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Bangladesh 154 for 5 (Tamim 80*, Shahadat 0*, Swann 3-40) trail England 599 for 6 (Cook 173, Collingwood 145, Pietersen 99, Bell 84) by 445 runs… Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell and Graeme Swann played starring roles as England moved into an impregnable position on the second day of the opening Test against Bangladesh. Colli… |
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New Zealand 241 for 9 (Styris 55) beat Australia 190 (Watson 53, Bond 4-26, Southee 4-36) by 51 runs… Tim Southee and Shane Bond ensured New Zealand’s series finished on a high but with the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy already conceded, it was only a consolation victory for the hosts over Australia. The 51-run triumph m… |
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West Indies 142 for 6 (Deonarine 32*, Gayle 32, Cremer 3-34) beat Zimbabwe 141 (Chigumbura 42, Bravo 4-21, Rampaul 2-21) by four wickets… West Indies overcame a testing bowling display from Zimbabwe to chase down 142 and seal their first ODI series win in nine attempts. Narsingh Deonarine scored a fortunate 32 to thwart… |
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Kolkata Knight Riders 161 for 4 (Mathews 65*, Shah 58*, Vaas 2-22) beat Deccan Chargers 150 for 7 (Gilchrist 54, Langeveldt 2-26) by 11 runs… Last year’s bottom-rankers Kolkata Knight Riders stunned defending champions Deccan Chargers in the opening match of the third edition of the Indian T20 series. Deccan Charg… |
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England 374 for 3 (Cook 158*, Collingwood 32*) vs Bangladesh… Kevin Pietersen narrowly failed to follow Alastair Cook to three figures but nevertheless played a key role in England establishing an utterly dominant position in the opening Test against Bangladesh. Both made light of differing pressures to construct inning… |
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On the eve of the opening clash against Deccan Chargers, Sourav Ganguly made his point straightaway that the best way to progress is by “executing” and not wasting time “planning.” The Kolkata Knight Riders captain felt there was no point dissecting the past, and the better alternative was to go out an… |
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Australia 202 for 4 (White 50*, Ponting 50) beat New Zealand 238 (McCullum 61, Hauritz 3-46) by 6 wickets (D/L method)… Australia secured the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy on Thursday with a six-wicket win against New Zealand in the fourth one-day international played here. Credit for the win went to skipper Ricky Ponting and … |
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West Indies 245 for 9 (Chanderpaul 58, Barath 35, Chigumbura 2-43) beat Zimbabwe 104 (Sammy 4-26, Roach 3-28) by 141 runs… Eighty balls into the chase, it was all but over. A penetrative spell from Darren Sammy, in which he took three wickets from his first three overs – adding one more to his tally [...] |
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In an unprecedented crackdown on indiscipline, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday indefinitely barred its former captains Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf from playing for the country and imposed one-year bans on Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan in the wake of the team’s disastrous tour of Australia. The PCB als… |
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Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the most influential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated Power list. The top 50 rates Tendulkar as the number one influencer in India, followed closely by IPL Chairman Lalit Modi at second spot and liquor baron Dr Vijay Mallya in third. Union Agriculture … |
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