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Harbhajan doubtful for 3rd Test

India’s ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was in doubt for the third Test against Australia starting here on Wednesday, according to coach Gary Kirsten.
Harbhajan, 28, suffered a toe injury during the second Test in Mohali which India won by 320 runs to go 1-0 up in the four-match Border-Gavaskar series. The first Test in Bangalore ended [...]

Australian media slam Ponting’s team

“Outbatted, Outbowled, Outcaptained”, “Era of domination at an end” - the Australian media was scathing Wednesday in its criticism of the world champions’ dismal show Tuesday at the second Test against India at Mohali on the outskirts of Chadigarh. Having been “humbled, it’s time to be humble”, one paper wrote.
“It was not the [...]

Diminished Australia leave a vacancy at the top of world cricket

by Andy Bull © Guardian News and Media Limited 2008
Thirteen years, seven months and 159 Test matches after it started there is now a real sense that the era of Australian domination of cricket has come to an end. It is not a creeping suspicion or a gut feeling, it is a straightforward fact, or [...]

Jayasurya thrashes Chennai Superkings

Jayasurya’s wanton display of pyrotechnics brought a quick end to the much anticipated encounter between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Superkings at the Wankhede.

First Hat-trick in IPL

Lakshmipathy Balaji will have the distinction of bagging the first hat-trick in the Indian Premier League. Watch the video here:

Warne reacts to Ganguly

Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne said he would lodge a complaint against his Kolkata Knight Riders counterpart Sourav Ganguly for resorting to time-wasting tactics during their IPL match and refusing to accept the fielder’s word on a “clean catch”. “I was disappointed at the start. While batting we waited for five minutes under the hot [...]

Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings

Match 24 - Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings
Rajasthan Royals: (probable) 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Swapnil Asnodkar, 3 Yusuf Pathan, 4 Shane Watson, 5 Mohammad Kaif, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Mahesh Rawat (wk), 8 Shane Warne (capt), 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel.
Chennai Super Kings: (probable) 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Stephen Fleming, [...]

Shoaib Allowed to Play in IPL

Kolkata Knightriders can heave a sigh of relief as PCB has decided to grant pace ace Shoaib Akhtar an NOC for playing in IPL. The decision came after the Appellate Tribunal decided to suspend his five-year ban for one month, until they reconvene on June 4.