Shoaib unlikely for semi against India

Updated at: 1505 PST,  Friday, April 01, 2011 MOHALI: Paceman Shoaib Akhtar is unlikely to play in Wednesday’s World Cup semifinal against archrival India, according to a source close to the Pakistan team.Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi raised expectations of a return for Akhtar when he said he knew the bowler wasn’t fully fit, but would to have him in the lineup...

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Clarke needs to improve his man-management: Warne

Updated at: 1505 PST,  Friday, April 01, 2011 SYDNEY: New Australia captain Michael Clarke is an astute cricket tactician but will need to be more "formal and firm" in his man-management, according to spin-bowling great Shane Warne.Clarke was appointed Australia's 43rd test captain on Wednesday in place of Ricky Ponting, who had resigned a day earlier, and departs...

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Clarke appointed Australia skipper

Updated at: 1505 PST,  Friday, April 01, 2011 SYDNEY: Michael Clarke, long the heir apparent to Ricky Ponting, finally assumed the throne when he was named Australia's 43rd test captain on Wednesday, a day after his mentor quit the post.The 29-year-old will also take charge of the one-day side, which plays three matches in Bangladesh next month. All rounder Shane...

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Afridi pulls out of West Indies tour: source

Updated at: 1505 PST,  Friday, April 01, 2011KARACHI: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has withdrawn from next month's tour to West Indies, a source at the national cricket board told Reuters.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) source, who declined to be identified, said the 31-year-old all-rounder had made himself unavailable for the tour which starts on April 18."He...

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Pak-India series to resume soon: Ijaz Butt

Updated at: 1505 PST,  Friday, April 01, 2011 Pak-India series to resume soon: Ijaz Butt Butt balmes bad fielding and slow batting for losing the semi-final.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt on Thursday said that the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said that bilateral sports ties between the two countries would resume soon.Talking to the...

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Lahore: Shahbaz greets cricket team at airport

Updated at: 1505 PST,  Friday, April 01, 2011 Shahbaz Sharif welcomed the Pakistan cricket team when they arrived at the Lahore airport on Friday.Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif congratulated the team on reaching the semi-finals and said that winning and losing was part of the game.Intikhab Alam, manager of the Pakistan cricket team, said that the team performed...

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Afridi asks Indian media to behave

Updated at: 1505 PST,  Friday, April 01, 2011The captain says decision regarding Shoaib’s selection will be taken after assessing the pitch.Shahid Afridi said on Tuesday that the Indian media should not sensitise the petty things related to the match. Addressing a press conference in Mohali, the skipper said that Indian media should portray positive aspects of both...

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Pak-India agree on liberalizing visa regime

Updated at: 0015 PST,  Saturday, April 02, 2011 NEW DELHI: Indian home minister P Chidambaram Friday said that visa regime between Pakistan and India had already been liberalized and in this regard a Joint Working Group would also meet to explore further ways, Geo News reported Talking to reporters in New Delhi, the Indian home minister described the recently concluded...

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Dhoni, Sangakkara - two skippers, one dream

Updated at: 1505 PST,  Friday, April 01, 2011 India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a star of countless TV commercials, and Kumar Sangakkara, the well-heeled son of a Sri Lankan lawyer, will be at the heart of Saturday's World Cup final action.For the first time in the history of tournament finals, the two captains are also the wicket keepers.Sangakkara is relishing the challenge...

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About Cricket

About Cricket What is Cricket?Explaining Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players. It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a pitch. At each end of the pitch is a set of wooden stumps, called a wicket. A player from the fielding team (the...

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