Gayle returns home to take care of sick mother, may miss Oz tourNovember 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - West Indies captain Chris Gayle is likely to miss the entire Australian tour because he is returning to the Caribbean to take care of a seriously ill mother. The opening batsman was scheduled to play in the opening tour match against Queensland at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane today, but will leave for home immediately.
Sachin Tendulkar Records Reaching The 17,000 Runs MilestoneNovember 6th, 2009 Delhi- Anyone maintaining Sachin Tendulkar's records have a new reason to celebrate after last night. Tendulkar has become the first international player to make 17,000 runs in one day internationals, two decades after he had stepped in the field of international cricket.
Bhajji predicts 5-2 score line against AussiesOctober 28th, 2009 NAGPUR - Ahead of the second one-day international against Australia, India's combative off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has predicted a five-two score line in favour of his team, and added that India will top ODI rankings at the end of the seven match series. "I believe if we play to our potential we will win 5-2.
Pakistan's loss to Aussies throws Team India out of Champions TrophySeptember 30th, 2009 CENTURION - Team India ran out of luck, as Pakistan lost to Australia by two wickets in the crucial match on Wednesday at the Centurion despite a spectacular endeavour till last ball of the final over of the match. With Pakistan's loss, India moved out of the ongoing Champions' Trophy as to qualify for the semi-final India needed to beat West Indies with a huge margin on Wednesday in Johannesburg and the Pakistan should beat Australia on the same day in a separate match here.
Scoreboard: India vs. West Indies, Group A, Champions TrophySeptember 30th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The following is the scoreboard of the Group A match between West Indies and India in the Champions Trophy at the Wanderers here Wednesday.
West Indies:
Andre Fletcher c Dravid b Kumar 0
Keiran Powell c Dhoni b Nehra 5
Devon Smith c Dhoni b Nehra 21
Travis Dowlin b Dhoni 14
Floyd Reifer c Karthik b Kumar 1
David Bernard c Dravid b Mishra 22
Darren Sammy c Mishra b Nehra 23
Royston Crandon b Harbhajan 5
Nikita Miller not out 17
Kemar Roach c Gambhir b Harbhajan 4
Gavin Tonge c & b Kumar 5
Extras (lb 4, w 7, nb 1) 12
Total (all out in 36 overs) 129
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Fletcher, 0.6 overs), 2-26 (Powell, 7.4), 3-27 (Smith, 7.6), 4-31 (Reifer, 10.2), 5-57 (Dowlin, 16.4), 6-89 (Bernard, 26.6), 7-99 (Sammy, 29.1), 8-102 (Crandon, 30.6), 9-122 (Roach, 34.3), 10-129 (Tonge, 35.6)
Bowling:
Praveen Kumar 9-3-22-3
Ashish Nehra 8-1-31-3
Abhishek Nayar 3-0-17-0
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2-0-14-1
Harbhajan Singh 8-2-14-2
Amit Mishra 6-0-27-1
India:
Dinesh Karthik c Dowlin b Tonge 34
Gautam Gambhir b Roach 6
Rahul Dravid run out (Bernard) 4
Virat Kohli not out 79
Abhishek Nayar not out 0
Extras (w 3, nb 4) 7
Total (for three wickets in 32.1 overs) 130
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Gambhir, 2.5 overs), 2-12 (Dravid, 3.2), 3-104 (Karthik, 27.4)
Bowling:
Kemar Roach 6-1-27-1
Gavin Tonge 10-0-36-1
Darren Sammy 10-1-25-0
David Bernard 3-0-22-0
Nikita Miller 3.1-0-20-0
Toss: India chose to field
Result: India won by seven wickets
Man of the Match: Virat Kohli (India)
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: Daryl Harper (Australia)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
After Tendulkar, Aamer now eyeing Ponting's wicketSeptember 28th, 2009 CENTURION - After picking up the prized wicket of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, Pakistan's teenage pacer Mohammad Aamer is living a dream but he is still looking to have more fun. The lanky left-armer made an impressive international debut at the World Twenty20 in England last June and is making waves at the Champions Trophy in South Africa.
