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December 29, 2009 9:06 PM

Sehwag batsman of the decade, says Pringle

Highly impressed with Virender Sehwag's pyrotechnics, former England cricketer Derek Pringle has rated the dashing Indian opener as the greatest batsman of the decade. "Dashing openers have always been with us, and Chris Gayle may yet take violence against the new ball a step furth...

December 29, 2009 9:06 PM

Dhoni says India will play more Tests next year

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said India will play more than four Tests next year and his side would be able to remain as world's number one in the longest format of cricket for a longer time. India are scheduled to play only two Tests - against Bangladesh in January -- in the next...

December 29, 2009 9:05 PM

S Africa given its consent to a "compressed tour" of India

South Africa has given their consent to a "compressed tour" of India, comprising two Tests and three ODIs, if the BCCI ensures minimum travel between matches during the series next year. South African Cricketers Association's Tony Irish today confirmed it. According to the...

December 29, 2009 8:04 PM

Kotla pitch was by no means an unplayable surface : Daljit Singh

Former BCCI Pitches and Grounds Committee chairman Daljit Singh said, the Kotla pitch was by no means an unplayable surface and the fifth and final cricket one-dayer between India and Sri Lanka should have proceeded. The Kotla pitch fiasco, which saw the ODI being called off after 23.3 overs due to ...

December 29, 2009 12:43 PM

Conflict within DDCA took an ugly turn

The conflict within the Delhi and District Cricket Association over the Feroze Shah Kotla pitch fiasco took an ugly turn during its annual general meeting on Tuesday. The board member Kirti Azad stormed out of the meeting claiming that he was insulted for raising the Kotla pitch issue. Mr Azad alleg...

December 28, 2009 4:22 PM

Sehwag batsman of the decade, says Pringle

Highly impressed with Virender Sehwag's pyrotechnics, former England cricketer Derek Pringle has rated the dashing Indian opener as the greatest batsman of the decade. "Dashing openers have always been with us, and Chris Gayle may yet take violence against the new ball a step furth...

December 28, 2009 4:21 PM

Dhoni says India will play more Tests next year

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said India will play more than four Tests next year and his side would be able to remain as world's number one in the longest format of cricket for a longer time. India are scheduled to play only two Tests - against Bangladesh in January -- in the next...

December 28, 2009 4:21 PM

ICC may take about a month to decide on Kotla's status: Lorgat

The ICC on Monday said it will take about a month's time to decide an "appropriate sanction" on Feroze Shah Kotla as an international venue in the wake of yesterday's pitch fiasco which led to the abandonment of the fifth and final ODI between India and Sri Lanka....

December 28, 2009 2:28 PM

ICC to decide Kotla's fate in a month

ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat has said it will be premature to comment on Delhi's status as an international venue in the wake of pitch fiasco during the fifth and final one day Cricket International between India and Srilanka yesterday. He said ICC may take about a month to decide on the issue.

December 28, 2009 9:47 AM

DDCA to form inquiry committee to look into pitch fiasco

The Delhi and District Cricket Association will form a two-member inquiry committee to look into the pitch fiasco which resulted in the abandonment of the fifth and final India-Sri Lanka ODI in Delhi on Sunday. Vibhakar Shashtri, the government nominee on the DDCA, said that DDCA secretary S P Bansa...

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