Zaheer Abbas, the former Pakistan captain, has said his country will be better served with a specialist batting coach rather than a sports psychologist to help them perform better and cope with pressure situations, starting from the World Twenty20 in England next month. The Pakistan Cricket Board had, earlier this week, appoi…

Kolkata Knight Riders 189 for 3 (McCullum 81, Hodge 71) beat Chennai Super Kings 188 for 3 (Raina 52, Dhoni 40) by seven wickets… Brendon McCullum and Brad Hodge helped Kolkata Knight Riders to register a seven-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings… Sourav Ganguly departed early, chasing a massive 189 against Ch…

Delhi Daredevils 150 for 3 (de Villiers 79*, Dilshan 33) beat Rajasthan Royals 136 for 9 (Botha 37, Mishra 3-33) by 14 runs… Riding some momentum the Rajasthan Royals came to Bloemfontein to face the side they beat in the second week of the tournament to start an amazing turnaround. As it turned out, there [...]

Kings XI Punjab 134 for 7 (Sangakkara 52) beat 133 for 8 (Rohit 42, Yuvraj 3-13) Deccan Chargers by 1 run… Kings XI Punjab lived to see another day in the IPL after a tremendous bowling effort – highlighted by Yuvraj Singh’s second hat-trick of the tournament – gave them a one-run win over the [...]

England could be forced to go into next month’s ICC World Twenty20 without the services of their premier allrounder, Andrew Flintoff, after he revealed that he has yet to start running after undergoing surgery on a knee injury sustained during his brief stint at the IPL in April. Flintoff was one of 15 players named [..…