: Yuvraj 03 Jan 2013 - 01:01 am

Kolkata: India’s flamboyant all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who has returned to the game after a successful battle with cancer, yesterday said he kept the...

Sri Lanka name ODI, T20 squad for Australia 03 Jan 2013 - 01:01 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday announced a 16-man squad to play one-day and Twenty20 matches against Australia starting later this month. The five-match...

Pakistan Cricket Academy accords farewell to Dr Rizvi 02 Jan 2013 - 12:35 am

The Pakistan Cricket Academy (PCA) accorded a farewell to Dr Mansoor Abbas Rizvi, Community Welfare Attaché and CEO of PCA, in Doha recently....

South Africa seek to build on top spot 02 Jan 2013 - 12:30 am

Australian cricketer Mike Hussey (centre) poses for photographers with his children Jasmin (left) and Molly at an afternoon tea hosted by Australia’s Prime...

Sri Lanka chase redemption in Sydney Test 02 Jan 2013 - 12:29 am

SYDNEY: Australia are eyeing a series sweep over battered Sri Lanka in a poignant third Test starting in Sydney tomorrow overshadowed by the...

Pakistan calls Bangladesh decision ‘inappropriate’ 02 Jan 2013 - 12:29 am

KARACHI: Pakistan yesterday criticised Bangladesh’s decision to abandon a planned cricket tour over security fears and threatened to bar its own players from...

Sachin’s ODI retirement surprises Sadiq 02 Jan 2013 - 12:28 am

Kolkata: Expressing disappointment at the retirement of batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar from one-dayers, former Pakistan batsman Sadiq Mohammad yesterday wished the batting great...

McGrath to be inducted into Hall of Fame 01 Jan 2013 - 12:38 am

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday announced that former Australia pace bowler Glenn McGrath will be inducted into its Cricket Hall of...

Bangladesh call off Pakistan tour 01 Jan 2013 - 12:36 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh said yesterday it had shelved on safety grounds a planned cricket tour of Pakistan, which would have been the first by...

New Zealand face South African mountain to climb 01 Jan 2013 - 12:27 am

CAPE TOWN: New Zealand have done absolutely nothing to suggest they can upset South Africa in the first test of the two-match series...

Jamshed hammers ton in Pakistan’s win 30 Dec 2012 - 11:16 pm

Chennai: Nasir Jamshed hit a century to lead Pakistan to a six-wicket win over India in the first ODI in Chennai despite MS...

Hussey says Aussie team will be fine without him 30 Dec 2012 - 11:13 pm

SYDNEY: Retiring Michael Hussey popularly known as ‘Mr Cricket’ said yesterday there is quality and quantity to replace him despite becoming the second...

Greig hailed as ‘godfather’ of modern game 30 Dec 2012 - 11:13 pm

SYDNEY: The cricket world yesterday paid tribute to former England Test skipper and broadcaster Tony Greig , remembering him as “the godfather of...

India-Pakistan teams’ joint New Year bash cancelled 30 Dec 2012 - 11:11 pm

Kolkata: With the Indian cricket board allowing its players a day off on the New Year’s eve, the proposed joint New Year celebration...

Ex-England captain Greig dies 30 Dec 2012 - 12:48 am

MELBOURNE: Former England captain Tony Greig, one of the architects of cricket’s World Series revolution in the 1970s, has died at the age...

‘Mr Cricket’ Hussey set to retire from the game 30 Dec 2012 - 12:47 am

MELBOURNE: Mike Hussey (pictured) will play his final Test against Sri Lanka next week and retire from international cricket at the end of...

India, Pakistan set for ODI opener in Chennai 30 Dec 2012 - 12:47 am

CHENNAI: Honours shared in the T20 series, arch foes India and Pakistan are now set for what is likely to be an exhilarating...

Ruthless Australia thrash Sri Lanka in second Test 29 Dec 2012 - 05:05 am

Members of the Australian team celebrate after dismissing Sri Lanka’s batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan on the third day of the second cricket Test match...