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Duncan Fletcher has been appointed as coach of Indian Cricket Team for a period of two years today, at the Working Committee meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Duncan Fletcher’s first task will be to lead Indian Team when they tour to England in July this year. An all-rounder – [...]

Sydney, Sep 28 (ANI): After appointment of Troy Cooley as the head of Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, the Australian team is in need of a new bowling coach. Cooley, a part of the Australian team since ending a successful stint as England bowling coach in 2006, will take part in the job [...]

London, Sep 28(ANI): Former cricket legend Ian Botham has predicted that England would beat Australia in the battle for the Ashes with out-of-favour batsman Kevin Pietersen being one of the key trump cards. “I think England will win the Ashes and I think they might win it in a bit of style. I do think [...]

New Delhi, Sep 28(ANI): Australia’s gymnastics team for the Delhi Commonwealth Games was reportedly denied a chance to speak to the media after touching down at the Indira Gandhi airport late on Monday. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, local and Australian media person were told by police shortly before the arrival of the team [...]

Melbourne, Sept 27 (ANI): A female robber in Darwin, Australia is said to have robbed a fast food restaurant, and then stripped to a bikini before fleeing with more than 500 dollars in cash. The woman, believed to be between 25 and 30 years of age, walked into a Berrimah’s Subway restaurant in broad daylight [...]

New Delhi, Sept.27 (ANI): Around 550 athletes and officials are expected to arrive in Delhi today to participate in the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi. The largest contingent is from South Africa with 113 athletes and officials followed by Scotland with 77 athletes and officials those who arrive today. Among the other large contingents arriving [...]

Lahore, Sep 27(ANI): Pakistani batsman Azhar Ali, who scored 291 runs at an average of 26.45 in the recent Test series against Australia and England, feels that he could have done a lot better during the tour. Azhar’s highest score of 92 not out at The Oval had laid the foundations for Pakistan’s four wicket [...]

Sydney, Sep 27(ANI): Former Australia cricketer Ian Chappell reckons that Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag holds the key to M.S. Dhoni’s team winning the two-Test series against Australia. “If Sehwag successfully launches a couple of his blitz attacks against the new ball, not only will it be difficult for Australia to recover, it’ll also be [...]

New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI): Australia”s first Commonwealth Games athletes, who arrived in Delhi this morning, have said that they have come with an open mind despite security concerns, and added that they were “looking forward” to compete in the event and clarify all doubts regarding the gloomy accommodation reports themselves. The Sydney Morning Herald [...]

London, Sep 27 (ANI): Global actors” unions have advised their members to avoid taking roles in the new Hobbit movies amid a row over pay. Cate Blanchett, Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are among the stars who have been linked with the two big-budget ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequels. But seven unions in the [...]

Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Rubbishing security concerns over Australia’s warnings that its citizens in Delhi should not fly national flags, Australian Commonwealth Games Federation chief Perry Crosswhite has said the Games venues are secure and there would be no issue there. Security experts warned Australians travelling to India not to wear Aussie colours or T-shirts, [...]

Kolkata, Sep 27 (IANS) Recession may have ebbed, but artisans of the potters’ colony Kumartuli here say export orders for idols for next month’s Durga Puja festival have picked up only marginally compared to last year. ‘We in Kumartuli have received a slightly higher number of orders compared to last year,’ Babu Pal, who is [...]

Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) Visitors Australia Monday bundled out the Indian Board President’s XI team for just 177 runs, amassing a lead of 328 runs over the home side on the third and last day of the three-day warm up match between both sides at the Sector 16 cricket stadium here. Fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus [...]

New Delhi, Sep 21 (ANI): Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese today announced that seven Indian students will be offered the prestigious Australian Leadership Award (ALA) scholarship. These scholarships are implemented by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) as part of the Australia Awards initiative. The ALA program aims to develop leadership, build [...]

Sydney, Sep 21(ANI): Less than a month before the start of a new cricket season in Australia, the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is undergoing renovation, where workmen are using laser technology to produce the perfect playing area. The process will remove bumps and hollows, refine the 360-degree camber, thereby improving drainage, and make life easier [...]

Karachi, Sept 21 (ANI): Pakistan’s Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has come under stinging criticism from his predecessors for accusing the English players of throwing a match for an “enormous” amount of cash. Former PCB chief Khalid Mahmood slammed Butt’s remarks as “most ridiculous,” adding that if he had any evidence, he should have shared [...]

Melbourne, Sep 21 (ANI): West Indian legend Sir Garfield Sobers has said that Australian great Shane Warne has been overrated as a bowler. Sobers made this claim in a book released in England titled “In a League of Their Own: 100 Cricket Legends Select Their World XI”. Sobers used his foreword to overcome the notion [...]

Karachi, Sep 21(ANI): The former girlfriend of Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif, actress Veena Malik, has said that she has received death threats after speaking out about the match-fixing scandal. Veena revealed that she received a terrifying email after handing evidence of Asif’s dealings with an Indian bookie to the International Cricket Council (ICC). “Don’t [...]

London, Sep 21(ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) is reportedly investigating the Lord’s Test between Pakistan and Australia played in July. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the match involves a different set of players to those accused of rigging aspects of the fourth Test against England. The sport’s governing body is [...]

Melbourne, Sept 21 (ANI): The appeal of Indian-origin doctor in Australia, Jayant Patel, against his convictions for killing and maiming his patients has been postponed till next year because of his inability to pay his lawyers’ fee. The former Bundaberg Base Hospital chief surgeon was jailed for seven years in July after he was convicted [...]