Provides the latest RSS feeds for Cricket News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page India Gazette.com http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/cat/26e8608b40f75cfd/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 11:37:44 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:37:44 -0400 30 The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that it would soon introduce new rules to bring Pakistan umpires under its 'domain' so that they can keep a check on their behaviour. The PCB made this statement in the wake of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision to withdraw Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf from the ICC Champions Trophy following his questioning in connection with the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214735620/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Fri, 24 May 2013 06:30:05 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214735620/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that a special investigation team (SIT) should be formulated to probe the spot-fixing accusations, currently gripping the money-spinning cricket league. "A special investigation team should be formed, infact it should have been formed by now, it should have been formed on the day this scam emerged," said BJP spokesperson, Vijay Sonkar Shastri. "We ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214735200/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:03 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214735200/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Vice-captain Denesh Ramdin has backed the West Indies to make a smooth transition to the 50-over format when they open their campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy starting next month. Several leading members of the squad have been campaigning in the Indian Premier League over the last six weeks but Ramdin said here Thursday he expected no fallout from this. In fact, he contended that the IPL ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214733108/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Fri, 24 May 2013 04:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214733108/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Former England captain Andrew Flintoff is set to make a comeback to cricket with two Twenty20 matches involving yesteryear English and Australian cricket stars, with the back-to-back Ashes series underway. Flintoff, who has been victorious in his one-bout boxing career, which he adopted following his retirement from cricket, will be back on more familiar territory and will join former Test ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214731638/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214731638/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said he has been forced to hang his head in shame due to the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal, which is becoming bigger and murkier with each passing day, insisting that a deterrent law could have prevented the credibility crisis that cricket is facing right now. "It is very shameful. As a young person, as a sports fan, as the Sports ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716276/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:14 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716276/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Thursday that he would "never acceptrdquo; the International Criminal Court. He spoke during a visit from new Kenyan president and ICC indictee Uhuru Kenyatta, who pledged the creation of roads, rail and pipelines to deepen economic ties between Kenya and the new nation. It was Uhuru Kenyatta's first visit to South Sudan since ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725668/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725668/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd International Cricket Council (ICC) has withdrawn umpire Asad Rauf from officiating in the Champions Trophy, which is slated to start from June 6. Explaining the decision, ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: "In the wake of reports that the Mumbai Police are conducting an investigation into Asad Rauf's activities, we feel that it is in Asad's best interests as well as those of the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716274/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:01 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716274/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd New Delhi : With the spot-fixing probe widening and Mumbai Police likely to question Gurunat Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI chief N Srinivasan, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has said that Mr Srinivasan should step down."N Srinivasan should immediately resign keeping morality in mind, until the investigation is complete," NCP leader DP Tripathi said today."Match fixing is ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214737806/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Fri, 24 May 2013 08:48:16 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214737806/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd (51 mins ago) The chief executive of the Chennai Super Kings is likely to be questioned by police in Mumbai later Friday as part of investigations into spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League. Gurunath Meiyappan, who is married to the daughter of Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narainswamy Srinivasan, is reported to have been in touch with Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa who is ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214735517/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Fri, 24 May 2013 06:08:19 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214735517/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd The son-in-law of the most powerful man in Indian cricket is likely to be questioned by police in Mumbai later on Friday as part of investigations into spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League.Gurunath Meiyappan, whose father-in-law is Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narainswamy Srinivasan, is reported to have been in touch with Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa.Randhawa is alleged ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214734956/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Fri, 24 May 2013 05:14:14 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214734956/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Rajiv Shukla, the IPL chairman, and Arun Jaitley, the BCCI vice-president, have met the federal law minister, Kapil Sibal, in Delhi over the planned legislation to deal with corruption in sports. The two are also likely to meet the sports minister, Jitendra ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214732994/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Fri, 24 May 2013 04:14:17 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214732994/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Brendon McCullum's decision to answer the New Zealand team's wicketkeeping SOS is his first test behind the stumps since playing Australia in March 2010. Opposition batsmen (and the television audience) will get used to his catchphrase "C'mon lads'', booming through the Headingley stump microphones as he leads New Zealand in search of their first win at the venue in 30 years. The 1983 ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214730038/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 