Ricky Ponting believes the Ashes schedule was changed deliberately to avoid England hosting the opening game at Lord’s, a ground they haven’t beaten Australia at in 75 years. The contest will start instead at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff from July 8, the first time a five-day fixture has been held in Wales. “La…

Allrounder Andrew Symonds has been omitted from Australia’s 16-man squad to defend the Ashes cricket series in England. Selectors announced the squad Wednesday, 50 days ahead of the series-opening match at Cardiff on July 8. Andrew McDonald was preferred to Symonds as an allrounder based on his performances in Australia…

Joseph Hoover Wellington, Apr 7 (PTI) India recorded their first series triumph on New Zealand soil in 41 years though rain denied them a deserving victory in the third cricket Test here today. Rain played spoilsport in India’s push for a 2-0 series win on the fifth and final day and the hosts escaped with [...]

India 379 (Tendulkar 62, Harbhajan 60, Dhoni 52, Martin 4-98) and 434 for 7 dec (Gambhir 167, Laxman 61, Dravid 60, Dhoni 56*) drew with New Zealand 197 (Zaheer 5-65) and 281 for 8 (Taylor 107, Harbhajan 4-59) The Wellington weather and a Ross Taylor century defied India as the third Test ended in a [...]

Sachin Tendulkar struck twice just before the end of the first session to reduce New Zealand to 254 for seven at lunch. India started the fifth and the final day of the third Test match, beaming with confidence of finishing it off early. While the bowlers were looking to take quick wickets, the overnight batsmen [...]

Joseph Hoover Wellington, Apr 6 (PTI) Rahul Dravid scaled another lofty peak in his illustrious career when he created the world record for the most number of Test catches by a fielder here today. Levelled with Mark Waugh’s 181 (128 Tests) before going into the match, Dravid pulled ahead in his 134th match when he [...]…

Ross Taylor scored a half-century to keep alive Kiwi hopes of a draw against India before bad light stopped fourth day’s play. Harbhajan Singh struck twice in the same over as New Zealand continued to give up cheap wickets after lunch on the fourth day of the final Test with New Zealand in Wellington. The [...]

Harbhajan Singh strikes twice in the same over to get rid of Martin Guptill and Jesse Ryder to put India on top. Just after lunch Zaheer Khan claimed his second victim in the form of Daniel Flynn. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck an unbeaten half century (56) to set New Zealand an improbable victory target [...]

Wellington, April 6 (IANS) New Zealand were 37 for one at lunch, chasing an improbable 617 runs to win the third and final cricket Test to square the series here at the Basin Reserve Monday. Rahul Dravid grabbed his world record 182nd catch when he took a low catch diving to his left at third [...]

Riding on Gautam Gambhir’s golden run of form, India swept into a near-impregnable position in Wellington and virtually ensured that their 41-year wait for a series win in New Zealand will be over in a day or two. There were vital inputs from Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, but Gambhir stole the show for the [...]