Eye warning for sky gazers Sky gazers hoping to witness next week’s transit of Venus are being warned not to look directly at the sun with the naked eye. The rare event will be visible in New Zealand from 10.15am to 4.43pm on Wednesday, but the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind is urging […]
May 31 2012 | Posted in
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US Congratulate Australia and New Zealand as they celebrate ANZAC Day The United States has congratulated the people of Australia and New Zealand as they celebrated the ANZAC Day yesterday. In a statement issued by department of state, Hillary Clinton, secretary foreign affairs said, “On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United […]
Apr 26 2012 | Posted in
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Matthew Wade launched up his first ever test century in the first-innings of the third test between Australia and West Indies to push the visitors up to 328 after being reduced to 169/7. The wicket keeper batsman made 106 runs from 46 balls which included 10 fours and 3 sixes. The Aussie top order failed […]
Apr 25 2012 | Posted in
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An all round performance from the Kolkata Knight Riders left Deccan Chargers winless at the bottom of the table as KKR climbed up to third spot with four wins after seven games. Chargers are yet to register a point in this season’s IPL and have played five games in all so far. Knight Riders won […]
Apr 23 2012 | Posted in
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Kings XI Punjab suffered their fourth defeat of the season as they were trounced at home by the Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets. Chris Gayle scored a rapid fire 87 to continue his good form and propel Bangalore to the seventh place on the table. Winning the toss and chosing to field first, Punjab […]
Apr 21 2012 | Posted in
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In what appeared to be a surprising move, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked the Board of Control for Cricket in Indi (BCCI) to host a home series of the Pakistan cricket team in India. Indian media quoting sources claimed that the chairman of the Pakistan cricket board, Zaka Ashraf, made the offer to […]
Kings XI Punjab registered their first win of this season’s IPL after defeating the in-form Sahara Pune Warriors by seven wickets. Both sides met on Thursday, April 12, at the PCA Stadium with the home side emerging as comfortable winners. Punjab won the toss and chose to field first restricting the Warriors to 115 in […]
Apr 13 2012 | Posted in
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West Indies made a match of 192 runs but eventually succumbed to Aussie quality as the hosts lost the first of the Three-match test series by three wickets. Ryan Harris was declared the Man of the Match for his superb all-round performance. Having declared their first-innings at 449/9 West Indies failed to dislodge the last […]
Apr 12 2012 | Posted in
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 25th test century guided West Indies past 400 in their first innings of the first test match against Australia at the Kensington Oval. The home side eventually declared their innings at 449/9 with Chanderpaul staying not-out on 103 and Devendra Bishoo on 18. Adrian Barath and Kraigg Brathwaite opened the innings for the […]
Apr 9 2012 | Posted in
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Harbhajan Singh’s Mumbai Indians cruised past Mahinder Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in the first game of the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League. Winning the toss and electing to field first, Mumbai restricted the defending champions to 112 in 19.5 overs. Only Suresh Raina managed to score 36 of 26 balls while the […]
Apr 5 2012 | Posted in
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The Australians failed to cope up with the attacking bowling of the West Indies Cricket Board President’s XI as they declared their innings at 214/9 after the home team were all out for 201 in their first innings, Only Peter Forrest and Michael Clarke showed some resistance in the Aussie innings with Forrest staying unbeaten […]
Apr 4 2012 | Posted in
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West Indies Cricket Board President XI were all out for 201 on the first day against the touring Australians. The home side won the toss and chose to bat first with Keiron Powell, Dwayne Smith and Jason Holder scoring notable runs for the Islanders. Powell made 42 before being cleaned up by Harris. Smith amassed […]
Apr 3 2012 | Posted in
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