| Ajmal Shahzad to replace Broad for Twenty20 series against Pakistan Posted: 03 Sep 2010 11:27 AM PDT 
England called up Ajmal Shahzad into their Twenty20 squad for a two-match series against Pakistan after pace bowler Stuart Broad suffered a groin problem during training. Broad was unable to complete the practice session but an England spokesman explained the decision to call up Yorkshire seamer Shahzad, who is already in the one-day international squad [...]  |
| Mohammad Aamer’s name to be removed from ICC Awards nominees Posted: 03 Sep 2010 10:33 AM PDT 
The name of the suspended Pakistan paceman Mohammad Aamer will be removed from the list of nominees for the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award. The 18-year-old Aamer, who was one of the 16 cricketers nominated for the ICC award, was favourite to bag the honour. But Aamer, along with Pakistan captain Salman Butt [...]  |
| Tendulkar get wings Posted: 03 Sep 2010 08:51 AM PDT 
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday, Sep 3 gave wings to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar by conferring him with an honorary rank of Group Captain. Watch the FULL Video of Sachin receiving the honour Tendulkar is the first sportsperson to be conferred a rank by IAF and the first personality with no aviation background to [...]  |
| Two new faces in Pakistan squad for ODI series against England Posted: 03 Sep 2010 08:00 AM PDT 
Pakistan have added two newcomers to its squad for the five one-day internationals against England, after the tainted trio were suspended pending a spot-fixing investigation. “Asad Shafiq and Mohammad Irfan will join the team for the one-day series as we have decided to keep the squad of 15,” Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi told AFP from [...]  |
| Pakistan’s Commissioner threatened to sue ICC over trio suspension Posted: 03 Sep 2010 07:36 AM PDT 
Pakistan lashed out at the ICC for suspending three of its players facing ‘spot-fixing’ charges and blamed ICC President Sharad Pawar for the suspension. Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, threatened to sue the ICC for its unethical decision of suspending the players and said it was trying to make Pakistan a “scapegoat” [...]  |
| Spot-fixing cash found in Butt’s hotel room and locker Posted: 03 Sep 2010 07:04 AM PDT 
Cash used in the spot-fixing scandal during last week’s Lord’s Test is understood to have been found in the belongings of Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt, a report said. According to a report in the Daily Mail, Scotland Yard officers would question Butt on Friday over how marked notes were discovered from his hotel room [...]  |
| Indian Air Force honoured Sachin Tendulkar with rank of ‘Group Captain’ (Video) Posted: 03 Sep 2010 06:31 AM PDT 
Watch the complete video of Sachin Tendulkar conferred with honorary IAF rank of Group Captain.  |
| Pakistan defends tainted trio Posted: 03 Sep 2010 01:06 AM PDT 
Giving a new twist to the spot-fixing scandal involving the Pakistan cricket team, Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid S Hassan on Friday said that the three accused players were “innocent” and Indian bookmakers were involved in the whole episode. “I found that all these three players were absolutely innocent. They were not involved, they have been [...]  |
| ICC suspends Tainted Pakistani Cricketers Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:54 PM PDT 
In an order to restore the game’s credibility, ICC today charged and suspended Pakistan’s tainted trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer under its anti-corruption code in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal. The International Cricket Council said the three players have been notified officially of the offences they are alleged to have [...]  |
| Seniors’ retirements will test Dhoni: Ganguly Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:25 PM PDT 
As the India’s youngsters are not performing well these days, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni would face a big challenge especially after the retirement of the senior players, former captain Sourav Ganguly said on Thursday. “Dhoni’s biggest challenge will be in the coming one or two years when Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman retire. Next year, we [...]  |
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