Posts Tagged ‘India’s Tour of England’
Committee to look into India’s debacle in England
The Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI has been contemplating a three-member panel under former captain Anil Kumble to probe the team's disastrous tour of England, which concluded last week India got whitewashed in the Test series, followed by a one-off Twenty-20 match and finally in the ODI series The board has received flak for poor [...]
Rahul Dravid to retire from ODIs today
Mister dependable Rahul Dravid, who will be retiring from one-day internationals after the fifth ODI here Friday, said hard work in the shorter format of the game helped him to excel in Tests5-year-old ODI career, said he does not dread quitting0,820 runs, said that when he started playing, he wasn't considered suitable for ODI cricket but he [...]
I am fit to play any form of cricket: Harbhajan
Critics have ripped him apart in recent times for his poor form but an undeterred Harbhajan Singh says having a clear conscience and performing the role assigned to him by the team is what matters the most00 percent, that's what matters to me", Harbhajan told PTI in an interview-year-old off-spinner6-17 overs and gradually the workload would [...]
Cook lead England to easy win
England captain Alastair Cook played the captain's knock carrying his bat through to score an unbeaten 80 as hosts carved out a convincing 7 wicket win over India during the second ODI at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on Tuesday88 for 3 87 for 8 88, Cook led from the start helping England reach the target with five balls to spare in a match was [...]
Badrinath to replace Sachin
S Badrinath will replace Sachin Tendulkar in the Indian ODI squad for the current NatWest Series After a toe-injury ruined Tendulkar's tour, the selectors opted for Badrinath, who last played for India in the West Indies Badrinath had a forgettable ODI series then and scored 40 runs Recently, with scores of 50, 28 and 74, he did well for [...]
Tendulkar ruled out of ODI series
Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the ongoing ODI series with a toe injury He is the eighth player to be injured on the current tour and has been advised rest for 4 weeks Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the rest of the series after having his hand fractured by the first ball he faced from Stuart Broad and Manoj Tiwary was named as his [...]
Taking up ‘donkey’ comment with the ECB: BCCI
Taking strong objection to former England captain Nasser Hussain’s comparison of Indian cricketers to ‘donkeys’, the BCCI decided to take up the issue with the English Cricket Board ECB Hussain had made the comment after Parthiv Patel misjudged a Kevin Pietersen’s catch off Munaf Patel’s bowling during the one—off twenty20 match [...]
Nasser Hussain finally names three Indian ‘donkeys’
An unrepentant Nasser Hussain finally named the three Indian "donkeys" When former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar pressed Hussain to get the names that he referred to as donkeys few days ago for sloppy fielding, he hinted at Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar and Parthiv Patil Though he did not use the word donkey this time, his conversation on [...]
Dhoni questions Dravid’s controversial dismissal
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni questioned the third umpire's controversial decision to rule Rahul Dravid out even though television replays did not show any edge off the bat during his side's first ODI against England here5 more players, initially I said what could have gone wrong did go wrong8 players if needed," he said64 to win30 runs in [...]
Rains dash India’s hopes in Chester-le-Street
After posting a competitive 274 runs of board, thanks to an impressive 95-run innings by opener Parthiv Patel, India had scalped two England wickets early and were poised for a fine finish when rains dashed their hopes2 with Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell at the crease when heavy rains forced the covers on6th over902 fours03 runs for the third [...]
T20 match: England beat India
India once again lost the lone Twenty20 International against England by six wickets at the Old Trafford on Wednesday2265 all out in 19 from 2197 for one after three of their Powerplay overs0 runs off the last over, and Samit Patel held their nerves to take the team safely with three balls to spare In the last over, umpire Rob Bailey [...]
Ravindra Jadeja to replace Gambhir
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who has not played a one-dayer for more than six months, on Wednesday replaced opener Gautam Gambhir in India's injury-ravaged cricket squad for the upcoming ODI series against England starting September 247 He has 29 wickets under his belt
Injured Gambhir likely to fly home
Team India's injury woes continue to mount in the ongoing tour of England and Gautam Gambhir could be the latest to fly back home as his concussion has not shown much improvement in the last 10 days But his condition has not improved at all and he will miss Monday's Twenty20 warmup game against Leicestershire There is a possibility he may even [...]
Tour game: India registers win over Kent
Virat Kohli shone with a stroke-filled 78 as a scratchy India eked out a thrilling five-run win over Kent in their rain-curtailed 20-overs-a-side practice match at the St Lawrence ground here64 for six, Joe Denly turned out to be the lone warrior for Kent as he anchored the hosts innings with a 68-ball 100 last night7759 runs for the loss of five [...]
India recorded first win of England tour
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma cracked half-centuries as India recorded their maiden win of the England tour with a six-wicket thumping of Sussex in a rain-affected practice game here on Thursday04 runs for the third wicket in impressive style as Indians chased down the 235-run target with 4 not out came from 65 balls and studded with eight fours [...]
Aaron, Rahane replace Ishant, Sehwag
Mumbai batsman Ajinkya Rahane and Jharkhand fast-bowler Varun Aaron, who were part of the winning squad in the Emerging Players tournament in Australia, have been chosen to replace Sehwag and Ishant1 overs — in a dead rubber of all things Some of the injuries this series, both of Gautam Gambhir's for example and Yuvraj Singh's, have been [...]
It was an abject surrender: Gavaskar
It was not the defeat but the manner in which India capitulated in the four-match Test series against England, was what surprised former India captains Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri Trailing 0-3, India surrendered meekly after brave resistance by Sachin Tendulkar and Amit Mishra on the final day of the final Test at the Oval here, to help [...]
Whitewash of India as bigger as Ashes win: Flower
England coach Andy Flower compared England's whitewash of India to their home Ashes triumph of two years ago as The Oval again provided the setting for the team's joyful celebrations96 runs, 319 runs and an innings and 242 runs0682 highly valuable runs down the order for six declared featuring man-of-the-match Ian Bell's Test-best 235 and Kevin [...]
Man of the Series: Stuart Broad,Rahul Dravid
Stuart Broad, who was given England's man of the series award, said they achieved the success with the ball because they were able to put their plans to perfection side and they outplayed us" "We did expect a tough series We could have played a lot better cricket It was disappointing "This England attack is one of the better attacks I have [...]
Dhoni blames batsmen for Test series loss
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday blamed his batsmen for the humiliating 0-4 whitewash at the hands of an inspired England team runs including the skipper who seemed to be getting out in the same manner time and again "The collapse wasn't good We thought there was a situation when we should be able to defend this game and play for a [...]
