England won a cliff-hanger against South Africa in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Electing to bat first, England were all out for 171 in the 46th over. Chasing a low total, South Africa got off to a steady start however, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann pulled out an unlikely victory for England.

Chasing England's 171, the South Africans were cruising at one time at 114/3 before a middle-order collapse led to an embarrassing six-run defeat. But Smith refused to admit that their chokers tag was not entirely out of place. "I do not think we are chokers. In the last couple of...

Dead and buried at one stage, a spirited Bangladesh fought back to record a thrilling two-wicket win against England in the ICC CWC. England suffered a shock two-wicket defeat against Bangladesh and will almost certainly need to beat the West Indies in their final Group B match to avoid another...

England clinched yet another cliff hanger by the skin of their teeth to keep their ICC Cricket World Cup hopes alive. By Shashank Kishore in Chennai Probably the noise levels in Dhaka would be at its lowest ever, given England's last minute push to clinch victory from the jaws of defeat...

England won another exciting match against West Indies by 18 runs. England won the toss and elected to bat putting up an average 243 runs on board. However, a disciplined bowling attack from England saw West Indies crumble on 225.

New Zealand secured a surprise ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final berth with a thrilling 49-run victory over South Africa in Dhaka on Friday. The Black Caps were first thankful to Jesse Ryder (83) and Ross Taylor (43), who rescued them from 16 for two at one stage and helped them post 221 for...

BANGALORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS Key batsmen: AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Tillakaratne Dilshan Key bowlers: Zaheer Khan, Dirk Nannes, Daniel Vettori Best: Runners-up, 2009 Last year: Third Chances: Any team with De Villiers and Dilshan, whose stock rose as he finished top runscorer in...

consecutive victory in the Indian Premier League with a comfortable four-wicket victory against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in a battle of debutants here on Wednesday. Chasing 149 to win set by the Tuskers, the Warriors were at a tricky 118 for six in the 16th over but Mohnish Mishra, who made an...

Pune looked set for their third straight win of the campaign as half-centuries from Jesse Ryder (60) and skipper Yuvraj Singh (66) got them to 187 for the loss of just five wickets. And Yuvraj threatened further with his figures of four for 29 - after a solid start from Delhi openers David...

Mumbai were initially thankful to back-end cameos from Tirumalasetti Suman (36) and Kieron Pollard (28) for stretching their total to 160, after starting the 16th over at just 97. They fared much better with the ball - Lasith Malinga took three for 25 - as Pune stuttered to 84 for four and...