East and Central Zones locked in battle of wits
It has been cat and mouse between East and Central Zone over the vital first innings lead at Green Park, Kanpur in their Duleep Trophy match
View ArticleRohan Gavaskar earns East precious points
A masterly knock of 146 by Rohan Gavaskar helped East Zone take home five points in their first outing in the Duleep Trophy this season
View ArticleBundela and Jai P Yadav help MP take upper hand
Madhya Pradesh took the upper hand early as they ended their first day at 121 for 3 after restricting Uttar Pradesh to just 143 in their Central Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Green Park in Kanpur on...
View ArticleMadhya Pradesh gain handy lead despite Zaidi's efforts
Madhya Pradesh took a 140 run first innings lead over Uttar Pradesh on the second day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy clash at the Green Park in Kanpur on Friday
View ArticleShamshad resurrects UP as Bundela claims five wickets
Taking into account their batting failure in the first innings Uttar Pradesh made commendable amends the second time round to end the third day at 296/6 against Madhya Pradesh in the Central Zone Ranji...
View ArticleUttar Pradesh batsmen fail on Day One
Pritam Gandhe, bowling his off-breaks with vicious effect, picked six wickets as Uttar Pradesh collapsed in their first innings against Vidarbha on Day One of their Ranji Trophy league match at Kanpur
View ArticleVidarbha secure first-innings lead
The famous Green Park ground at Kanpur saw Vidarbha claim the important first-innings lead against Uttar Pradesh on the second day of their match on Friday
View ArticleMatch interestingly poised at Kanpur
Although Vidarbha gained a slender first-innings lead, Uttar Pradesh batted resolutely to make for an interesting fourth-day's play in their Ranji Trophy league match at Kanpur
View ArticleUttar Pradesh wins at Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh notched up a 155-run victory over Vidarbha on Day Four of their Ranji Trophy league match at Kanpur on Sunday
View ArticleSehwag and Tendulkar batting display stuns England as India race to victory
It appeared that England had got off to an incredible start to their innings when Nick Knight and Marcus Trescothick put on 71 for the first wicket in ten overs
View ArticleA meek English surrender at Green Park
It is about time that the selectors gave some thought to playing five specialist bowlers in the side
View ArticleKanpur in doubt as venue for New Zealand tour
Kanpur and Mohali have been confirmed as the venues for New Zealand's tour of India in September-October, but doubts have arisen about Kanpur's readiness for a match
View Article'We need to play better and be smarter,' says Dravid
Rahul Dravid and John Wright speak about the pitch at Kanpur ahead of India's first Test against South Africa
View ArticleSmith upbeat ahead of first Test
Graeme Smith and Ray Jennings speak out ahead of South Africa's first Test at Kanpur against India
View ArticleGanguly free to play in first Test
Sourav Ganguly is free to play in the first Test against South Africa at Kanpur, which starts on Saturday (Nov 20), after the ICC decided that it was impractical for the appeal against his two-match...
View ArticlePitch perfect
Shivkumar Yadav had no aspirations or training to be a curator as he was growing up but now, in his mid-thirties, he finds himself in charge of the Green Park pitch at Kanpur
View ArticleHall century puts South Africa on top
Andrew Hall's maiden Test century - a superb 163 - kept India's bowlers at bay on the second day of the first Test at Kanpur and took South Africa to 459 for 7
View ArticlePitches and plodders
As the day wore on, you wondered whether it would have made the slightest bit of difference if right-wing vandals - who desecrated the Wankhede Stadium pitch in 1999 to kill off hopes of an...
View ArticleFrom township to Test cricket
Hardships, misery, struggle: Thami Tsolekile has seen all that
View ArticleGambhir whets India's appetite
After a summer and autumn of discontent, India's cricket team can put their feet up this evening, safe in the knowledge that the opening-batting conundrum appears to be nearer a solution - on placid...
