Guernsey stand between Malaysia and promotion
MALAYSIA edged closer to promotion after a thrilling 27-run win over arch-rivals Singapore in a World Cricket League Division Five match at the Kallang ground in Singapore yesterday.
Australia pacemen blitz India
BRISBANE: Ben Hilfenhaus took five wickets as Australia's pacemen ripped through India's top order to secure an emphatic 110-run victory in the one-day Tri-series on a steamy night at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday.
Skipper Suresh leads Malaysia to victory
SURESH Navaratnam played a sterling captain's role to lead Malaysia to a nine-wicket win over Cayman Islands in a World Cricket League Division Five match at the Singapore Cricket Club yesterday as Shafiq Sharif scored his second successive half-century.
Shafiq stars in victory
WICKETKEEPER Shafiq Sharif led from the front to carry Malaysia to a 47-run win over Argentina for a bright start to their World Cricket League Division Five campaign in Singapore yesterday.
Set for a good outing
MALAYSIA captain Suresh Navaratnam believes the national team are in the best possible shape as they begin their World Cricket League Division Five campaign in Singapore today.
Crushing win for Sri Lanka
SYDNEY: Sri Lanka posted their biggest-ever one-day international win over Australia in Sydney yesterday with a crushing eight-wicket tri-series ODI victory with 101 balls to spare.
Cook conjures up right recipe
ENGLAND beat Pakistan by 20 runs in the second one-day international to lead 2-0 and grab at least a share of the series spoils on Wednesday.
New coach stokes promotion hopes
AFTER hiring former Nepal coach Roy Dias, the Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA) is expecting a significant improvement in the fortunes of the national team with the aim of winning promotion from the World Cricket League (WCL) Division Five which begins in Singapore today.
India, Sri Lanka in dramatic draw
ADELAIDE: India and Sri Lanka finished in a sensational tie in their tri one-day series international at the Adelaide Oval yesterday.
Gambhir backs rotation policy
ADELAIDE: Indian opener Gautam Gambhir says India's memorable four-wicket win over Australia in their one-day international had vindicated the team's controversial rotation policy.
Dhoni leaves best for the last
ADELAIDE: Indian captain M.S. Dhoni again proved the man for the occasion as he lifted his side to an extraordinary win over Australia in their tri-series one-day international in Adelaide yesterday.
More spin for England
PAKISTAN will once more depend on spin to maintain their dominance over England when the teams meet in a four-match one-day series starting tomorrow.
Aussie-born Parks finds it tough in Scotland
ONLY a week after the opening round the Six Nations championship has already claimed one casualty in Scotland who lost 13-6 in a game they could have won.
Australia cut it close
PERTH: Australia beat Sri Lanka by five runs in the third tri-series one-day international at the WACA Ground yesterday.
Comfortable win for India
Kohli again rises to the occasion
All is not lost, says England captain Strauss
DUBAI: England captain Andrew Strauss stressed a 3-0 hammering inflicted by Pakistan was not all doom and gloom for his team, hoping they learn from their mistakes and move on.
Whitewash in Dubai
Pakistan spinners maul England
Australia win series opener
MELBOURNE: Australia beat India by 65 runs in the first tri one-day series international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday.
Chase begins
ENGLAND were left to fight hard to save defeat and with it the humiliation of a first-ever series whitewash at the hands of Pakistan in the Third and Final Test at Dubai Stadium here yesterday.
Younis, Ali keep Pakistan afloat
DUBAI: Younis Khan hit a defiant half-century and Azhar Ali ably assisted him to help Pakistan reach 120-2 at tea on the second day of the third and final Test against England here yesterday.
Sahara bowls out BCCI
Sponsor unhappy with actions
England edge ahead
DUBAI: England edged to a slender five-run lead over Pakistan at the close as 16 wickets fell during an extraordinary opening day of the Third and final Test at Dubai Stadium yesterday.
India finally savour win
MELBOURNE: India broke through for their first tour win with a convincing eight-wicket win over Australia in the second Twenty20 international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday.
