Time for Pune Warriors to make on-field headlines

In its short existence, Pune Warriors, the youngest and costliest IPL franchise, has been in the news for various off-field reasons. The unavailability of their star player Yuvraj Singh due to illness precipitated a crisis in Indian cricket as the franchise owner, the Sahara Group, pulled out of its sponsorship of the national team and also put the franchise up for sale after disagreements with the BCCI.

Friday, 30 March 2012

West Indies look to level Twenty20s against Australia

Bridgetown: West Indies will be looking to get back to winning ways when they take on Australia in the second and final Twenty20, having suffered an eight-wicket thrashing in the first match of the series in St Lucia. After squaring the one-day series, Australia kept their winning momentum going...

England slump puts Andrew Strauss in trouble

Galle: England captain Andrew Strauss faces close scrutiny of his batting and leadership skills as he attempts to keep his spin-shattered team on top of the world Test rankings. England, who toppled India from the mantle with a memorable 4-0 whitewash on seaming wickets at home last year, have...

Sri Lanka beat England to win first Test

Galle: Rangana Herath completed a maiden 10-wicket haul to take Sri Lanka to an emphatic 75-run victory in the first Test against England despite Jonathan Trott's defiant century threatening to steal the game.Chasing 340 to win, England were bowled out for 264 just after tea on the fourth day...

Australia beat West Indies by eight wickets in first T20

St Lucia: Australia romped to an eight-wicket victory over West Indies in the first Twenty20 cricket international on Tuesday, led by allrounder Shane Watson slamming 69 off 43 balls and taking 1-16 from four overs.Watson lashed five boundaries and six sixes at Beausejour Stadium to guide Australia...

Ahead of IPL, South Africa and India test Twenty20 strength

Johannesburg: It may appear an insignificant one-off Twenty20 international, but Friday's match at The Wanderers presents top players from India and South Africa an opportunity to oil themselves before the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) begins in less than a week's time.India...

IPL 5: Can Delhi shed the underachievers' tag?

Terming Delhi Daredevils as 'underachievers' will not be an overstatement, considering their performance in the last four years. They have always promised a lot, starting every season as one of the tournament's favourites, only to disappoint themselves as well as their innumerable faithful fans at...

Taste of T20 along with IPL flavour

Calcutta/Johannesburg, (The Telegraph): Friday’s India-South Africa one-off Twenty20 clash is an International fixture with an Indian Premier League flavour. Two nations will square off against each other, but more than the teams the general eye will be on the individuals as they gear up for...

Sunday, 25 March 2012

IPL Bowlers Ranking

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Saturday, 24 March 2012

Brutal Pollard helps West Indies take series lead

  West Indies 294 for 7 (Pollard 102, Barath 41) beat Australia 252 all out (Lee 59, Hussey 57) by 42 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kieron Pollard scored his second ODI hundred with a brutal display of power hitting in St Lucia © Associated Press  Enlarge Related...

Mathews out of SL's squad for Eng Test

  Colombo: Sri Lanka allrounder Angelo Mathews failed a fitness test on Friday and was left out of the 14-member squad picked for the first Test against England in Galle starting on Monday.Mathews missed the Asia Cup because of a calf muscle injury and selectors picked middle-order batsman...