Ireland beat the Netherlands by six wickets in a high-scoring battle of the minnows. Batting first the Dutch, buoyed by a Ryan ten Doeschate century, scored a healthy 306 in their 50 overs . In reply, Ireland got off to a great start as their skipper William Porterfield (68) and Paul Stirling...

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected bat, putting up 265 runs on board. Sangakkara contributed with a century while Muttiah Muralitharan picked four wickets.

Pakistan broke Australia's 34-match winning streak after edging them out by four wickets in the ICC Cricket World Cup in Colombo on Saturday. It was Pakistan who had last inflicted a World Cup defeat on the defending champions - 12 years ago at Headingley - and they required 41 overs to...

Tempers were frayed during a key world cup clash as a 63-run second wicket stand between Brad Haddin (42) and captain Ricky Ponting (19) ended with an umpire review. Brad Haddin was confronted with several Pakistani players which resulted in ugly jostling. Ponting stood his ground despite a...

With the country set to return to Test fold after a six-year hiatus, Zimbabwe is preparing to brace the five-day format they were once part of. Zimbabwe, who played their last Test against India in September 2005, will return to Test cricket when they take on Bangladesh, tentatively in August,...

A sparkling knock of 113 by Yuvraj Singh helped India beat the West Indies by 80 runs in the final Group B match in the ICC Cricket World Cup. The victory put India second in their group and secured a quarter-final against Australia in Ahmedabad, while the Windies are left to face Group B...

Pakistan beat Australia by 4 wickets. Australia won the toss and were bowled out for 176 courtesy some great bowling from Pakistani bowlers. While chasing, Pakistan reached the target with 54 balls to spare.

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...

Zimbabwe defeated Kenya by 161 runs in a 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, Group A match. Zimbabwe batted first and scored 308/6. Tatenda Taibu, Vushi Sibanda and Craig Ervine scored half-centuries each. In response Kenya were dismissed for 147 in the 36th over

South Africa beat Bangladesh by 206 runs in a 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, Group B match. Led by Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla and Francois du Plessis, the Proteas put-up 284 on the board. In reply, the hosts were bundled out for 78. Lowabo Tsotsobe and Robin Peterson were the wrecker-in-Chief.