If the leaders are born, then this boy is a born leader. On the cricket field, he looks head and shoulders above the players of his age. Prithvi Shaw, 9, is the star of his school. If Rizvi Springfield High School has won four titles last season, it was because of Prithvi’s all-round skills and [...]

Under fire from the Indian cricket board, former captain Sourav Ganguly went back on his allegations about the board having different rules for different players, and said he knew “what to say and what not to”. “Being a responsible person, I know what to say and what not to say. People should look into [...]

Preity Zinta has seen a lot of upheavals in life, but the spunk and outspoken attitude is intact. Every bit her old cheerful self, she doesn’t miss a beat to speak out what is on her mind, and to put the facts straight. Talking to a news daily recently she talked about her single [...]

Australia’s captain believes his team had Pietersen’s measure during the first two Tests, but wonders how England will cope without its batting star now he has been ruled out of the series following achilles tendon surgery. “If you look at the way we’ve bowled to him and the way he’s played, he’s been one [...]

What a topsy-turvy game cricket is. At Cardiff in the first Test England just about scraped home with a draw after its time wasting tactics brought a howl of protest from the Australians. At Lord’s, where England have a poor record against the old enemy, they went on to win by a handsome margin of [...]

After outbatting the faltering Phillip Hughes here yesterday, the all-rounder Shane Watson insisted he would be happy to face Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison with the new ball should England’s most potent pace bowlers be reunited at Edgbaston for the third Ashes Test this week. Watson’s 84 doubly underlined his credentials to open for [...]

Former Team India skipper Sourav Ganguly is set to lead the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the IPL season 3, reports said. Ganguly, who is eying to be in Cricket Association of Bengal(CAB) was not available for the comment but sources believe that he would be heading the KKR team.
The reports say further, the IPL [...]

Ricky Ponting’s Australia were on the receiving end of four dodgy decisions in the recent Ashes Test, including one which claimed his own wicket in the first innings. Ricky was taunted and baited throughout – and saw his side go one down after deliberate time wasting tactics helped England escape with a draw from [...]

The swine-flu pandemic is hitting Australia particularly hard this summer as the former slave colony works to prepare the first vaccine to treat the deadly virus. Over 10,000 Australians have been infected and 48 have died, and major Australian hospitals have canceled elective surgeries that would take up much-needed beds in intensive care units. [...]

Like any good Test match, Lord’s was great theatre. It was also passable pantomime, with Andrew Flintoff in fee-fi-fo-fum form, smelling the blood of an Aus-tray-ly-un. Of course, every panto needs a villain, and one arrived ready-made in Ricky Ponting. When his praise for England in a gracious post-match concession speech was applauded, Ponting [...]