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  ECB should clarify decision to sack Pietersen: Flintoff

  Cricket | December 19, 2014 20:38 IST

  London: Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff Friday urged the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to satisfactorily explain the reasons for sacking former captain and star batsman Kevin Pietersen."What Kevin's done can't be as bad

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  Lord's to host record 5th final in 2019 World Cup

  Cricket | December 19, 2014 4:44 IST

  New Delhi: 2015 World Cup hasn't kicked off yet and the preparations for 2019 World Cup have begun.  The stage is set and Lord's Cricket Ground - the Home of cricket - is set to host

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  ECB proposes Lord's as venue for 2019 world cup final

  Cricket | December 18, 2014 5:31 IST

  London: Lord's Cricket Ground in London has been proposed as the venue for the ICC Cricket World Cup final when the tournament is staged in England and Wales in 2019.The venue will also host the

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  Kevin Pietersen hankers for test return

  Cricket | December 08, 2014 11:53 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Kevin Pietersen says he hopes his exile from the England test side will soon end allowing him able to achieve his goals of reaching 10,000 test runs and again beating Australia in an

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  ICC refuses to review Kaneria's life ban

  Cricket | November 25, 2014 9:51 IST

  Karachi: Pakistan leg spinner, Danish Kaneria has lost another bid to get his life ban reviewed with the International Cricket Council (ICC) refusing to take up his case.Kaneria told PTI that he had sent a

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  KP open to England return if ECB chief Giles go

  Cricket | October 09, 2014 20:16 IST

  London: As fanciful a scenario as it may seem but Kevin Pietersen says he could yet be open to the idea of coming out of retirement to play for England again if ECB boss Giles

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  Suspense over, Cook to captain England in World Cup

  Cricket | September 23, 2014 18:27 IST

  New Delhi: Finally curtains were lifted on future of Alastair Cook as ODI captain as ECB has decided to persist with him for the ICC World Cup starting next year in February in Australia and

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  Six England cricketers awarded central contracts by ECB

  Cricket | September 11, 2014 19:38 IST

  London: Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes are among six England players to have been awarded their first central contracts, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced today.The other new names joining players

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  Ind vs Eng: Match Preview: Redemption time for cornered Team India

  Cricket | August 06, 2014 16:03 IST

  Manchester:  With lingering disappointment of an unfavourable verdict in the James Anderson fracas, India go into the fourth cricket Test against England here tomorrow facing a selection dilemma on whether to leave out a couple

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  Ind vs Eng: Dhoni said no to settling Jadeja issue with ECB

  Cricket | August 05, 2014 8:51 IST

  London:  Indian cricket captain Mahendra Dhoni shot down and consequently prevented the current manager of the touring party in England Sunil Dev from exploring a settlement with the managung director of cricket at the England

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  BCCI appeals against ICC sanction on Jadeja, hearing on August 1

  Cricket | July 30, 2014 21:00 IST

  Southampton: The BCCI has appealed against the Level 1 charge brought against Ravindra Jadeja for his alleged altercation with England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson during the first Test at Trent Bridge played between July 9-13,

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  European bank's website hacked, data stolen

  World | July 25, 2014 7:01 IST

  Brussels: The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday said its website had been hacked and some email addresses and other contact information stolen, but insisted no market-sensitive data was compromised.ECB said the hacked database serves

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  Ind vs Eng: Hearing on Anderson-Jadeja spat fixed for August 1

  Cricket | July 22, 2014 21:45 IST

  London: The ICC-appointed Judicial Commissioner to investigate the altercation between James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja today fixed August 1 as the date for conducting a detailed hearing within 48 hours of which he would announce

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  Lalu Yadav demands quota in government contracts for backward castes

  India | July 06, 2014 21:35 IST

  Vaishali (Bihar): Raking up the reservation issue, RJD President Lalu Prasad today demanded 60 per cent reservation in government contracts for people belonging to Extremely Backward Castes (EBC).“We demand 60 per cent reservation for EBC

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  Rupee ends flat at 59.33 vs USD ahead of ECB policy decision

  June 17, 2014 9:14 IST

  Mumbai: In lacklustre trade, the rupee closed flat at 59.33 against the US dollar on alternate bouts of buying and selling as investors await a European Central Bank policy decision later today.The rupee commenced better

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  Kevin Pietersen receives apology from English cricket

  Cricket | May 31, 2014 8:40 IST

  LONDON :  The England and Wales Cricket Board has apologized to Kevin Pietersen after its head criticized the batsman's attitude in the winter Ashes collapse against Australia.   ECB managing director Paul Downton said the 33-year-old

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  Vincent, Arif charged by ECB for match-fixing

  Cricket | May 23, 2014 10:39 IST

  London: In a first of its kind, ex-New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent and his former Sussex county team-mate Naved were today charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board for fixing the outcome of a

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  Moores given second chance as England coach

  Cricket | April 19, 2014 16:21 IST

  LONDON: Peter Moores was appointed as the new head coach of the England cricket team on Saturday, returning to the job he previously held for two years before getting sacked.   The 51-year-old Lancashire coach replaced

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  Know the facts about Twenty20 cricket

  Cricket | March 13, 2014 7:19 IST

  New Delhi: Twenty20 cricket is the shortest form of cricket and is full of action, drama and major upsets by minnow. IPL has made this the most popular format of the game. However despite massive

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  ECB, BCCI offering us lollipop: Zaheer Abbas

  Cricket | February 03, 2014 12:03 IST

  Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas said the PCB should be careful while going through the offers from the Indian and English boards because they want us to support this restructuring of world cricket and