Pakistan’s fast bowlers, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif have been involved in match-fixing according to a tabloid in UK. It was reported by a tabloid that the two had been involved in a smaller, but equally criminal sub-plot that went by the name of spot-fixing in the fourth and the final Test match of the series between England and Pakistan.
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India Need To Beat New Zealand To Qualify For Final

24 August 2010

India will play New Zealand in the last league game of the Micromax tri-series and it is a must-win game for the Indian side. The Indian side has five points from three games, whereas New Zealand has seven from three, which means that the team winning this game will get at least four points and qualify for the final. If the match is rained off, the Kiwis will be through to the final.

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Sri Lanka Beats India Thanks To Poor Umpiring, Batting

23 August 2010

Sri Lanka beat India on Sunday at Dambulla to book their place in the final of the tournament. However, the match was marred by some bad umpiring by the duo of Kumar Dharmasena and Asad Rauf, which ensured that the controversies in the India-Sri Lanka games refuses to die down.

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Nothing wrong in what Randiv did, why the hue and cry?

21 August 2010

The last two days has seen a lot of talk about the game’s spirit, sportsmanship etc. following the no ball bowled by the Sri Lankan off spinner, Suraj Randiv, to Virendar Sehwag. The no ball ensured that India got the required one run to win the game and also that Sehwag remained unbeaten on 99.

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Indian injuries will trouble the World Cup selections

17 August 2010

The Indian team has been struggling with injuries for some time now. At the start of the Sri Lankan tour, it was the bowlers, Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth who had to miss the tour due to injuries and now Yuvraj Singh has been hit by a viral fever, which has been said to be dengue. This is a major setback for Yuvraj who has been trying to make a comeback in the team after struggling with poor form and injury.

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Munaf Patel called up to join struggling India at Dambulla

12 August 2010

India has been jolted once more after they lost the first game to New Zealand at Dambulla. Ishant Sharma, who was injured before the start of the first game that India lost, may not be able to get fully fit in time, and hence, the Indian selectors have named Munaf Patel as a back-up bowler to Ishant.

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Injuries Plague Players prior Tri Series clash

11 August 2010

The sheer number of games that the Indian Team seems to play is bound to take a toll on the availability of players. A series that was planned quite early, should have given some more time to the teams between their ODI and Test schedule. But the Indian Team could only count upon the luxury of three days after their five wicket victory at the Third Test before they meet New Zealand on the 10th, in the first ODI of the Tri Nation Series.

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