Category: Cricket

India’s limited overs cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni found himself in a spot of bother on Friday after a Non Bailable Warrant was issued against him for failing to appear before a local court here in a case against him for hurting religious sentiments. Dhoni, who is currently in Australia for an ODI and Twenty20 series from January 12 to […]

Australian cricket legend Ian Chappell has called for a worldwide ban on Chris Gayle over his with Channel 10 journalist Mel McLaughlin during a recent Big Bash League match. Chappell has asked Cricket Australia (CA) to propose a worldwide contracting ban on the big-hitting West Indian following his widely-criticised sideline interview. Chappell said CA need to show zero-tolerance towards the […]

Australia’s upcoming One-Day Internationals (ODI) campaign against India should be as feisty as ever, coach Darren Lehmann said on Friday (January 8), adding the dynamic would be a good challenge for his young squad. Asked about the mood of the five-match ODI series, which gets under way at Perth’s WACA ground on Tuesday, Lehmann said he expected it would be […]

The Indian cricket team would get into the groove for the short limited-overs series against Australia with a couple of warm-up games against a Western Australia XI at the WACA ground on Friday and Saturday. While the first match tomorrow is slated to be a T20 affair, the second match scheduled the day after will be a 50-over warm-up game […]

Under-fire Chris Gayle has sought the services of a leading Australian lawyer to start defamation proceedings against Fairfax Media over allegations that the West Indian cricketer indecently exposed himself to a woman in Sydney during the World Cup last year. The allegations came to the fore following Gayle’s widely-criticised live interview with Ten Sports’ female presenter Mel McLaughlin while playing […]

Hashim Amla has resigned as South Africa Test skipper on Wednesday (January 6) with immediate effect, after the second Test against England in Cape Town ended in a draw. AB de Villiers takes over as captain for the remainder of the series. The 32-year-old, who took the Test baton from Graeme Smith in June 2014, has been under pressure as […]