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IPL News: Ganguly, Warne fined 10 per cent of match fees 2008-05-02 08:08:00 Kolkata Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly
has been issued an official reprimand and fined him 10 per cent
of his match-fee for showing dissent on the field during the Indian Premier League match against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Thursday. A statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India said Match Referee Farookh Engineer reprimanded Ganguly and also fined him."Ganguly&# Read more:Warne
IPL News: Brett Lee earns $80,000 per scalp in IPL 2008-05-02 04:54:00 Speedster Brett
Lee returned home as the richest Australian cricketer, taking home a whopping $80,000 per scalp for his four wickets from as many games in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. The paceman was bought for $900,000 at the IPL auction and earned more than $320,000 for his brief stint with Kings XI Punjab.Captain Ricky Ponting, who went for a relatively modest $400,000 to the Kolka
Tendulkar ton helps India draw first blood in finals - CB Series Finals 2008-03-02 06:54:00 Sachin Tendulkar
scored his first one-day century on Australian soil as an inspired India
spanked the World champions by six wickets in the first match of the best-of-three finals in the Commonwealth Bank tri-series in Sydney on Sunday. After the Indian bowlers put up a disciplined performance to restrict Australia to 239 for eight, Tendulkar (117 not out) batted like a true champion. He not only
CB Series - India vs Australia 1st Final - India, Australia return to battleground Sydney 2008-03-01 05:21:00 India will seek to exploit the batting slump of some of Australia
's middle-order batsmen when they clash with the world champions in the first of the best-of- three tri-series finals in Sydney
on Sunday. Australia's batting has been their Achilles' heels with their middle order, notably captain Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds, coming a cropper against the subcontinental rivals in the Read more:Final
, India
CB Series - Australia vs Sri Lanka 12th ODI, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 2008-02-28 10:54:00 The last league match of the CB series, for all practical purposes, is a dead rubber. While the Indians are enjoying their little break before the finals, the Aussies will look to get some good momentum going from this match. Their batters finally found some much needed form in the Sydney encounter and hope that they can build on it before the all important finals. Sri Lanka
on the other hand, wil Read more:Australia
, Cricket
, Melbourne
, Sri Lanka
India looking to shut doors on Sri Lanka in CB Series at Hobart 2008-02-25 11:12:00 Batting form will be the prime concern for India
and Sri Lanka
as the two Asian rivals go into the penultimate tri-series league encounter at Hobart on Tuesday. The Indians, who have lacked consistency, will be looking to defeat the islanders in the game to qualify for the best of three finals tomorrow itself. In case they lose, they will have to rely on Australia winning the last m Read more:Sri Lanka
Lee bowls Australia to victory against India in CB tri-series one-day international in Sydney 2008-02-24 07:06:00 Ricky Ponting scored a brilliant century and Adam Gilchrist claimed a record-equalling six dismissals as Australia
beat India
by 18 runs in an absorbing CB tri-series
one-day international in Sydney
on Sunday. Ponting ended a lean run with the bat to score 124 off 132 balls and guide the world champions to a daunting total of 317 for seven at the Sydney Cricket Ground. India's run chase began Read more:against
Lee's absence boosts India's chance 2008-02-16 12:09:00 India will seek to take full advantage of speedster Brett Lee's absence
as they go into the tri-series One-dayer against Australia on Sunday, hoping to beat the World Champions for the second successive time. Lee, who has turned out to be the most lethal weapon for Australia this summer, will be rested to refresh him for the later stages of the tournament and the news could not have Read more:chance
, India
Commonwealth Bank Series - India , Srilanka, Australia - Fixtures & Squad | CB Tri Series 2008 2008-02-01 09:32:00 Three of most prominent teams of cricketing world India
, Sri Lanka and Australia
will fight it with each other in Australia in the upcoming Commonwealth
