India vs Australia, 1st Test: Review

"India and Australia drew the first of the four test matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The series stands at 0-0. Scorecard Although the match was drawn, both sides would like to take the credits away from this game. Australia will...

Scorecard - Royal Bengal Tigers bt Lahore Badshahs - ICLT20 - 4th Match

"Indian Cricket League, 2008 Royal Bengal Tigers vs Lahore Badshahs, 4th Match Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad, October 12, 2008 Match Information Toss: Lahore Badshahs (Elected to bat) Match Status: Royal Bengal Tigers won by 8 wkts Batting: Lahore...

India vs Australia, 1st Test: Australia placed strongly

"Australia were placed in a somewhat strong position at the end of the first day of the first test against India at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Zaheer dismissed Hayden in the first over of the day and with Ishant Sharma kept the scoring on a tight leash. But Katich and Ponting...

Sachin No.1 in Warne’s list

"Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar tops the list of world’s best 100 Test cricketers named by legendary spinner Shane Warne in his book Shane Warne’s Century, which also features as many as 10 other Indians. The list in Warne’s book released on October 2 is almost...

Paes-Dlouhy enter finals of AIG Open

"Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy edged towards back-to-back titles as they advanced to the finals of the AIG Open in Tokyo on Saturday. They had earlier won the Thailand Open a few days ago. The Indo-Czech pair beat USA’s Robert Kendrick and Finn Jarkko Nieminen...

ICL 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/09 - ICL Schedule

"Below is the schedule for the much hyped ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2008/09 which will see a flood of international cricketers playing alongwith the best new breed of cricketers from India. October 2008 Fri 10 Floodlit Match 19:30 local, 14:00 GMT 1st Match - Hyderabad...

Paes-Dlouhy in Japan Open semis

"The top seeded pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy won their sixth match on the trot to advance to the semi-finals of the $869000 Japan Open in Tokyo on Friday. The Indo-Czech pair overcame a late challenge from Philipp Petzschner of Germany and Alexander Peya of Austria...

Tendulkar-Modi cricket’s most powerful men

"Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi made it to a list of 25 most powerful global sports figures. Modi at 19th and Tendulkar at 23rd spot, are ahead of Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova and soccer club Inter Milan’s...

Smoking ban: The economics behind it, and more!

"India has imposed a new ban on smoking in public places from October 2, 2008, the 139th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Four years ago too, one such 'ban' was 'imposed.' However, it was royally ignored and people continued to puff away in restaurants, clubs, bars, you...

Aussie spinner tested +ve for Cocaine

"New Aussie spin bowler Jason Krejza, in line for a Test debut in the first Test against India at Bangalore, has revealed that he was the victim of a drink-spiking incident that resulted in a positive drug test two years back. Krejza, then a New South Wales player, said his...