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Australia make solid start against Sri Lanka 15 Dec 2012 - 12:58 am

Australian batsman Mike Hussey hits the ball as Sri Lankan fieldsman Dimuth Karunaratne looks on during the first day of the first cricket...

New T20 event in the Caribbean 15 Dec 2012 - 12:57 am

BARBADOS: A new franchise-based Twenty20 league will begin play in the Caribbean next year the West Indies Cricket Board said yesteday, filling the...

Loss of Taylor will not affect team, says McCullum 15 Dec 2012 - 12:55 am

DURBAN: New Zealand will not be distracted by the axing of former captain Ross Taylor ahead of their cricket tour of South Africa,...

Steady India restrict England 14 Dec 2012 - 12:16 am

Nagpur: Kevin Pietersen led the way for England, playing an anchor’s innings on a flat and dry wicket as the visitors were 199/5...

Karunaratne to open with Dilshan for Sri Lanka 14 Dec 2012 - 12:16 am

HOBART, Australia: Rookie Dimuth Karunaratne was picked to open the Sri Lankan batting with veteran Tillakaratne Dilshan in the first Test against Australia...

Jayawardene to give up Sri Lanka captaincy 14 Dec 2012 - 12:14 am

HOBART, Australia: Mahela Jayawardene said yesterday he will give up the captaincy after Sri Lanka’s current Test and one-day tour of Australia, with...

Crowe torches blazer over Taylor sacking, say reports 14 Dec 2012 - 12:14 am

WELLINGTON: Batting great Martin Crowe has burned his New Zealand Cricket (NZC) blazer in protest at Ross Taylor’s sacking as the team captain,...

Du Plessis named new S Africa T20 captain against NZ 14 Dec 2012 - 12:14 am

CAPE TOWN: Faf du Plessis will lead South Africa in the three-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand later this month to free regular...

Dhoni still the right choice as captain: Akram 14 Dec 2012 - 12:10 am

New Delhi: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that Mahendra Singh Dhoni should continue as the India captain but he should be more...

Bangladesh’s star Shakib ‘weds’ 13 Dec 2012 - 08:35 am

In this photo taken on December 10, 2012, Bangladesh’s cricket player Shakib al Hasan and his girlfriend Umme Ahmed Shishir in Dhaka. DHAKA:...

New era for hosts Australia 13 Dec 2012 - 08:33 am

SYDNEY: Australia open the post-Ricky Ponting era with three Tests against Sri Lanka over the next four weeks, desperate to build on the...

NZ apologises to Taylor for captaincy mess 13 Dec 2012 - 08:33 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand cricket chiefs issued a public apology to axed captain Ross Taylor yesterday, as a weakened Black Caps side prepared to...

Afridi faces moment of truth after India axe 12 Dec 2012 - 12:51 am

KARACHI: There was a time when Shahid Afridi’s name would have been the first on Pakistan’s one-day international teamsheet, but the allrounder’s future...

Kaneria appeal against lifetime ban adjourned 12 Dec 2012 - 12:51 am

LONDON: Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria’s (pictured) appeal against the lifetime ban given to him by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) was...

Ponting absence keenly felt, says opener Cowan 12 Dec 2012 - 12:50 am

MELBOURNE: Ricky Ponting’s retirement has left a big leadership void in Australia’s Test side and other players will have to step up and...

Samuel’s blitz fires Windies to T20 victory over Bangladesh 11 Dec 2012 - 01:14 am

DHAKA: Explosive batting from Marlon Samuels lifted the World Twenty20 champions West Indies to an 18-run win over Bangladesh in a high-scoring match...

Afridi axed for India ODI series 11 Dec 2012 - 01:13 am

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan yesterday dropped big-hitting allrounder Shahid Afridi from their squad for the three-match one-day international series against arch-rivals India starting this...

Dominant England win third Test in Kolkata 10 Dec 2012 - 10:10 am

Kolkata: England defeated India by seven wickets after initial hiccups on the final day of the third Test match here yesterday to take...