21:45:49 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214730038/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Sydney 2000 Cricket New South Wales has confirmed the appointment of former Cricket Australia head of strategy Andrew Jones as its new chief executive.Jones comes into the position during a tumultuous time for cricket in the state after former chief Brad Gilbert had stood down in January following 11 years in the role.The Blues firstly sacked coach Anthony Stuart last season but that led to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214727276/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 19:48:16 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214727276/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Pakistan and Ireland played out a thrilling tie in the first one-day international at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin on Thursday.A knock of 84 from Asad Shafiq and Mohammed Afeez's 122 not out set the tone for the tourists, as they posted 266 in an innings reduced to 47 overs by rain.The weather interruption left Ireland needing 276 to win by virtue of the Duckworth-Lewis method, a ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214726875/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:51 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214726875/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd There will be a sense of relief all round when the first Test series is done. England, 1-0 ahead against New Zealand with one to play after the remarkable win at Lord's, may then be able to concentrate on the rest of the summer and you know ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214726876/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 18:42:04 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214726876/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Nothing sharpens the focus for a cricketer with ambition like an Ashes series and its presence on the horizon has coincided with Graham Onions's return to top form.On a delayed second day punctuated by five stoppages for rain and hail, Onions completed the 18th five-wicket haul of his career to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214726877/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 18:41:28 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214726877/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Kevin O'Brien was left distraught after Ireland were denied a famous one-day victory against Pakistan.O'Brien swept the final ball from Saeed Ajmal for four to level the scores and leave the hosts agonisingly short of a first-ever Dublin triumph against a Test-playing nation. "We're not here to tie the game, we're here to win it so that's why it feels a little bit ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725530/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:19 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725530/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Of the counties occupying the top four places in the First Division table, Durham's title credentials are seen as the least convincing, yet so long as England do not decide to factor Graham Onions into their Ashes plans, they will remain at least dangerous ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725531/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 17:28:10 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725531/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Sussex moved to the top of the Championship - temporarily at least - by piling more misery on Somerset, who have now suffered two crushing defeats in a row. Dismissed for 76 in their first innings, the Cidermen subsided with only marginal improvement second time around, bowled out for 108, with Jos Buttler's 29 their highest score in the match. The game, only in its second day, was over by ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725532/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 17:28:09 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725532/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd An April 2011 Combination picture shows Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta, who was finance minister, and William Ruto, former Higher Education Minister at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214723204/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:02 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214723204/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Glamorgan first team this season after graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in mathematics, has an action that brings the former Durham and England pace man very much to mind. The pace and bounce he obtains are not dissimilar either.That he did not bowl until 5pm was mainly down to the weather - only 41.2 overs were possible, and none at all in the afternoon session - but also perhaps ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214724030/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 16:13:07 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214724030/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Daniel Vettori has been ruled out of playing the second cricket test against England at Headingley. Doug Bracewell has been picked in his place, meaning New Zealand will play four pace bowlers in a gamble to level the series. Vettori could not guarantee his fitness over five days of a test if he was required to exert himself under a heavy bowling workload. "We gave it our best shot, he didn't ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214722530/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 14:12:07 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214722530/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd England captain Alastair Cook admits his batsmen have an added incentive to do well in the second Test against New Zealand which starts at Headingley on Friday.Kevin Pietersen is expected to return for the series against Australia later this summer and this will be the last chance the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Nick Compton and Joe Root will get to impress in the five-day format before the Ashes. ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214720927/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:14 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214720927/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd England's Kevin Pietersen is said to be making good progress in his battle to be fit for the start of the Ashes at Trent Bridge on 10 July. Photograph: Back Page ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214720928/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:38:42 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214720928/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Richard Rae reports It was probably inevitable that after the debacle that was their first innings, Leicestershire should not lose a wicket in the morning session after following on. Greg Smith and Michael Thornely are the heroes, each on 42, though the fact they're both still there doesn't necessarily mean they've played an awful lot better than they did in the first dig. They ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214720929/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:38:41 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214720929/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Following the arrest of three players for alleged spot-fixing, an official from a franchise in the IPL has indicated that the BCCI needs to be more stringent about compliance with its anti-corruption measures, and has suggested the introduction of a mandatory certification programme in the anti-corruption code for all participants in the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214720912/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:57 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214720912/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons ... Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214722547/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:16 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214722547/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Tim Southee's coming of age as leader of New Zealand's test attack was one of the rosier elements of the first test against England. Set aside the final-day capitulation a moment, and Southee's 10 for 108 off 47.2 overs shone in a highly impressive collective bowling performance. Remember, last year Southee wasn't picked for three successive tests - four out of five - because of his ordinary ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214721674/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:14 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214721674/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Footwork and patience have been watchwords for New Zealand's batting ahead of the second test at Headingley, starting tonight. Coach Mike Hesson described the team as "stunned" after their collapse for 68 against England at Lord's. The visitors have no doubt suffered a painful introspection. However, it was still a touch disconcerting to see balls disappearing into the stands or wafted into the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214722528/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:10 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214722528/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was withdrawn from next month's Champions Trophy by the ICC on Thursday because Indian police are investigating his performances during the ongoing IPL. "In the wake of reports ... we feel that is in Asad's best interests, as well as those of the sport and the event itself, that he is withdrawn from participating in the ICC Champions Trophy," the International Cricket ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214723208/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214723208/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons ... Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214728882/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214728882/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons ... Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214724031/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214724031/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons ... Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214728010/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214728010/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons ... Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725533/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214725533/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Neil Wagner's candid responses have been refreshing since he graduated to cricket's international ranks in July 2012. His conscience seems to refuse to evade questions. Ahead of the Headingley test, Wagner admitted to being the team's sledging spearhead, saying some of his teammates are probably looking at him sometimes thinking: "shut up". "I like to seize any opportunity to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214724017/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214724017/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Here's a topic when a long evening of pub contemplation beckons ... Who has contributed more to New Zealand test cricket, Stephen Fleming or Daniel Vettori?The natural fence sitting - but probably correct - answer is to say they have added equally in their own estimable ways. This is not about one-upmanship, it is about debate. The topic is valid tonight with Vettori on the verge of passing ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214726878/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214726878/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Australia's injury-plagued paceman Ryan Harris says he is ready for the Ashes. The 33-year-old pace bowler commands a bowling average of 23.63 despite missing nearly as many Test matches as he has played. Harris fractured his ankle in the fourth Test of the last Ashes series and, he admits, there have been moments in the long months of recuperation since that he thought it might be his only ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719305/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 12:22:32 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719305/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Big picture If Rajasthan Royals are able to produce two more good games, it will be a fairytale for them, according to their captain Rahul Dravid. In many ways, irrespective of what happens next, it is already a fairytale, one that has played out alongside a ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719294/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:44 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214719294/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Jim Allenby hit an unbeaten 138 as Glamorgan dominated the second day of their LV= County Championship Division Two clash with Leicestershire at Grace Road.Following the visitors' declaration on 442-9, the Glamorgan attack skittled Leicestershire for just 142, with Michael Hogan and John Glover taking four wickets apiece. That left the home side 300 runs behind and facing the prospect of ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214717713/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:17 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214717713/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd The new ball proved more of a threat in the evening than the morning at Chester-le-Street as Division One leaders Middlesex replied to Durham's 259 by slipping to 11-2.Corey Collymore had taken two wickets in two deliveries with the second new ball to finish with 4-61 as Durham's last four wickets went down for 29. Then Graham Onions knocked back Sam Robson's off stump with the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214717714/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:16 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214717714/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Kent's pace bowlers combined to dismiss Essex for 212 on the opening day of their LV= Country Championship Division Two match at Chelmsford.Darren Stevens returned figures of 4-36 while Mark Davies and Charlie Shreck each claimed three wickets before the visitors finished the day on 20-1 in reply. It could have been worse for Essex if not for a half-century from Graham Napier, who along ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214717715/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:15 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214717715/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Latika Khaneja and Lokesh Sharma, who were two of the most prominent figures in the industry 10 years ago, are not overjoyed by the BCCI's decision. Khaneja, director of Collage Sports Management, recently decided to give up managing cricketers, as she felt it was just another way