Harbhajan set for Test recall

Spin bowlers Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik are set to regain their Test spots after a considerable gap when the national selectors pick the Indian squad for the first two ties of the best-of-three rubber against Pakistan in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Also set to be named in the squad, to be captained by veteran leg spinner Anil [...]

Afridi apologises to Gambhir

Pakistan’s flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi admitted that it was his mistake that resulted in his unpleasant verbal duel with Gautam Gambhir during the third one-day international in Kanpur on Sunday and even apologised to the Indian batsman.
“It was my mistake and I realised it. I told him, I am sorry, so the matter is closed now. [...]

Lee is my mentor: Johnson

Australia’s latest pace sensation Mitchell Johnson says some personal mentoring from the new leader of the attack Brett Lee has helped make the Queensland left-armer an instant success at Test level.
Johnson took 2-49 and 2-47 on debut on a flat Gabba track as Australia thrashed Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs in the [...]

New coach for India before tour to Australia

The Indian board will appoint a new coach before the team’s tour to Australia in December, Sharad Pawar, the board president, has said. Lalchand Rajput, the team manager since the ICC World Twenty20, will remain in the post for the series against Pakistan.
“We need to take a final decision on the coach’s appointment before the [...]

Tendulkar to have stake in Mumbai team?

Sachin Tendulkar could have a stake in the ownership of the Mumbai team in the Indian Premier League (IPL), according to reports in the media.
The Kishore Biyani-owned Future Group, which has expressed an interest in becoming a franchisee of the IPL, is in talks with Tendulkar to bid jointly for the Mumbai side, a report [...]

Pink balls set for one-day trials

The white ball used in one-day cricket could be replaced by a pink one if tests prove it is more durable. A flourescent ball could be adopted for full county cricket by 2009, and then across the international game.  The red ball lasts much longer, so the pink ball will not be used for Tests [...]

Biyani wooing Sachin with a bright Future

MUMBAI: In a first in the world of Indian sport, a cricketer may end up being a player and his own boss. The Kishore Biyani-owned Future Group, which has expressed interest in becoming a franchisee of BCCI’s home league initiative — Indian Premier League (IPL) — is currently in talks with Sachin Tendulkar to look [...]

As a bowler I know the subtleties of the game: Kumble

BANGALORE : Only the third spinner after Bishen Singh Bedi and S Venkataraghvan to become the captain of Indian team, Anil Kumble says as a bowler he knows the ’subtleties’ of the game well and can use that knowledge while leading the country in Test matches.
In an exclusive interview, Kumble said he is aware of [...]

Kaneria, Faisal and Sami to join Pakistan team in India

KARACHI: The cricket selectors have decided to send three players to India before the start of the three-Test series. Daily Times has learnt on good authority that leg spinner Danish Kaneria, middle order batsman Faisal Iqbal and fast bowler Mohammad Sami are favourites to join the Pakistan cricket team before the first Test starting in [...]

Question mark over ICL’s Kolkata camp

kolkata : A day before Daryll Cullinan is scheduled to leave South Africa for the much-awaited Kolkata-leg camp of the Indian Cricket League (ICL), a fresh battle between the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the rebel league has cast a shadow on the camp. The ICL’s east zone contingent, Calcutta Tigers, are [...]