Third npower Test Match Edgbaston Australia 126-1 (S R Watson 62 no) v England Australia expertly negotiated a tricky 30-over session on day one of the third Ashes Test to reach stumps on 126-1 at Edgbaston. Shane Watson, opening the batting for the first time in a Test, starred for the tourists with an unbeaten 62 and will return to the ...Read More

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh continue to dominate the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen. This list is still headed by Dhoni at the top followed by Yuvraj in second. Virender Sehwag was the next best-placed Indian batsman at No.7. Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir, at No.15 and No.19 respectively, complete the Indian presence in the top-20. At ...Read More

Pakistan on Wednesday named their World Twenty20 championship hero Shahid Afridi as captain for the one-off T20 International against Sri Lanka in Colombo on August 12. Though the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that its chairman Ijaz Butt “has appointed Shahid Afridi as captain for the Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka”, the senior allrounder is set to lead ...Read More

The BCCI will hold an emergency meeting of its working committee on Sunday to discuss the way forward in implementing the ICC's new anti-doping regulations at the domestic and international level. According to an ICC board resolution, all member countries have to submit to the ICC's WADA-compliant code by July 31. But the 11 Indian cricketers chosen ...Read More

Second ODI at Windsor Park West Indies 274-6 (T M Dowlin 100 not out) v Bangladesh 276/7 (S Al Hasan 56, M Ashraful 64, D C Thomas 2-11) Bangladesh beat West Indies by three wickets Bangladesh secured their first One-Day International series victory against a current Test-playing nation as they beat the West Indies by three wickets. The Tigers went two ...Read More

With IPL taking shape of an international tournament, it may not be too long before the International Cricket Council took notice of the member boards' growing concerns. Already New Zealand Cricket has declared the need for a separate window. The NZC was only asking what players like Shane Warne have long been demanding. There is, however, no window ...Read More

Yusuf Pathan lashed out at the BCCI selectors, saying the non-selection of his brother, Irfan Pathan, in the 30-man probable squad for the Champions Trophy has got nothing to do with his performance, but the reasons are beyond the cricket field. Yusuf, who has found himself a place in the probable team, told an Indian newspaper that Irfan’s ...Read More

Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak made a triumphant return to the Bangladesh side when he helped the Tigers win the opening one-day international against West Indies by 52 runs on Sunday. Razzak, who was prevented from bowling in international cricket in December 2008 due to a suspect action before having his suspension lifted in March, opened the bowling and ...Read More

Tour Match Northampton Australia 308-8 dec (S R Watson 84, M E K Hussey 75) & 270-3 dec (A B McDonald 75, P J Hughes 68, G A Manou 59 no, S R Watson 50) v Northamptonshire 226-7 dec (A G Wakely 62, M H Wessels 50) & 217 (N J O'Brien 58, A B McDonald 4-15) Australia beat Northamptonshire by 135 run...Read More

Sania Mirza moved into the final of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Lexington Challenger with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win over Chinese Yuan Meng. In Sunday's final of the $50,000 event, second seeded Sania will clash with top seed Julie Coin of France, who dispatched Kai-Chen Chang of Chinese Taipei 6-2, 6-4. The Indian, who had lost to Meng ...Read More