Kanpur's pitch curator is an electrician! Kanpur, Nov 30: An electrician is doubling up as pitch curator at the lone international cricket stadium here. Shiv Kumar, who is an electrician with the UP Sports Department, is helped by a tubewell operator in maintaining the pitch ...
Sri Lankan tracks have changed over time? Colombo, Oct 1: Sri Lankan wickets have been under the scanner off late, as there are speculations regarding the tracks being changed over time, and the officials at the Sri Lanka National Academy also agree that there has been a gradual ...
The devil's in the pitch at Lords London, July 21: India may hope that they can shirk off their batting woes and perform as a unit against England in the first Test of their ongoing tour. But the odds stack up pretty heavily at the venue Lords. Rain ...
Ponting trashes Gabba wicket Brisbane, Nov 30: Australian captain Ricky Ponting has defended his bowlers efforts in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane, saying that he had "never played on a Gabba wicket like that in my whole career".Australian fast bowlers, Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus ...
Hope H'bad pitch bowler-friendly: Taylor Kiwi middle-order batsman Ross Taylor has said that he hopes that the pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in Hyderabad, will be more conducive for the bowlers than the wicket at Motera. Taylor added that he hopes the conditions will ...
Eng to face difficulty at Gabba: Ponting Australian captain Ricky Ponting has sent out a warning to the visiting Englishmen that they will have a hard time on the Gabba pitch, despite their meaty preparation for the Ashes series. The tourists would have played three warm-up matches by ...
'Mohali pitch will be slower': Curator The Mohali pitch to be used in the first Test match between India and Australia will be a slower one according to the pitch curator Daljit Singh. Daljit, who knows the history of the pitch in detail was forthright in his ...
ICC satisfied with 'Kotla pitch' progress ICC's chief pitch consultant Andy Atkinson expressed satisfaction over the efforts being made to improve the Ferozeshah Kotla pitch ahead of the World Cup next year.The Kotla pitch was banned for one year from hosting international matches after the abandoned India-Sri ...
'We will try to keep it simple': Dhoni India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has urged his teammates to keeps things simple without worrying about the outcome of the match ahead of the Tri-series finals against hosts Sri Lanka in Dambulla."I think it is a small thing that really matters, ...
Pak Team management not happy with ICC Karachi: Pakistan Team management is reportedly not happy with the International Cricket Council(ICC) for overseeing the preparation of the pitches for their Test series against Australia in England despite the fact that the series is a "home" one for Pakistan. Pakistan ...