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SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom: Martin Guptill (pictured) blasted a majestic unbeaten 189, the equal fifth highest score in one-day international cricket, to propel New...

England’s Captain Alastair Cook narrowly fails to take a catch from New Zealand’s Captain Brendon McCullum (not pictured) during the second One Day...

Australian Wallabies’ coach Robbie Deans (centre) talks as rugby players Kane Douglas (left) and Nick Cummins listen during a news conference in central...

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President N Srinivasan speaks during a news conference at the BCCI head office in Mumbai,...

SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom: England’s Tim Bresnan (pictured left) has insisted the prospect of becoming a father for the first time is not proving...

SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom: New Zealand batsman Grant Elliott hopes his side can learn from their recent history as they seek to win their...

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik both hit centuries as India warmed up the forthcoming Champions Trophy with an impressive five-wicket...

New Zealand’s Martin Guptill (right) who scored a century embraces team-mate James Franklin after New Zealand won the first one-day international cricket match...

LONDON: Former Ireland seamer Boyd Rankin was called up yesterday into England’s one-day squad for the remaining two matches of their series with...

Sydney: Australia will reclaim the Ashes against all odds if Kevin Pietersen’s knee injury keeps the England batsman out of the series, spin...

NEW DELHI: Batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar yesterday called cricket’s betting and spot-fixing scandal “shocking and disappointing”, becoming India’s first big-name player to speak...

DHAKA: The International Cricket Council is probing allegations of match-fixing in Bangladeshi cricket with former national captain Mohammad Ashraful (pictured below) among those...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian skipper, smiles during a press conference in Birmingham, England, yesterday in this photograph released by International Cricket Council...

McCullum wants ODI relief against England LONDON: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum (pictured right) hopes a change of format and the introduction of...

  LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook expects New Zealand to be far stronger in an upcoming one-day series after inflicting Test humiliation upon the...

  NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer Ankeet Chavan, arrested on suspicion of spot-fixing earlier this month, has been granted conditional bail so he can get...

  LONDON: New Zealand great Daniel Vettori said he was looking forward to returning to international action in the first one-dayer against England at...

LONDON: The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) cricket committee said yesterday countries could risk losing their Test status unless they played a “minimum number...