I will relish the challenge: Kumble

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 to PTI, Kumble said he is aware of [...]

Pakistan players refuse to testify at Woolmer’s inquest

One of Jamaica’s top cops said on Wednesday that four members of the Pakistan cricket team have declined to testify at the inquest into the death of their former coach Bob Woolmer.
Mark Shields, Jamaica’s deputy commissioner of police, told coroner Patrick Murphy that former Pakistan captain Inzamam ul-Haq was among those that refused to give [...]

Stuart Law joins ICL but launch falls flat

The organisers of the breakaway Indian Cricket League finally named their 30 foreign stars yesterday. Stuart Law – who was also confirmed yesterday as Lancashire’s new captain – is the only British-based player not previously linked with the tournament.
But the competence of the ICL was immediately put in doubt as their first statement left off [...]

Warne, Murali patch up at trophy unveiling ceremony

After a shrill war of words in which Muttiah Muralitharan called Shane Warne a “miserable man”, the two spin wizards on Thursday patched up at the unveiling ceremony of the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, describing the entire episode a case of “miscommunication”.
The controversy started after Warne, in his column for a newspaper, suggested that Muralitharan’s action be [...]

Keeping future is in safe hands: Gilchrist

NOT long after blowing out the candles on his 36th birthday cake, Adam Gilchrist said cricket’s new breed of hitters had left him in the shade.
That is not to say he is finished.
The man who redefined the role of the wicketkeeper batsman and who was yesterday anointed by his fellow players as Australia’s greatest one-day [...]

Pink cricket balls to be used in Australia

PINK cricket balls will be used in a major match for the first time in Australia on January 10.
The match, between the West Australian and Queensland women’s teams, will be a curtain-raiser for a Twenty20 game between Queensland and Tasmania at the Gabba.
Former Test paceman Carl Rackemann endorsed the pink balls, 200 of which have [...]

Why BCCI shouldn’t kill the golden goose

An estimated 700 million people all over the world play chess. About 60 million play tennis and women among them constitute less than half that figure. Vishwanathan Anand is not only the reigning world champion in chess he is an all-time great, being one of only three people ever to have crossed the 2,800 ELO [...]

Symonds lights the fuse for boycott

WITH Indian officials attempting to defuse Greg Chappell’s claims of a racially motivated cover-up, Andrew Symonds yesterday added to subcontinental tensions when he questioned touring neighbouring Pakistan because of terrorist attacks.

Andrew Symonds throws himself at a catch. Picture: James Kerr

The all-rounder, who was the victim of racial abuse on Australia’s one-day tour of India last [...]

India old and selfish, says former coach Greg Chappell

MANY of India’s cricket superstars are well past their best and need to be replaced by fresh faces for the coming tour of Australia, former coach Greg Chappell has warned.
Chappell’s honest opinion has poured cold water on the hopes of many cricket fans that the Indians would provide a more competitive series against the Australians [...]

Match crucial but India confident, says Uthappa

Terming the fourth cricket one-dayer as a “crucial” match, middle order batsman Robin Uthappa said a confident India would like to clinch the series against Pakistan here tomorrow.
Uthappa said the match could go either way but the Indians were deriving confidence from the fact that they again snatched the lead at Kanpur and their morale [...]