Ricky Ponting, head coach of Delhi Capitals, believes that his team's inability to score runs during the middle overs cost them
Stephen Fleming smashed an unbeaten half-century to steer his side to an easy seven-wicket victory in the first one-day match.
Chennai Super Kings suffered due to a dubious on-field umpiring call after a short-circuit at the Wankhede Stadium
Chennai Super Kings suffered due to a dubious on-field umpiring call after a short-circuit at the Wankhede Stadium
Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming is a man on a mission as he looks to rekindle the magic that turned the team into one of the most successful ones in the opening decade of Indian Premier League.
All rounder Daniel Vettori will captain New Zealand's one-day squad on their tour of Bangladesh later this month.
The former New Zealand ace said that CSK would have loved to play Mumbai Indians in the semi-finals of the Champions League T20 after crumbling to an eight-wicket defeat against Trinidad and Tobago in their last league game in New Delhi.
'The reports circulating in certain media sections are completely incorrect.'
The left-hander made just 11 runs but was lucky to end up on the winning side as Yorkshire scored an 18-run victory over Kent.
Seeking to end their losing streak at home, Chennai Super Kings will have their task cut out when they take on an improved Deccan Chargers in an Indian Premier League match in Chennai on Friday.
Rediff.com takes a look at how the owners fared this time.
Former New Zealand opener John Wright, who coached India with great success, has emerged as the favourite to become coach of the Black Caps after two Australians and ex-Black Cap skipper Stephen Fleming ruled themselves out on Wednesday.
CSK suffered their fifth loss in seven matches, going down by 37 runs to Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Dubai, on Saturday.
Daniel Vettori officially ended his tenure as New Zealand's test captain on Wednesday, though he will not relinquish the coin toss responsibilities completely until after the World Cup.
Reader Aravinda Ram sent us this photograph from Johannesburg.
England's bowlers struck an early psychological blow ahead of next month's series against New Zealand when they ripped through a near-test strength batting line-up in a practice match on Tuesday.
India's star cricketer Suresh Raina tied the nuptial knot with fiancee Priyanka in a private ceremony attended only by family members and close friends, at a posh hotel in New Delhi on Friday.
The Perth triumph is the first under Anil Kumble's captaincy in three Tests away from home all against Australia.
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming has said that Royal Challengers Bangalore was lucky to get Chris Gayle in its side and any team that would be playing against RCB should ensure that the West Indies opener gets out cheaply.
'It's fair to say looking at the table now that this team may have run out of juice.'
Former Australia batsman Matthew Hayden is planning to set up a cricket academy in India, local media reported on Friday.
Dhoni refused three singles in the 19th over bowled by Navdeep Saini
The Indian Cricket League is offering the pace ace a "staggering" sum to play in the tournament.
In an IPL match in 2010 against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru, Ravichandran Ashwin was taken to the cleaners by Robin Uthappa and Mark Boucher. He had two bad games and was subsequently dropped from the squad. "It felt like a hard slap," says Ashwin.
Sri Lankan swashbuckler Sanath Jayasuriya will join the likes of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Justin Langer, Stephen Fleming and Matthew Hoggard in the All-Stars team for next month's Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament.
Yadav whacked five sixes in his knock of 31 runs against South Africa
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming described his team's performance as "rubbish" after they suffered their heaviest one-day defeat against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Medium-fast bowler Michael Mason, 12th man for the series opener, is also retained.
Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Daredevils by four wickets and off the last ball of the innings at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Thursday.
The Delhi-based businessman says Stephen Fleming's match-fixing charge is a gimmick by the cricketer to sell his book.
New Zealand finished day four on 222 for five, needing another 331 to win the third Test against England.
England's Ryan Sidebottom took a hat-trick to spark a spectacular collapse by New Zealand and leave the first Test finely balanced after the fourth day's play on Saturday. Sidebottom dismissed Stephen Fleming (66), Mathew Sinclair (2) and Jacob Oram (0) on successive deliveries to reduce New Zealand from 99-1 to 119-7 in the final session. New Zealand finished the day on 147 for eight for an overall lead of 269 after England were bowled out for 348 just after lunch.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly had another poor outing as Northamptonshire crashed out of the Twenty20 championship.
Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming is not only ruing the absence of Brendon McCullum from the batting line-up for Indian Premier League qualifier but also the fact that Tuesday's match is an away game for them.
Fleming took a knock on his head during the team's practice session on Monday evening
Fleming knows how tough the Aussies are to beat following his team's experience at this year's World Cup.\n\n
A century in each Test of the Bangladesh series propelled the ace batsman to 15th position in the ICC rankings.
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