Ricky Ponting lost his temper on the pitch as Australia were again made to work hard in the field against lowly opposition at the cricket World Cup. The Australia captain's irritation at his team's inability to dismiss Canada turned to outright anger in the 42nd over when teammate...

Sachin Tendulkar will play an ICC Cricket World Cup final in his home town of Mumbai after helping India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in Mohali. Tendulkar was named Man-of-the-Match for his top score of 85 in India's 260 for nine, a total they duly defended in Wednesday's semi-final....

Kiwi fast bowler Tim Southee's death bowling helped his new IPL team the Chennai Super Kings pull off a thrilling two-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders. Chasing just 154, KKR were cruising at 112-2 before losing five wickets for 35 runs to hand the defending champions a last-ball...

South African spinner Johan Botha showed superb skills (0-31 and 67 not out) to guide Rajasthan Royals to an emphatic 8-wicket victory over Deccan Chargers. Rajasthan Royals scored� 141 for 2 (Botha 67*, Steyn 2-18) as they responded to Deccan Chargers underpar 137 for 8 (Ravi Teja 28,...

All rounder Shane Watson smashed a world record, hitting 15 sixes in an astonishing innings of 185 not out from just 96 deliveries as Australia beat Bangladesh by nine wickets with 24 overs to spare to take a 2-0 lead in a three-match series. Watson's percentage of his team's score...

Mumbai Indians' skipper Sachin Tendulkar on Friday batted through the innings against Kochi Tuskers Kerala to register his maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) century. Tendulkar's brilliant knock, 100 not out of 66 balls, saw Mumbai reach 182-2 from their 20 overs. During the innings, the...

Chasing Pune's meagre tally of 118, Mumbai Indians completed the job only on the last ball of the innings with Rohit Sharma hitting a six off Murali Kartik. "A win is a win. We chased 120 runs and managed to win the game. You have to look at the circumstances. Hopefully, we will show...

Royals were chasing 196 for win but all they could manage was 147 for seven in 20 overs as they suffered early setbacks. "We thought they could score 220-230, but in the end we did well to pull them back. But we had horror start," Warne said at the post-match press conference. Warne said it was...

Batting first, Sharma (56 off 34) and Andrew Symonds (44 off 33) staged a 102-run fifth-wicket stand to fire Mumbai to 172, after four quick wickets had pegged back a solid start by openers Davy Jacobs (32) and birthday-boy Sachin Tendulkar (28). Paceman Malinga, who recently retired from Test...

Chasing a modest 143 for victory, Pune lost four wickets for 40 and in the end could reach only 117 for nine against a disciplined bowling from the home side led by Albie Morkel (three for 29) and Doug Bollinger (two for 20). Earlier, batting first after losing the toss, Chennai openers Hussey...