Batsman
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British Tamil batsman dies after being hit on chest during match
Cricket | Jul 07, 2015, 11:34 PM ISTLondon: A British Tamil batsman died after being hit by a ball on the chest while playing for Manipay Parish Sports Club in division three of the British Tamil League.Bavalan Pathmanathan was playing at the
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World Cup 2015: Heavens turned graveyards for Bowlers
Cricket | Feb 28, 2015, 02:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Much was being talked about prior to the commencement of World Cup 2015 about the plight of batsmen on fast and bouncy tracks of Australia and New Zealand. The fear that batters might
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World Cup 2015: ICC consider stipulating bat sizes
Cricket | Feb 05, 2015, 01:29 PM ISTDubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is considering placing limitations on the depth of a bat with less than a fortnight left for the World Cup to begin to restore the balance between batsman and
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Glenn Maxwell, the emerging destructive batsman of T20
Cricket | Apr 22, 2014, 06:26 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Aussie allrounder has been making the headlines since the last season of IPL when he was brought by Mumbai Indians for a whopping Mumbai Indians agreed to pay Rs.5.3 crore. He was
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ICC World T20:Know the run machines from the Super 10 stage
Cricket | Apr 08, 2014, 07:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: The fifth edition of the ICC world T20 has concluded with Sri Lanka defeating India in the One sided match and thus becoming the new champions in the shortest format of the game.
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Meet the magical bowlers who can turn the Batsman dominated T20 game.
Cricket | Mar 27, 2014, 07:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: Cricket is known as a batsman's game particularly shorter format of the game yet there are some bowlers who are feared the most and who can put their team on the top by
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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal released on bail
Cricket | Feb 02, 2014, 09:11 AM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal was released late Saturday after a police official filed for the middle-order batsman's bail-out for his run-in with a traffic sergeant. Television channel Express News said Akmal left for his
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Virat Kohli is top-ranked ODI batsman
Cricket | Nov 03, 2013, 07:24 PM ISTDubai: Virat Kohli on Sunday became the number one batsman in one-day cricket after a superb batting show against Australia in the just-concluded series.Kohli has now become the third India batsman to hold the top
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Except MS Dhoni, every Indian batsman struggled against short-pitched deliveries
Cricket | Oct 20, 2013, 06:05 PM ISTMohali: Yesterday's match proved that Indian batsmen are still struggling against short-pitched bowls despite they practiced straight shots on short-pitched deliveries before their third one-day international at the PCA Stadium here at Mohali.Duncan Fletcher's words
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Know Sachin Tendulkar as a bowler
Cricket | Oct 12, 2013, 06:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: All around the world, fans are paying rich tributes to legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who on Thursday declared his retirement from test matches. Tendulkar will be missed for his master strokes he used
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Hales, World's no. 1 T20 batsman, hopes to secure a deal over 5 cr in IPL
Cricket | Oct 04, 2013, 04:37 PM ISTLondon: Alex Hales, the world no. 1 T20 batsman, hopes to secure a deal in excess of £500,000 per season in next January's India premier League auction. He has asked Nottinghamshire to release him for
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Know Jack Hobbs: Batsman who scored maximum runs in domestic cricket
Cricket | Aug 17, 2013, 07:06 AM ISTNew Delhi: Those who do not follow cricket, heard this name the first time while watching the Oscar-winning feature film “Slumdog Millionaire”. In the film during a quiz show, a question was asked who has
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This is the best phase for me in international cricket: Rohit
Cricket | Jul 15, 2013, 06:32 PM ISTNew Delhi, July 15 : Rohit Sharma's success in the role of an opener has given a new lease of life to his international career and the promising batsman believes that the current run of
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Virat Kohli top-ranked Indian batsman in ICC rankings
Cricket | Jul 12, 2013, 05:43 PM ISTDubai, Jul 12: Virat Kohli remained the top-ranked Indian batsman at the third spot even as skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni dropped a rung to be sixth in the latest ICC players rankings issued on Friday.
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Mumbai are favourites in Ranji final, says Saurashtra batsman Kotak
Cricket | Jan 24, 2013, 05:42 PM ISTMumbai, Jan 24: Veteran Saurashtra batsman Sitanshu Kotak feels that the star-studded Mumbai side gunning for their 40th Ranji Trophy title will be favourites in the summit clash starting on Saturday.“Mumbai is a big team
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Injured Amla withdrawn from final ODI
Cricket | Jan 23, 2013, 03:35 PM ISTJohannesburg, Jan 23: Cricket South Africa says batsman Hashim Amla's fitness will not be risked in the final one-day international against New Zealand on Friday. CSA has withdrawn the right-hander from the game because of
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Prolonged form slump annoying, says Kohli
Cricket | Jan 22, 2013, 06:32 PM ISTMohali, Jan 22: India's star batsman Virat Kohli today said that his prolonged form slump was a bit “annoying”, but staying calm and patient helped him overcome the lean phase, which is part and parcel
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Marlon Samuels escapes punishment
Cricket | Jan 22, 2013, 04:06 PM ISTMelbourne, Jan 22: West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels has escaped punishment for his role in an ugly clash with Shane Warne, captain of the Melbourne Stars during a match of the Australian Big
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Hayden retires from all forms of cricket
Cricket | Sep 20, 2012, 08:54 AM ISTBrisbane, Australia, Sep 20: Former Australia test opener Matthew Hayden has decided to retire from all forms of cricket, adding the Twenty20 version of the game to the test and international one-day formats he stopped
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Srikkanth liberated me as a batsman, says Sunil Gavaskar
Cricket | Aug 09, 2012, 09:23 PM ISTToronto, Auh 9: Reminiscing his glory days, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar rated Kris Srikkanth as the best opening partner he had, saying that the right-hander "liberated" him as a batsman. "As my opening partner,