Australian left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson admitted that a bitter row with his mother led to his meltdown during this year's Ashes, which the Ricky Ponting's men lost.
Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam on Monday said former off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq helping New Zealand in the Test series commencing tomorrow will not give the hosts any advantage.
Kanpur, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second cricket Test at Green Park stadium here Tuesday.
The cricket fan, who was forced out of the Green Park Stadium for trying to come close to Sachin Tendulkar will be allowed to watch the second Test between India and Sri Lanka starting on Tuesday.
Dhoni, Sangakkara mull over combination as attention shifts to the drawing board.
Away from the hustle bustle of people squeezed into share-autos and two-wheelers vying for space with HMVs on single-lane highways, the Dr Akhilesh Das Stadium stands in relative tranquility inside an educational institution on the Faizabad highway.
Standing in between the two sets of bowlers steaming into adjacent nets, Mumbai coach Praveen Amre formed the focal point of the 'V' between Rohit Sharma and Mumbai skipper Wasim Jaffer, carefully scrutinising the echo effect provided by his frontline batsmen.
Mumbai's 19-year-old left-arm spinner Abdulla credits his 11 wickets in 3 innings in the Ranji season so far to mentor Murali.
Manoj Tiwary had led from the front to ensure Bengal a draw in the last match against Karnataka and will be in charge once again against Saurashtra at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday as regular captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla was left out after failing a fitness test.
Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor both reached half centuries in a 117-run, third-wicket partnership to guide New Zealand to 171-3 at tea Tuesday on the opening day of the first cricket test against Pakistan...
Mumbai has a great set up for budding cricketers but I was never good enough to get into their main squad, says Sanjay Bangar.
He is not simply a legend. He is God. He is the god of cricket and it has been an absolute privilege to be able to share the dressing room with him and play with him.
We have seen the referral system tried out at Wimbledon and it worked really well. There is no reason to believe that it will not work in cricket too.
The tourists missed Strauss's conviction in marshalling the side in the field and his batting is always valuable because he is such a fluid player when he is in form.
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