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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

C r i c H o t L i n e

C r i c H o t L i n e


Fresh conditions will help our bowlers in 2nd Test: Ross Taylor

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:15 AM PST


New Zealand are banking on a virgin track in Hyderabad to provide their first Test victory in India for 22 years, batsman Ross Taylor said on Wednesday. The Black Caps have only ever won two Tests in India, the last being a 136-run triumph in Mumbai in 1988. An impressive ...

PCB suspends Haider contracts, launch inquiry

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:00 AM PST


Pakistan cricket authorities on Wednesday suspended the contract of wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider and formed a committee to examine his fleeing from the team hotel in Dubai to London. A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) statement said Haider breached the terms of his contract. “PCB has suspended the stipend contract of Haider ...

Zulqarnain exit is ‘shameful’ for Pakistan: Imran Khan

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:45 AM PST


Describing the incident of wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider deserting the national team following death threats for refusing to fix matches as “shameful”, former captain Imran Khan said it reflected the current chaos and instability in Pakistan cricket. “It is a shame that this incident happened and it has put all Pakistanis ...

PCB forms committee to investigate Zulqarnain Haider fiasco

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:40 AM PST


Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the case of wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider who fled the team hotel in Dubai to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum there. Sources in the board said here on Wednesday that the committee would hold its preliminary ...

ICC wants urgent solution on suspended Pakistan trio

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:30 AM PST


The chief executive of cricket’s governing body on Wednesday said an urgent solution would be sought in resolving the case of three Pakistani players who have been suspended for suspected match-fixing. Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer were provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council ...

‘Sehwag had an answer for everything’, Mickey Arthur

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:17 AM PST


Swashbuckling Indian batsman Virender Sehwag gave the visiting South African team a very tough time during the first Test in Chennai in 2008, former coach Mickey Arthur recalled in his book, released on Monday. “Every single thing we tried, he countered,” Arthur wrote in his book ‘Taking the Mickey’. “He ...

Aussies struggle to win back Ashes

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 12:57 AM PST


The swagger has gone from Australian cricket replaced by uncertainty as to whether Ricky Ponting’s jittery team can win back the Ashes from England in this summer’s five-Test series. Australia lost the traditional urn in last year’s series in England with Ponting earning the dubious distinction of becoming the only ...

ICC offers support and help to Haider, PCB

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 12:13 AM PST


The International Cricket Council (ICC) offered help to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to find out what prompted wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider to flee to England from Dubai. In a statement, ICC said it was in communication with PCB and it would provide assistance to unravel the reasons Haider decided to ...

New Zealand ready to show yet another inspired performance

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 11:55 PM PST


New Zealand will hope for another inspired performance in the second Test against India starting on Friday, after giving a tough competition to the hosts in the opening tie. The Kiwis had reduced India to 15 runs for five wickets before a maiden Test century by tailender Harbahajan Singh earned ...

Dream of playing test match at home comes true for Laxman

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 11:19 PM PST


Laxman’s dream of playing test match at his home ground will come true on Friday when India engage New Zealand in the second of the three-match Test series. After having played against all Test nations, the first Test match to be held at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium will be Laxman’s ...

James Franklin to replace injured Hamish Bennett

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 10:44 PM PST


New Zealand has recalled 30-year-old left-arm fast bowler James Franklin to replace injured Hamish Bennett for the ongoing Test series against India. “New Zealand Cricket has advised that James Franklin has been called into the Blackcaps squad for the remainder of the Test series in India, replacing the injured Hamish ...

West Indies tour Sri Lanka 2010/11 Schedule

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 10:29 PM PST


West Indies tour of Sri Lanka Fixture 2010/11 Wed Nov 10 – Fri Nov 12 04:30 GMT | 10:00 local | 10:00 IST Sri Lanka President’s XI v West Indians Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Mon Nov 15 – Fri Nov 19 04:30 GMT | 10:00 local | 10:00 IST ...

Sri Lanka tour Australia 2010: News, Highlights, Scores

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 10:10 PM PST


Schedule Sri Lanka tour Australia (2010) Schedule: Only T20, 3 ODI Tour match: Queensland v Sri Lankans at Brisbane – Oct 22, 2010 Sri Lankans 301/7 (50 ov); Queensland 189 (36.1 ov) Result – Sri Lankans won by 112 runs Tour match: New South Wales v Sri Lankans at Sydney ...

Sehwag, Tendulkar moves up, Dhoni Static: ICC ODI Rankings

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 12:15 PM PST


Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar gained a place each while India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained static at the fourth spot in the ICC player rankings for ODI batsmen, which is being headed by South Africa opener Hashim Amla. While Sehwag improved from eighth to seventh, Tendulkar was just one ...

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