Tailor-made for spinners
ENGLAND spearhead James Anderson has denied seamers are discouraged by the spin-friendly pitches here, saying he was fully focused on how to win the Third and final Test against Pakistan starting today.
Pakistan fixer Aamer freed from jail
LONDON: Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Aamer was released on Wednesday from a British jail after serving half of a six-month sentence for his part in a spot-fixing scam.
Haddin says he's been dropped, not rested
SYDNEY: Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin said yesterday he has been dropped, not rested, from the one-day squad to face India and Sri Lanka and conceded it will be tough for him to win back his place.
Umpire kills Bangladesh fan with bat
DHAKA: A cricket umpire killed a teenage spectator in Bangladesh by hitting him on the head with a bat in a dispute over a contested decision, police said yesterday.
Pakistan want respect after thrashing England
ABU DHABI: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq yesterday said he hoped his team's series win over test cricket's No 1 side England will earn them respect from the cricketing world after a turbulent period which tarnished their image.
Veterans under fire
Old hands feeling the heat as India fall apart
Pakistan humiliate England to take series
ABU DHABI: Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took a career best 6-25 to help Pakistan humble England by 72 runs in the second Test here yesterday, to give them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Sehwag urges fans, media to support India
ADELAIDE: Fans and the media should back the Indian team and not seek explanations for their dispiriting 4-0 series loss in Australia, skipper Virender Sehwag said yesterday.
Youngsters spark Pakistan fight back
ABU DHABI: Pakistan were left with a battle to avoid conceding England a series-levelling win after Monty Panesar proved threatening with three wickets in the second Test yesterday.
Kohli slams 'really low' Australia after test ton
ADELAIDE: Virat Kohli accused Australia of "really low" sledging and criticised the boisterous Adelaide crowd after he scored a maiden test century yesterday as India again struggled with the bat.
Trott, Cook steady England after Strauss goes
ABU DHABI: Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook hit half-centuries to help England recover from the early loss of Andrew Strauss on the second day of the Second Test against Pakistan yesterday.
Pakistan steady after Broad claims two scalps
ABU DHABI: Skipper Misbah-ul Haq and Asad Shafiq steadied Pakistan's innings after England paceman Stuart Broad took two wickets in the post-lunch session on the opening day of the Second Test yesterday.
England urged to revive Zimbabwe ties
HARARE: Zimbabwe Sports Minister David Coltart has once again urged England to revive cricket ties with the southern African nation.
South Africa clinch series
BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa): A half-century from Faf du Plessis led South Africa to a series-clinching victory in the third one-dayer against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
End looms large for Laxman
PERTH: Speculation is mounting over the future of India's batsman V.V.S. Laxman after another unimpressive showing at the crease in India's innings defeat to Australia at the WACA Ground.
Jailed Asif appeals seven-year ban
LONDON: Jailed Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against his seven-year ban for spot-fixing, the 29-year-old’s lawyers confirmed on Saturday.
England coach tightens discipline as Care pays the price
A tough approach adopted by caretaker England coach Stuart Lancaster has claimed its first casualty as teams prepare for the 2012 Six Nations season due to start in a few weeks time.
Samaraweera fails to prevent SA victory
CAPE TOWN: South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to clinch the series 2-1 on the fourth day of the third and final Test at Newlands yesterday, despite a fighting century by Thilan Samaraweera.
Fiery Steyn claims three Sri Lankan scalps
CAPE TOWN: Dale Steyn bowled with great intensity and control to pick up three wickets before lunch and put South Africa in control of the Third and deciding Test against Sri Lanka at Newlands yesterday.
Pattinson savages India
Tendulkar still searching for century as Australia recover
Sri Lanka elects board uncontested
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's national cricket board was elected uncontested yesterday amid allegations that political pressure had forced favourites to withdraw from the first election in seven years.
Australia put faith in spinner Lyon
SYDNEY: Spinner Nathan Lyon has received the backing of the Australian team ahead of his showdown with India’s big-name batsmen in the second test at the Sydney Cricket Ground starting today.
