Kingston, June 25 (IANS) West Indies captain Chris Gayle says the team would be looking to make a strong start to the four-match One-day International (ODI) series against India, beginning Friday, so as to keep up the pressure on the visitors. Gayle said his team had improved a lot in ...

Within days of been knocked out of the ICC World T20 and after having faced a barrage of unnecessary – and in certain instances necessary – media scrutiny, the Indian team will find the peace of the Caribbean beaches a much needed break in itself. Thankfully for the team, they ...

Kingston, June 24 (IANS) West Indies coach John Dyson said his resurgent team will be more dangerous at home turf and will play an aggressive brand of cricket in the One-day seeries against India starting Friday. Dyson said they have chalked out strategies to tackle key Indian players, though he ...

Kingston, June 22 (IANS) The Indian cricket team kept its fingers crossed and geared up for the One-day series against the West Indies as the first ever Caribbean Games to be held in Trinidad and Tobago, slated for July, has been cancelled due to the outbreak of swine flu. Trinidad ...

Nottingham, June 18 (IANS) India crashed out of the Women's World Twenty20 Thursday, going down to New Zealand by 52 runs in the semifinals at Trent Bridge here. After the men's team failed to defend their title, bowing out in the Super Eight stage, expectations were high from the women's ...

Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan have been rested while left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra has returned to the India squad for the four one-dayers in the West Indies. The 16-member squad was announced Wednesday after a teleconference between chairman of selectors Krishnamachari Srikkanth, his colleague Raja Venkat, ...

Nottingham, June 17 (IANS) India's miserable run in the World Twenty20 ended without a win in the Super Eight as they were beaten by South Africa in a low-scoring game by 12 runs here at Trent Bridge. If short pitched bowling proved India's nemesis against West Indies and England, South ...

New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Indian Grand Master Vishwanathan Anand Tuesday empathised with the Indian cricket team, facing backlash for their early exit from the World Twenty20, saying that defending a title is always tougher. Anand, who successfully defended his chess World Championship title at Bonn in Germany last year, ...

Nottingham, June 16 (IANS) India's cricket coach Gary Kirsten has squarely blamed the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the team's early exit from the World Twenty20, saying that a lot of players were carrying niggles into the tournament. "The one thing that did not play into our hands here is ...

India’s campaign in the ICC World T20 was ended rudely by England and they were dumped out of reckoning when they lost to the hosts at Lord’s in a Super Eights game. This was a result which had been feared by a lot, for some time now, yet, its eventual ...