PERTH:
India were 73 for four at lunch after being sent in to bat on the first
day of the third Test against Australia at the WACA Ground on Friday.Virat Kohli was unbeaten on 10 and V.V.S Laxman was on four. (AFP)
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Poor team spirit blamed for Sri Lanka loss
COLOMBO:
A Sri Lankan minister slammed the country's cricket team on Thursday,
blaming poor team spirit for its humiliating 258-run thrashing by South
Africa, the island's worst one-day international defeat. Government spokesman and Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said he was "horrified" when Sri Lanka were dismissed for 43 runs at Boland Park in Paarl on...
English cricketer pleads guilty to corruption
LONDON:
An English county cricketer pleaded guilty on Thursday to a corruption
charge linked to his bowling in a 40-over one-day game.Mervyn
Westfield, 23, who played for Essex, admitted accepting or obtaining a
corrupt payment to bowl in a way that would allow the scoring of runs,
during a hearing at the Old Bailey in London.The court heard he
had agreed to...
MCC wants India included in review system
CAPE
TOWN: The MCC World Cricket Committee said Tuesday it was wrong that
the decision review system (DRS) was not used in matches involving
India. Following a two-day meeting here, the committee,
consisting of leading former and current players, urged the
International Cricket Council (ICC) to ensure uniformity in the
implementation of the DRS. Chairman...
Misbah wants spot-fixing scandal forgotten
DUBAI:
Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul Haq on Tuesday stressed the need for
forgetting the 2010 spot-fixing scandal when his team take on England
in the first of three Tests here next week. The Pakistan
captain got the first taste of how the series -- the first between the
two countries since the scandal -- will be seen during his press
conference after...
Wasim Akram fears a 4-0 rout for India
NEW
DELHI: India have looked so "seriously out of sorts" in Australia that
Pakistan great Wasim Akram fears a 4-0 hiding for Mahendra Singh Dhoni's
men. India trail 2-0 in the four-match series, having lost
the first Test in Melbourne by 122 runs and the second in Sydney by an
innings and 68 runs. Akram, who had predicted that India
would lose the first...
Amir could still have international career: PCB
KARACHI:
Teenage Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir, serving six-months in jail
for spot-fixing elements of a test match, could still have a future in
international cricket, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf said.Amir,
19, was detained for six months in a young offenders institution after
he admitted bowling two intentional no-balls in the Lord's test...
New challenge for De Villiers as SA captain
PAARL,
South Africa: AB de Villiers takes on a new challenge when he captains
South Africa in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka at
Boland Park on Wednesday. De Villiers was appointed captain
of South Africa's one-day and Twenty20 teams when Gary Kirsten was named
coach last June, but a hand injury kept him out of matches against
Australia....
Broad, Davies give England hard earned win
DUBAI:
Steve Davies and Stuart Broad shared a resolute seventh stand of 61 to
help an unimpressive England to win the three-day tour opener against
ICC Combined XI by three wickets here on Monday. It was a
case of second batting failure for the tourists as, chasing 261 to win,
England owed the win to captain Andrew Strauss (78), Ian Bell (39) and
Jonathan...
Bangladesh team's visit to revive international cricket: Zaka
HYDERABAD:
Chairman Pakistan Cricket Boarad (PCB) Zaka Ashraf has expressed the
hope for a revival of the international cricket after the anticipated
visit of Bangladesh cricket team in April this year.He said this while addressing a press conference here on Sunday at the golden jubilee celebration of Niaz Stadium.A
T-20 match between Patron's XI and Chairman' XI was...
Jailed Asif appeals over seven-year fixing ban
LONDON:
Jailed Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has appealed to the Court of
Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against his seven-year ban for spot-fixing,
the 29-year-old's lawyers confirmed on Saturday.Asif's legal
team told the Press Association they have also filed an appeal against
his criminal conviction to the Court of Appeal.Asif, former Test
skipper Salman...
Spot-fixing scandal is no more on our minds: Misbah
LAHORE:
Captain Misbah-ul Haq insisted on Saturday that Pakistan had thoroughly
dispelled all thoughts of the spot-fixing scandal that engulfed his
side, ahead of the series against England. It was against the
same opposition, in August 2010, that a British tabloid exposed the
scheme that ended in jail terms for Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad
Asif and...
Asif appeals against ICC ban
LONDON:
Convicted Pakistani fast bowler Muhammad Asif has, through his lawyers,
lodged a formal appeal against his International Cricket Council (ICC)
ban in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) based in Lausanne,
Switzerland.Savita Sukul, the Principal of SJS Solicitors,
confirmed to The News that her firm has submitted the formal appeal
against the ICC seven-year...
Top security promised for Bangladesh squad
LAHORE:
Pakistan cricket authorities have received assurances from the
government that top-level security will be provided to Bangladesh during
their April tour of the country. International cricket has
been suspended in Pakistan since terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan
team bus in Lahore in March 2009 left eight people dead and wounded
seven visiting players and...
