Pakistan sacked national cricket coach Geoff Lawson on Friday, just 15 months after the former Australian paceman took up the position, the Pakistan Cricket Board said. The move comes just three days after new PCB chairman Ijaz Butt said Lawson’s contract would not be renewed next April, but that he could not be dismissed...
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting conceded Tuesday he missed retired ace bowlers Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath after his side were thumped by India, but vowed to fight back. Australia suffered its worst Test defeat in a decade here, crashing to 195 all out after chasing a mammoth target of 516 in the second Test....
Virender Sehwag had predicted on the morning of day five that he expected his team to wrap up the Australian innings in the session between lunch and tea. Even in his wildest of dreams he wouldn’t have imagined the way in which the Australians, left facing an improbable 90 overs to save the game,...
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Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has become the world record Test runs scorer, surpassing Brian Lara’s previous best mark of 11,953. Tendulkar, 35, needed 15 runs to overtake West Indies legend Lara in the standings on the first day of the second Test against Australia in Mohali. And despite being forced to go to tea...
Anil Kumble, the India captain, has hit out at the media’s “uncharitable” comments on his fitness, calls for retirement, and his performance as a player and captain following India’s hard-fought draw in the first Test against Australia in Bangalore. Kumble went wicketless in a total of 51 overs and a shoulder injury restricted him...
India blamed Ricky Ponting as negative approach to cricket while he is of different view. “We were the only ones in the game trying to take the game forward. We played aggressive cricket. I am not surprised by the way they played, the Indian team do play a lot of drawn games,” Ponting told...
Pakistan won a T20 thriller against Srilanka in a tri nation series. The only match which the criket lovers have more interest to watch out. Pakistan was in trouble at 91 for 7 but later a sensible knock by Shoaib Malik and few boundries from Foad alam change into a thriller and won the...
President Asif Ali Zardari – PCB`s chief patron – has chosen Ijaz Butt as the new PCB chief, ending weeks of suspense that gripped Pakistan cricket since the resignation of former board chairman Nasim Ashraf in August, sources told IANS. Ashraf stepped down as the PCB chief just hours after General Pervez Musharraf resigned...
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