Bollinger a casualty of Lee’s Ashes campaign

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Sydney, May 6 (ANI): New South Wales fast bowler Doug Bollinger must be feeling a touch unlucky not to have made it to the Australian Twenty20 squad for next month's World Cup, especially in the wake of the selectors pitching for 32-year-old Brett Lee, who has not bowled in ...

Lee, Watson make it to Oz Twenty20 squad

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Melbourne, May 5 (ANI): Fast bowler Brett Lee and all-rounder Shane Watson have been included in Australia's squad for next month's Twenty20 world championship in England. Lee and Watson were part of a 15-man squad named on Tuesday, which also included all-rounder Andrew Symonds and explosive opener David Warner. Lee and ...

Lee will have to fight for his place in Ashes squad: Paper

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Abu Dhabi, May 1 (ANI): While Australian fast bowler Brett has already stated on his website that he is ready to assume the lead role for the Ashes Tests, The Age newspaper feels he needs to get out of the bubble that he is living in and look at the ...

IPL-II shimmers with a gala parade in South Africa

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Cape Town, April 16 (ANI): Two days ahead of the second inning of Indian Premier League tournament commencement, a gala carnival got the mega event off to a festive start on Thursday. Star players-- Brett Lee, Yuvraj Singh, Adam Gilchrist, Kevin Pietersen, Kumar ...

Moody believes South Africa will embrace IPL

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Melbourne, Apr 16 (ANI): Kings XI Punjab coach Tom Moody believes there's a "lot of intrigue" among local fans about the second version of the Indian Premier League to be played in South Africa after organisers made the switch from India for security reasons. Moody, who coached Sri Lanka to ...

Ponting welcomes return of star players

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Johannesburg (South Africa), Apr. 15 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has welcomed the return of some of his star players following the team's 3-1 defeat in the one-day series in South Africa. "We have sort of been stretched quite a bit in the last eight or 12 months with ...

Clark, Lee can’t help Australia in must-win Port Elizabeth one-day clash

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Port Elizabeth, Apr 13 (ANI): The Australian new-ball pair of Stuart Clark and Brett Lee have returned to the squad, but neither will be of any help to skipper Ricky Ponting in Monday's must-win one-day clash here with South Africa. Lee, who is in Port Elizabeth training with his IPL team, ...

Clark rushed to South Africa to bolster depleted Oz squad

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Port Elizabeth, Apr 12 (ANI): Fast bowler Stuart Clark has been rushed to join Australia's one-day squad in South Africa as a replacement for injured pace bowler Brett Geeves. Clark, who missed all six Tests against South Africa this season because of an elbow injury, will arrive in Port Elizabeth before ...

Lee won’t be rushed back into one-day cricket: Oz coach

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Melbourne, Apr 11 (ANI): Australia's cricket coach Tim Nielsen has said that fast bowler Brett Lee won't be rushed back into one-day cricket too quickly during the Pakistan series starting in Dubai on April 22. Lee, who broke down in December in the Melbourne Test against South Africa with foot and ...

Jacko memorabilia auction given go-ahead by court

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Washington, April 4 (ANI): Michael Jackson's lawyer have failed to obtain a court order to stop the auction of his Neverland Ranch belongings, scheduled for April 22-25. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brett Klein has given the green light to Julien's Auction House of Los Angeles to sell Jackson memorabilia. Jackson ...