Cricket Zone http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/ News Archive en-us © 2007 Aprology Solutions Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:16:20 India's warm-up match abandoned due to rain http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-19-1194.html Rain gods played pranks again as India's warm-up one day cricket match against England Lions was abandoned on Saturday following heavy shower at the Northamptonshire County Club ground Batting first England Lions amassed for from their allotted overs with Vikram Solanki and Luke Wright notching up half centuries Chasing a stiff task of scoring runs for victory in overs India were without loss after overs when rains ruled out any further play Sourav Ganguly was not out b while Robin Uthappa was batting on b With the match being abandoned Indian batsmen lost a precious opportunity to get into the  [more]
]]> 2007-08-19 16:55 Kapil promises to reveal ICL signups in a week http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-19-1193.html Former Indian captain and chairman of the Indian Cricket League ICL Kapil Dev has promised to reveal the names of players who have signed up for the rebel series in a week's time Kapil made it clear that the process of signing players for the league was still on and he would not reveal any names at this stage quot It is going on and we just want to be sure that players are happy and confident to play in the new tournament and with a new commitment quot he told Geo TV Kapil also made it clear that the  [more]
]]> 2007-08-19 16:45 Akhtar asked to appear before appellate committee http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-18-1190.html Shoaib Akhtar was today asked to appear before an appellate committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday as it hears the appeal filed by the fast bowler against the Rs fine imposed on him The two-member committee after its first meeting in Lahore to consider the appeal decided to hear Akhtar out in person on August th Akhtar was fined and docked points from his central contract for bad behaviour after he left the training camp in Karachi earlier this month without informing team manager Talat Ali The fast bowler claims he left the camp after informing captain Shoaib  [more]
]]> 2007-08-18 22:26 ICL has plans to expand to 12-team format http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-18-1188.html The rebel Indian Cricket League floated by the Essel Group has announced plans to expand it from the initial six to a team format within the next three years and the league would feature teams like Bombay Jets and Madras Heat The ICL's official website informed that initially the teams would each comprise six internationals and nine Indian players while saying that retired Australian batsmen Justin Langer and Damien Martyn had both declined its offers The ICL website also indicated that retired New Zealand all rounder Chris Cairns was more likely to join it while denying that captain Stephen Fleming  [more]
]]> 2007-08-18 19:15 ICL makes Rs 100 mn bait for Asif http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-18-1187.html Stepping up their player signing up drive the Indian Cricket League has wooed Mohammad Asif with a more lucrative second offer of Rs crore local media reported today quot The ICL has offered Asif Rs million for a three-year contract and the pacer is carefully assessing the various aspects of the offer before taking a decision next week quot the Dawn' reported today quoting Pakistan Cricket Board sources The ICL had last month offered Rs crore each to Asif and fellow fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar which they had refused The sources also said the PCB was concerned about the congregation  [more]
]]> 2007-08-18 19:14 Dhoni likely to lead India against England Lions http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-17-1186.html Mahendra Singh Dhoni is expected to lead the Indian side in place of skipper Rahul Dravid who will be rested for the warm-up one-dayer against England Lions in Northampton Saturday It will be a dress rehearsal of sorts for Dhoni who has been named the captain of the Indian team for the inaugural Twenty World Championships in South Africa next month The tourists are once again to be without the services of Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan against a strong home team that boasts of Ian Bell Ravinder Bopara and Owais Shah all of whom have been named in England's  [more]
]]> 2007-08-17 23:20 Ranatunga urges Murali to ignore Bedi's comments http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-17-1185.html Urging Muttiah Muralitharan to ignore Bishan Singh Bedi's criticism former Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna Ranatunga said the off spinner should not react to someone seeking a bit of quot publicity quot quot Why does Murali want to spend his precious time on a person who may be talking under some influence He should just think that when a dog bites you don't go and bite the dog quot Ranatunga told Times Now' quot So he might as well allow him to go and let him have some publicity Bedi is a fairly old guy who loves publicity so let him  [more]
]]> 2007-08-17 23:19 BCCI officials gear up for a slew of meetings http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-17-1183.html BCCI officials would have a series of meetings including two special general body sittings from Sunday to Tuesday even as the shadow of the rebel Indian Cricket League looms large challenging their sole authority to control the game The first meeting is scheduled for August when the BCCI's Finance Committee headed by Sudhir Nanavati is to meet to finalise the accounts and the balance sheet for the year ahead of the September AGM sources said in Mumbai today The Infrastructure Committee headed by former president I S Bindra to oversee the facilities for the smooth organisation of the World Cup  [more]
]]> 2007-08-17 23:16 India beat Scotland by 7 wickets http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-17-1181.html Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa notched up half centuries as India beat Scotland by seven wickets in the rain-reduced one-dayer in Glasgow on Thursday Chasing the revised target of Gambhir remained unbeaten on while Uthappa scored as India reached to the finishing line in overs and warmed up for the bigger challenge of facing England in the seven-match ODI series Yuvraj Singh exhibited an array of strikes while playing a cameo of runs in balls The Indian openers put on a solid foundation of runs in overs and thwarted some good bowling from the hosts Uthappa played his usual self  [more]
]]> 2007-08-17 09:44 Lured by quick bucks, seven Hyderabad players join ICL http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-17-1180.html Lured by lucrative deals which would leave them richer by a whopping Rs one crore each seven Hyderabad Ranji trophy players Thursday defied BCCI threats and joined the Indian Cricket League ICL giving a further boost to the cash-rich rebel series The year-old Ambati Rayudu and six of his other teammates created a flutter in cricketing circles by becoming the first lot of Ranji players to join the Subhash Chandra-owned Essel Group's parallel venture Although the organisers of the breakaway league did not disclose the financial details it is learnt that the players would stand to gain a hefty Rs  [more]
