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| | Arrest me with warrant, Ramdev dares government (New Indian Express)
Baba Ramdev, whose indefinite fast was ended abruptly by Delhi Police in a mid-night swoop, today challenged the government to arrest him with a |
| | Andhra: Kiran Kumar has the last laugh (New Indian Express)
The election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker on Saturday turned out to be a cakewalk for the Congress, as predicted in these columns, with its |
| | Forget world-class, no new IIT has even a campus (New Indian Express)
At a time when Union Ministers Kapil Sibal and Jairam Ramesh are confronting each other on ‘world class’ quality IITs, a reality check on.. |
| | TN: Congress, DMK headed for Splitsville (New Indian Express)
The relationship between the Congress and DMK is almost over as not only functionaries on either side are pointing fingers at each other for the poll |
| | Wedding of the year in Chennai today (New Indian Express)
The wedding of Rohan Murthy and Lakshmi Venu, from two top families in the Indian industry, on Sunday, will see the who’s who of the country |
| | Police break up Ramdev's anti-graft fast (New Indian Express)
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's indefinite mass hunger strike came to an abrupt end just after Saturday midnight as hundreds of policemen swooped down on.. |
| | Karnataka: BJP to call truce with Opposition (New Indian Express)
Worrying over the continued boycott of the Legislature session by the Opposition parties — Congress and JD(S) — the BJP has decided to extend an.. |
| | TTD security guard brutally rapes 13-year-old (New Indian Express)
A 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a security guard right behind the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) |
| | 'Currency demonetisation decision of government' (New Indian Express)
Amidst demand by Yoga guru Ramdev of banning currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, the Reserve Bank today said the decision to demonetise a |
| | Mayawati to address BSP meet in Bangalore today (New Indian Express)
In a bid to revive Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, also party supremo, will arrive in the city on.. |
| | Police registers case against unnamed persons (Hindustan Times)
Delhi Police today registered a case against unnamed persons on charges of charges of rioting in connection with the Baba Ramdev-led protest at Ramlila Maidan. |
| | Ramdev a 'face of RSS', says govt justifying crackdown (Hindustan Times)
Accusing him of being a front for the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the government today said the action against Ramdev and his supporters was justified. |
| | Siachen talks can't progress until control line fixed: Naik (Hindustan Times)
Air chief Marshal PV Naik today said that talks between India and Pakistan over Siachen cannot progress until the "Actual Ground Possession Land" was demarcated. |
| | Action at Ramlila ground against fundamental right: Hegde (Hindustan Times)
Justice Santosh Hegde, Lokpal bill drafting committee member, today termed the police action against Baba Ramdev and his supporters here as violation of "fundamental rights of citizens" and said it "brought back memories" of the Emergency. |
| | Baba Ramdev back in his ashram after midnight detention (Hindustan Times)
Baba Ramdev was flown to Dehradun from where he was taken to his ashram in Haridwar today after Delhi Police swooped down on the yoga guru a little past midnight and detained him after firing tear gas shells and resorting to lathicharge on his supporters to end his day-old indefinite hunger strike on black money issue. |
| | Ramdev is a cheat: Digvijaya Singh (Hindustan Times)
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh today slammed yoga guru Baba Ramdev calling him a "cheat" who was trying to "agitate" people in the garb of anti-corruption protest. |
| | Baba asks followers to agitate against police 'brutality' (Hindustan Times)
Baba Ramdev asked his followers to mount a countrywide peaceful agitation to protest the sudden midnight police "brutality" at the Ramlila Maidan but kept on appealing them not to retaliate violently, a close aide of the yoga guru said on Sunday. |
| | Police 'kidnapped' Baba Ramdev: yoga guru's key aide (Hindustan Times)
Baba Ramdev's key aide on Sunday claimed that police has "kidnapped" the yoga guru and sought the intervention of Chief Justice of India to ensure his release. |
| | Midnight police swoop on Ramdev, detention ends protest (Hindustan Times)
With talks breaking down, police swooped down on Baba Ramdev a little past midnight and detained him after firing tear gas shells and resorting to lathicharge on his supporters to end his day-old indefinite hunger strike on black money issue. |
| | Govt sents letter to Ramdev (Hindustan Times)
Government on Saturday night sent a written assurance to Baba Ramdev on enacting law on black money and declaring it as national asset for which a committee will be set up. |
