Former umpire David Shepherd dies

David Shepherd, the legendary English umpire, passed away on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was aged 68.

Under-pressure India face daunting task against Windies

Jolted by the humiliating defeat in the last match, a jittery India go into the crucial third cricket one-dayer against the West Indies here tomorrow with the form of their top order batsmen being a worrying factor.

We didn’t judge the wicket well: Dhoni

Smarting from the embarrassing eight-wicket loss to West Indies, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his batsmen failed to gauge the wicket and didn’t give enough respect to the rival bowlers.

West Indies beat India by 8 wickets, level series 1-1

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s defiant 95 went in vain as India suffered a humiliating eight-wicket defeat at the hands of an inspired West Indies in the second cricket one-dayer here on Sunday.

I just waited for the Indians to play rash: Rampaul

West Indian pacer Ravi Rampaul, who wrecked India’s batting with a career-best four-wicket haul to script his team’s thumping win in the second ODI, says the rash shots played by the visiting batsmen helped his performance.

Dhoni wants to erase troubled Caribbean memories

“The 2007 World Cup humiliation here is still fresh in his mind,” says Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who wants to get rid of the troubled memories by winning the four-match one-day series against the West Indies.

WI focus on rebounding with win against India: Gayle

West Indies captain Chris Gayle has admitted that his team needs to quickly sort out its weakness as his players are focused on bouncing back by winning against India in the four-match series beginning here tomorrow.

WIndies cautious against Harbhajan factor: Sarwan

“Describing Harbhajan Singh as an important performer for India, “West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan said his team would have to “stay positive” against the off-spinner as they meet in the four-match ODI series beginning tomorrow.

Gayle, Sarwan wary of depleted India

The Indian team sports a distinctly depleted look in absence of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan but West Indies captain Chris Gayle said he would not make the folly of underestimating the visitors in the forthcoming four-match ODI series starting on Friday.

India start training for ODI series against West Indies

Determined to regain their lost pride after a disappointing Twenty20 World Cup campaign, India today had their first training session since arriving in the Caribbean ahead of the four-match one-day series against the West Indies.

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