]]> 2007-08-17 09:43 Lured by ICL, Imran Farhat asks release from PCB contract http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-17-1179.html Lured by the lucrative offer from the fledging Indian Cricket League ICL Pakistan Test discard Imran Farhat has requested Pakistan Cricket Board PCB to release him from the central contract The left-handed batsman signed the contract with PCB earlier this month but after receiving a lucrative offer from ICL has decided to terminate his contract with the board Farhat ignored for the Twenty World Cup also confirmed he was considering an offer from ICL quot If I am not going to play for Pakistan then what is the use of this central contract which favours the Board and not the  [more]
]]> 2007-08-17 09:41 Kumble tops batting averages for India http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-16-1178.html Anil Kumble India's lone century-maker in the three-Test series against England emerged with the highest batting average for the victorious visiting team Kumble averaged to top the batting averages chart after scoring an unbeaten in the first innings of the third and final Test He aggregated runs in the series that India won The veteran leg-spinner also picked up wickets including a haul of for the second highest tally after pacer Zaheer Khan in the series Dinesh Karthik however topped the batting aggregates with runs followed by Sourav Ganguly Sachin Tendulkar Mahendra Singh Dhoni and VVS Laxman Captain Rahul Dravid  [more]
]]> 2007-08-16 14:56 Malik denies reports on players' Twenty20 Cup threat http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-16-1177.html Pakistani captain Shoaib Malik has denied unconfirmed reports that some six players of the South Africa-bound squad have threatened not to play in the Twenty World Cup if the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB did not take action against one of its senior officials Some television channels reported that Malik had been involved in a row with Zakir Khan Director of Cricket Operations over the manner in which fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar had left the training camp without informing team manager Talat Ali Reports said that Zakir had questioned why Malik had allowed Akhtar to leave the camp without informing the  [more]
]]> 2007-08-16 14:53 Yousuf, Razzaq have signed ICL deals: report http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-16-1176.html Pakistan Cricket Board PCB might find itself in a new crisis with unconfirmed reports claiming that senior players Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq have signed deals with the Indian Cricket League ICL To complicate matters opener Imran Farhat has joined former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and batsman Asim Kamal in confirming that he was seriously considering an ICL offer Yousuf and Razzaq who were dropped from the Pakistan squad for next month's Twenty World Cup in South Africa had not signed the central contracts offered to them by the Pakistan board which had an August deadline Farhat was candid in his view  [more]
]]> 2007-08-16 14:51 Muralitharan seeks 7 million dollars as legal damage from Bedi http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-16-1175.html Sri Lankan off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has sought a legal damage of million dollars from former Indian captain Bishen Singh Bedi for comparing him with a shot putter'' sources in Colombo said Tired of constant jibes from the Indian left arm spinner who recently called him the best shot putter'' Muralitharan had sent a letter of demand to Bedi through his manager Kushal Gunasekara According to sources lawyers have worked out a value of about million dollars Bedi a hard-nosed critic of Muralitharan has earlier said Murali who I called the best shot putter will go on to become the  [more]
]]> 2007-08-16 14:50 Veteran cricketers criticize Dravid http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-15-1172.html Veteran Indian cricketers have criticized Indian captain Rahul Dravid for not enforcing a follow-on against England in the third cricket Test at The Oval Legendary off-spinner Erapalli Prasanna was critical of Dravid's decision saying the excitement of the series win had been greatly diluted by not wrapping it up quot I don't think there was any real danger of India losing the match by batting last I don't see England having taken any big lead to put pressure Having taken such a big first innings lead Dravid should have enforced the follow-on quot Prasanna said quot The argument that the  [more]
]]> 2007-08-15 21:10 Dravid dismissive of criticism on follow-on issue http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-14-1171.html quot Timid Dravid quot the headline in a British mass circulated daily sums up the reaction to Rahul Dravid s decision not to enforce the follow-on in the third Test despite a run lead against England In the euphoric celebrations over series win for his team the Indian skipper's inexplicable decision may be overshadowed but it will long remain a topic of discussion Dravid may have been nervous and timid on the field but he was totally dismissive of cricket fans while defending his decision quot I can understand the disappointment of the people in their living rooms But I  [more]
]]> 2007-08-14 19:16 Dravid, Sachin, Dhoni extend Independence Day greetings http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-14-1170.html Skipper Rahul Dravid has said that his team's historic series victory in England will add to the mood of the entire Indian nation that is celebrating its th Independence Day quot As Indian players we do realize that we bring a lot of joy to our people with our good performances and our successes We are aware of our responsibility We know there will be so many people in small towns who would be smiling today quot said Dravid India scored a series triumph over England for the first time in years quot They will be taking out a cricket  [more]
]]> 2007-08-14 19:13 India move up to 3rd place in ICC Test rankings http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-14-1168.html India presented themselves with a nice gift on the eve of th anniversary of Independence as their first series win in England in years pushed them to third place in the ICC Test Championship table The success against England in the three-Test series earned Rahul Dravid s men five rating points and lifted them above both South Africa and Sri Lanka Though India have the same number of points as Sri Lanka but are placed above them after their rating points were recalculated to three decimal places a statement from the ICC said in London A victory in the final  [more]
]]> 2007-08-14 19:07 Kallis threatens to consider options beyond South Africa http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-14-1166.html Fuming after his omission from the squad for the upcoming Twenty World Championship at home South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis has resigned as the vice-captain and threatened to make himself unavailable for the national team in future quot I have resigned as vice-captain and I'm considering my options with regard to the rest of my career quot Kallis said quot I have been thinking long and hard over the weekend and there is still a lot of emotion involved because I am extremely disappointed quot Kallis was quoted as saying by the Mercury' newspaper The ICC's top-ranked all-rounder Kallis who  [more]
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