| | Sibal, Ramdev at loggerheads on disclosure of letter (Hindustan Times)
A war of words broke out between Kapil Sibal and Baba Ramdev on Saturday after the Union minister made public a letter showing an undertaking given by the yoga guru's camp that he will call off the strike by mid-day. |
| | Wrangling continues, Ramdev won’t end fast (Hindustan Times)
The fast that Baba Ramdev began on Saturday as his fight against black money and corruption will continue, as an understanding between the Baba and the government remained elusive with both sides talking tough. |
| | India's youth taking baby 'green' steps (Hindustan Times)
When it comes to lifestyles, young men and women in India are more environment-friendly than their counterparts in developed nations. |
| | First govt, then us: Nitish, BJP to rally support on lokpal bill (Hindustan Times)
It’s no coincidence that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar followed by the BJP have responded similarly to a letter sent by Lokpal drafting committee chairman Pranab Mukherjee seeking their opinion on the anti-graft law. |
| | India improves, but still ranks 123 on green chart (Hindustan Times)
India’s performance on global environment index has improved earning it the 123th rank, primarily because of progress made in renewables. |
| | CNG prices hiked in Delhi and NCR (Times of India) |
| | Maruti workers go on strike, production hit (Times of India) |
| | Court justifies deadline for female artistes in bars (Times of India) |
| | Gang supplying drugs through train, trucks busted, 2 held (Times of India) |
| | Hasthi was forced to end life: Father (Times of India) |
| | Speaker polls: 21 Cong MLAs absent (Times of India) |
| | Programmed for life (Times of India) |
| | Audi dealer's nephew killed in Audi crash (Times of India) |
| | Baba Ramdev's satyagrah gathers support (Times of India) |
| | TOI forum on a green (Times of India) |
| | Biometric system of attendance to be introduced (Times of India) |
| | Mettur dam water to flow from Monday (Times of India) |
| | 'Role of woman speaking Russian must be probed' (Times of India) |
| | Maruti workers go on strike, production hit (Times of India) |
| | Aasu seeks revamp of education system (Times of India) |
| | Two injured in monkey attack (Times of India) |
| | Rare cat, antelope sighted in state sanctuaries (Times of India) |
| | Kathaari Bagh Bridge to be opened for public soon (Times of India) |
| | Woman's throat slit in Moore Avenue flat (Times of India) |
| | UP to organise Ganga Utsav in 16 cities (Times of India) |
| | DTO brings in new scheme, not clear about its working (Times of India) |
| | Cycle to reduce carbon footprints (Times of India) |
| | Engineer turns green warrior (Times of India) |
| | Targeting NCP leaders won't be tolerated: Ajit Pawar (Times of India) |
| | Revamp of Surajpur bird sanctuary underway (Times of India) |
| | Forbesganj stir has officials baffled (Times of India) |
| | Virtual star party in city (Times of India) |
| | Father refused to take treatment, say officials (Times of India) |
| | Govt to increase disability pension (Times of India) |
| | After roads, civic body misses deadline to clean nallahs (Times of India) |
| | Tree watch programme to be launched in city tomorrow (Times of India) |
| | HC tells univ to re-admit VS’s son (Times of India) |
| | Register offence against SP, court tells cops (Times of India) |
| | 3 bikes looted in separate incidents (Times of India) |
| | » Democracy throttled, Hazare says (Web India 123)
Gandhian activist Anna Hazare Sunday called the police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters "a throttling of democracy". |
| | » Mining eating into Goa forests: Church (Web India 123)
Excessive mining in Goa is proving to be a grave threat to the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats, the church warned in its World Environment Day message Sunday. |
| | » Ramdev asked to leave protest venue over security reasons: Delhi Police Commissioner (Web India 123)
Asserting that the yoga guru's agitation had become a national threat, Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta on Sunday said Baba Ramdev was asked to vacate the Ramlila ground as there were security threats to his supporters since the number of agitators touched 50,000. |
| | » Ramdev taken to Dehradun after police swoop at protest site in Delhi (Web India 123)
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, who was evicted from Delhi's Ramlila ground along with thousands of his supporters late last night, has been brought in a private plane to Dehradun this morning, according to television reports. |
| | » Team Anna condemns Govt.'s crackdown on Ramdev (Web India 123)
Former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan and former Supreme Court Judge N. Santosh Hegde, who are part of the Jan Lokpal Bill on Sunday condemned the government's crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev's fast-unto-death protest against corruption at the Ramlila ground here, saying the government should resign. |
