Kevin Pietersen

Bookie predicts India win in Indore

New Delhi (IANS): Few in England expect an English win in the seven-match one day international (ODI) series against India, if one were to go by the bets placed with a top British bookie. William Hill - a leading London-based...

The Poms fail once again

MAYBE Eddie the Eagle should just announce his comeback and really complete this farce. Because English sport is officially at rock bottom after a series of humiliating losses in everything from rugby union to, gasp!, darts....

England lacking motivation in oneday internationals

Humiliation is calling too often. Three times in the past fortnight England's one-day cricketers have felt its shame and embarrassment. Roasted: England captain Kevin Pietersen watches as his side are humiliated by India in...

David Hopps: Something for nothing culture sells readers short

That the Indian cricket board have changed the face of the game is indisputable. They have taken Twenty20 - a modest little English invention designed to help the first-class counties stave off bankruptcy - and transformed it...

Now Brooking needs his enemy

Sir Trevor Brooking may have to kiss and make up with arch rival, Football League chief Lord Mawhinney, if he wants to fight Premier League plans to scrap restrictions on where they can recruit young players.

Decimated by `Super India`, KP looks ahead!

Stung by the humungous margin of defeat in the in the first one-day international at Rajkot on Friday, England captain Kevin Pietersen, however, chose to complement India for playing `super cricket`, rather than offer excuses...

Digesting the power of Powerplays

16 Nov 2008, 0056 hrs IST, K Shriniwas Rao, TNN MUMBAI: Whether we talk about the shorter version of cricket or the shortest, it continues to remain the batsman’s game. The latest rule added to the International Cricket...

Chaos greets teams in Indore !

The cricket teams of India and England led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kevin Pietersen, respectively, arrived here for the second of the seven-match one-day series, scheduled for Monday. However, media was barred from entering...

England Cricket Team Suffers From Bad Grammar In Mumbai

The England cricket team is, or 'are', facing enormous problems ahead of the One-Day Series against India, as, for the second time in 10 days, it was, or 'they were', depending on your grammar, skittled-out for less than, or...

British media go ga ga over Yuvi, lambast KP and co

Saturday, November 15, 2008 : 1540 Hrs RSS Feeds British media go ga-ga over Yuvi, lambast KP and co London (PTI): The ease with which Yuvraj Singh dismantled the English attack mesmerised not just Indian fans but also the...