Scoreboard: Australia vs. West Indies, Champions TrophySeptember 26th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The following is the scoreboard of a Champions Trophy Group A match in which Australia beat the West Indies at the New Wanderers Stadium here Saturday:
Australia:
Shane Watson b Roach 0
Tim Paine c Walton b Bernard 33
Ricky Ponting st Walton b Miller 79
Mike Hussey c Fletcher b Bernard 6
Callum Ferguson b Roach 20
Cameron White b Miller 4
James Hopes c Walton b Sammy 5
Mitchell Johnson not out 73
Brett Lee run out (Walton) 25
Nathan Hauritz not out 7
Extras (lb 7, w 9, nb 7) 23
Total (for eight wickets in 50 overs) 275
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Watson, 0.1), 2-85 (Paine, 19.1), 3-120 (Hussey, 25.2), 4-148 (Ponting, 30.3), 5-162 (White, 34.5), 6-164 (Ferguson, 35.3), 7-171 (Hopes, 39.2), 8-241 (Lee, 47.6)
Bowling:
Kemar Roach 10-0-73-2
Gavin Tonge 10-1-55-0
Darren Sammy 10-0-53-1
David Bernard 10-0-63-2
Nikita Miller 10-1-24-2
West Indies:
Devon Smith c Paine b Siddle 17
Andre Fletcher run out (Johnson) 54
Travis Dowlin c Paine b Lee 55
Chadwick Walton b Hopes 0
Floyd Reifer c Hauritz b Watson 28
David Bernard b Siddle 8
Darren Sammy c Hussey b Watson 20
Nikita Miller c Ponting b Hauritz 4
Kemar Roach c Johnson b Hauritz 3
Gavin Tonge not out 0
Dale Richards absent (hurt)
Extras (lb 19, w 16, nb 1) 36
Total (all out in 46.5 overs) 225
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Smith, 5.4 overs), 2-124 (Fletcher, 24.3), 3-128 (Walton, 25.2), 4-170 (Dowlin, 36.4), 5-187 (Bernard, 39.1), 6-215 (Sammy, 44.1), 7-219 (Reifer, 44.5), 8-225 (Miller, 46.4), 9-225 (Roach, 46.5)
Bowling:
Brett Lee 8-0-41-1
Peter Siddle 8-1-37-2
Mitchell Johnson 10-0-44-0
Shane Watson 7-0-34-2
Nathan Hauritz 7.5-0-23-2
James Hopes 6-1-27-1
Result: Australia won by 50 runs
Player of the match: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Tony Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire: Billy Bowden (New Zealand)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Family mourns UC San Diego pole vaulter who died after hitting head during practiceSeptember 7th, 2009 CA family mourns pole vaulter who died at practiceLOS ANGELES — The University of California San Diego pole vaulter who died after hitting his head during practice followed family tradition by becoming a pole vaulter and died doing what he loved, his sister said Monday. Leon Roach, 19, fell and hit his head on a cement floor Thursday during a practice drill on a rope swing at the La Jolla campus.
Debutant Trott ready for his brand of KP heroics at The OvalAugust 17th, 2009 SURREY - England batsman Jonathan Trott, who makes his debut in the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval, is convinced that he can withstand the crushing pressure of the series decider. Trott further said that he will take inspiration from Kevin Pietersen, his one-time teenage rival in South Africa.
Prior straining every sinew for Oval deciderAugust 14th, 2009 LONDON - England wicketkeeper Matt Prior is straining every sinew in his body to make sure he is ready for the Ashes decider at the Oval. As England hopes to wrest the Ashes from the Aussies, Prior has said that he is ready to have a go at them because this is what he's spent his whole life training for.
Aussies are on the hop, says BroadAugust 7th, 2009 LONDON - England fast bowler Stuart Broad reckons England's tough nuts have caught the Aussies on the hop. Tempers flared during the Third Test and, with The Ashes now in sight, there could be fireworks at Headingley.
Anderson and Onions to keep English bowling line-up aliveAugust 2nd, 2009 BIRMINGHAM - Injured England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has said that after the retirement of Andrew Flintoff, swing bowlers Jimmy Anderson and Graham Onions would keep English bowling line-up alive. Anderson and Onions had bagged nine wickets amongst them on the second day of the Third Ashes Test to skittle the Aussies for a paltry 263, which robbed the Aussies of any chance to make a comeback in the series.
Pietersen vows to keep on battling the AussiesJuly 12th, 2009 CARDIFF - Kevin Pietersen has told his shell-shocked England team-mates they must stand up and be counted today to prove they can handle an intense summer of Aussie pressure. "We've put ourselves under a hell of a lot of pressure and it's up to us to stand up and be counted now," News of The World quoted Pietersen, as saying.
Ready to handle extra pressures that come with all-rounder status: JohnsonJune 16th, 2009 LEICESTER - Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson has said that he is ready to being compared with England's Andrew Flintoff, and added that he is ready to handle the extra pressures that come with his burgeoning reputation as the team's key all-rounder. Johnson is already being written up in the England press as the man most likely to decide the series - from either team, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
Spin caused Aussies downfall in World T20: WarneJune 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - Shane Warne feels that the inability of Australians to play spin resulted in their early exit from the World Twenty20. The former Australian leg spinner said the England team must have noted the team's weakness against spin and used it to their advantage ahead of the Ashes series that begin July 8.
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