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Melbourne, Dec 28 (IANS) India suffered a batting collapse losing seven wickets for 68 runs before being bundled out for 268 runs in the first innings, in reply to Australia 333, at lunch on the third day of the first cricket Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Wednesday. Fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus wrecked the India’s middle-order with his [...]
Melbourne, Dec 28 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard at lunch on the third day of the first cricket Test between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Wednesday. Australia 1st innings: 333 all out India 1st innings (overnight 214/3): Gautam Gambhir c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 3 Virender Sehwag b Pattinson 67 Rahul Dravid b Hilfenhaus 68 [...]
Melbourne, Dec 28 (IANS) India were all out for 282 runs in the first innings, in reply to Australia’s 333, on the third day of the first cricket Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Wednesday. Resuming at overnight 214/3, India added just 68 runs during the morning session and gave Australia a handy lead of 51 runs. Ben [...]
Buenos Aires, Dec 27 (IANS) Alfio Basile, the former Argentine football coach, was named the boss of top-flight Argentine side Racing Club de Avellaneda for the fourth time in his career. Basile took over the job from compatriot Diego Simeone, who has left to coach Atletico Madrid in Spain, Xinhua reported. ‘I want to be a champion,’ said the 68-year-old, [...]
London, Dec 27 (IANS) Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has confirmed that defender Jonny Evans will be out of action for two weeks after suffering a calf injury during the side’s 5-0 win over Wigan in the English Premier League. Ferguson also said after the match that Evans will not make the New Year’s Eve encounter with Blackburn, Xinhua reported. [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) Australian star all-rounder Shane Watson’s recovery from a calf injury has been slower than expected and he could miss the entire Test series against India. Watson was expected to be fit for the second Test in Sydney, but is yet to resume batting or bowling. He is working with Australian team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground [...]
Sydney, Dec 27 (IANS) Sydney Sixers registered their second victory in the Twenty20 Big Bash League here Tuesday after a thrilling two-run win over Melbourne Stars. Stars’ number ten batsman Clint McKay had the chance to be a hero by hitting Brett Lee for four from the final ball to win the match but could only manage a single. The [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) Australia are hopeful that debutant opener Ed Cowan will take the field on the third day of the first Test against India after receiving treatment for a sore back. Cowan, who scored 68 to be Australia’s top-scorer in the first innings, was on and off the field and spent much of the second day with team [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin hopes for another sunny day at the Mebourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Wednesday as it will make the pitch more batting friendly for his team to gain a sizeable first innings lead in the first Test against Australia. India trail Australia by 119 runs after ending Day Two at 214 for three and [...]
Beijing, Dec 27 (IANS) China enjoyed solid dominance in their preferred sports in 2011 but challenges loom ahead of the London Olympics. China is traditionally strong in sports like diving, table tennis and badminton, from which the world’s most populous nation has reaped piles of international titles. The ‘dream team’ of Chinese divers topped the FINA World Championships’ diving medal [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) Australian wicket-keeper batsman Brad Haddin conceded that India are slightly ahead in the first Test, though Sachin Tendulkar’s prized scalp in the day’s last over has lifted their confidence going into Day Three. India ended Day Two of the Boxing Day Test at 214 for three with Tendulkar missing out on the elusive hundred yet again. [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting Tuesday fired a subtle shot at the Indian cricket board saying that the decision review system should be compulsory in Test cricket. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has objected to the use of Decision Review System (DRS) since it has doubts about its accuracy and doesn’t accept [...]
London, Dec 27 (IANS) Manchester United kept up their hopes of retaining the Premier League football title with a convincing 5-0 victory over Wigan Athletic on Boxing Day when their closest rivals Manchester City and Chelsea were surprisingly held to draws. Dimitar Berbatov, the second choice centre forward for United this season, reinforced his value with a hat-trick while Park [...]
Mardin (Turkey), Dec 27 (IANS) India squandered an opportunity to win the women’s world chess team championship losing 1-3 to Georgia while China won the title despite losing to Ukraine 1.5-2.5 in the eighth round. Among other contenders Russia beat South Africa 4-0 but that could only catapult them to second position with no chance of catching up with China [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting Tuesday said older players like Sachin Tendulkar inspired him to score a flamboyant 62 in the first innings against India in the Boxing Day Test. Ponting, who turned 37 last week, said that like any other cricketer he took inspiration from players even older than him, such as the 38-year-old Sachin [...]
Port of Spain, Dec 27 (IANS/CMC) Rookie West Indies One-Day International batsman Jason Mohammed says he is bent on retaining his place in the side despite failing in his solitary match on the recent tour to India. The diminutive Trinidad and Tobago player made his debut in the fifth and final ODI in Chennai Dec 11 and struggled, scoring only [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) The fond hopes of Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th international century were rudely cut short minutes before close of play on the second day of the first cricket Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Tuesday but the batting maestro along with Rahul Dravid hit crucial half-centuries to take India to a comfortable 214 for [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard at stumps on the second day of the first cricket Test between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Tuesday. Australia 1st Innings (Overnight 277/6): Ed Cowan c Dhoni b Ashwin 68 David Warner c Dhoni b Yadav 37 Shaun Marsh c Kohli b Yadav 0 Ricky Ponting [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) India were 214 for three in their first innings at stumps, in reply to Australia’s 333 all out, on the second day of the first cricket Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Tuesday. Rahul Dravid was batting on 68 and night-watchman Ishant Sharma was yet to open his account at close of play. Sachin [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (IANS) A brisk half-century by Virender Shewag took India to 99 for two in the first innings, in reply to Australia’s 333 at tea on the second day of the first Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Tuesday. Sehwag departed shortly before the tea break after scoring 67 off 83 balls. Rahul Dravid (25) and [...]
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