Archive for the 'Cricket' Category

Cable Dispute Keeping Fans From Cricket

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

With this year’s World Cup a painful memory, a dispute between cable providers is standing between outraged cricket fans and the Test match between India and rival Bangladesh.
The three culprits involved in the disagreement include Neo Sports (the channel that owns the telecast rights for the series), DTH operators, and cable operators. [...]

Australia’s Cricket Team Wins DLF Cup over India, West Indies

Monday, September 25th, 2006

The story was over for India as of Friday, a melancholy finish after the series opened with Sachin Tendulkar’s storybook comeback of an unbeaten 141. The Australian team edged past the Indians with 18 runs, to take its place in the series final on Sunday.
Australia elected to bat first, and its runs were kept down [...]

India Out-Bowls West Indies to Win in ODI Series

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

The rain finally allowed India to finish a game in the ODI tri-series with Australia and the West Indies—and what a game. India brushed past the West Indies in a low-scoring nail-biter by a margin of 16 runs, keeping India in contention for a place in the final on Sunday.
The future looked grim during [...]

Rain Saves India from Aussies

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

As the Indian cricket team looks ahead to tomorrow’s game against the West Indies and Friday’s game against Australia in the DFL tri-series, they must have a mixed opinion about the prospect of more rain pelting down on Kuala Lumpur’s Kinara Oval. Rain has proved the plague of the series so far, shutting down both [...]

With a heigh, ho, the Windies and the Rain

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

The Indian cricket team’s loss to the West Indies in the DFL series’ second cricket one-dayer seems chiefly a product of bad luck. The Windies won their first game of the series, after ceding to Australia by a margin of 78 runs in Tuesday’s opening match. Mr. Duckworth and Mr. Lewis’s method ultimately gave the [...]

Panesar Courted for Book Deal

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Everyone’s favorite (British) cricketer, Monty Panesar, appears likely to sign a book deal for his memoirs within the week. More than fifteen British publishers are clamoring for the rights to Panesar’s story, in the wake of great success of other cricketer’s autobiographies, such as Andrew “Freddy” Flintoff, whose book sold 250,000 copies in hardback alone, [...]

More Cricket News Off the Field than on It

Friday, August 18th, 2006

The ODI series games that are to be played at the Singhalese Sports Center (SSC) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, have been continually thwarted by delays. Universal forces seem to be converging on the Sri Lankan capital. If that sounds extreme, recall that the series was originally supposed to commence on August 14th, the same day [...]

Dhoni breaks Australian dominance of top spots

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Indian wicketkeeper/batsman Dhoni has rocketed to the number 3 spot in the international ODI rankings, finally displacing Australia’s dominance of the top three spots.
Adam Gilchrist remains top, followed by captain Rickey Ponting, with Andrew Symonds slipping to fourth.

India comes back to clench Pak ODI series!

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Rahul Dravid has led the Indians to their third consecutive win against Pakistan, cementing the ODI series victory. After a less-than-stellar showing in the test match up and the first game of the ODI, India has again proven its dominance in the sport.
Thanks to some quick scoring by Dravid, Singh, and Raina, the Indians [...]

Cricketers in House of Horror

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

And no, I’m not talking about the India/Pakistan ODI series…
Five first-class cricketers sharing an allegedly haunted house in the South Island city of Dunedin have been hit by a “spooky” run of injuries since taking up residence in the former home for the terminally ill. Otago provincial representatives Greg Todd, Aaron Redmond, James McMillan, Neil [...]