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Mist lifts over Warne’s affinity for 23 (05 May 06:17) |
| What’s with Shane Warne and his liking for number 23 is a question that has confounded this hack for quite a while, especially as it is something that the almighty Google search just doesn... |
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Harbhajan has been apologetic, remorseful (30 April 04:23) |
| It's important that given the immense pressure and media attention, that players realise what they can do and what they can't, writes Anil Kumble. |
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Versatile AB all set to dazzle (30 April 03:06) |
| For some time now, de Villiers has been one of those rare players whose batting style needs only minor adjustments to adapt from one form of the game to another, reports Anand Vasu. |
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Master batsman Tendulkar turns 35 (24 April 01:51) |
| Considered to be among the all-time greats of the game, millions of cricket fans must be praying on his birthday that he recovers fast from his groin injury and remains fit for the remainder... |
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Sachin Tendulkar turns 35 (24 April 01:51) |
| Considered to be among the all-time greats of the game, millions of cricket fans must be praying on his birthday that he recovers fast from his groin injury and remains fit for the remainder... |
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Bollywood beauties bowled over by Dhoni (23 April 06:43) |
| Indian team ODI skipper MS Dhoni's scintillating looks and brilliant performance have cast a spell on millions of damsels, including many Bollywood beauties. Here is what they have to say... |
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Tangled in the IPL web..site (23 April 05:45) |
| Despite many promises and controversies, IPL's official website is a major letdown, writes Venkat Ananth. |
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Steyn ‘N’ steel (26 March 01:58) |
| The fast bowler’s form will be crucial for South African success, reports Anand Vasu. |
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A beautiful mind (25 March 05:49) |
| Indian skipper Anil Kumble is a man with a vision, on a mission, writes Kadambari Murali. |
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Iqbal bowls UP town over (25 March 02:30) |
| Azamgarh madrasas soften towards cricket after his success, reports Sunita Aron. |
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Summer of spunk (05 March 08:16) |
| HT Sports Desk takes a look at the key men who made the summer Down Under special for India. |
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From garage to ground, the making of a bowler (25 February 02:06) |
| Sharma would still have been checking the speedometer or fixing the wheels of a car, if not for his coach Venkatram, who chanced upon this Jharkhand speedster who had come for a trial at his... |
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Rovin' Uthappa (23 February 05:55) |
| From opening the innings to batting at No 8, the Karnataka bat has seen it all. But the youngster says he doesn't mind it, reports Atreyo Mukhopadhyay. |
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Preity Zinta disappointed on losing Bhajji's bid (22 February 11:37) |
| Owner of Mohali team in the Indian Premier League is disappointed at not being able to rope in Harbhajan Singh. |
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Tango with cash (22 February 04:26) |
| BCCI has unwittingly pitted the corporate world against the establishment of cricket, writes Pradeep Magazine. Most Expensive | The great IPL tamasha | IPL auction list |
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Fired-up Aakash refuses to slow down (19 February 02:39) |
| The 30-year-old Delhi player has scored 1,292 runs in the 2007-'08 season so far and needs 171 more to top the list of most runs scored by a player in the Indian domestic season ever, writes... |
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BCCI, the new neighbourhood bank (02 February 06:14) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga, cash-strapped Sri Lankan cricket’s new chief, has said he was banking on the Board of Control for Cricket in India to bail them out, possibly through off-shore seri... |
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Father contests Malik's claim and seeks divorce (01 February 03:01) |
| The father of the girl from Hyderabad, whose love story involving Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik went sour, says the family will move the court if his daughter does not get a "f... |
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Ranatunga eyes changes and another World Cup (29 January 05:08) |
| The firebrand ex-cricket captain, who led Sri Lanka to an upset World Cup win in 1996, takes the microphone to help publicise sites in his small nation steeped in Hindu mythology. |
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A tale of two teens (17 January 02:32) |
| Tanmay Srivastava, Pradeep Sangwan emerge kindred souls, emerge stars for their teams, reports Amol Karhadkar. |
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Heritage house: From Heavy Metal to Chappell ball (15 January 06:40) |
| Known the world over for possessing a pitch that entices fast bowlers, the WACA ground has a pleasant surprise tucked away in a corner of its sprawling complex, writes Atreyo Mukhopadhyay. |
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Can sportsmanship prevail? (14 January 05:38) |
| Salute the spirit of Courtney Walsh but do not expect that from every player, writes Atreyo Mukhopadhyay. |
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Sydney Test marked new low in Mr Slow Death's career (08 January 07:42) |
| Removal of Steve Bucknor from the remainder of the India-Aus Test series marks a low in the career of the umpire known as "Mr Slow Death". |
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Kohli: A Delhi son shine story (06 January 03:28) |
| Sitting in the dressing room at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, India's new U-19 skipper watches the unrelenting rain batter the venue of Delhi's match against Karnataka. |
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Point blank, Arjun is on the right track (15 December 10:25) |
| He was the part of the U-22 team that won the South Zone Championship in November, but unfortunately an injury had forced him out of it mid-way, Anam Arsalan tells us more about MP Arjun. |