| | » Bacteria help algae 'Didymo' bloom in clean waters (Web India 123)
Scientists have discovered how freshwater algae 'Didymo' are able to survive and colonize in some of the world's cleanest waterways with few nutrients. |
| | » Ramdev can continue protest in Uttarakhand: chief minister (Web India 123)
Assuring his government's support to Baba Ramdev, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Sunday said the yoga guru has "full freedom" to continue his protests in the state after being forcibly flown out of Delhi. |
| | » Ramdev a 'face of RSS', says government justifying crackdown (Web India 123)
Accusing him of being a front for the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the government Sunday said the action against Ramdev and his supporters was justified. |
| | » Action fascist, BJP to observe satyagraha: Gadkari (Web India 123)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari Sunday described the central government's crackdown on the stir by yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters as "fascist" and called for a nationwide satyagraha. |
| | » Supporters compare Ramdev's removal to Jallianwala (Web India 123)
Comparing the midnight police action against Baba Ramdev to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre under British rule, supporters of the yoga guru Sunday said they will take their stir to the capital's Jantar Mantar after being forced out of the Ramlila ground. |
| | » 'Armchair' astronaut locates 'space station' on Mars using Google Earth (Web India 123)
An American 'armchair' astronaut has discovered what he believes is a 'space station' on Mars using Google Earth. |
| | » Ramdev being taken to Hardwar: Pillai (Web India 123)
Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Sunday said yoga guru Baba Ramdev was being taken to his ashram in Hardwar after police in a midnight action quelled his mass hunger strike and dispersed thousands of his followers. |
| | » Ramdev is a cheat: Digvijay Singh (Web India 123)
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Sunday slammed yoga guru Baba Ramdev calling him a "cheat" who was trying to "agitate" people in the garb of anti-corruption protest. |
| | » Ramlila ground wears deserted look after police operation (Web India 123)
Hours ago Ramlila Maidan was brimming with overwhelming crowds, but the sprawling ground in the heart of the capital wore a deserted look Sunday morning following a midnight police action to quell yoga guru Baba Ramdev's anti-corruption fast. |
| | » It is an attack on democracy: BJP (Web India 123)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday termed as "undemocratic" the police action to break up the anti-corruption hunger strike launched by Baba Ramdev and thousands of his supporters here. |
| | » Civil society members condemn police action against Ramdev (Web India 123)
Civil society members Sunday condemned the midnight police crackdown to end yoga guru Baba Ramdev's anti-corruption mass hunger strike, calling as "undemocratic" the use of force against peaceful protesters at Ramlila Ground here. |
| | » 30 injured in police crackdown to end Ramdev's protest (Web India 123)
Some 30 people were injured in a pre-dawn police crackdown to end yoga guru Baba Ramdev's anti-corruption hunger strike at Ramlila Ground in the capital, officials in a hospital said. |
| | » Prohibitory orders around Ramlila Ground (Web India 123)
The government Sunday banned any gathering around Ramlila Ground, the sprawling venue for Baba Ramdev's anti-corruption protest that was broken up by police in a midnight crackdown. |
| | » Ramdev aide calls crackdown 'state terrorism' (Web India 123)
A confidant of yoga guru Baba Ramdev Sunday called the police crackdown on his campaign against corruption "state terrorism". |
| | » Police swoop on protest venue, Ramdev taken away (Lead) (Web India 123)
Hundreds of police personnel swooped on the protest venue of yoga guru Ramdev here early Sunday and removed him after clashes with his supporters that left the Ramlila ground in shambles and his supporters bruised and angry. |
| | » Ramdev arrested, supporters dispersed (Web India 123)
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was arrested and physically removed from the Ramlila ground here early Sunday in a police operation that left many injured and the protest venue in shambles.There was no official word on Ramdev's whereabouts even as hundreds of people dispersed from the ground after heavy tear-gassing by anti-riot police. |
| | » Senior executive found dead in Gurgaon (Web India 123)
The highly-decomposed body of a senior IBM executive was found in his lodgings here Saturday evening, police said, adding it appeared to be a case of suicide but investigations were on. |
| | » Government, Ramdev head for a showdown? (Roundup) (Web India 123)
Baba Ramdev and the Indian government Saturday seemed to be heading for a showdown as the popular yoga guru vowed to continue his anti-corruption fast at the Ramlila Ground here after the day-long talks ended with allegations and counter-claims from both sides. |