View ArticleSehwag and Gambhir hit back in style
Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir got India off to a great start as they finished the third day on 185 without loss
View Article'We are in a good position', says Kumble
Although Anil Kumble picked up six wickets in the first innings, he had to toil hard to pierce South Africa's dogged batting
View ArticleSehwag shines on a sluggish pitch
Virender Sehwag lit up a day of otherwise unattractive cricket as the batsmen struggled on the sluggish pitch, caught between looking out for runs and keeping watch for the ones that stayed low
View ArticleNo point blaming the pitch, says Wadekar
Ajit Wadekar, the former Indian captain and coach, feels that too much is being made of the quality of pitches used for Test matches
View ArticleBowlers enliven a stalemate
As expected, the Kanpur Test petered out to a draw with the South African top order gaining some useful batting practice on the final day
View ArticlePakistan ride on Afridi blitz
A volcanic hundred from Shahid Afridi, the second fastest in one-dayers, made a fighting total look paltry as Pakistan eased to a six-wicket win to take a 3-2 lead in the six-match series
View ArticleThe mad world of television production
The bundles of thick cables by Gate 7 at Green Park were a dead giveaway
View ArticleBlown away
Sachin Tendulkar, the only survivor from the October 1997 team, could probably remember what it had been like that evening at the Gaddadi Stadium in Lahore when Ijaz Ahmed - who would have been a...
View Article'They tried to get me out but I was fortunate'
After blasting the Indians all around the park, Shahid Afridi tried to play down his innings, attributing it to the Almighty's grace, his captain's backing, and good fortune
View ArticleChennai to hold 1st Test
The first match of the three-Test series between Sri Lanka and India will be held at Chennai from December 2 to 6
View ArticleDoubts over Kanpur Test
Kanpur is scheduled to stage the third Test from December 18 but the failure of the Municipal Corporation to hand over the ground to UPCA has thrown the match into jeopardy
View ArticleKanpur misses out on third Test
Kanpur will not host the third Test, scheduled from December 18-22, between India and Sri Lanka
View ArticleLocal government keen to have Test at Kanpur
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government has said it would try hard to ensure that the third Test between India and Sri Lanka is not shifted from Kanpur
View ArticleSurface tension before series decider
Kanpur has a lot to thank Ahmedabad for. Had India come into this match leading the series, a draw would have been as likely as the haze in the Kanpur winter
View ArticleBetter than expected, but hardly ideal - Arthur
Although Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, reiterated the track didn't turn out to be as bad as he expected, and that it wasn't an ideal one for Tests
View ArticleSehwag: 'They had a negative approach'
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Boeta Dippenaar spoke to the media on a variety of issues after the fourth day's play at Kanpur
View ArticleKanpur pitch expected to be more bowler friendly
The Kanpur pitch is expected to have more in it for the bowlers than the one in Ahmedabad
View ArticleKanpur likely to lose Australia Test
The Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad is likely to host its second Test of the season if the BCCI decides to move the fourth Test against Australia from Kanpur
View ArticleKanpur loses Australia Test to Hyderabad
The venue of the third Test between India and Australia in March has been shifted to the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad from Green Park, Kanpur
View ArticleKanpur to host final West Indies ODI
International cricket will return to Kanpur after a four-year gap as the BCCI picked Green Park stadium to host the final ODI between India and West Indies scheduled for November 27
View ArticleKanpur confirmed as venue for Gujarat Lions matches
Gujarat Lions will play two matches in Kanpur as per the original IPL schedule after the fixtures were confirmed by IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla on Sunday.
View ArticleFirst-time IPL host Kanpur giggles in excitement
As the IPL comes to Kanpur, the excitement boils over for the local fans - and the cricketers who are set to play their first IPL game in their home state, too
View ArticleHow a brief shower became a long delay
Boundary boards that didn't move to allow quicker removal of covers, an inexperienced ground staff, no PA system to let spectators know play is called off early. All packed in one day after...
View ArticleKanpur curator 'confident' India-New Zealand Test won't end inside three days
"It is a firm track and won't break down easily," says Shiv Kumar
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