Kanpur, Nov 21(ANI): In the age of electronic scoreboards, Kanpur's Green Park stadium, venue for the second Test between India and Sri Lanka on November 24, is the only stadium in the country to have a manually operated scoreboard and still holding to its own. The scoreboard was set up in 1957, and......more
Sydney, Nov 21(ANI): Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke has said that the captaincy of the Test and ODI teams is his ultimate dream.Since the retirement of Adam Gilchrist, Clarke has taken over the mantle as Ricky Ponting's vice-captain. He was the captain of the side in the final two ODI’s of A......more
Sport has a long history of show stealers and party crashers. And cricket is no exception. The first time a host team’s show was stolen was in 1983 when India downed England in the World Cup semi-final and then went on to beat the reigning champions West Indies in the final.
Asian teams had a big laugh over qualifying for the 1985 final of the State of Victoria’s sesquicentennial (150th year) celebrations known as the World Championship of Cricket. Thin...more
Two things happened last week that should convince the doubters that the much unfairly maligned Board of Control for Cricket in India is in good hands. The first was the announcement that Mohinder Amarnath was to get the Col C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for services to cricket in India. Mohinder fully deserves the honour for he is one of India’s best ever. The kudos to BCCI are simply because some crusty people would have tried to bring to t...more
DPMD Jayawardene and HAPW Jayawardene added 351 runs for the sixth wicket provides the 72nd occasion of a 300 plus runs partnership in the annals of test cricket. DPMD Jayawardene and HAPW Jayawardene added 351 runs for the sixth wicket which represents the world record partnership for the sixth wicket. The pair wrested the previous best for the sixth wicket which was credited to JH Fingleton and DG Bradman who had added 346 runs..... more
Brit singer Lily Allen has been made an honorary member of a cricket club after she professed her love of the sport over the summer this year. Allen, 24, had revealed her obsession with the game during England’s Ashes series against Australia, attending the matches and regularly updating her fans with the latest scores via her Twitter.com blog page. And now bosses at Lancashire County Cricket Club have decided to thank the star for her dedication to the sport, handing her a bat signed by the Eng...more
1990: Some saw it as the end of civilisation, others as a sign that the county was being dragged screaming into the modern world. Yorkshire's committee voted 18-1 to relax the yorkshire born only policy, which had tied their hands in recent times. They stopped short of allowing overseas players (Dean Jones was on standby, and it was another year before Sachin Tendulkar turned out for them). "It's a bloody disgrace," fumed Fred Trueman, "Anybody who was not born in this great county should not be allowed to take the field for Yorkshire."
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Kanpur, Nov 21(ANI): In the age of electronic scoreboards, Kanpur's Green Park stadium, venue for the second Test between India and Sri Lanka on November 24, is the only stadium in the country to have a manually operated scoreboard and still holding to its own. The scoreboard was set up in 1957, and......
Sydney, Nov 21(ANI): Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke has said that the captaincy of the Test and ODI teams is his ultimate dream.Since the retirement of Adam Gilchrist, Clarke has taken over the mantle as Ricky Ponting's vice-captain. He was the captain of the side in the final two ODI’s of A......
DPMD Jayawardene and HAPW Jayawardene added 351 runs for the sixth wicket provides the 72nd occasion of a 300 plus runs partnership in the annals of test cricket. DPMD Jayawardene and HAPW Jayawardene added 351 runs for the sixth wicket which represents the world record partnership for the sixth wicket. The pair wrested the previous best for the sixth wicket which was credited to JH Fingleton and DG Bradman who had added 346 runs..... 
