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 […]
» Read moreVictoria Azarenka maintained her surge in form while the leading women on the tour are struggling with injuries or inconsistency at the start of the season, reaching the Brisbane International semifinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over eighth-seeded Roberta Vinci. The two-time Australian Open champion has dropped just 10 games en route to the semis, where she’ll meet Samantha Crawford, […]
» Read moreUnder-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 […]
» Read moreHashim 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 […]
» Read moreAt a time when Indian cricket is going through a tough phase off the field, Virat Kohli’s exuberance offers an assuring ray of hope that at least on the field, everything is all right. At the BCCI awards night on Tuesday, Kohli, sporting a mohawk-like hairstyle, was his enthusiastic self while receiving the ‘Polly Umrigar’ award for being named the […]
» Read moreIreland on Wednesday (January 6) accepted International Cricket Council’s (ICC) invitation to replace Australia in the Under-19 World Cup 2016 in Bangladesh, starting on January 27. This comes a day after Australia pulled out of the tournament citing security concerns. “Firstly, we are grateful to ICC for extending the invitation to us to participate in the tournament. Given the circumstances […]
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