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.

The Indian Premier League organisers were forced to tweak the event's schedule this year because of the upcoming assembly elections in five states. The league organisers, in a statement, said they have made some changes in the 2011 IPL original schedule taking into account the assembly elections...

Enigmatic fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is unlikely to play any further role for Pakistan in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup. Shoaib, 35, announced on Thursday that he will retire after the tournament. The bowler seems to have lost favour with the team management, including skipper Shahid Afridi,...

New Zealand choked South Africa as they beat them by 49 runs. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. A superb 83 from Jesse Ryder took the Kiwis to 221 which courtesy a disciplined bowling effort from Nathan McCullum and Jacob Oram defended comfortably.

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori will be the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, starting April 8 in Chennai. Vettori, who led New Zealand to a record sixth semi-final apperance in the just-concluded World Cup, will replace spin legend...

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...

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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,...