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Downcast Cook takes to the oche after World Cup snub 23 Dec 2014 - 08:31 pm

LONDON - Alastair Cook tried to take his mind off his shock World Cup snub as the deposed England captain stepped onto the...

Australia to test India’s resolve 22 Dec 2014 - 11:54 pm

MELBOURNE: With all hope of a first series triumph in Australia gone after defeats in the first two Tests, India need to draw...

Bhuvneshwar handed Grade A contract, Yuvraj, Gambhir axed 22 Dec 2014 - 11:54 pm

NEW DELHI: Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been handed a Grade A contract by the BCCI for the 2014-15 season, a promotion from the...

Tendulkar picked as 2015 Cup Ambassador 22 Dec 2014 - 11:53 pm

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday announced Sachin Tendulkar (pictured) as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ambassador. It will be the...

Sachin Tendulkar named World Cup ambassador 22 Dec 2014 - 01:43 pm

India--Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, who is the all-time leading run-getter in World Cup history, was on Monday named the event’s ambassador for...

Cricket festival marks Qatar’s National Day in Doha 22 Dec 2014 - 10:04 am

Fans holding flags of their favourite teams at the Six-Nation Cricket Tournament to mark Qatar’s National Day in Doha. RIGHT: Pakistan expatriates team...

Dhoni pins hopes on fast bowlers to get job done 22 Dec 2014 - 09:53 am

India’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni walks off the ground with his players after bad light ended play during the second day of the...

Aussie media slate ‘whingeing’ India after Brisbane Test loss 22 Dec 2014 - 09:52 am

BRISBANE: Beaten India were distracted by their gripes over the state of practice wickets and food as they reached their breaking point on...

Pakistan star Afridi to quit ODIs after World Cup 22 Dec 2014 - 09:52 am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s experienced all-rounder Shahid Afridi has announced his retirement from one-day internationals after next year’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand....

No way back for KP despite Cook sacking 22 Dec 2014 - 09:51 am

LONDON: England cricket chiefs have moved quickly to make it clear that Alastair Cook’s dismissal as one-day captain has not opened the door...

Holder replaces Bravo as WI captain 22 Dec 2014 - 09:50 am

ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda: Barbados all-rounder Jason Holder was named as the new captain of the West Indies one-day squad yesterday, taking...

McCullum to revert to middle order in SL series 22 Dec 2014 - 09:50 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum (pictured) will drop back down the order for the Test series against Sri Lanka despite scoring a...

Dhoni says India not far off away Test wins 21 Dec 2014 - 01:00 pm

BRISBANE-- Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said India have the pace threat and aggression to win Tests away from home and it's just a...

Pacer Steyn sends West Indies crashing to defeat 21 Dec 2014 - 08:36 am

This combination photograph shows Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal delivering a ball during the One Day match with the visiting Kenyan team at the...

Morgan replaces Cook as England Cup captain 21 Dec 2014 - 08:34 am

LONDON: Eoin Morgan has replaced the out-of-form Alastair Cook as England’s World Cup captain, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced yesterday....

Johnson inspires Australia to win 21 Dec 2014 - 08:33 am

India’s Shikhar Dhawan (right) share light moments with Australia’s Shane Watson (centre), Mitchell Johnson and Brad Haddin (left) on the fourth day of...

Confusion over Dhawan injury cost India, Dhoni 21 Dec 2014 - 08:32 am

BRISBANE, Australia: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said confusion over opener Shikhar Dhawan’s (pictured) injury had unsettled the dressing room in the crucial...

Cook dismissal better late than never for England 21 Dec 2014 - 08:22 am

LONDON: With the World Cup two months away the England and Wales Cricket Board’s decision to sack Alastair Cook as one-day captain was...