Archive for March, 2009

Pietersen goes ga-ga over Team India’s performance in New Zealand

England ex-captain Kevin Pietersen has attributed the recent success of the Indian cricket team in New Zealand to the IPL. Pietersen, overbowled by the ruthless hitting of the Indian batsmen in Kiwiland, the England batsmen cited the ample practise that the Indian batsmen got at hitting boundaries and sixes in the IPL T20 matches as [...]

Team India goes Skywalking in New Zealand

One day before the 5th and Final One Day against New Zealand, members of the Indian cricket team were literally on top of the world. They went skywalking - In this picture on your left, you can see Bhajji, Laxman, Zaheer, Sachin and Yuvi in jump-suits at the Sky Tower in Auckland - the highest building in New Zealand. 
Sachin, Dinesh Karthick, Laxman, [...]

Live Cricket | India vs New Zealand | 5th One Day | Auckland

India vs New Zealand, 5th and Final One Day, Venue: Eden Park, Auckland, Date: 14th March 2009, Live Cricket: Watch Live Telecast of the match on Set Max from 6:30 am India Time. If you have additional info on Live Cricket / Live Cricket Streaming/ Live Radio Commentary / when and where to watch the [...]

IPL - Andhra Police says no to matches till elections

The Andhra Pradesh Police has created fresh trouble for Lalit Modi, the IPL chief. Saying that it will not be able to provide security for the cricketers till the 23rd, when the final phase of election in Andhra gets over. Elections are scheduled to be held in this South Indian state in two phases - [...]

South Africa flip-flop over captain: Jacques Kallis replaces Prince

It was only yesterday that Cricket South Africa (CSA) had announced Ashwell Prince as the stand-in captain for the 3rd and final test match against Australia at Capetown. Now the South Africa Cricket board has done a flip-flop; Jacques Kallis has replaced Prince as the interim test captain in the place of Graeme Smith, who [...]

ICC Champions Trophy to be held in South Africa instead of Sri Lanka

You can expect the cricket’s governing body to make the quirkiest of demands. The ICC asked the Sri Lanka cricket board to give a guarantee that it won’t rain in Sri Lanka during the ICC Champions Trophy which was set to be held in the island nation from September 24th to October 5th. Since the [...]