Bank Tri-Series 2008 starting from Feb 03. Fixture of the ODI Australia Tri-Series 2008 3rd Feb, 2008 (Sun) Brisbane Australia Vs India (Starting Time-08:45, IST) (D/N) 5th Feb, 2008 (Tue) Brisbane India Vs Sri Lanka (Starting Time-08:45, IST) ( Read more:Squad
Close defeat in Sydney Test Match still rankles Kumble 2008-01-28 06:56:00 The Indians may have managed to keep their reputation intact despite losing the series against Australia but the defeat in the Sydney
Test continues to rankle skipper Anil Kumble. India needed to bat out the last day to salvage a draw in the acrimonious Test marred by ugly gamesmanship and a racism row. But for once, the famed Indian batting order collapsed like a house of cards and the Read more:Close
, Match
India rise to second in ICC Test Cricket Rankings 2008-01-28 06:53:00 A draw at the Adelaide was not enough for India
to square the four-Test series against Australia, but the effort combined with win at Perth Test has lifted Anil Kumble and co. two places to second place in the latest ICC Test Championship table. India replaces Sri Lanka at the second spot with 111 points, two more than the South Asian neighbours followed by South Africa. Ind Read more:Cricket
, Rankings
India Australia Test 3rd Test Match - India turn up the heat on dramatic day 2 2008-01-17 11:29:00 Australia's bid to break their own world record for consecutive Test wins was on shaky ground on Thursday after their batting collapsed on a dramatic
second day of the third Test against India
in Perth. India bowled the Australians out for 212 in 50 overs then added 52 runs for the loss of one wicket, reaching stumps with an overall lead of 170 at the WACA. Australia, who won the first two ma Read more:Australia
, Match
The legend of Kumble continues to grow 2008-01-17 11:26:00 The wait is finally over. India captain Anil Kumble joined the 600-wicket club on Thursday at Perth. Kumble got rid of the dangerous looking Andrew Symonds to reach the summit that no Indian bowler has ever reached before him. Captaining India can be a huge burden, especially when up against the best team in the world. Anil Kumble, though, as the cricket world has discovered over the last few dec
India Australia Test 3rd Test Match - Australia, India share honours on day 1 2008-01-16 18:47:00 Rahul Dravid marked his return to form with a gritty 93, but India
gifted a couple of wickets late in the day as Australia
came back strongly in the third cricket Test in Perth on Wednesday. Electing to bat, the visitors handled the extra bounce of the WACA track with aplomb but the late dismissals of Dravid and VVS Laxman in quick succession tilted the scale slightly in favour of the home te Read more:Match
India Vs Australia, 3rd Test, Perth - India lose openers after good start 2008-01-16 02:13:00 Australia captured two quick wickets to put the brakes on India
's strong start to the third Test at the WACA in Perth
on Wednesday. Mitchell Johnson dismissed Virender Sehwag for 29 and Brett Lee removed Wasim Jaffer for 16 as Australia fought back to restrict India to 74 for two at lunch on the opening day. The tourists had made their best start to the series when Sehwag and Jaffer put on 57 Read more:Australia
, openers
India Vs Australia Test Series - Build-up to Perth has been fiery 2008-01-15 13:25:00 The 'peace talks' between rival captains Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble notwithstanding, Adam Gilchrist says the two teams will enter the Perth
Test with fire in their bellies. The Australia
ns are pushing for a record-breaking 17th straight win and the India
ns, who are 0-2 down in the series, are desperate to make a comeback. "This game I'm sure will have a bit of build-up to it Read more:Build
Preview: Australia Vs India, 3rd Test, Perth January 16 - 20 2008-01-14 11:21:00 Cricket has been through fire and brimstone in the aftermath of the second Test in Sydney, which was filled with controversy. Anil Kumble accused the Australia
ns of not playing in the spirit of the game; the Australians said Harbhajan Singh racially abused Andrew Symonds; the India
ns in turn charged Brag Hogg for using offensive language and somewhere in the midst of all that, the ICC removed Stev Read more:January
, Perth
, Preview
Ishant stars with three wkts, ACT XI 187/5 at tea 2008-01-11 00:06:00 Ishant Sharma did well enough on the second day of the practice match against the ACT Invitational XI to seal his spot in the Indian team for the third Test against Australia starting in Perth on January 16. The lanky Delhi pacer captured the first three wickets to fall as ACT XI took tea at 187 for five. Ishant's spell of six overs should see his name pencilled in for the Perth Test, with th Read more:stars
