PARIS - The sleepy octagenerians of Lord’s might struggle to grasp it, but there’s more to women’s cricket than scantily-clad dancers at the IPL or admirable sponge cakes in English village pavillions.
PARIS - The sleepy octagenerians of Lord’s might struggle to grasp it, but there’s more to women’s cricket than scantily-clad dancers at the IPL or admirable sponge cakes in English village pavillions.
LONDON- New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori said he expected spin to play a major role in the upcoming World Twenty20 in England.
LONDON - England captain Paul Collingwood said his side had to be “brave” if they were to win the World Twenty20 even though fitness doubts surround star batsman Kevin Pietersen, their boldest player.
LONDON - Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said that while life for his side would not be the same after the attack on their team bus in Pakistan it would not stop them from playing international cricket.
A galaxy of Bollywood stars added glitz and glamour to the spectacular closing ceremony of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 championship after the final game won by Deccan Chargers on Sunday.
JOHANNESBURG - The transplanted Indian Premier League finished Sunday in front of a capacity crowd with a blaze of fireworks and an array of international entertainers headed by Guyanan rock star Eddy Grant.
Former India captain Anil Kumble produced a magnificent bowling performance for the Royal Challengers Bangalore but could not prevent the Deccan Chargers from winning the Indian Premier League final by six runs at the Wanderers Sunday.
After 36 days of scintillating action and 58 dazzling encounters, the penultimate stage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) could not have been more exciting as the two bottom-placed teams of the inaugural edition - Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers - made it to Sunday’s title clash.
Bangalore Royal Challengers have won the toss and elected to field against Chennai Super Kings and Bangalore restricted Chennai Super Kings to 146/5 and they won the match by 6 wkts in their Indian Premier League semi-final match.
Deccan Chargers defeated Delhi Daredevils by six wickets in the first semi-final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the SuperSport Park here Friday.