| Ganguly denies reports of retirement Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:50 AM PST 
Sourav Ganguly today dismisses reports that he has decided to retire from all forms of competitive cricket in the aftermath of IPL franchises shunning him for the fourth edition of the Twenty20 event. “I have already retired from international cricket in 2008. If I don’t get to play IPL I ...  |
| ICC World Cup 2011 Warm-up matches Schedule Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:35 AM PST 
ICC World Cup Warm-up Matches 2010/11 Fixtures Sat Feb 12 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local | 09:30 IST Kenya v West Indies R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Sat Feb 12 D/N 08:30 GMT | 14:30 local | 14:00 IST Bangladesh v Canada Zahur Ahmed Stadium, Chittagong Sat Feb 12 D/N 09:00 ...  |
| Angry fans protest as ICC inspection team reached Eden Gardens Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:25 AM PST 
Angry fans waved banners and shouted slogans on Monday as an International Cricket Council (ICC) inspection team reached Eden Gardens to evaluate its progress that it could host three World Cup games after losing a marquee match to Bangalore. Eden Gardens, one of India’s best-known grounds, was stripped of the ...  |
| Graeme Smith hopes to bury World Cup menace with a win Posted: 07 Feb 2011 08:47 AM PST 
South African captain, Graeme Smith, has stated that his team has a real chance of winning the most coveted One Day International (ODI) tournament the ICC 2011 World Cup, which starts in less than two weeks time. The 10th edition of the event is being staged in the Subcontinent and ...  |
| Ricky Ponting confident of playing fifth World Cup Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:10 AM PST 
Australia captain Ricky Ponting is confident he’ll be fully fit for his fifth World Cup, while Mike Hussey and spin bowler Nathan Hauritz are still in doubt just two weeks ahead of the quadrennial tournament. Ponting, who missed the final Ashes test and the seven-match limited-overs series against England due ...  |
| Injured Praveen Kumar ruled out of World Cup Posted: 07 Feb 2011 06:54 AM PST 
Indian medium pace bowler Praveen Kumar on Monday has been ruled out of the World Cup due to an elbow injury, sources told CNN-IBN. It is also been learnt that the 24-year-old swing bowler will be replaced by either Kerala pacer S Sreesanth or Karnataka bowler R Vinay Kumar. With ...  |
| ‘Less fuss and pressure on South Africa this WC’: Amla Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:45 AM PST 
With the chokers tag behind, South Africa will arrive in India on Tuesday in search of their first ICC World Cup in 13 years but experienced batsman Hashim Amla said there is less pressure and hype around the team this time which might act in their favour in the mega-event. ...  |
| Sri Lanka miss chance to train at new venues Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:25 AM PST 
Sri Lanka have missed out on a home advantage after being denied a chance to train at two new World Cup venues because of construction delays, skipper Kumar Sangakkara has said. The Sri Lankans open their campaign against Canada at the new Mahinda Rajapakse stadium in Hambantota on February 20, ...  |
| Lorgat favours legalisation of sports gambling in India Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:05 AM PST 
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat favours legalisation of sports gambling in India while retaining his optimism for a corruption-free World Cup in the sub-continent. There has seldom been a cricket corruption of late without an Indian connection and the clamour is growing to legalise betting in a ...  |
| Graeme Smith predicts an ‘open’, high-scoring World Cup Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:48 AM PST 
South Africa captain Graeme Smith feels that the upcoming ICC cricket World Cup will be an “open” tournament with the placid subcontinent pitches offering some exciting high-scoring encounters. Emphasising the importance of batting power-play in the mega-event, Smith said a good finishing in both the batting as well as bowling ...  |
| Aussies selectors continue to face criticism Posted: 06 Feb 2011 10:15 PM PST 
Criticism continues to dog Australia’s selectors in the run-up to the World Cup despite a comprehensive 6-1 one-day drubbing of England being wrapped up at the weekend. The four-man panel headed up by lawyer Andrew Hilditch has been under almost constant fire for their perceived mistreatment of players and confusing ...  |
| Eoin Morgan doubtful for World Cup: Strauss Posted: 06 Feb 2011 10:01 PM PST 
England captain Andrew Strauss on Sunday conceded gifted batsman Eoin Morgan was in considerable doubt for the World Cup after breaking a finger. Morgan missed England’s final one-day international against Australia in Perth on Sunday with the injury, which he suffered in the ODI in Adelaide last month. Morgan at ...  |
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