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LATEST ICC NEWS AS ON 16th DEC 2008 2008-12-16 02:10:00 Strauss waltzes back into top 20England opener returns to top 20 in Reliance Mobile ICC Test Player Rankings; India’s Zaheer Khan climbs six places; South Africa and Australia players look to improve their rankings as first Test in Perth starts tomorrow England opening batsman Andrew Strauss has powered his way back into the top 20 of the Reliance Mobile Player Rankings for Test batsmen with tw
KEVIN PIETERSEN PLAYED WITH THE FRACTURED RIBS AT CHENNAI TEST 2008-12-16 02:05:00 One wonders whether England skipper Kevin Pietersen took a big risk by playing in the Chennai Test when he was not fully fit.A report in The Guardian has said that the England skipper played in the first Test, which the tourists lost by six wickets, with a fractured rib he had sustained during the final one-day international at Cuttack a couple of weeks ago."I have fractured my rib. There are no d
CRICKET NEWS -SOUTHAFRICAN TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AS ON 15th DEC 2008:A 3-0 VICTORY WOULD PLACE SA AT TOP 2008-12-16 02:01:00 South Africa will overtake Australia at the top if they win series 3-0 while India will retake second place if they beat England in Mohali.South Africa will go top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table if they beat Australia 3-0 in the three-match series that gets underway in Perth on Wednesday.Graeme Smith's team gets its tour underway in earnest with two fast bowlers – Makhaya Nti
BRITISH MEDIA PRAISES TENDULKAR , SLAMS PIETERSEN & CO 2008-12-16 01:54:00 British media was unanimous in its praise of Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday as it flayed England and felt for "reasons of compassion" the right team won.Describing the first Test in Chennai as one of the most politically significant match in the history of the game, the media also noted that it was a matter of time before India became the number one side.The Mumbai massacres and Tendulkar's emotional
CRICKET NEWS -SOUTHAFRICAN TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AS ON 15th DEC 2008:SA's Steyn vows to target Hayden's head 2008-12-15 07:18:00 South African pace spear head Dale Steyn has vowed to knock down Australian opener Matthew Hayden
by targetting his head during this week's first Test in Perth.Skipper Graeme Smith has identified Hayden as the key target for the Proteas, as it can be revealed that Steyn has made it his personal mission to blunt Australia's batting bruiser, the Courier Mail reports.Hayden has long been the cornerst
NEWZELAND VS WESTINDIES 1st TEST 2008:-RAIN FORCED A DRAW 2008-12-15 06:26:00 Rain forced the abandonment of the final day's play in the first cricket Test between New Zealand and the West Indies Monday, leaving the first of two matches to end in a draw.The second Test at McLean Park in Napier begins on Friday.New Zealand was due to resume its second innings at 44 for 2 Monday, leading overall by 69 runs after dismissing the West Indies for 340 in reply to its first innings
INDIA VS ENGLAND 1st TEST DEC 2008:-HISTORIC WIN FOR INDIA 2008-12-15 06:17:00 Sachin Tendulkar led the Indian run chase to take India to a famous victory on the decisive day of the first Test against England. The master batsman clobbered his 41st Test hundred as India won by six wickets. The second hero on the tense day was Yuvraj Singh who proved his Test credentials with an unbeaten 85 while Tendulkar remained unconquered on 103.Chasing a daunting 387-run target, India lo
INDIA VS ENGLAND 1st TEST DEC 2008:-TERIFYING HUNDRED FOR TENDULKAR 2008-12-15 06:12:00 Guiding India to victory with a four that also fetched him his 41st Test hundred, Sachin Tendulkar on Monday rated his knock in the first Test against England among his "very, very special" centuries."If the team wins the 100 become very very special, so this is right among my special centuries," said Tendulkar, who scored an unbeaten 103 to guide India to a six-wicket victory at the MA Chidambara
NEWZELAND VS WESTINDIES 1st TEST 2008:-TAYLOR'S MAIDEN TON REVIVES WESTINDIES 2008-12-14 07:52:00 West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor smashed his maiden century from 97 balls to change the course of the first cricket Test against New Zealand on its fourth day Sunday.Taylor, who had never made a first class 50 and whose previous best Test score of 31 made him an unlikely batting star, came to the crease with the West Indies at 173 for six in the second session, teetering precariously in its c
INDIA VS ENGLAND 1st TEST DEC 2008:-GAMBHIRS COMMENT ON SEHWAGS SENSATIONAL BATING 2008-12-14 07:47:00 Virender Sehwag's belligerent knock has set the game for India and knocking down the required 256 runs should not be a problem on Monday, according to opener Gautam Gambhir.Chasing 387 on the wearing track at the MA Chidambaram Stadium was not exactly a cakewalk, especially considering how India folded up for 241 in the first essay. Sehwag, however, threw the game wide open with a 68-ball 83 and G
INDIA VS ENGLAND 1st TEST DEC 2008:-SEHWAG TEAR ENGLAND APART 2008-12-14 07:40:00 Virender Sehwag's explosive counter-attack on Sunday threw the first Test between India and England wide open with the hosts needing 256 more runs on a tricky last day track to pull off a dramatic win.Set a stiff target of 387 for victory, the dashing Sehwag launched a blistering assault to score a quickfire 83 off just 68 balls and steer India to a comfortable 131 for one at close on a pulsating
CRICKET NEWS -SOUTHAFRICAN TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AS ON 14th DEC 2008:AUSSIE COACH NIELSEN COMMENTS ON THE FORTH COMING TEST SERIES 2008-12-14 07:34:00 Aussie coach Tim Nielsen has warned the South African team that they can expect aggressive cricket during the three-match Test series as the hosts always fight hard to maintain their standing in their own country."It's about us making sure that when people come to Australia, they can't just walk into here and expect to have it all their own way. We haven't lost here for a long period of time. That
