Bangalore Royal Challengers Captain: Rahul Dravid Coach: Venkatash Prasad Wow factor: Jacques Kallis How they rate: Boucher, Kallis and Kumble must perform. 3/5 Chennai Super Kings Captain: MS Dhoni Coach: Kepler Wessels Wow factor: MS Dhoni Rating: Aussie influence with Hayden and Hussey adds steel to a side containing the dasher Dhoni. 4/5 Deccan Charger...
In North America and much of the world, cricket remains a mystery. In England, the home of cricket, the sport still has a strong following. Why is it that the English love cricket? It’s not surprising that so many people can’t see what all the fuss is about when it comes to cricket....
Cricket started out as a game played by children, but expanded to become a betting game, and where rich aristocrats were involved, the wagers could be large. The earliest laws were drawn up in that context, to help regulate a game on which large sums of money were being staked. The earliest existing...
After his side`s narrow 13-run victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers here today, Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni said the match was a close one and only a few overs had decided the match. We held on to our nerves and it was a close finish. When we were batting, the ball was...
The D/L method sets a revised target for the side batting second (Team 2) when overs have been lost by a suspension in play. The revision is not in proportion to the numbers of overs the two sides can receive but is in accordance with the run-scoring resources the two sides have at their disposal....
You played it on your “Chatt”(terrace) and thought that you were lot better than the rest. You could spin the ball and also pitch it at the exact spot. You still watch it passionatly, like TV is your wife and she is wearing that dress. You surely have felt something missing when you...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) asked outgoing chief executive Malcolm Speed to go on leave on Friday following major differences at the top of the organisation. The ICC President, Ray Mali, and the CEO Speed have agreed that Malcolm Speed will be on paid leave from April 30 until the end of his...
Adam Gilchrist couldn’t have chosen a better stage than this to come good. Playing in a packed spanking new stadium, he stunned the Mumbai Indians with a blitzkrieg century to script a ten-wicket win in just 12.4 overs. Gilchrist scored 109 not out off just 48 balls, getting to his century off only...
India’s cricket board felt “let down” by Harbhajan Singh after a slapping incident involving compatriot Shanthakumaran Sreesanth. Harbhajan was suspended on Saturday pending a disciplinary hearing and the incident, which happened in an IPL game on Friday, dominated the front pages of newspapers in the cricket-mad country at the weekend. The off-spinner will...
AUSTRALIAN Steve Davis has been elevated to the International Cricket Council’s elite panel of umpires. Davis and Sri Lanka’s Asoka de Silva were promoted to increase the number on the panel from 10 to 12 in a move designed to ease the load on the leading umpires. Davis, 56, has stood in 11...
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