Cook rubbish ball-tampering talk

Alastair Cook has fervently denied Umar Gul's charge that England bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson have occupied in ball tampering. Gul claimed Anderson tampered with the ball during Pakistan's contentious 2010 tour of England and that Broad did the same in the most recent Ashes series in Australia. He said: "During our series against England last year I saw [James] Anderson was doing it (ball tampering). Against Australia, when they [England]...

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Ganga aim for NCL T20 semis spot

T&T captain Daren Ganga said they will now play with expect and faith to qualify for the semifinals of the NCL T20. Ganga was dissatisfied that his team lost two close ties earlier in the event but said they wanted to do something significant on Sunday against Chennai Super Kings as it was the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. "Obviously, we were dissatisfied with our two losses earlier. Both were very close games which went down to the last over....

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Chennai pitch rough to score on

After beat to the NSW Blues, Mumbai Indians all-rounder James Franklin say the MA Chidambaram Stadium pitch in Chennai is one of the most challenging he has played on. "It's almost certainly one of the more challenging pitches I've played on in my vocation," Franklin said after the match. "It was really, really tough looking to score runs up front and it was real attach, credit to New South Wales, I think they bowled exceptionally well, they stuck...

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Trinidad and Tobago beat Chennai Kings

Trinidad and Tobago 123 for 8 (Perkins 34, Cooper 28, Jakati 2-18) hit Chennai Super Kings 111 for 6 (Bravo 32*, Narine 3-8) by 12 runs Dwayne Bravo attempt to save the situation with 32 from 22 balls and Albie Morkel hit 18 from 12 but it was too little too late. Doug Bollinger take three for 30 and Shadab Jakati two for 18 as the West Indian side were limited to 123 for eight, with only Kevon Cooper's late assault lifting their total to that...

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