| | » Bengal massacre accused sent to CBI custody (Web India 123)
A lower court in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Saturday sent Dil Mohammad, an accused in the 2001 Chota Angaria massacre, to seven days' Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody, said a lawyer of the investigation agency. |
| | » Advani wants campaigns to expose corruption (Web India 123)
Raising the pitch against corruption and black money, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani here Saturday called upon party workers to launch country-wide "agitational programmes" in the next three months, a senior party leader said. |
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| | T20: India start WI tour with a win (KrishCricket.com)
India survived a late cameo by Christopher Barnwell as the ODI champions kicked off their West Indies tour with a 16-run victory in the one-off Twenty20 international here at the Queen's Park Oval on Saturday. |
| | Dilshan ton helps SL end Day 2 on top (KrishCricket.com)
Tillakaratne Dilshan hit his 11th test century Saturday to pull Sri Lanka out of trouble on day two of the second test against England, leading his team to 231-1 at the close. |
| | We expect a tough challenge from India: Gibson (KrishCricket.com)
Despite missing several star players, including Sachin Tendulkar and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India will pose a tough challenge in the limited overs series starting at the Queen's Park Oval, said West Indies coach Ottis Gibson. |
| | England is ready to occupy number one spot in world cricket: Morgan (KrishCricket.com)
Irish-born left hand batsman Eoin Morgan believes England has shown that they are gunning to become the No 1 side in the world. |
| | ‘De Silva, Jayasuriya were involved in fixing international matches’: Thilekaratne (KrishCricket.com)
Ex-Sri Lanka captain Hashan Thilekaratne has reportedly alleged that two former senior Lankan cricketers- Aravinda de Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya- and former Sri Lanka Cricket Board President Thilanga Sumathipala were involved in fixing international matches. |
| | Rashid Latif urges PCB to include Afghan team in domestic Twenty20 event (KrishCricket.com)
Afghan cricket team coach Rashid Latif has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to include Afghanistan in the forthcoming domestic Twenty20 tournament. |
| | Afridi’s ‘legal notice’ to PCB “more like a plea” to let him start county stint: Official (KrishCricket.com)
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi’s ‘legal notice’ to the Pakistan Cricket Board over the suspension of his central contract and No Objection Certificates (NOCs) issued to him, is “more like a plea”, a PCB spokesperson has said. |
| | Raina defends selection decision (KrishCricket.com)
Suresh Raina has defended India's decision to rest their star names against West Indies. Several of the nation's World Cup winners, including MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan, will be absent from the sides' limited-overs matches, which kick-off with a one-off Twenty20 international in Port of Spain on Saturday. The series comes hot on the heels of the Indian Premier League meaning that star trio miss out, while Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag have also remained at home due to illness and injury. |
| | Afiridi ban throws Hampshire T20 into chaos (KrishCricket.com)
Hampshire’s defence of their Friends Life T20 title began in a chaotic whirl last night after their overseas star Shahid Afridi was banned from playing, by the Pakistan Cricket Board, just hours before the match. The former Pakistan captain had his ‘No Objection Certificate’ revoked by the PCB on Wednesday morning, which meant he was unable to honour his contract to Hampshire, which was signed in February. |
| | Paul Strang reappointed Auckland Aces coach (KrishCricket.com)
Auckland Aces coach Paul Strang has been rewarded for guiding the team to two domestic cricket titles last summer. |
| | Cook leads England recovery (KrishCricket.com)
After being put into bat, the home side quickly found themselves 22-3 inside the first hour before the in-form Alastair Cook led their recovery effort with 96. |
| | T20: Depleted India favourites to beat WI (KrishCricket.com)
A second string Indian team - led by Suresh Raina - will kick off the West Indies tour here at the Queen's Park Oval on Saturday, when they take on an equally young home team in the only Twenty20 international. |
| | Young Indian team keen on doing well: Raina (KrishCricket.com)
India's stand-in captain Suresh Raina is happy that the seniors have got a deserved break and hoped that the youngsters would make the most of the opportunity in the series against the West Indies. |
| | KP has the solution to overcome left arm spin woes: Strauss (KrishCricket.com)
