England 425 and 311 for 6 dec (Prior 61, Collingwood 54) beat Australia 215 and 406 (Clarke 136, Haddin 80, Johnson 63, Flintoff 5-92, Swann 4-87) by 115 runs… In his last Test at the home of cricket, Andrew Flintoff broke England’s 75-year Lord’s curse with his first five-wicket haul since the Ashes-clinchi…

Pakistan 289 for 7 (Manzoor 93, Yousuf 90, Thushara 3 for 77) v Sri Lanka… Sri Lanka hit back to take three wickets for two runs Monday as Pakistan reached 289-7 at stumps on the first day of the third and final cricket test. Khurram Manzoor and Mohammad Yousuf built a 167-run partnership for the [...]

West Indies 237 and 192 for 8 (Bernard 61*, Best 4*) lead Bangladesh 232 (Rahim 48, Raqibul 44, Roach 6-48) by 197 runs… Shakib Al Hasan led from the front as Bangladesh tightened the noose on West Indies to leave them struggling at 192 for 8 by tea before rains forced an early close of [...]

England end the first day’s play at Lord’s with a score of 364/6 after Australia made a remarkable comeback into the match… England captain Andrew Strauss hit a superb century but Australia battled back towards the end of an absorbing opening day to the second Test. The Middlesex batsman finished the day unb…

Gautam Gambhir had no idea he had just become the world’s best Test batsman when HT contacted him on Wednesday. Once he was sufficiently convinced that he had indeed topped the latest ICC rankings, the satisfaction in his voice was palpable. “I had no clue about it, but yes, it sure feels great,” Gambhir sai…

Ricky Ponting believes Andrew Flintoff’s retirement announcement could prove a distraction for England throughout the Ashes series, much like Steve Waugh’s “farewell tour” disrupted the Australians during their 2003-04 home series against India. Ponting also predicted that his opposite number, Andrew S…

London, July 15 (IANS) Former England captain and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff Wednesday announced his retirement from Test cricket after the Ashes, admitting that his injuries have conquered him. ‘My body has told me it’s time to stop. Since 2005 I’ve had two years when I’ve done nothing but rehab from…

Sri Lanka 240 (Sangakkara 87, Gul 4-43, Ajmal 4-87) and 171 for 3 (Warnapura 54) beat Pakistan 90 (Kulasekara 4-21) and 320 (Fawad 168, Younis 82, Herath 5-99, Kulasekara 4-37) by seven wickets… Seamer Nuwan Kulasekera’s eight wickets in the match and spinner Rangana Herath’s maiden five-wicket haul helped S…

Bangladesh 238 (Mortaza 39, Roach 3-46) and 345 (Tamim 128, Sammy 5-70) beat West Indies 307 (Phillips 94, Bernard 53, Mahmudullah 3-59) and 181 (Bernard 52, Mahmudullah 5-51, Shakib 3-39) by 95 runs … Four years and six months after their first Test win, Bangladesh sealed a historic second victory when they beat West I…

Pakistan 90 and 178 for 1 (Fawad 102*) lead Sri Lanka 240 (Sangakkara 87, Gul 4-43) by 28 runs… Fawad Alam, Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal fashioned an extraordinary turnaround on the second day at the P Sara Oval, with Pakistan dominating as completely as they had been dominated on the opening day. Led by [...]