LATEST ICC NEWS AS ON 13th DEC 2008 2008-12-13 09:40:00 ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for upcoming Test series in AustraliaThe International Cricket Council has announced the referee and umpires who will officiate in the upcoming Test series between Australia and South Africa.Ranjan Madugalle from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees will lead the playing control team for the series.The first Test, which takes place in Perth f
NEWZELAND VS WESTINDIES 1st TEST 2008:-LATEST UPDATES 2008-12-13 09:33:00 Jesse Ryder made 89 while West Indies’ quick’s Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards shared six wickets as New Zealand's heavily disrupted third innings reached 365 on day three of the first Test on Saturday.New Zealand resumed on its first day total of 226-4, having lost the equivalent of five intervening sessions to rain and bad light, and pushed on to 365 thanks to Ryder and some mild late order
CRICKET NEWS -SOUTHAFRICAN TOUR OF AUSTRALIA AS ON 13th DEC 2008:MARK BOUCHER ADDED TO THE SOUTHAFRICA INJURY LIST 2008-12-13 09:21:00 South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher on Saturday became the fifth member of the team to go down with an injury.Boucher made 13 runs in South Africa's 8-320 on the opening day of their two-day game against a Western Australia second XI in Perth, could not take the field on Saturday because of a "mild ankle sprain", the Herald Sun reports.Boucher, however, will be available for the first Test tha
INDIA VS ENGLAND 1st TEST DEC 2008:-GARY KIRSTEN SAYS WE WILL BOUNCE BACK STRONGLY 2008-12-13 09:14:00 England may have got the upper hand but India coach Gary Kirsten today said the hosts were not out of the first cricket Test yet, insisting that his wards would raise their game in the next two days.England ended day three at 172 for three, which has given them a 247-run lead seven second innings wickets still intact.Kirsten, however, asserted that his wards have it in them to turn things around i
INDIA VS ENGLAND 1st TEST DEC 2008:-STRAUSS ,COLLINGWOOD STABILISED ENGLAND AFTER 3 QUICK WICKETS: 2008-12-13 09:07:00 India found the noose tightening around them after England wriggled out of an early slump to take a substantial lead and gain firm control of the first Test on Saturday.The visitors took a handy first innings lead of 75 runs by dismissing India for 241 immediately after lunch and then recovered from a jittery 43 for three to reach a comfortable 172 for three at close on the third day.England have
INDIA VS ENGLAND 1st TEST DEC 2008:-GRAEME SWANN'S DREAM DEBUT 2008-12-12 07:30:00 Graeme Swann's stunning debut - becoming only the second bowler in Test history to take two wickets in his first over - helped England seize control of the first Test against India on Friday's second day.The rookie offspinner trapped opener Gautam Gambhir (19) and Rahul Dravid (3) lbw with his third and sixth deliveries and India tottered to 155-6 at stumps on the second day in response to England
NEWZELAND VS WESTINDIES 1st TEST 2008:-Weather Reigns On Day Two 2008-12-12 07:21:00 Day two of the first Test between New Zealand and West Indies at the University Oval in Dunedin was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to persistent rain.Overnight storms drenched the ground to delay the scheduled start, causing the umpires to call an early lunch with a view to inspect the field at 2pm local time.However before the groundstaff could clear the water from the field the rain c
INDIA VS ENGLAND 1st TEST DEC 2008:-INDIAN BATSMAN COLLAPSE LEADING ENGLAND UPPERHAND 2008-12-12 07:10:00 England's debutant off-spinner Graeme Swann took two wickets in his first over to leave India at 37 for three at tea on the second day of their first Test at MA Chidambaram stadium here on Friday.Gautam Gambhir (19) became Swann's first victim in the last over before tea. Swann then removed Rahul Dravid (3) on the last ball. Earlier, opener Virender Sehwag (9) fell to pacer James Anderson.Sachin T
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PUTOFF TILL OCTOBER 2009 2008-12-12 06:56:00 he first edition of the Champions League Twenty20 has been called off on Friday.The governing council, comprising the founder Board members – Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) held a conference on Friday to finalise new dates for the tournament but they decided to call it off after considering all aspects including the internation
NEWZELAND VS WESTINDIES 1st TEST 2008:-DANIEL FLYNN 5 SHORT OF MAIDEN TON 2008-12-11 08:32:00 New Zealand batsman Daniel Flynn fell five runs short of his maiden century after the West Indies used a new rule to successfully challenge the umpire's decision in the first Test here on Thursday.The 23-year-old scored 95 as New Zealand made a solid 226 for four on the opening day of the first of two Tests before bad light stopped play about 70 minutes early.Flynn's relief at being given not out
AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS DOUBTFUL FOR IPL2 2008-12-11 08:22:00 Australian cricketers are wary of travelling to India for the second season of Indian Premier League (IPL) in April-May next year after the recent Mumbai terror attacks, according to a report.A report in 'The Australian' said senior Australian players are uncertain about going to India in the near future and player managers have also expressed concern.Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke said se
NEWZELAND VS WESTINDIES 1st TEST 2008:-Oram Douthful For The 1st Test 2008-12-10 11:36:00 New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram put himself on the injured list once again as he reported of a calf strain before the team’s practice session on Tuesday.The Kiwi has struggled with injuries since quite sometime now. After missing the Adelaide Test against Australia due to a back niggle, Oram also suffered from a hairline fracture in his finger.Now the calf injury has also put doubts over his
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