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Why India was successful at the world T20

    By Gaurav Joshi While Sri Lanka stopped team India from becoming the first team to win the WT20 twice it is fair to say that India performed above expectations by reaching the final of the WT20. Before the tournament India might have been the 2nd favourite to take out the title with the […]

Kohli supreme as unbeaten India storms into World T20 finals

    Virat Kohli – Sensational performance By Kersi Meher-Homji It was a night to remember. India chased down South Africa’s daunting total of 172 to win by six wickets with five balls remaining. What a thriller! Now India meets Sri Lanka in the all-Asian final at Dhaka in Bangladesh tomorrow (Sunday) night Australian time. […]

Volunteers required for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

  Organisers of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 are looking for volunteers to join their team across Australia and New Zealand. The tournament is one of the biggest sporting events in the world with more than one million people expected to attend matches across the two host countries and more than one billion to […]

McCullum was the hero of the Wellington roller-coaster but Kohli and Sharma save India

Brendon McCullum – triple century By Kersi Meher-Homji The Wellington Test between New Zealand and India which ended yesterday was a swinging sensation. India looked certain to win before lunch on day-4. Then thanks to New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum’s magnificent century which he converted into a double century and presto into a triple hundred, […]

India – Pakistan World Cup Match sold out in one hour

  All match tickets of Pakistan-India have been sold within an hour before the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Adelaide, almost a year away. Ticket sales were announced only a couple of days ago and though the tickets for India Pakistan match are only $20 each they are rumoured to be […]

The 2015 Cricket World Cup down under is only a year ahead

By Kersi Meher-Homji To promote the inauguration of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in February 2015, a function was held in Martin Place, Sydney on 14th February, Valentine Day, exactly one year before the mega event. Prime Minister Tony Abbott was the chief guest. He said, “Cricket lays claim to being our […]

No Indian flag at Sochi Winter Olympics

What a shame that the three-member Indian team that is to participate in the Sochi Winter Olympics cannot carry the national flag as India has been suspended by the International Olympics Committee (IOC) due to allegedly corrupt behaviour by India’s members. The charge sheeted Indian officials included Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) President Suresh Kamladi, Abhay […]

BRW’s top earning cricketers

  BRW’s list of top 50 earning sport stars includes sport icons in basketball, golf, soccer, motor sports, cycling, surfing and of course cricket. Aussie cricket greats listed in the top 50 sport stars who have huge earnings which makes up a total of $158 million dollars between all 50 of them last year. Their […]

Australia to host ICC World Cricket Cup and The Asian Cup

  Australia, in 2015, will host the two biggest sporting events with our favourite game of Cricket and the Games of Football – the ICC Cricket World Cup in February and The Asian Cup in January.  12 Teams from cricketing countries as well as football have already qualified and will head down under early next […]

Fawad Ahmed wins sportsperson of the year award

Fawad Ahmed has won    the prestigious Australian Muslim Sportsperson of the Year award at the 8th  annual Australian Muslim Achievement Awards   Cricket Australia congratulates cricketer Fawad Ahmed, who last night won the prestigious Australian Muslim Sportsperson of the Year award at the 8th  annual Australian Muslim Achievement Awards. The awards ceremony, held in […]