Topic: Cricket

Offbeat sporting moments in 2011

From the malign to the ridiculous, the madcap to the simply weird - there was no shortage of offbeat moments in world sport in 2011, from fining a coach not money but pigs for misdemeanours to eccentric Englishmen playing cricket in the ...
England star Kevin Pietersen has committed his future to Surrey for as long as he remains an international player, it was confirmed on Thursday.Pietersen is currently a centrally contracted player with England and has no fixed term for his county career at ...

Pietersen commits to Surrey

England star Kevin Pietersen has committed his future to Surrey for as long as he remains an international player, it was confirmed on Thursday.Pietersen is currently a centrally contracted player with England and has no fixed term for his county career at ...

Cricket legend Warne unveils weighty likeness

Newly-svelte Australian legspin legend Shane Warne joked that a hefty bronze statue of him unveiled at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Thursday was a "lifelike" memento of his time in Test cricket."It's 300 kilos that statue, it's pretty lifelike for when I played," ...

Asia felt the heat in the year gone by

Three Pakistani stars being jailed for spot-fixing in England underlined a mixed year for cricket in Asia despite India's memorable World Cup triumph at home in April.Pakistan's resurgence on the field under Misbah-ul-Haq held out hope that all was not lost for ...

Pakistan wins Bangladesh cricket Test

Abdur Rehman claimed 4-51 as Pakistan posted a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second and final cricket Test in Dhaka on Wednesday to make a clean sweep of the series.Pakistan, who won the first Test in Chittagong by an innings and ...

Rehman excels as Pakistan make clean sweep

Abdur Rehman claimed 4-51 as Pakistan posted a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second and final cricket Test in Dhaka on Wednesday to make a clean sweep of the series.Pakistan, who won the first Test in Chittagong by an innings and ...

Cowan awaits Marsh fitness for India Test

In-form newcomer Ed Cowan said Wednesday he will be fully prepared if Shaun Marsh fails to make Australia's first Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground next week.Cowan was one of three additions to a 13-man Australian squad announced on Wednesday ...

India's anti-DRS stance 'may raise tensions'

India's rejection of the Decision Review System for their Test series against Australia could raise tensions and boost the number of contentious decisions, reports said on Wednesday.Cricket Australia had hoped the Indian cricket board would allow a compromise version of the DRS, ...

India draw tour match with Chairman's XI

Usman Khawaja and Phillip Hughes responded to their dumping from the Australian Test squad with a century opening stand as the Chairman's XI's tour match against India petered out into a draw Wednesday.Khawaja (56 not out) and Hughes (42 not out) put ...
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