England cricket captain Andrew Strauss believes his key batsman Kevin Pietersen will conquer his problems against left-arm spin with a mountain of runs, as the team prepares to take on Sri Lanka in the second Test at Lords from today. |
| | India's influence in world cricket too much, says players (KrishCricket.com)
A majority of international players think India has too much influence in running international cricket. Participating in a survey carried out by the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) during this year's World Cup, at least 7 in 10 players (70 percent) thought the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) exerted too much influence on the sport globally. "Players have highlighted that the governance of the game is a serious issue," FICA chief executive Tim May said. |
| | Waqar says he “never interfered in Afridi's job or in selection affairs” (KrishCricket.com)
Pakistan cricket coach Waqar Younis has denied interfering with former captain Shahid Afridi's attempts to run the side. |
| | Freddie Flintoff waiting for KP blockbuster at Lords (KrishCricket.com)
Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has described key batsman Kevin Pietersen as the biggest box-office draw in national team ranks and is backing him to emerge from his troubles against left-arm spin. |
| | PCB disciplinary committee to hear Afridi’s case on June 8 (KrishCricket.com)
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has formed a four-member disciplinary committee for hearing a disciplinary case against former captain Shahid Afridi from June 8. |
| | ‘Overconfident’ Umar Akmal says ‘that's just the way he is” (KrishCricket.com)
Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal's aggressive approach to his cricket has been regarded by some as brash, but the player says ‘that is just the way he is’. |
| | Gillespie appointed assistant coach of Australia A team (KrishCricket.com)
Cricket Australia (CA) has appointed former fast bowler Jason Gillespie as the assistant coach of the Australia A team for their Zimbabwe tour, which begins on June 25. |
| | Morgan shows test credentials (KrishCricket.com)
Eoin Morgan looked every inch a Test player as he and three others batsmen underpinned England's recovery on day one at Lord's. The left-hander returned from the Indian Premier League two weeks ago to make 193 for England Lions in his first innings away from the sub-continent this summer, thereby leapfrogging Ravi Bopara into the Test team. Others made big runs ahead of him in England's innings win over Sri Lanka in the first npower Test in Cardiff. But when he was required to dig in yesterday, as at Derby for the Lions against the same opponents, he displayed none of the skittishness which might be expected of a batsman more recently attuned to Twenty20 cricket. |
| | Chanderpaul hauled up by WICB (KrishCricket.com)
After Chris Gayle, veteran West Indies batsman Shivnaraine Chanderpaul is gearing up for another showdown with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) following his comments in an interview that the board tried to force him to retire. |
| | Rupees rule as under-fire India calls shots (KrishCricket.com)
The majority of players, like many serious commentators, believe India has too much power in world cricket. Of course, all of those players are happy to line up for the Indian board's rupees come Indian Premier League time. In fact, one third of them said they would retire early to cash in. And therein lies the dilemma of modern cricket. Still, the issue of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's power over the modern game is attracting criticism of late. The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations survey of 45 international players revealed that the majority (69 per cent) are not happy with the way India uses its financial power to dictate to other boards and to the International Cricket Council. |
| | Tendulkar is the greatest batsman I have seen: Richards (KrishCricket.com)
Batting legend Viv Richards has not seen Sir Donald Bradman but of all those he has seen, including compatriot Brian Lara, none has been better than iconic Indian Sachin Tendulkar. “I didn’t see Don but to me, in all my years associated with the game, I haven’t seen a better batsman than Sachin Tendulkar,” said Richards in a eulogy to the “little man”, who openly professes to have idolised him while growing up. “If there is a better batsman than Sachin then he hasn’t arrived yet.” |
| | Flintoff backs England for top spot (KrishCricket.com)
Former all-rounder Andrew Flintoff believes England will be the world's number one Test team by the end of the summer. Andrew Strauss' side pulled off one of the most remarkable victories in Test history as they skittled Sri Lanka for just 82 on the final afternoon to win the first Test by an innings and 14 runs in Cardiff on Monday. |
| | Strauss wary of Sri Lanka response (KrishCricket.com)
