Umpire sorry for giving Sangakkara out, says skipper

HOBART: South African umpire Rudi Koertzen apologised to Kumar Sangakkara for giving him out in controversial circumstances within sight of his seventh Test double-century here on Tuesday.
   
The star batsman was stunned when Koertzen gave him out to a catch by Ricky Ponting, which effectively ended Sri Lanka’s remote chances of snatching victory from the Australians [...]

Astle not sure about availability of players for IPL

MUMBAI: Former New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle on Monday sounded skeptical on whether the BCCI-backed Indian Premier League will succeed in bringing top foreign players due to the packed international calendar.
   
“IPL (floated by the Indian Cricket Board), Indian Cricket League (of which Astle is a part of) and the Stanford League are all very good [...]

‘Kumble will be under pressure in Aus’

A month to go before the Indians land in Australia for a Test series, skipper Ricky Ponting has fired the opening salvo, saying Anil Kumble will find it very hard to cope with the pressure of captaincy Down Under.
“Kumble will be under pressure coming to Australia,” Ponting was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press‘ [...]

BCCI upset with Shah Rukh Khan

MUMBAI : The presence of the reigning superstar of Hindi film industry, Shah Rukh Khan at cricket matches in recent times has attracted a lot of attention.
But the organisers of the games, BCCI has not taken too kindly to SRK’s constant presence. Shah Rukh was also present at the final of the T20 World Championship [...]

Important win for Pakistan : Zaheer Abbas

I must praise the way Pakistan fought back at Jaipur. They may have lost the One-Day International series, but they took to the field in Jaipur with a purpose and determination, and the results was there to see for all.
Test cricket is a very different ball game, but there is nothing like a win to [...]

ICL says ‘severe penalty’ awaits Yousuf

Chandigarh: The Indian Cricket League (ICL) Monday said that Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf could face a severe commercial penalty if he breached his contract with the league.
Amidst reports that Yousuf had expressed his unwillingness to join the ICL and that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had offered to fully back their player in his legal [...]

National selectors threaten to quit

In an unprecedented revolt against the Cricket Board’s policy to ban national selectors from writing columns, three selectors today threatened to quit their posts if the BCCI persisted with the gag order.
The selectors said that they could be forced to relinquish their posts if the BCCI did not lift the ban, giving a dramatic new [...]

Atapattu calls time on Test career

Senior Sri Lankan opening batsman Marvan Atapattu announced his retirement from international cricket in Hobart on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old opener issued an open letter to Duleep Mendis, chief executive of Sri Lanka Cricket, informing him of his decision.
Atapattu raised a storm during the first Brisbane Test against Australia earlier this month when he called his national [...]

Woolmer’s final e-mail to wife released at inquest

Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was a “little depressed” following his team’s ouster from the World Cup but he was looking forward to going home, according to an e-mail that may have been his final words before his surprise death.
A police official on Monday read the e-mail to jurors in the inquest into the death [...]

Ponting predicts Australia to keep on winning

Ricky Ponting believes his team’s 2-0 series win over Sri Lanka could be the start of another golden era for Australian cricket despite predictions their domination of the game could end following the retirements of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer.
Australia’s rivals were hoping they would struggle to maintain their test success rate after [...]