for the BCCI to control things. "The BCCI feels it should only manipulate players and their ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214717690/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 11:07:15 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214717690/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf has been withdrawn from duty at next month's Champions Trophy after reports indicated he was under investigation by police in Mumbai.Dave Richardson, the ICC chief executive, said: "In the wake of reports that the Mumbai Police are conducting an investigation into Asad Rauf's activities, we feel that it is in Asad's best interests as well as those of ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716134/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 10:03:25 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716134/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Sussex's Steve Magoffin took 8-20, the best bowling performance of his career, as Somerset were routed for just 76 on the opening day of the County Championship game at Horsham.By the close of a first day in which 19 wickets fell, Magoffin was back in the middle and undefeated on 21 as Sussex closed on 298-9, a lead of 222. The 33-year-old Australian took five wickets in 13 balls at one ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716135/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 10:03:21 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716135/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Sydney, May 23 : The father of the captain of the Afghanistan cricket team has been abducted by unknown gunmen from his car from the outskirts of the city of Jalalabad in the eastern province of Nangarhar, according to ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214715384/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:25 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214715384/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Neil Wagner and New Zealand had England pinned down for much of the first Test at Lord's, but still ended up losing. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716137/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 09:56:20 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214716137/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd England captain Alastair Cook says it is "vitally important" his side complete a clean-sweep series win over New Zealand in the second and final Test at Headingley. Cook's side produced a devastating bowling display, led by Stuart Broad's 7-44, last Sunday to wrap-up a 170-run victory at Lord's. The match had been delicately poised a 12.30pm on the fourth day with New ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214714680/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 08:50:38 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214714680/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Australia opening batsman, said on Thursday he regretted not keeping a lid on his outrage but maintained he had to defend himself after his image was used in a report condemning ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214712385/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 07:43:12 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214712385/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd The IPL crisis took a twist today with officials of the Mumbai Police reaching the house of Gurunath Meiyappan, chief executive of the Chennai Super Kings. It was not immediately clear why they were there, and there has been no official statement by either the police or the ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214712359/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 07:31:39 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214712359/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Indian activists of Youth Bhagwan Valmiki Mahasangh Punjab hold photographs of Indian actor Vindu Dara Singh during a demonstration in Amritsar on May 21, 2013. Indian actor Vindu Dara Singh has been arrested by Mumbai police as part of the spot-fixing investigation of the IPL cricket tournament. (AFP/Getty ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214713296/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 07:28:11 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214713296/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd The reissue of Rajiv Rajendra's slim sports crime thriller arrives complete with a book publicist's eye for an opportunity. Chennai's Springboard imprint, which first published the book last year, has chosen to market Rajendra's fiction just as the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) season rumbles towards its troubled conclusion on May 26. ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214712002/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 06:32:39 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214712002/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Somewhere within it, cricket has a deep, maybe unending, payload of sadness. It's there in its history, in its psychology and perhaps more than that, it's part of what the game actually is.By sadness, I don't mean melancholy or unhappiness: they are something different. It's not about tragedy, although the game has had its share of those. Rather, it's an emotion that ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214712010/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:28 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214712010/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd KABUL - Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday. There has been no ransom demand since Mohammad Nabi's 60-year-old father Khobi Khan was abducted from his car in the city of Jalalabad, cricket board president Shazada Masoud said. Police are searching for Khan, but there have been no leads or ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214711492/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 06:01:58 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214711492/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd alleged spot-fixing in the IPL, has said the sports bill that is currently being drafted should be ready in full by June 30. Speaking to television channel CNN IBN, Singh said: "I feel it's very important for a very strict law, that processes are implemented not only in cricket but in other sports also. Cricket has just been exposed, but there might be things happening in other sports ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214710605/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 05:12:53 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214710605/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Cricket News: IPL Cricket 2013: Rajasthan Royals will meet Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 for a place in the final against Chennai Super ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214709468/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 04:06:45 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214709468/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Allan Border was friendly with England captain David Gower during the losing 1985 tour but the Australian vowed to 'show the bastards' four years later. Photograph: Adrian ... http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214710007/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd Thu, 23 May 2013 04:04:21 -0400 http://www.indiagazette.com/index.php/sid/214710007/scat/26e8608b40f75cfd