Rajasthan Royals cricketer AnkeetChavan was the first to break down under interrogation by Delhi Police and has accepted his role in the spot-fixing scandal that rocked the Indian Premier League ( IPL) Thursday. "One of the cricketers, Ankeet Chavan, has accepted that he made a mistake," a Delhi police official told IANS. Chavan's other two Rajasthan Royals teammates Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila, however, ha ...

THREE INDIAN Premier League players and seven Indian book makers have been arrested for spot fixing and more arrests are expected, with speculation that a top foreign player from the Rajasthan Royals is also under police investigation. Keralan paceman S. Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals team mates, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, were arrested by Delhi police in Mumbai on Wednesday night after the ...

By Rida Zaheer Shahid Afridi has alledged  Pakistan’s one-day cricket captain  Misbah-ul-Haq for his exception from the Champions Trophy squad, and has vowed  to return to the national team. Afridi told the  media on Wednesday that “It’s the  captain’s decision to drop me.” The veteran of 354 limited-overs internationals also says it’s “no big deal”  for him if a captain doesn’t want a certain player in the ...

BCCI is initially impressed with the facilities at the newly-built Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium but will analyse the preparedness of the venue to host international matches through the two IPL matches. "The kind of infrastructure which they have got, I think this is the most suitable venue to be allotted for the international matches," IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said ahead of the Pune Wa ...

By Rida Zaheer He has been the understudy to Phil Neville of late and due to the 36-year-old's imminent departure, he will be made the Neville hasn't been a first-team regular for some time now and he has decided to find a new club in order to get game time. This means the role is an easy choice for Moyes who is very confident in the former Sheffield United man's ability. He told the Everton website: "If Ph ...

By Rida Zaheer Tweet Losing the test series 3-0 and the one-day series 3-2, the Pakistan cricket team would undergo a post-mortem when they got home, said captain Misbah-ul-Huq in Benoni on Sunday. “We started poorly, especially in test matches, and although we improved in the second test, we have made mistakes in our batting throughout the tour,” Misbah said. “We go back and reflect on the performances and ...

Rida Zaheer Pakistan 236 for 7 (Farhat 93, Misbah 80) beat South Africa 234 for 9 (De Villiers 75, Miller 67, Ajmal 3-42) by three wickets . Smart stats Pakistan's win is their fourth against South Africa in matches played in South Africa since 2000. In the same period, this is their second win in Durban. Since 2009, South Africa have lost at least two matches in seven out of nine home ODI series. The only ...

By Rida Zaheer Pakistan and  Malaysia  gone for drawn in  a do-or-die game in Ipoh, Malaysia on Thursday, March 14, 2013 Malaysia scored a goal in the 6th minute and lead 1-0. Pakistan leveled as Imran scores goal in the 15th minute via penalty corner. At half-time, the score has been leveled by 1-1. Malaysia scored in the 52nd minute to take 2-1 lead. Pakistan draw level in the 62nd minute through Shafqat ...