Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 8, 2009
After being out of action for over two months following a shoulder injury that needed surgery, dashing opener Virender Sehwag is hoping to return to top notch cricket through the ICC Champions Trophy next month. I am hoping to play in the ICC Champions Trophy. My rehabilitation is going well, he said .Sehwag sustained the [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 7, 2009
India’s only batsman to hit two triple centuries, opener Virender Sehwag says his penchant to hit big centuries in Tests was driven by critics doubting his calibre in the longer version of the game. In Test matches I’m very cautious. I want to score more runs and I want to score big runs and I [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 6, 2009
The International Cricket Council on Thursday formed a five member panelĀ which includes former Test captain Anil Kumble, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan and ICC Principal Advisor IS Bindra to look into the Indian Cricket Board’s concerns about the ‘whereabout’ clause of the WADA code. Tim Kerr, the chairman of the ICC’s Anti-Doping Panel, will head [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 6, 2009
Even after scoring close to 30,000 international runs ever since he started his career, Sachin Tendulkar feels he has not done enough as a batsman.I am not pleased yet with what I have done, said Tendulkar, who has scored a record 12,773 from 159 Tests at an average of 54.58 and 16,684 runs from 425 [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 5, 2009
Indian Premier League franchisee Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday said the new captain and coach for the team still remains undecided. After the conclusion of the meeting at team owner Shah Rukh Khan’s residence, the management said the decision will be taken by the end of August and emphasised on Sourav Ganguly’s role as a [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 3, 2009
India is in a strong position to grab the top slot of ICC ODI ranking chart during the Sri Lanka tri-series next month as Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side is now just one point behind South Africa at second place after the annual rankings update on Sunday. Dhoni’s team jumped ahead of Australia, who are third [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 3, 2009
Sports Minister M S Gill on Monday opposed the BCCI stance on the “whereabout” clause of the World Anti Doping Agency and said the cricketers should fall in line without cribbing. Dismissing the claim that the clause, which requires players to inform their where abouts three months in advance for out-of-competition testing, was an infringement [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 2, 2009
Chamara Kapugedera scored a composed 67 and shared an unbeaten 95 run partnership with Thilan Samaraweera on Saturday to guide Sri Lanka to a six wicket win in the second limited over match against Pakistan. The victory gave the host team a 2-0 lead in the five match series.Chasing a modest 169 to win, Sri [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 2, 2009
Pakistan Cricket Board has not given up hope of convincing the International Cricket Council (ICC) to allow Pakistan its share of the 2011 World Cup matches at neutral venues, PCB said on Sunday. The scope of discussions that are taking place between the PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt and ICC Chief David Morgan in recent days, [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 1, 2009
The Indian cricketers are at loggerheads with the International cricket council over signing an anti doping code that says each player will have to reveal their where abouts for one hour every day for over a time period. Players feel that this is a violation of their privacy.India batsman Yuvraj Singh said that they will [...]
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