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2008 ends with a good spellIt has been a good cricketing last week of the year, and there were some top performances by the players. There was the T20 match in New Zealand where the eliminator rule was used for the first time. Chris Gayle who seems to revel in the latest format of the game took the credit as he smashed three sixes to put the game beyond New Zealand who lost two wickets in chasing that Gayle onslaught. Gayle had hammered Daniel Vettori, skipper of New Zealand, who unsurprisingly did not think the eliminator rule was a good one to decide a tied game.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:46 pm Viewers don't warm up to Warne, the commentatorShane Warne's exploits with the ball don't necessarily translate into jugglery with words as Channel Nine's viewers observed in a recent poll.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:42 pm BCCI introduces Inter-Corporate tournamentThe Cricket Board on Saturday decided to introduce an Inter-Corporate prize money tournament, to be conducted in 50-over and Twenty20 formats, to encourage business houses to recruit cricketers into their fold and improve the players' employment opportunities.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:40 pm Qadir's media talk upsets PCBPakistan cricket's chief selector Abdul Qadir has irked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)officials by going public with his idea of having separate Test and one-day teams with different captains at helm, sources said.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:33 pm Davydenko to meet Koellerer in Chennai Open first roundWorld No.5 and top seed Nikolay Davydenko from Russia was drawn to meet journeyman Daniel Koellerer from Austria in the first round of the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament starting here Monday.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:30 pm Indian board to launch corporate cricketThe Indian cricket board will launch an inter-corporate tournament to generate employment for cricketers.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:30 pm Lorgat should be credited for SA successInternational Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat can take some credit for South Africa's march towards the No.1 spot in Tests.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:22 pm Sri Lanka v Bangladesh second test scoreboard(Reuters) - Scoreboard at close on the opening day of the second test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium on Saturday.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:20 pm Dilshan hammers 162 to put Sri Lanka on topCHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Tillakaratne Dilshan slammed an aggressive century to lead Sri Lanka to a commanding 371 for six on the opening day of the second and final test against Bangladesh on Saturday.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:17 pm BCCI expecting reduction in revenueThe Indian cricket board is expecting a shortfall in revenue of Rs.1.2 billion ($25 million) due to the cancellation two one-dayers against England, the tour to Pakistan and the postponement of Champions Trophy.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:00 pm Sachin and Zaheer's presence will boost Mumbai side: JafferMumbai captain Wasim Jaffer feels the presence of Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan will give his side an edge over Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy semi-final that begins here Sunday.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 3 Jan 2009 | 1:00 pm Mumbai bank on experience against young Suarashtra in semisIt promises to be a classic battle between youth and experience when Saurashtra take on the 37-time champions Mumbai in the four-day semi-final of the Ranji Trophy championship commencing at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Sunday.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:01 pm Dickason to look over security arrangements for Chennai OpenChennai Open tennis organisers have sought the advice of England cricket board's security expert Reg Dickason who oversaw the arrangements during the recent cricket Test series between India and England.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 3 Jan 2009 | 11:02 am Windies beat New Zealand in rainswept ODIWELLINGTON (Reuters) - The touring West Indies beat New Zealand by five wickets with 1 ball remaining in a weather-affected second one-day international in Christchurch on Saturday.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:51 am 2009 a rough ride aheadAnother New Year, another journey, another chapter and another adventure! Hopefully, 2009 has in store some goodies for all of us after wretched six months that witnessed some upheavals in our daily life and inevitably sports with very little left untouched by the swiftly changing trends, not the least the economic meltdown.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jan 2009 | 10:13 am Vijayawada gymnasts excelVIJAYAWADA: City gymnast D. Nagamallesh won five medals including a gold and silver in the u-17 segment of the 54th National School Games that concluded at Hyderabad recently. He won three bronzes in Roman Rings, Individual all-round and team ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Day-night Test concept gets ICC thumbs-upSYDNEY: ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has said dwindling attendance at Test matches could speed up the possibility of day-night fixtures, if a suitable ball could be developed. — ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Karnataka reigns supremeBANGALORE: It was almost a clean sweep for Karnataka in the National junior and sub-junior aquathlon championship which concluded Aurangabad on Dece.29, 2008. Karnataka won all the medals at stake, except the silver in the junior girls’ ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Lucky win for PrameyaNagpur: Prameya Garge of Maharashtra scored a lucky win to be among the leaders at the end of the fourth round in the National under-7 chess championships here on Friday. Prameya and Arush Jain of Delhi had four pawns each and were down ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Thabarak Baik shinesVELLORE: I.T. Thabarak Baik who scored 64 and 52 helped Vellore beat Erode by 68 runs in a semifinal match of the TNCA under-19 inter-District cricket tournament which concluded here on Friday. The scores: ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Tiruchi in last fourTIRUCHI: Tiruchi stormed into the semifinals of the State youth football championship, thrashing Tirunelveli 4-0 here on Friday. In an eventful first 20 minutes of play, Tiruchi missed four sitters and its defenders made a couple of ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am A lot to play for at SydneyBollinger and McDonald will make debuts for AustraliaSource: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Yuvraj part of spirit of cricket celebrationsDubai: Yuvraj Singh will speak about his experiences of playing in Pakistan on ICC’s special centenary year website www.catchthespirit.com . The site will feature other stars talking about ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Twilight Time triumphsCHENNAI: Mr. B. Sridharan’s Twilight Time ridden by Milan won the OM. SP. L. AL. Alagappa Chettiar Memorial Cup, the main event of the races held here on Friday (Jan. 2). The winner is trained by R. Foley. 1. BELUR ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am A vindication of SDAT’s programmeCHENNAI: The victory of the Tamil Nadu girls in the first edition of the Under-14 football festival, which concluded at the Hindustan University campus on Thursday, is a vindication of the ‘Catch Them Young’ programme initiated by ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jan 2009 | 12:00 am Dhoni may prove a better captain than Ganguly: SehwagSourav Ganguly is India's most successful captain but Mahendra Singh Dhoni may prove even better, according to star batsman Virender Sehwag.Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Jan 2009 | 3:48 pm Government policy axes Sunitha, Shikha from Fed Cup teamTennis players Sunitha Rao and Shikha Uberoi became the first casuality of the government's policy on player representation as they were dropped from the Indian Fed Cup squad which was announced Friday.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 2 Jan 2009 | 3:00 pm South Africa in pursuit of history at SydneySouth Africa will be aiming to dislodge Australia from the top spot in Tests in the third and final Test starting on Saturday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Jan 2009 | 2:36 pm Gavaskar, Kapil, Bedi in cricket's Hall of FameFormer India captains Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Bishan Singh Bedi were among the 55 cricketing greats who were inducted in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) newly-formed Hall of Fame here Friday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Jan 2009 | 2:24 pm Gambhir looks to build on dream yearIndia's Gautam Gambhir remains committed to the relaxed approach that helped him end a dream 2008 as an established Test opener.Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Jan 2009 | 1:57 pm Corruption case filed against Kerala cricket bodyThe state vigilance department Friday registered a case against office-bearers and others of the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) after a cricket enthusiast complained to a special court about several incidents of corruption in the body.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 2 Jan 2009 | 1:31 pm
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