India vs Pakistan – BowlOut first time in cricket history
India VS Pakistan : Bowl out 20-20. First ever ball out used in the history of cricket game. This was used for the first time in the 20-20 World cup held between India and Pakistan. India won the bowl-out 3-0.
India vs Sri Lanka highlights – 2nd Test Day 5
Watch India vs Sri Lanka highlights online for the fourth day of the second Test here. This page will be updated on 29 November.
India vs Sri Lanka Highlights – 2nd Test Day 4
India completed a comprehensive win against the Lankans beating them by an innings 144 runs.
India vs Sri Lanka Highlights – 2nd Test Day 3
India grabbed the bull by the horns. And are looking strong for a victory in the second Test.
India vs Srilanka 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights
India were restricted below 650 by a fine spell of bowling by Rangana Herath. In reply, Sri Lanka lost Dilshan on the very first ball, but ended the day strongly at 66-1.
India vs Srilanka Highlights – 2nd Test Day 1 Highlights
India won the toss and elected to bat and scored a whopping 417/2 on the first day. Catch all India vs Srilanka Highlights, Second Test Day 1 Highlights here.
Asthmatic Becks spotted with inhaler
London, Nov 24 –: For the first time, soccer ace David Beckham has been pictured with an asthma inhaler during LA Galaxy's MLS final defeat against Real Salt Lake City.
The soccerer has secretly suffered the condition for years and has never been seen with his puffer.
But Goldenboots let his guard down during the recent match where he was spotted with his inhaler.
The England ace said his asthma is mild and has never hindered his career.
He even forced himself to play the final with a bruised ankle bone and needed pain-killing injections.
I said I would be back with LA Galaxy after hopefully the World Cup and that's not going to change. It is the end of the season and I have to just try and rest it, the Daily Star quoted Becks as saying.
His spokesman added: David has had a mild form of asthma for years. It's not in any way severe. –
Alam not worried by Saqlain's presence in Kiwi camp
Lahore, Nov.24 –: Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam is not bothered about former off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq's presence in the Kiwi camp.
Alam said Saqlain, who has been appointed as New Zealand's bowling consultant, would not give hosts any advantage in the Dunedin Test beginning Tuesday (today).
Cricket is a global sport and being professional coach, one is expected to give his best on the assignment he is working on. Nowadays coaching is a fulltime professional job and you can get a challenging assignment with any team, The Daily Times quoted Alam, as saying.
I have told the boys to just focus on game and do your best. Nothing else matters. In New Zealand conditions, pacers should dominate during the series, he added.
Alam said he is happy that former Pakistan cricketers are getting high profile assignments abroad.
While Alam believes that Saqlain's presence would not have any impact on the Test match, team insiders said players are worried by the former top off-spinner lending help to the Black Caps.
He is a Pakistani and top off-spinner. The biggest worry is that he will help the New Zealanders tackle our spinners well, particularly Saeed Ajmal, who is still new to Test cricket, sources privy to the Pakistan dressing room said. –
'Frustated' Sami livid with ICL for non-payment of dues
Islamabad, Nov.24 –: 'Forgotten' Pakistan speedster Mohammad Sami is frustrated with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) and has blamed the rebel league of not paying his dues despite several reminders.
Sami, who once headed Pakistan's pace attack along with Shoaib Akhtar, blamed the ICL for delaying his payments unnecessarily.
They (ICL) have not paid me the final three instalments. I believe in honesty and paying people what is owed to them. However, all that I have found is excuses from the ICL organisers regarding the non-payments whenever I have tried to contact them. I sincerely hope that the ICL organisers will pay up very soon,' Sami told PakPassion.net.
Sami, 28, said he gave his hundred percent during each ICL game, and that the he represented (Lahore Badshahs), who were a huge crowd puller in the competition, but despite that fact the ICL administration is not paying heed to his demands.
The Lahore Badshahs were a huge attraction in the ICL and we played in front of big crowds wherever we went. We were a big draw in the competition and helped boost the crowds, he said.
Its really frustrating that none of the ICL organisers are answering questions that are being put to them and instead I keep hearing about the uncertain future of the ICL and the financial difficulties they are facing, he added.
Sami said he is also looking to obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the ICL to play for Pakistan once again.
I've been in good form for Karachi Blues in the Quaid E Azam Trophy, having taken 25 wickets at just over 21 runs apiece and I hope that I can be on the plane for the Australia tour, said Sami, who has 33 Tests and 83 ODIs for Pakistan. –
Oz pacer Johnson admits family problems led to Ashes meltdown
Perth (Australia), Nov. 24 –: Australia's left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has admitted to having a bitter row with his mother over his association with girlfriend Jessica Bratich, and added that this stand-off, was at the heart of his Ashes meltdown.
He also revealed that he was convinced he would be dropped as his Ashes campaign ran spectacularly off the rails after a delicate family situation escalated, with his mother, Vikki Harber, complaining publicly that she had become estranged from her son. She said his relationship with Jessica Bratich had come between them.
I guess it started off with the personal side of things, which really probably did get to me, Johnson said yesterday. I was probably denying it as well at the time. Copping it from the crowd probably didn't help.
Mentally, I have learned to be a lot stronger – concentration on what I have to do out in the middle. This is what I have to do for a living, and I have just got to leave everything behind me when I'm out there, the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Johnson, as saying.
Four months after his dramatic loss of form and confidence, the 28-year-old thanked Ricky Ponting and the Australian selectors for sparing him when he felt sure he would be axed.
He said he would like to again be trusted with the new red ball, having relinquished it to the less experienced Peter Siddle after spraying it all over Lord's during that awful outing at the home of cricket, where England took full advantage of his waywardness and seized a 1-0 Ashes lead.
To his immense credit, Johnson finished the Ashes strongly, with 20 wickets at 32.55. He turned the corner at Edgbaston, and yesterday expressed sincere gratitude to those who persevered with him when only a few days earlier during a tour game at Northampton, he appeared to have lost all confidence.
Johnson said: I don't know what the selectors were thinking, I don't know what Ricky was thinking, if they were going to drop me or not. Just in my mind, I thought that was going to happen. For those guys to have that confidence in me gave me confidence as well. It made me think a lot more positively about what my role was … –
