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ECB and Downton apologise over Pietersen comments 01 Jun 2014 - 09:09 am

LONDON: The saga of Kevin Pietersen’s extraordinary exit from the international arena took a fresh twist on Friday when the England and Wales...

Buttler effort goes in vain as Sri Lanka win 01 Jun 2014 - 03:25 am

England’s Jos Buttler hits a six during the fourth one-day international (ODI) match against Sri Lanka at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, yesterday....

Sehwag’s explosive ton takes Kings to their maiden IPL final 31 May 2014 - 01:15 am

Virender Sehwag hits the ball down the ground during his fiery knock of 122 runs against Chennai Super Kings yesterday. Mumbai: Virender Sehwag...

England’s Flintoff out of retirement for T20 31 May 2014 - 12:37 am

LONDON: Former England captain Andrew Flintoff (pictured) has come out of retirement to join Lancashire’s squad for this season’s English domestic Twenty20 competition,...

Ponting calls for swift action on corruption 29 May 2014 - 08:10 pm

SYDNEY: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting (pictured) has called for swift action on cricket’s corruption crisis, saying there is nothing worse for the...

Discarded pacer Zaheer losing support at home 29 May 2014 - 08:08 pm

NEW DELHI: Zaheer Khan’s (pictured) long-term coach, Sudhir Naik, is not very optimistic about the pacer making a comeback for India. Speaking to...

Pietersen visits cricket stadium in Doha 29 May 2014 - 01:42 am

Chairman of West End Park Mana Ibrahim Al Mana (right) briefs former England batsman and Delhi Daredevils captain Kevin Pietersen about the West...

Rain postpones IPL qualifier 28 May 2014 - 08:53 am

IPL qualifier was postponed yesterday after torrential rain in Kolkata. Kolkata: The Indian Premier League (IPL) qualifier 1 between Kings XI Punjab and...

Zimbabwe’s Streak named Bangladesh bowling coach 27 May 2014 - 01:32 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh have appointed former Zimbabwe Test captain Heath Streak (pictured) as a specialist bowling coach after agreeing on a two-year contract, the...

Pakistan to probe ‘missing’ $200,000 27 May 2014 - 01:16 am

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan’s cricket chiefs yesterday began an inquiry into the spending of $200,000, which they said was not accounted for during the...

Sri Lanka bounce to level ODI series 25 May 2014 - 11:44 pm

Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara celebrates after dismissing England’s Ian Bell during the second one-day international (ODI) match at the Riverside ground in Chester-le-Street,...

IPL: Mumbai Indians qualify for play-offs 25 May 2014 - 10:54 pm

Mumbai: Defending champions Mumbai Indians pulled off a sensational five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals to make the play-offs of the Indian Premier League...

Yusuf Pathan fires Kolkata to incredible win 25 May 2014 - 03:24 am

Kolkata: A Yusuf Pathan (pictured) blitzkrieg of 22-ball 72 powered Kolkata Knight Riders to the first qualifier of the Indian Premier League (IPL)...

Easy eight-wicket victory for Chennai 25 May 2014 - 03:23 am

Bangalore: Chennai Super Kings returned to winning ways with a convincing eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League (IPL)...

Kings are unstoppable 24 May 2014 - 04:03 am

MOHALI: Rajasthan Royals’ hope of making it to the play-offs suffered a set-back as they went down to Kings XI Punjab by 16...

IPL: Knight Riders overcome Challengers to enter play-offs 23 May 2014 - 04:50 am

Robin Uthappa continued his brilliant form with the bat, smashing 83 from just 51 deliveries against Royal Challengers in Kolkata yesterday. KOLKATA: The...

Simmons the hero as Mumbai down Punjab 21 May 2014 - 11:43 pm

MOHALI: A blistering century – the first of Pepsi IPL 2014 – by Lendl Simmons saw the Mumbai Indians register a big seven-wicket...

ICC launches probe into corruption leak 21 May 2014 - 11:41 pm

WELLINGTON: The International Cricket Council (ICC) launched an urgent inquiry yesterday into how Brendon McCullum’s testimony to a match-fixing investigation was leaked, while...