Sports / Cricket

Smith’s South African warriors create legacy 04 Dec 2012 - 01:09 am

PERTH: South Africa captain Graeme Smith believes it will take some time for people to fully appreciate his team’s achievement in winning an...

‘Tendulkar was the best’ 04 Dec 2012 - 01:08 am

PERTH: Cricketing great Ricky Ponting, who retired from all forms of the game after playing his last Test at Perth against South Africa,...

England can win Ashes, says Smith 04 Dec 2012 - 01:08 am

PERTH: South Africa captain Graeme Smith thinks home advantage will give England the edge in the first of two Ashes series against Australia...

India star Sehwag ‘never happy’ with Eden food 04 Dec 2012 - 01:08 am

Kolkata: Dashing Indian batsman Virender Sehwag yesterday gave the thumbs up to Lords, Sydney and Ahmedabad, and the thumbs down to Eden Gardens...

England and Australia in same World Cup pool 04 Dec 2012 - 01:07 am

LONDON: England, Wales and Australia were all drawn together in a potential “group of death” when the draw for the 2015 Rugby World...

QCA set to organise Qatar Independence Day event 04 Dec 2012 - 01:06 am

DOHA: The Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) is set to organise Nations Cup, an event involving four-expatriate teams, to celebrating Qatar’s Independence Day. Teams...

Fast bowler Finn bats for beleaguered pacer Broad 04 Dec 2012 - 01:06 am

Kolkata: Hoping that the Eden Gardens pitch would ‘have something for all’, England pacer Steve Finn yesterday batted for fellow pacer Stuart Broad...

Proteas set Australia mammoth target 03 Dec 2012 - 08:17 am

PERTH, Australia: Australia will have to produce the greatest run chase in Test history to beat South Africa in the third Test at...

Anamul hits maiden ton as Bangladesh crush Windies 03 Dec 2012 - 08:11 am

KHULNA, Bangladesh: Anamul Haque became the third youngest Bangladeshi to hit a hundred before the home team spun out the West Indies for...

De Villiers wary of record-chasing Australians 03 Dec 2012 - 08:10 am

PERTH, Australia: South African vice-captain AB de Villiers said yesterday the Proteas were not taking anything for granted, despite being in a seemingly...

Cricket Kenya picks first chairwoman 03 Dec 2012 - 08:10 am

NAIROBI: Cricket Kenya yesterday unanimously elected Zehra Janmohammed as its new chairwoman, the first ever woman to head a national cricket board. Janmohammed,...

PCB team happy with Eden Gardens facilities 03 Dec 2012 - 08:09 am

Kolkata: A four-member team from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) yesterday expressed satisfaction with the facilities here ahead of the side’s One-Day International...

Sachin is my hero: Yuvraj 03 Dec 2012 - 08:08 am

Kolkata: Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s triumph over cancer and subsequent return to the field may have inspired a nation -- but for the...

Pakistan’s T20 competition gets under way 03 Dec 2012 - 08:08 am

Lahore: Pakistan’s most prestigious Twenty20 cricket tournament, with the participation of 14 teams, started yesterday. The Faysal Bank National T20 Cup will be...

South Africa on top in Perth 02 Dec 2012 - 12:33 am

PERTH, Australia: Pace spearhead Dale Steyn rediscovered his best form to bowl South Africa into a commanding position on the second day of...

Will Ponting spark a retirement rush? 01 Dec 2012 - 12:53 am

NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting’s decision to retire could be the start of an exodus of other batting greats, including Indian...

PCB to introduce drug testing in T20 tournament 01 Dec 2012 - 12:52 am

KARACHI: Pakistan will introduce drug testing in its domestic Twenty20 tournament that begins today in accordance with rules from the World Anti-Doping Agency...

South Africa hit back with two late wickets 01 Dec 2012 - 12:52 am

PERTH, Australia: South Africa hit back with two wickets after Australia’s second-string pace attack dismissed the Proteas on a dramatic opening day of...