Lunch scoreboard: India vs. England, day 3, fourth Test

Manchester, Aug 9 (IANS) Scoreboard at lunch on day three of the fourth cricket Test between India and England at Old Trafford here Saturday. India (first innings): 152 all out England (first innings, overnight 237/6) Alastair Cook c Pankaj Singh b Aaron 17 Sam Robson b Kumar 6 Gary Ballance lbw b Aaron 37 Ian Bell […]

Fletcher, Cottrell help West Indies tie series 1-1

Roseau (Dominica), July 7 (IANS/CMC) Andre Fletcher’s second half-century in as many days paired with Sheldon Cottrell’s incisive three-wicket burst, propelled West Indies to a 39-run victory over New Zealand and a share of the two-match Twenty20 series here Sunday. Sent in at Windsor Park, West Indies rallied to 165 for six off 20 overs, thanks […]

Indians win warm-up game against Derbyshire

Derby, July 4 (IANS) India won their second warm-up game beating Derbyshire by five-wickets at the County Ground here Thursday. Derbyshire, who started the day 15 runs behind the Indians, declared their second innings at 156 for three after Billy Godleman top scored with 56 not out and Alex Hughes was unbeaten on 36. Set a […]

RCB put Daredevils in to bat

RCB put Daredevils in to bat

Sharjah, April 18 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss and put the Delhi Daredevils in to bat in the second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Thursday. The following are the squads: Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (Captain), Nic Maddinson, Parthiv Patel, Yuvraj Singh, […]

Bhupathi-Anderson knocked out of ony Open

Bhupathi-Anderson knocked out of ony Open

Miami, March 23 (IANS) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his South African partner Kevin Anderson suffered a first-round exit from the men’s doubles event of Sony Open Tennis here. Bhupathi and Anderson went down 4-6, 6-4, 6-10 to the second-seeded pair of Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil in the first round here Saturday. […]

Will quit the day I stop enjoying cricket: Gambhir

Will quit the day I stop enjoying cricket: Gambhir

New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) India discard Gautam Gambhir doesn’t see the Indian Premier League as a platform to make his case for a national comeback. The opening batsman has set no deadline for himself but says he will quit the day he is not enjoying the game. For the present, Gambhir’s priority is the upcoming […]

Tainted Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ajit Chandila

Tainted Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ajit Chandila

Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Tainted Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ajit Chandila, who is out on bail, Wednesday sought more time from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) disciplinary committee to reply to charges of spot-fixing levelled against him. Chandila along with Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan were the three Rajasthan Royals cricketers who were arrested […]

Sir Richie wants Antiguan youth to emulate knighted legends

Sir Richie wants Antiguan youth to emulate knighted legends

St. John’s (Antigua), March 5 (IANS/CMC) Former West Indies captain, Sir Richie Richardson, is encouraging the youth in Antigua & Barbuda to emulate the achievements of cricket legends who were knighted here Friday. Richardson and two other former international Antiguan cricketers, former fast bowlers Sir Andy Roberts and Sir Curtly Ambrose, received knighthoods during the first […]

Graeme Smith to quit international cricket

Graeme Smith to quit international cricket

Sydney, March 4 (IANS) As Australia pummels its team to an inexorable defeat, South Africa’s highly-regarded captain Graeme Smith will call it quits from international cricket, at the end of a series that exposed his position as South African cricket’s go-to leader. Cricket-mad Sydney has been brewing coffee to stay up late and watch a third […]