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BCCI Moves to Push ICC Headquarters to Mumbai

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:41:14 +0000

The ICC had expressed interest in moving out of Dubai and already the battle is waging over where the ICC Headquarters should be relocated. The BCCI is apparently convincing the ICC should relocate to Mumbai. It would work perfectly...

AB Talks About Trott Being Put In Place

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:24:59 +0000

AB de Villiers is as disgruntled as any other about Jonathan Trott’s adamant stand to go through his slow routine at the crease. Even if the match referee is doing nothing about it, AB says the South Africans are even as Graeme Swann...

SA Eng T 2 Day 3 Stumps: Sun Beats Down on Durban; England 'Cook' Up a Fare

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:56:23 +0000

For the first time in the second Test at Kingsmead, the sun shone in all his glory and England’s Alastair Cook and Paul Collingwood ensured England would make the most of it. South Africa found themselves behind in the first innings...

Female Genital Mutilation Flourishes In England

Incognito — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:28:41 +0000

Imagine having to look forward to having your genitals mutilated during the Christmas holidays, and not in some village in Africa but right in the good old U.K. Even though some African countries, Egypt and elsewhere have banned the cultural...

Sunil Gavaskar Makes Serious Allegations Against Stuart Broad's Brat Behaviour

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:17:34 +0000

Sunil Gavaskar has made a scathing remark on one of cricket’s father-son pairs suggesting it is their alliance that is getting the younger Broad off the hook. Gavaskar wrote in his column about Stuart Broad, England’s latest and...

SA Eng T 2 Day 2 Stumps: Honours Even on Affected Day

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:55:10 +0000

For South Africa, apart from the nagging weather and bleak light conditions, the only thing annoying them is Jonathan Trott’s prolonged time wasting efforts on a truncated day. The second Test of England’s tour of South Africa saw a...

More People Watched Me Practise, Says Boycott Lamenting Test crowds in South Africa

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:28:58 +0000

Sir Geoffrey Boycott never misses an opportunity to brag. But brag and lament on the same note was forthcoming from the former England opener and avidly followed commentator commenting on the crowds for Test cricket in South Africa. Boycott...

SA Eng T 2 Day 1 Stumps: Bad Light Forces Early Termination of Final Session

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:25:19 +0000

South Africa would have felt knocked out by the events post tea. Not only was the crucial partnership broken, but they looked precarious at the end of the first day of the second Test against England in Durban. The weather was far...

Sa Eng T 2 Day 1 Lunch and Tea: Smith, Kallis Bail South Africa Out

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:52:46 +0000

From the depths of early despair, respite arrived for the hosts in the form of Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis in the second Test in Durban. South Africa found themselves in deep trouble within the first ten overs of the second Test...

Father jailed for encouraging his teenage son to rape and marry his cousin, 12

Alan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:16:44 +0000

The father of a teenager encouraged to marry and rape his 12-year-old cousin was jailed for three years today. The 54-year-old man was arrested by Scotland Yard child abuse detectives over an arranged marriage at a house in Woolwich, south...