England captain Andrew Strauss is refusing to write-off Sri Lanka despite the first Test rout in Cardiff. England produced a memorable display as they blew away the Sri Lanka second innings on the final afternoon to secure an unlikely victory. However Strauss will be unsurprised if there is telling response among the batsmen from Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene in the second Test at Lord's. |
| | Waqar denies Afridi rift (KrishCricket.com)
Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has denied claims that he interfered with Shahid Afridi's work as captain. Afridi has retired, temporarily at least, from international cricket after losing the one-day captaincy to Misbah-ul-Haq - a move he saw as a humiliation by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Reports have attributed that decision to a breakdown in relations between Waqar and Afridi. |
| | BCCI has turned ICC into a toothless tiger: Ranatunga (KrishCricket.com)
In a scathing attack on the BCCI, former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga said the Indian Board's financial might has turned theICC into a "toothless tiger" and called the IPL a "monster" that will destroy international cricket. |
| | Warne to be immortalised in bronze at MCG (KrishCricket.com)
Australian spin legend Shane Warne is all set to be immortalised in bronze at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). |
| | PCB summons coach Waqar for probe in team rift (KrishCricket.com)
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has cancelled the leave of its coach Waqar Younis, asking him to return home from Ireland and be part of a probe into reports of rift within the team management. |
| | England snatch unlikey win (KrishCricket.com)
England pulled off one of the most remarkable victories in Test history as they skittled Sri Lanka for just 82 on the final afternoon to win the first Test by an innings and 14 runs in Cardiff. Graeme Swann (four for 16) and Chris Tremlett (four for 40) were the heroes as the tourists simply crumbled in just 24.4 overs. England had briefly batted when play got under way at 3pm after yet more rain at the SWALEC Stadium, Ian Bell (103 not out) getting his 13th Test ton before they declared on 496 for five - a lead of just 96 which, incredibly, proved to be enough. |
| | Waqar: Ireland are getting closer (KrishCricket.com)
Pakistan coach Waqar Younis believes Ireland are only a couple of middle-order batsmen away from becoming more than just competitive irritants on the one-day international stage. Waqar watched his side claim a 2-0 series success over the Irish in Belfast this long weekend, but he was still able to deliver an assessment to enthuse Ireland about their future. |
| | Afridi quits international cricket (KrishCricket.com)
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has retired from all forms of international cricket, according to reports in his homeland. Geo TV say the 31-year-old, who has played 27 Tests, 345 ODIs and 43 Twenty20s, has ended his career with the national side. Afridi stepped down from the Test game after last year's tour of England, but remained a key part of the limited-overs sides and captained Pakistan to the World Cup final earlier this year. |
| | Trott keen to keep it simple (KrishCricket.com)
England run machine Jonathan Trott is keen to continue treating international cricket as a "simple game" after cracking 203 in the first npower Test against Sri Lanka yesterday. Trott's latest eight-and-a-half-hour marathon took his runs tally in 19 matches to a remarkable 1,803, with an average pushing 67 that takes him to second behind the unassailable Sir Donald Bradman among players with at least 20 Test innings to their name. |
| | Cricketers still waiting on $250,000 Champions League pay out (KrishCricket.com)
New Zealand cricket players may refuse to play in the next Champions League Twenty-20 tournament with Central Districts still waiting on a pay out of almost $250 thousand. |
| | Tharanga failed dope test during World Cup (KrishCricket.com)
In what would come as a massive blow to Sri Lankan cricket, batsman Upul Tharanga reportedly tested positive for a banned substance during the recent World Cup and the ICC will hold an inquiry against the player soon. |
| | Fans emotionally drained after World Cup win: Dhoni (KrishCricket.com)
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday said that playing in the IPL just after the World Cup was tough and the fans were also “emotionally drained” after the country’s historic triumph of the coveted trophy last month. |
| | Portefield down after defeat (KrishCricket.com)
Ireland captain "William Porterfield" conceded his side had "let a few people down" after they suffered a morale-sapping seven-wicket defeat to Pakistan in the first one-day international in Belfast. |
| | Stubborn pair back in the Groove (KrishCricket.com)
England opener "Alastair Cook" believes stubbornness is the key to the phenomenal weight of runs scored by himself and Jonathan Trott in recent months. |
| | Chennai storm to IPL Title (KrishCricket.com)
Chennai Super Kings romped to the Indian Premier League title with a 58-run win over Bangalore Royal Challengers. |