Paine, Hastings to go through surgeries

Tim Paine and John Hastings will undertake surgeries and have been lined out of Australia's short-format teams for next month's tour of South Africa. The duo both need surgery on injury which will rule them out of the two Twenty20 and three one-day internationals, which get beneath way with the opening T20 clash in Cape Town on October 13. Wicketkeeper-batsman Paine has been stressed with a long-term finger injury and Australia team physiotherapist...

India squad next to England on Sept 29

The Indian squad for next month's first two one-dayers next to the visiting England side will be picked in Chennai on Thursday, according to the BCCI sources. "The team for the first two ODIs next to England will be chosen in Chennai on September 29," BCCI source said on Monday. The selectors will also decide the three teams - India Red, Indian Blue and India Green - to take part in the N K P Salve Challenger Series in Nagpur from October 10-13,...

Court rejects Modi's appeal next to panel

The Supreme Court of India has dismissed Lalit Modi's plea for reconstitution of the BCCI-appointed corrective panel inquisitive allegations of financial irregularity against him. A bench comprise justices J M Panchal and H L Gokhale said that the three-member committee was "validly" constitute by the BCCI and it cannot be reconstituted just on the ground of apprehension of biasness expressed by Modi. "We cannot presume that member won’t give...

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Botha: We played and execute our plan

subsequent their 50-run win over the Red backs in the NCL T20, Warriors captain Johan Botha said they played to the plan and are looking onward to the challenges ahead. "Two out of two at the start of the competition is always important," he told reporters after Warriors scored their second succeeding win in the tournament. He was all praise for Jon-Jon Smuts, whose knock of 88 off 65 balls helped the South African team set a huge total of 171...

Wasim: Need to include Indo-Pak matches

Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that India and Pakistan taking on each other on the sports field would get ready players from both the sides to handle pressure. Akram, who was taking part in a panel conversation along with ex-Indian hockey captain, Dhanraj Pillay, also slam colleague and fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for his pained comments in his autobiography, "Controversially Yours", next to top Indian batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul...