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Finch reacts after going unsold in IPL auctions

Finch reacts after going unsold in IPL auctions

Rediff.com21 Feb 2021

'I'd prefer to be playing cricket, but a little bit of time at home might not be the worst thing'

Govt may cut 2% import duty on gold

Govt may cut 2% import duty on gold

Rediff.com29 Jun 2014

The union government is expected to cut two per cent import duty in gold in the forthcoming budget, as local jewellers run out of inventory, a leading US brokerage said.

After 6 months in red, exports finally turn positive in Sep

After 6 months in red, exports finally turn positive in Sep

Rediff.com16 Oct 2020

After contracting for six straight months, India's exports rose 5.99 per cent to $27.58 billion in September on account of growth in shipments of drugs and pharmaceuticals and readymade garments, as per the government data released on Thursday. Exports stood at $26.02 billion in September 2019. The country's imports contracted 19.6 per cent to $30.31 billion in September.

Indian origin leggie in Aus T20 squad

Indian origin leggie in Aus T20 squad

Rediff.com30 Jan 2021

Tanveer, who is yet to play a first class game, got a call up to the national squad on the back of his impressive show for Sydney Thunder in his debut season in the Big Bash League.

Injured Maxwell set to miss start of IPL

Injured Maxwell set to miss start of IPL

Rediff.com12 Feb 2020

Australia's dashing all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is set to miss the beginning of the IPL after an elbow injury on Tuesday ruled him out of the upcoming ODIs and T20 Internationals in South Africa. The tour of South Africa starts on February 21. Maxwell will undergo surgery on his left elbow and will be replaced by D'Arcy Short in both squads.

COVID-19: McCullum calls for a Kiwi team in Big Bash League

COVID-19: McCullum calls for a Kiwi team in Big Bash League

Rediff.com6 May 2020

Several countries, including Australia have imposed travel restrictions, and McCullum feels adding a team from New Zealand in the tournament could pique the interest of the audience in the league, which has suffered a dip in crowd and TV numbers in the past two years.

World Bank predicts crude oil price rebound

World Bank predicts crude oil price rebound

Rediff.com23 Jul 2015

The revised projection comes after a 17% rise in the April-June.

We need to get better at spin, says Australia's Wade

We need to get better at spin, says Australia's Wade

Rediff.com10 Aug 2021

Bangladesh thrashed Australia by 60 runs in Dhaka on Monday to secure a comprehensive 4-1 series win, with the tourists' batsmen managing just 62 in 13.4 overs, their worst ever total in the format.

Got no demons in my head now, says Maxwell

Got no demons in my head now, says Maxwell

Rediff.com11 Jan 2020

Glenn Maxwell thanked Cricket Australia for supporting him and insisted that he had greatly benefited from the break.

Bushfires: Can we all work on climate reversal, pleads Ashwin

Bushfires: Can we all work on climate reversal, pleads Ashwin

Rediff.com7 Jan 2020

Former spinner Shane Warne on Monday had announced he would auction his Baggy Green cap to raise funds for victims of devastating bushfires in Australia.

Lisa Sthalekar inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

Lisa Sthalekar inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

Rediff.com5 Feb 2021

Sthalekar was a member of four Australian World Cup-winning teams across the ODI and T20 formats and captained Australia in three ODIs against New Zealand in 2006.

West Indian Russell banned over whereabouts violation

West Indian Russell banned over whereabouts violation

Rediff.com1 Feb 2017

West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell was banned on Tuesday for one year for a doping whereabouts rule violation.

Buzz: WI tour to go ahead despite COVID-19 breaches

Buzz: WI tour to go ahead despite COVID-19 breaches

Rediff.com11 Nov 2020

Babar named Pakistan Test captain, takes charge of all three formats.

1st T20: Conway leads NZ to convincing win over Australia

1st T20: Conway leads NZ to convincing win over Australia

Rediff.com22 Feb 2021

New Zealand thrashed Australia by 53 runs in the first T20I to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.

Buzz: Bangladesh to play T20I series in Pakistan, no Tests

Buzz: Bangladesh to play T20I series in Pakistan, no Tests

Rediff.com13 Jan 2020

Test cricket returned to Pakistan for the first time in ten years with the Sri Lankan team playing two matches in Rawalpindi and Karachi, with the hosts winning the second match to clinch the series 1-0 after the rain-curtailed first game ended in a draw.

Kapil on decline of art of swing bowling

Kapil on decline of art of swing bowling

Rediff.com20 Nov 2020

'The art of swing bowling should come back. Learning the knuckle ball and all is fine. If you don't know how to swing the ball, everything is waste.'

Cricket Buzz: Flintoff signs up for Brisbane Heat in Big Bash League

Cricket Buzz: Flintoff signs up for Brisbane Heat in Big Bash League

Rediff.com23 Oct 2014

Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff joined Brisbane Heat on a short-term deal in the Big Bash League (BBL) on Thursday, extending his surprise return to Twenty20 cricket.

Crude oil prices may have bottomed out

Crude oil prices may have bottomed out

Rediff.com18 Nov 2014

Crude oil's long price slide might be ending, feel some experts. Last Friday, the price of Brent crude, seen as a benchmark for what India uses, saw a low of $75.3 a barrel - it is now trading around $79. The fall has been nearly a third from its high seen in June, only five months earlier.

Faf du Plessis wants AB de Villiers back!

Faf du Plessis wants AB de Villiers back!

Rediff.com17 Dec 2019

South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis has confirmed that AB de Villiers is in talks with Cricket South Africa (CSA) to play the upcoming T20 World Cup.

CA says SCG Test on despite fresh COVID outbreak

CA says SCG Test on despite fresh COVID outbreak

Rediff.com18 Dec 2020

Australian cricket officials were put on alert after the number of cases in the northern beaches outbreak in Sydney reached 28 on Friday.

Controversial Gayle's Big Bash League return quashed

Controversial Gayle's Big Bash League return quashed

Rediff.com25 May 2016

With Chris Gayle struggling to set aside an array of controversies surrounding him, Big Bash League club Melbourne Renegades have decided to not re-sign the West Indies controversial batsman for the T20 tournament's next season.

Here's how Dravid created a solid talent pool for India...

Here's how Dravid created a solid talent pool for India...

Rediff.com12 May 2021

Rahul Dravid 'picked' the Australian 'brains' to create solid domestic structure which has served as a feeder line for his country's national team,

Australia women cricketers to get 125% pay hike

Australia women cricketers to get 125% pay hike

Rediff.com21 Mar 2017

The country's cricket governing body and the ACA had remained locked in tense negotiations over the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The current deal expires on June 30.

Cricket Buzz: Lehmann quits social media

Cricket Buzz: Lehmann quits social media

Rediff.com7 Jan 2020

The 49-year-old's Twitter account was hacked on Monday and the hacker had posted derogatory anti-Iran tweets.

Potentially harder quarantine in Brisbane: Wade

Potentially harder quarantine in Brisbane: Wade

Rediff.com3 Jan 2021

'No one knows the final details about it yet but there will be a stricter protocol in Brisbane than here.'

Clarke Australia's highest paid sports star under new CA deal

Clarke Australia's highest paid sports star under new CA deal

Rediff.com4 Jun 2013

Australian captain Michael Clarke has reportedly become the country's highest paid sports star with almost six million dollars, thanks to a half-billion dollar deal television deal finalised between Cricket Australia (CA) Channels Nine and Ten.

Harmanpreet first Indian to sign up for Australian Big Bash League

Harmanpreet first Indian to sign up for Australian Big Bash League

Rediff.com31 Jul 2016

The 27-year-old becomes the first Indian player to join an Australian Big Bash League Club after the Board of Control for Cricket in India approved its female players participating in foreign leagues.

Mitchell Johnson to skip Big Bash League

Mitchell Johnson to skip Big Bash League

Rediff.com4 Dec 2015

Recently retired Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson won't play in the Big Bash League this season after opting to spend time with his family.

Ashes debacle: Has T20 cricket ruined classic batting in Tests?

Ashes debacle: Has T20 cricket ruined classic batting in Tests?

Rediff.com23 Jul 2013

An article in an Australian newspaper has claimed that the Twenty20 revolution could be responsible for the short attention spans of batsmen who cannot stick out the tough periods. So, do you think that T20 tournaments like the Indian Premier League and Big Bash League are responsible for batting slump in Test matches?

These factors prove India is still far from achche din

These factors prove India is still far from achche din

Rediff.com6 Oct 2014

Bank of America Merrill Lynch believes this would ease pressures on CAD as $10 a bbl fall in oil price reduces CAD by $8 billion or 0.4 per cent of GDP.

Blow for KKR as injury could cut short Lynn's IPL campaign

Blow for KKR as injury could cut short Lynn's IPL campaign

Rediff.com10 Apr 2017

The Queenslander suffered the injury while fielding in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.

'Family man' Warner says life in bio-bubble is tough

'Family man' Warner says life in bio-bubble is tough

Rediff.com23 Nov 2020

Australia opener David Warner admitted that playing cricket while living inside bio-bubbles in the times of COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on his family life, and said his primary target now is to represent his country in the next two T20 World Cups.

Smith confident for Boxing Day test despite niggles

Smith confident for Boxing Day test despite niggles

Rediff.com12 Dec 2015

Australia captain Steve Smith will sit out domestic Twenty 20 matches because of knee and hip niggles but has "no doubt" he will be fit to face West Indies in the second Test in Melbourne on Dec. 26.

Samuels to play for Melbourne Renegades in Big Bash

Samuels to play for Melbourne Renegades in Big Bash

Rediff.com22 Oct 2012

Hard-hitting West Indies batsman batsman Marlon Samuels will play in Australia's second T20 Big Bash League season for Melbourne Renegades. He joins Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan as the second international on the Renegades' list for BBL.

Gillespie named Australia T20 assistant coach

Gillespie named Australia T20 assistant coach

Rediff.com29 Dec 2016

Former Test fast bowler Jason Gillespie was, on Thursday, appointed as Australia assistant coach for the three Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka in February.

Very difficult to tell England players not to play IPL: coach Silverwood

Very difficult to tell England players not to play IPL: coach Silverwood

Rediff.com17 Feb 2021

England coach Chris Silverwood admitted that it is "very difficult" to tell players not to play in the Indian Premier League even as his team's much-debated rotation policy in Test matches came under scanner after their humbling 317-run defeat against India in the second Test in Chennai.

Oil rises above $100 to highest in 14 months

Oil rises above $100 to highest in 14 months

Rediff.com3 Jul 2013

Brent crude on the other hand rose to $105/bbl on West Asia tensions.

Buzz: 'Third umpire should be able to spot no-balls'

Buzz: 'Third umpire should be able to spot no-balls'

Rediff.com6 Nov 2019

Gilchrist made the comments after the IPL governing council proposed to have a dedicated "no-ball" umpire to reduce the number of howlers in the lucrative league.

IPL Players Auction: Who Will Buy Whom?

IPL Players Auction: Who Will Buy Whom?

Rediff.com27 Jan 2022

A look at how the teams stack up ahead of the mega auction.

India's FY15 CAD estimated at 1.8% of GDP: Citigroup

India's FY15 CAD estimated at 1.8% of GDP: Citigroup

Rediff.com18 Nov 2014

The largest component in computing CAD is trade deficit. India's trade deficit widened to $13.35 billion in October as exports contracted 5.04 per cent and gold imports surged