India beat BlackCaps by 5wkts to win Test series 2-0

By Abhishek Manroa

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli

BENGALURU (TheSportsNext) September 4, 2012: India defeated New Zealand by five wickets in the second Test at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday to clean-sweep the two-match series as Virat Kohli and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni joined hands for the second time in the match to take the home side to victory.

India defeat New Zealand by an innings in Hyderabad Test

By Abhishek Manroa

HYDERABAD, India (TheSportsNext) August 26, 2012: India outclassed New Zealand by an innings and 115 runs in the first Test played at Hyderabad after the tourists were folded for 164 runs in their second innings on Sunday.

Split coaches for different formats was John Buchanan's idea

By Bipin Dani

SHARJAH (TheSportsNext) August 24, 2012: The New Zealand Cricket (NZC) board and the national director of cricket, John Buchanan had expressed an interest in having separate coaches for separate formats of the game.

Interestingly, he may not have given this idea during his tenure as coach in Australia. 

London2012: Sohail Abbas urges teammates to raise the bar

By Afshan Younis 

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 2, 2012: After defeating Argentina by two goals to nil in the London 2012 hockey tournament on Wednesday, skipper of Pakistan hockey team Sohail Abbas has found room for improvement ahead of the crucial match against Great Britain.

London2012: 346th Intl goal of skipper gives Pakistan 2-0 victory over Argentina

By Hamad Hussain 

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 1, 2012: The world record holder Pakistani skipper Sohail Abbas led his side from the front in a crucial encounter of the London2012 hockey tournament against Argentina as the Green Shirts won the match by 2-0 and kept their gold medal hopes alive.

This was very important match for both the teams but Pakistan displayed exceptionally well and won it in great fashion.

London2012: Pakistan hope to record first win today against Argentina

By Hamad Hussain

  

LONDON (TheSportsNext) August 1, 2012: Pakistan hockey team will face Argentina in their second Group A match of London Olympics 2012 today at Riverbank Arena and after impressive show against Spain in the first match on Monday, they are hoping to register their first win in the tournament.