Rain poured on the jubilant Pakistani side, and they were unable to post a victory over the struggling England side. The Sophia Gardens was all drenched in water and the One-Day tie between the two sides had to end in a draw.
If the rain would not have...
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The Indian team is going through something that is never been tried before. The team has been divided into three groups of five players each. Each set of five players gets three days of undivided attention. According to the coach Greg Chappell, this...
In the row of the ball tampering controversy, ODI series between Pakistan and England that seemed doubtful may be underway now. Coming into the first one day international against Pakistan, England are aware that they are the underdogs. After a poor...
Rahul Dravid has received a word of appreciation from Ravi Shastri who compared him to former Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh and says that Indian captain will become even better in the years to come.
The former India Skipper quoted, I see a...
Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath is now 36 years 197 days old. He would be 40 when Australia Cricket Team will tour to England for the historic Ashes series in 2009. At that time, McGrath's contemporaries may be retiring from international cricket....
Even though Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is sympathetic on his country's national cricket team in the wake of ball-tampering row, the former bigwig players feel that skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq did not handle the situation properly.Among them, Javed...
Although the fate of the Unitech Cup is in dismay following South Africa's decision to pull out from the series on the security reasons, India captain Rahul Dravid is calm. He wants the triangular series to be resumed. He did not have any doubts about...
A powerful explosion occurred near about 3 kilometers away from the hotel in Colombo where Indian cricket team is staying. At least seven people were killed and 17 injured in the blast. With this frightful incident, the dark cloud seems to be hovering...
The ongoing controversy over pesticides in Pepsi and Coca-Cola will not hit the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy Cricket tournament to be held in India. The soft drinks companies said this following the Kerala government's decision to ban the...
It may be agony for dominating the limelight. Young Munaf Patel feels that his lifestyle has been undergone a sea change ever since he entered into international cricket. His house in the small village of Ikhar in Gujarat has become the media hub. He...
I would like to give some light to my previous post on Dean Jones controversial comment on South African player Hashim Amla.
Dean Jones has been sacked as TV commentator. It is a remarkable step. For the act of stupidity, he got the punishment although...
We do not need to introduce Mohammad Yousuf, the Pakistani batsman who converted his religion last year. It is very interesting to add some facts on his conversion. Yousuf's batting average was 47.36 when he was a Catholic. Now his batting average is...
Here is a burning example to prove the popular dictum Cricket is no more a gentle man's game. It would be also an easy reference to show how racial stereotyping is dominating international cricket. We notice players defaming players by contradictory...
Even though Sachin Tendulkar has been picked up for the forthcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka after producing fitness certificate, Indian Coach Greg Chappell feels that Sachin is not 100 percent percent fit still now.
Chappell says, He (Sachin) is...
Attacking indirectly to England coach Duncan Fletcher, the yesteryears all-rounder Ian Botham has highly applauded the left-arm spinner Monty Panesar.
Panesar is the answer to England's quest for a match-winning spinner. Therefore, he should not be...
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