Posted by: devilkarthik on: August 1, 2009
Half centuries from Junaid Siddique and Mahmudullah led Bangladesh to a three wicket victory, and a 3-0 cleansweep of the one day international series over West Indies. Siddique struck six fours in 55 from 73 balls, and Mahmudullah, who was named man-of-the-match, hit two fours and one six in an unbeaten 51 from 70 balls [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 27, 2009
Abdur Razzak made a triumphant return to the Bangladesh side when he helped the Tigers win the opening one-day international against West Indies by 52 runs. Razzak, who was prevented from bowling in international cricket in December 2008 due to a suspect action before having his suspension lifted in March, opened the bowling on Sunday [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 26, 2009
New Zealand’s top cricketers may choose to play in the Indian Premier League rather than for their country if cricket’s international calendar continues to create conflict between the two, New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said. Vettori said players may be forced to choose cash over country in future and hinted players came close to making [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 23, 2009
Chaminda Vaas, who served Sri Lanka cricket for over 14 years, has decided to hang his Test boots and white jersey after the final Test against Pakistan in Colombo. After making a disastrous Test debut in 1994 against Pakistan, Vaas came a long way with 354 wickets in 110 matches.This was the final Test against [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 22, 2009
Striking West Indies cricketers made themselves available for international duty on Tuesday after an arbitrator was appointed to mediate their bitter dispute with the national board. The original 13-man squad chosen for the two-Test home series against Bangladesh boycotted the series and watched their replacements lose both, allowing Bangladesh on Monday to clinch its first [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 6, 2009
Australia have been ranked below Bangladesh for next year’s World Twenty20 in the Caribbean, organisers announced on Sunday.Seedings are based primarily on the results of last month’s second edition of the tournament in England, which saw Pakistan, losing finalists in 2007, beat Sri Lanka at Lord’s to take the trophy. Australia lost both their group [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 6, 2009
India made amends for their World Twenty20 debacle, winning the one-day international series against West Indies 2-1 after torrential rains washed out the fourth and final ODI at the Beausejour Stadium on Sunday. The match started an hour late following heavy rains just after India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: July 3, 2009
Barring a couple of individual performances, the Indians have generally been a pale shadow of themselves in the first two matches of the four-match series and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team has a daunting task to put it across the hosts. With the series locked 1-1, both the teams will go all out for a victory [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: June 29, 2009
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s defiant 95 went in vain as India suffered a humiliating eight-wicket defeat at the hands of an inspired West Indies in the lopsided second One-Day International on Sunday. After dismissing the visitors for a modest 188 in 48.2 overs, the Caribbean team rode on openers Chris Gayle (64) and Runako Morton (85) [...]
Posted by: devilkarthik on: June 23, 2009
Three cricketers selected in the Indian squad for the four-match ODI series in the West Indies are yet to depart for the Caribbean because of transit visa problems. Mumbai’s Abhishek Nayar and Tamil Nadu’s Murali Vijay and Subramaniam Badrinath are the three players who are waiting for their UK transit visas to proceed for the [...]
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