Luke Evans returns to Durham
Luke Evans, Northamptonshire's on-loan seamer has been recalled to his main county Durham, two weeks into a 28-day spell on loa
Archive for April, 2010
Eels sneak into top eight
A resurgent Parramatta has scored its third successive NRL victory with a 26-10 triumph over Canterbury in a high-octane western Sydney derby at Sydney's Olympic stadium.
Middlesex slump to fourth straight defeat
Gloucestershire needed only 34 balls and 25 minutes to claim the last three Middlesex wickets and complete an 103-run victory in their County Championship Division Two encounter at a near deserted Lord's
Knights send Broncos crashing
Elementary handling errors saw Brisbane squander a 10-point half-time buffer, allowing Newcastle to cruise to a 30-22 victory at Lang Park on Friday night.
Courageous Saints march over Bulldogs
Gritty St Kilda has squashed the life out of the Western Bulldogs' running game before coming home with a wet sail, stealing an unfashionable and unlikely three-point victory in the lowest scoring game in history at Docklands stadium.
Cockbain goes in Sharks overhaul
New Sale head coach Mike Brewer begins the overhaul of Sharks' playing staff by releasing Brent Cockbain.
Tahs’ finals hopes dented by Highlanders
The Otago Highlanders have put a big dent in the New South Wales Waratahs' Super 14 semi-final ambitions with a shock 26-10 win in Invercargill.
Lee ‘pushed too hard, too early’
Picking Brett Lee for the World Twenty20 was a gamble that did not pay off and now chief selector Andrew Hilditch is demanding Lee produce career-best form if he wants to play for Australia again.
Warne proposes ‘super rounds’, no player retention for future IPLs
Shane Warne has said that total transparency and no favouritism to any franchises is the best way to take the IPL into a fourth season
Rohit credits Yuvraj for aggressive approach
India's Rohit Sharma has credited his team-mate Yuvraj Singh for making him a stronger batsman
Ablett to miss Tigers clash
Geelong star midfielder Gary Ablett will miss Sunday's AFL clash with Richmond at Kardinia Park through injury.
Folau officially a free agent
It is open season on in-demand Israel Folau, after the young Brisbane star declined to take up a contract option with the club for the 2011-12 NRL seasons.
Blizzard blows home from Bangladesh
On a list of cricket's most glamorous destinations, Bangladesh doesn't rank highly but fringe first-class players go where the opportunities arise. For Aiden Blizzard over the past month, that has meant domestic cricket in Dhaka
Thumbs up for Prince
Gold Coast captain Scott Prince has declared his injured thumb 100 per cent ready to handle a taxing examination by the big Penrith pack at Robina on Saturday night.
India confident of success in Twenty20
The India women's team is geared up for their first tour of the Caribbean and hopes to get off the mark in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 with victory over New Zealand
Pakistan deny West Indies sweep
Pakistan rounded off their preparations for the ICC Women's Twenty20 with a big win against West Indies
Zimbabwe secure another notable scalp
Pakistan slumped to an embarrassing 12-run defeat at the hands of a buoyant Zimbabwe
Manou loses captaincy of South Australia
Graham Manou has been sacked as South Australia's captain and they will look to the batsman Michael Klinger to lead the revival
Back to the drawing board
Everybody starts from scratch again, except the defending champions who do so with more pressure as a result of that status
Styris tips tiny scores in Guyana
Scott Styris expects scores of as little as 120 to be competitive during the World Twenty20 games in Guyana
JT suggests cash top-up for rep stars
Australian rugby league half-back Johnathan Thurston says increased payments for representative matches could halt the player drain to other codes.
Hopes of hosts rest on Gayle’s shoulders
The next two weeks could provide a much-needed boost for West Indies cricket and while the success of the World Twenty20 as a whole will play a part in that, nothing would help more than a winning run by the home side
‘We have to play out of our skins’ – Johnston
Trent Johnston has many happy memories of the Caribbean, having been part of Ireland's 2007 World Cup team, and he is full of belief they can repeat that success in the ICC World Twenty20
Woods makes poor start at Quail
Tiger Woods endures a disappointing start to the Quail Hollow Championship with four bogeys and a double-bogey in a two-over-par round of 74.
Morgan guides England to victory
Eoin Morgan top-scored with 63 from 62 balls to revive England after a dramatic top-order collapse, as they secured a morale-boosting five-wicket victory over South Africa with three balls to spare at the Kensington Oval in Barbados
Warner fires again for Australia
The opener David Warner collected his second warm-up half-century as Australia fine-tuned with a 101-run win against a Windward Islands XI
Safina wins on return from injury
World number three Dinara Safina makes a winning return after three months out with victory over Hungary's Agnes Szavay at the Stuttgart Grand Prix.
Murray beaten by Ferrer in Rome
Andy Murray is defeated 6-3 6-4 by Spain's David Ferrer in the third round of the Rome Masters.
Give Modi a fair trial – Bindra
IS Bindra has called for a fair trial for Lalit Modi, suspended on charges of financial impropriety, and criticised the BCCI and the media for the manner in which Modi was targeted
Di Venuto hundred halts Yorkshire hopes
Yorkshire lead by 395 runs but the 16 wickets still required is the relevant statistic, and there has not been much evidence that taking them is within this attack's capabilities in these conditions
Rain frustrates at Taunton
No play was possible on the third day of Somerset's County Championship match against Essex at Taunton
Madsen best gives Derbyshire control
Opening batsman Wayne Madsen reached his highest ever first-class score as
Derbyshire took control against Northants on a rain-affected third day at
Wantage Road in the County Championship
Kumar and Kaneria take Dolphins to title
Left-arm medium-pacer Lal Kumar and legspinner Danish Kaneria demolished the Baluchistan Bears middle-order to hand Sind Dolphins the title
Hussain takes Gloucestershire to the brink of victory
Bad light denied Gloucestershire the chance of wrapping up their first win of
the County Championship campaign over Middlesex at Lord's where the hosts
go into the final day on 167 for 7
Carter keeps Warwickshire hopes alive
Another excellent spell of swing bowling from Neil Carter swept Warwickshire to the brink of victory on the third day of their championship match against Hampshire at Edgbaston