VVS Laxman says he misses his duels against Shane Warne and is keen to make the most of the opportunity to take him on when batting for Lancashire in the county championship match against Hampshire next week Warne the Hampshire captain was at the receiving end of Laxman's magical wrists during the last three encounters between India and Australia But Test cricket's highest wicket-taker who was reduced to an average bowler by the stylish Hyderabadi player won t come face to face when the Indians tour down under in December-January having retired from international cricket earlier this year The county [more]
Harbhajan Singh is prepared to trade economy for wickets when he makes his India comeback in the inaugural Twenty World Championships in South Africa next month quot I wouldn't worry too much about economy in Twenty World Cup you would go for runs anyway If I pick up a few wickets along the way I would be satisfied quot says the Punjab off-spinner one of the meanest bowlers in world cricket Harbhajan is aware that the last thing a bowler could do when playing in the latest form of the game is worry about conceding runs quot Twenty is not [more]
Rain gods played pranks again as India's warm-up one day cricket match against England Lions was abandoned on Saturday following heavy shower at the Northamptonshire County Club ground Batting first England Lions amassed for from their allotted overs with Vikram Solanki and Luke Wright notching up half centuries Chasing a stiff task of scoring runs for victory in overs India were without loss after overs when rains ruled out any further play Sourav Ganguly was not out b while Robin Uthappa was batting on b With the match being abandoned Indian batsmen lost a precious opportunity to get into the [more]
The Gloucester squad is as big as itÂ’s going to get, and many fans will be disappointed with that. But itÂ’s worth remembering that a year ago there was great anticipation ahead of the new season, and look what happened then. We had a squad bursting with talent, international galore and players with great pedigrees Â… and they got us absolutely nothing, apart from frustration and failure.
Indeed I would suggest that one of the most dangerous points occur when a semi-exhausted man, who has been battling away for seventy minutes, suddenly finds himself confronted by a testosterone-fuelled replacement who has been kicking his heels on the bench for over an hour. The authorities turn a blind eye to that one.
In rugby circles the irony will escape no-one, erstwhile Worcester enforcer and part-time bad-boy Chris Horsman will try to stay in the game – as a referee.
The 32-year-old admitted defeat in his battle to overcome a persistent neck problem yesterday when he announced his retirement from the sport that brought him a fearsome reputation and 14 caps for Wales.
Eight of MoseleyÂ’s dual registered cordon have signed senior deals with parent club Gloucester.
Half backs Jordi Pasqualin and Tristan Roberts, outside backs Charlie Sharples and Henry Trinder and back five forward Dan Williams have all been promoted to the Cherry and WhitesÂ’ first team squad.
They are joined by prop Yann Thomas, who made a handful of appearance for Ian SmithÂ’s men last
Rothwell hauled themselves back into the top half of the Northamptonshire League Premier Division table with a satisfying 52-run victory over rivals Desborough in Saturday's eagerly-awaited A6 derby. (31/05/2004 14:04:12)
India beat the West Indies by six wickets with one ball to spare in the third one-dayer via the Duckworth-Lewis method and took an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field. India made two changes, bringing in Ishant Sharma for Praveen Kumar, while Ravindra Jadeja made way for Abhishek Nayar.
Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan may sign for Australian domestic side Victoria Bushrangers for the Twenty20 Big Bash and play as a local hero at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where he was labelled a chucker 14 years ago.
St.The following is the scoreboard of the match between India and the West Indies in the rain marred third One-day international of the four-match series at the Beausejor Stadium here Friday.
St.Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni played another responsible knock of 46 not out as India took an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the series, winning the third One-day international by six wickets according to the Duckworth-Lewis (DL) Method with just one ball to spare here on a rain-marred Friday.
St.A responsible knock of 46 from 34 balls by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India to defeat West Indies by six wickets under Dockworth-Lewis method in the rain-affected third One-day international here Friday.
Karachi, July 3(IANS) Former Pakistan Test cricketer Aamer Sohail Friday played down reports of a growing rift with fellow Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) director Wasim Bari.
Gavasker fondly recounted some stories, remembering his long-time friend and India colleague Dilip Sardesai, at a memorial lecture on the latter's second death anniversary.
