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MUMBAI: Australian pace great Dennis Lillee had said left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson is a once in a generation bowler after he had dismantled India in a Tri-series encounter at Kuala Lumpur in 2006.
Another legendary Aussie quickie, Brett Lee, feels [...]
MUMBAI: Two years after playing major roles in the World Cup final that the hosts won, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh find themselves omitted from the India squad for the next major ICC event, the Champions Trophy commencing June 6.
On April 2, 2011, [...]
NEW DELHI: MS Dhoni might be on Cloud Nine now, but he came close to losing his captaincy in January 2012, had BCCI president N Srinivasan not stepped in.
Following the 0-4 loss in the Test series to Australia, the selectors were all set to remove him [...]
MUMBAI: After getting axed from the Indian team for the third and fourth Tests against Australia, out-of-form opener Virender Sehwag has a tough time to script a comeback. While he remained upbeat and communicated on twitter that he will be back in the Indian team, deep inside he knows that it won’t [...]
NEW DELHI: Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar says he would have “gladly traded” his knock of 175 against Australia in 2009 for an Indian victory even though he “certainly” rates it as one of the very best in his glorious ODI career.
Chasing 351 runs in the fifth of the seven-match [...]
MUMBAI: Veteran batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who was today conferred with the Order of Australia, said the first trip Down Under way back in 1991-92 changed him as a cricketer and pointed out that the Aussies had a role in his transformation into a “tougher” player.
“It (the 1991-92 tour [...]
COLOMBO: Within a span of a few months, Irfan Pathan has traversed the journey from being a cricketer trying to cement his place in the side to becoming the leading seamer of the team. Of course, we’re talking only about limited overs cricket here.
Only last year, in November, the left-arm [...]
COLOMBO: The International Cricket Council’s persistent refusal to provide a separate window for the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) is taking a toll on Test cricket.
For the second time a Test series has fallen victim to the cash-rich Twenty20 league. The latest is a Test [...]
NEW DELHI: When India played the last ODI tournament in Asia Cup Indian opener Virender Sehwag was rested on fitness ground and there was speculation that he was dropped on account of his lackluster form with the bat in the Australian series.
But after a commendable performance with the [...]
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s first cricket series triumph in 15 months was a credit to its ability to handle pressure against Pakistan, said captain Mahela Jayawardene.
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by two wickets on Monday to wrap up the five-match one-day international series 3-1 with one game abandoned due to rain. [...]
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