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Akhtar gets offer to act in Bollywood movie (03 December 01:50) |
| "I have a piece of news for you. I have got an offer from Bollywood," the Rawalpindi Express tells mediapersons in Kolkata. |
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Matches are like Indian weddings (28 November 04:47) |
| Both are joyous celebrations but what was once a solemn affair is now a carefully packaged event, writes Amrit Mathur. |
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The protagonist (24 November 03:46) |
| Shoaib Akhtar is one of a kind. He is a performer, an artist, an entertainer and much more, writes Rohit Mahajan. |
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Kumble's grit finds a chapter in textbooks (20 November 03:21) |
| A chapter titled "True Grit" in an English course book prescribed for Class 8 kids is all about Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, 37, the world's third highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with... |
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Rameez builds his own Rajasthani palace (19 November 06:58) |
| The former Pak captain says he had asked Delhi-born Pakistani architect Nayyar Ali Dada to model his Lahore home on the lines of Rambagh Palace. |
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Former Miss India crazy about Irfan Pathan (07 November 04:31) |
| Former Miss India-turned-actress Sayali Bhagat has confessed that she finds the Baroda pacer best among the current lot of cricketers. |
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‘Jab cricket rulati hai, bahut rulati hai’ (03 November 02:35) |
| Shahid Afridi in a live and exclusive webchat here on hindustantimes.com, answers questions about life, cricket and the rest. Read excerpts from our interesting session with the Pakistani cr... |
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Right here, right now... again (01 November 06:16) |
| The Pakistanis fly into town today. Shoaib Malik will be wanting to do what Inzamam did two years ago. India will look to deny him, writes Kadambari Murali. |
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Must have been magic... (01 November 05:36) |
| Pak's India tour is a sign of better times as the focus is entirely on cricket and not on what the game can do to bring the two sides closer, writes Pradeep Magazine. |
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Simplicity is the key for Praveen (27 October 02:36) |
| Be it batting or bowling, I always look to attack from the start and putt pressure on the opponent, claimes Praveen while talking to HT. |
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Born free: Gambhir on Gambhir (24 October 12:54) |
| Just two days after being MoM in the T20 match, Gautam Gambhir is back at nets. In an exclusive chat with HT, the southpaw opens up on cricket, his attitude to life and his fascination for B... |
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Deconstructing Munaf (22 October 01:22) |
| His form and fitness have been eratic. On the field, he is a fiery orator. At home, they call him The Believer. HT travels to Ikhar on a journey of discovery. |
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Warne wants to help create Aussie spin legacy (06 October 01:42) |
| Spin wizard Shane Warne hopes to play a big part in creating an Australian spin dynasty by considering a job with the Cricket Board to nurture fresh talent. |
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Warne denies romance with Jemima Khan (03 October 06:38) |
| In a front page story of a magazine, Jemima was named as the "other woman" in Warne's life and the cause of the latest split from his ex-wife Simone Callahan. |
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Leadership means believing ... (03 October 04:07) |
| Leadership to me is about managing people, working with them and working for them, getting them to work best in the manner they know best, writes Sachin Tendulkar. |
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A big yawn... and a washout (30 September 06:29) |
| A one-dayer isn’t half as exciting as Twenty20, writes Akshay Sawai. |
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A change here, and a change there in ODIs (30 September 06:27) |
| An additional fielder will be allowed outside the fielding circle during the second or third Powerplays, writes Akshay Sawai. |
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Roles have changed, so has body lingo (30 September 02:47) |
| MS Dhoni multi-tasks in first ODI as skipper, while former captain Rahul Dravid chills, reports Akshay Sawai. |
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Young & restless take the world (26 September 05:34) |
| India’s inexperienced bunch, unacquainted with fear and high on MSD, brings back memories of that win of 1983, writes Pradeep Magazine. |
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Across the border, fans accept defeat, laud Pak efforts (26 September 05:20) |
| The Pakistani fans appreciated the young team for its fighting spirit and the struggle it put up until the last over. Kamal Siddiqi tells us more... |
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Rocking Twenty20 changes rules of the game (25 September 06:01) |
| Ironically, the tournament is won by a country that had shunned the short version fearing it would sideline the lucrative one-day internationals. |
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For old times’ sake (24 September 12:37) |
| Indian cricket, now in its 75th year of Test status, has thrown up a wealth of memorabilia, finds Anupam Pratihary. |
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I knew it was Chandra’s day (24 September 12:31) |
| Catching one’s eye is a bat he used against Bill Lawry’s team in 1969, that has been autographed by Keith Miller, Richie Benaud and Malcolm Marshall. |
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Merchant, Hazare were Polly’s idols (24 September 12:28) |
| A section of Polly’s Bar is filled with items loaned from Dungarpur’s personal collection, including the 110-year-old volume, Jubilee Book of Cricket, written by K S Ranjitsinhji. |
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I was fortunate to play against Duleep: Don (24 September 12:19) |
| Vasant Raiji, a former Ranji player and cricket historian fondly remembers Don Bradman while reading one of the letters the legendary batsman had written to him. |
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