Its a legacy from Kerry Packers World Series Cricket that has endured
almost 30 years now. The triangular one day series that follows the Test matches
is a regular feature of the cricket season Down Under, and the Commonwealth Bank
Series with Australia, India and Sri Lanka as the three contestants that gets
underway on Sunday promises to be as popular as its predecessors. Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:57 pm
Australian fans showed no let up in
their hostility towards Muttiah Muralitharan and a group of
fans threw an egg on the Sri Lankan spin wizard's face in
Hobart. Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:24 pm
Younis Khan and debutant Khurram Manzoor hit half centuries Saturday as
Pakistan thrashed Zimbabwe by seven wickets with 19 overs to spare in the
fifth and final limited-overs international. Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:21 pm
Battered in the Twenty20 game in Melbourne, India's young guns will have to
quickly acclimatise to conditions and get into the one-day groove as they take
on Australia in the opening match of the cricket tri-series here on Sunday. Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 10:46 am
Ian Bell scored 79 and James Anderson took five for 47 as England beat a
Canterbury provincial XI by 51 runs in the first limited-overs match of its
New Zealand cricket tour on Saturday. Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 10:32 am
Facing allegations of using its financial clout to get a favourable verdict for Harbhajan Singh in the racism row, the BCCI has said that it did not blackmail anybody and the judgement was that of the ICC. Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 9:56 am
Making a strong statement that Force India is not out there just to make up the
numbers on the F1 grid, Giancarlo Fisichella posted the fourth fastest time,
less than a second behind table topper Lewis Hamilton, on the first day of the
testing here. Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:44 am
With captain Ricky Ponting and opener Matthew Hayden looking doubtful for
Sunday's match, Australia on Saturday added Adam Voges, along with Ashley Noffke,
to the squad for the tri-series opener against India. Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:41 am
HYDERABAD: AOC Centre will clash with Sports Authority of India (STC, Secunderabad) in the final of the fifth Rajiv Gandhi memorial invitation hockey tournament at the Gymkhana grounds on Saturday. In the first semifinal on Friday, SAI ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: Holder ICF gained full points from its 1-0 win over TNSP in a CFA senior division league match on Friday at the Nehru stadium. Ashok Kumar scored the all-important goal almost at the stroke of half-time off a pass from ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
GURGAON: Rahul Ganapathy brought in another round of five-under 67 to forge into the lead at the end of the third round in the PGTI Solaris Chemtech Open golf championship at the Golden Greens Golf and Country Club here on ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Chennai: STAR Sports will telecast live all the One-Day-Internationals of the Commonwealth Bank tri-series, involving India, Australia and Sri Lanka, starting on February 3. All day matches start at 4.30 a.m. IST, while the Day/Night ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Karachi: Former captain Rameez Raja fears that Pakistan Cricket Board’s new central contracts might sow seeds of dissent among players in the national team. Rameez said he didn’t agree with the new system simply because it ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
HUBLI: St. Paul’s School defeated KDO Jain English Medium School by eight wickets in the KSCA’s Dharwad Zone under-15 inter-school cricket tournament here on Friday. The scores: ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Concord CC and TCA, Kayamkulam recorded wins in the Concord Trophy all-Kerala cricket tournament here on Friday. Concord CC scored a nine-wicket win over Loe, Thiruvalla while Sony Ericcson, TCA also scored an ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Melbourne: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed his batsmen for the debacle in the one-off Twenty20 match here on Friday. “The batsmen played irresponsible shots. I can understand stroke-players getting out to big shots but ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Hyderabad: Auxiliary, who has shown impressive form in the morning trials, is expected to win the Kakatiya Cup (1,200m), the main event of the races to be held here on Saturday, (Feb. 2). There will be no false ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
BANGALORE: Echoes Of Light and Fairytaleending excelled when the horses were exercised here on Friday morning (Feb.1). Outer sand: 800m: Your Destiny (Harsha), Fly Free (Qureshi) 59, 600/45.5. They ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Ace tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi on Friday rued that India lacked proper system and good coaches to nurture and train young tennis players. Source: Sify.com Sports | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:43 pm
Narain Karthikeyan found the abrasive tarmac surface of the track too rough to negotiate as A1 Team India finished 18th the second Official Practice session here on Friday, prior to the qualifiers on Saturday for round six of the AI GP, the World Cup of motorsport. Source: Sify.com Sports | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:33 pm
A man here has claimed that Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik was married to his daughter and Friday threatened to move the court as the player denied having wedded her. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:02 pm
The Indian defence ministry's directorate of public relations has been lauded for the 'magnificent manner' in which it publicised the fourth Military World Games (MWG) held at Hyderabad and Mumbai last October. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 3:31 pm
Whatever the Uzbeks might think about their chances in the upcoming Davis Cup tie against India - starting in the capital Feb 8 -Prakash Amritraj feels that the hosts are overwhelming favourites to win the Asia-Oceania Group I tie. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 3:31 pm
Monish Mishra scored a fine unbeaten 118 to propel Delhi Jets to a five-wicket win over Kolkata Tigers in the second Indian Cricket League (ICL) tournament here Friday Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 3:30 pm
Subhajit Saha and Achintya Sharath Kamal of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) sailed into the men's quarterfinals of the 69th Senior National Table Tennis tournament here Friday. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 2:33 pm
Rahul Ganapathy, riding on the confidence gained from his first professional win last month, shot a second successive 67 to climb to the top of the leader board on the third day of the Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship here Friday. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 2:30 pm
The maiden edition of the women's version of the Challenger Trophy cricket will be played here from Feb 9 and will serve as a warm-up for the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka in March-April. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 2:30 pm
Following are the results and standings of the I-League football tournament after the end of the 14th round. The standings have been tabulated under matches played, won, draw, loss, goals for, against, difference and points. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 2:30 pm
Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist has never been a fan of the newest version of cricket but after his last Twenty20 international against India here Friday, the wicketkeeper-batsman said Twenty20 will an important part of cricket in the future. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 2:01 pm
A total of 44 probables, besides those on national duty, have been called for selection trials of the Ranji Trophy one-day tournament starting here Feb 26, the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) announced Friday. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 12:30 pm