Indians ready to travel 2008-01-08 21:52:00 The crisis surrounding the Indian tour of Australia seems to have blown over, if temporarily, with the Indian board, whose top brass met in New Delhi on Tuesday night, saying the tour would continue "for the present". In Sydney, the Indian team prepared to travel to Canberra, 48 hours after their scheduled departure. With the issue of umpire Steve Bucknor resolved earlier in the day, t Read more:Indians
, ready
Australian Cricket has gone to its farcical limits 2008-01-07 19:56:00 I am not sure why Indians have still not packed their bags. What stops them? Is series and cricket more important than national pride? Revered Australian
cricket writer Peter Roebuck has echoed the sentiments I am having right now aptly in his column in Sydney Morning Herald Here are some snippets from his column: RICKY PONTING must be sacked as captain of the Australian cricket team. If Cricket
Harbhajan banned for three Tests; India to appeal 2008-01-07 00:02:00 Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was on Sunday night banned for three Test matches after the ICC Match Referee Mike Procter upheld the Australian charge that he had racially abused their all-rounder Andrew Symonds, a decision against which the India
n team will appeal within 24 hours. Procter gave a marathon six-and-a-half hour hearing to Harbhajan, who denied the charge and was supported by
Australia beat India in Sydney thriller 2008-01-06 04:34:00 Australia beat India
by 122 runs in an amazing finish to the second Test in Sydney
on Sunday to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and equal their own world record of 16 successive victories. Part-time spinner Michael Clarke captured three wickets in five deliveries to wrap up an incredible victory with just seven balls remaining after India looked to have done enough to salvage a draw. "Mich Read more:Australia
Ganguly adjudged best Asian cricketer and batsman 2008-06-27 21:56:00 Former India captain Sourav Ganguly
was adjudged 'Asian
Cricketer' and 'Asian Batsman of the Year' at the Castrol Asian Cricket Awards in Karachi on Friday. Sachin Tendulkar was named 'Best ODI Batsman' while Gautam Gambhir grabbed the honour in Twenty20. Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara took away the 'Best Test Batsman of the Year' award while Read more:cricketer
A battle for bragging rights - Asia Cup Cricket 2008 2008-06-25 22:10:00 Both Pakistan and India recorded comprehensive victories against Hong Kong - as they were expected to - and with the format of the Asia
Cup being what it is, this ensures that Thursday's match is of little consequence in the context of the tournament except to give one of the teams bragging rights going into the round-robin matches. That said, though, an India-Pakistan match always comes with Read more:Cricket
Kirsten seeks rotation policy for injury-prone India 2008-06-24 13:04:00 The season has barely begun for India
and the coach, Gary Kirsten
, has already sounded out the need for a rotation system for the injury-prone
fast bowlers. With Sreesanth and Zaheer Khan ruled out at start of the tournament and Irfan Pathan rested for the next two games with a side strain, all of a sudden the threatening pace-bowling attack doesn't look so impressive. There is no doubt the
Withdrawing from Champions Trophy would hurt Australia 2008-06-24 09:16:00 Shafqat Naghmi, the Pakistan Cricket Board's chief operating officer, believes Australia
would be hurting their own team if they do not take part in the ChampionsTrophy
in September. Australia withdrew from their March tour of the country due to safety and security concerns and Reg Dickason, the side's security consultant, will travel to Pakistan this week to monitor the Asia Cup tournament.
Na
Half of English team willing to retire for IPL 2008-06-24 04:13:00 Half of the cricketers in the current English
team are ready to give up their international careers for the six-figure salaries on offer at the Indian Premier League, a survey has revealed.In an annual poll of the 16 current players, conducted by the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA), eight said they are happy to cut short their national careers and play in the multi-million-dollar Tw Read more:retire
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