Momentous occasion
Australia recovery faces India, Tendulkar test
Long awaited win
DURBAN: For the first time since Muttiah Muralitharan retired, Sri Lanka finally won a test.
Poor start piles on the pressure
India have to buck up after thumping
Aussie pacemen crush India
Makeshift attack shatters batters
Sri Lanka poised for win
DURBAN:Kumar Sangakkara hit a superbly-crafted century on the third day of the second Test match against South Africa at Kingsmead on Wednesday and put Sri Lanka in a strong position to “close out the game”.
Sangakkara puts Sri Lanka in command
DURBAN: Left-arm opening bowler Chanaka Welegedera produced a career-best performance to put Sri Lanka in the ascendancy on the second day of the second Test match against South Africa at Kingsmead on Tuesday.
India hit back
Hussey, Ponting haul Australia from mire with half-centuries
India seek breakthrough down under
INDIA are desperate to bury their unwanted tag of being poor travellers as they bid to win their first series in Australia starting on Monday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Pakistan triumph
DHAKA: Abdur Rehman claimed 4-51 as Pakistan posted a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second and final cricket Test in Dhaka yesterday to make a clean sweep of the series.
Clock ticking for Ponting
Demands for former captain to quit increases
Cowan presses for Test spot with hundred
CANBERRA: Ed Cowan staked a claim for selection as an opening batsman for Australia in next week's first Test against India with a century for the Chairman's XI against the tourists in Canberra yesterday.
Umar ton boosts Pakistan
DHAKA: Taufeeq Umar cracked his seventh Test century to help Pakistan post 217-2 in their first innings at tea in reply to Bangladesh's 338 on the third day of the second and final Test in Dhaka on Monday.
Duo lead Bangladesh fightback
DHAKA: Shakib Al Hasan cracked a career-best 108 not out and Shahriar Nafees hit a solid 97 to lead Bangladesh's recovery on the opening day of the Second and Final Test against Pakistan in Dhaka yesterday.
Sri Lankans collapse
Philander bowls South Africa to victory
CRICKET : Hughes out cheaply after New Zealand rout
HOBART: Pressure mounted on Phil Hughes after he again failed with the bat as Australia chased New Zealand's modest 150 on an eventful opening day of the Second Test at Bellerive Oval yesterday.
Duo fire Windies to vital win
AHMEDABAD: Ravi Rampaul and debutant Sunil Narine shared six wickets to bowl the West Indies to a crucial 16-run victory over India in the third one-day international on Monday.
Dominant Pakistan win series
DHAKA: Ruthless Pakistan drubbed Bangladesh by 76 runs in the second one-day international in Dhaka on Saturday to take a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
India triumph
VISAKHAPATNAM: VIRAT Kohli smashed a robust 117 to power India to a five-wicket win over the West Indies in the second one-day international on Friday despite Ravi Rampaul's record tail-end knock.
Vettori and Brownlie lead Kiwi fight back
BRISBANE: Daniel Vettori and Dean Brownlie restored New Zealand's first innings yesterday after a clatter of wickets on the rain-shortened opening day of the first Test against Australia at the Gabba.
Sharma guides India to win over Windies
CUTTACK: Rohit Sharma hit a responsible 72 under pressure as India survived a top-order collapse to post a thrilling one-wicket win over the West Indies in the opening one-dayer on Tuesday.
India lose seamer Kumar for Aussie Tests
NEW DELHI: Indian seamer Praveen Kumar has been ruled out of next month's Test series in Australia after fracturing a rib, the Indian cricket board announced yesterday.
Smelling blood
New Zealand ready to pummel green Australia
Windies day
HOLDING ON: Batsmen keep India at bay
Australia snatch two-wicket win
JOHANNESBURG: Teenage fast bowler Pat Cummins sealed a dream Test debut when he hit the winning runs to take Australia to a two-wicket win in the second and final Test against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium yesterday.
Fighting back
Aussies consolidate after early setbacks
Tendulkar cool on ton
NEW DELHI: Indian star Sachin Tendulkar says he is not weighed down by expectations over his 100th century as he headed home to Mumbai for next week's final Test against the West Indies.
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