"Pakistan shouldn't play QFs in India" Shahid Afridi is right in saying that the team should top the group to avoid playing its quarter-final match in India, feels Wasim Akram. "I agree with what Afridi and coach Waqar Younis have said that they would not like to play their quarter-final in...

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...

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...

The 31-year-old all-rounder, whose County and International careers have been blighted by back injuries, showed England followers just what they have missed with a superb 196 off 130 balls in an Essex total of 548 all out. Napier was selected for England's 2009 World Twenty20 squad but did...

The Kolkata Knight Riders skipper, who has been tasked with leading the Indian ODI side after MS Dhoni decided to rest, had apparently injured his shoulder during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai. Gambhir arrived in Kolkata at the start of the IPL complaining of...

In a shocking submission capable to raise more controversy, Australian umpire Daryl Harper alleged that India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni tried to intimidate him. Harper, who was forced to withdraw from the third Test following criticisms from Indian players, said Dhoni should have been...

Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann staged a telling fightback as England salvaged a total of 221 on the first day of the second Test. The hosts lost six wickets in the afternoon session at Trent Bridge, to descend to 124 for eight, after being put in under heavy cloud cover by India. But after...

Kevin Pietersen (175) and Ian Bell (181 not out) hit a record 350-run stand against a weary India as England ended on 457-3.They surpassed Graham Gooch and Allan Lamb's partnership of 308 against India at Lord's in 1990 and posted England's seventh highest stand against any...

Rahul Dravid carried his bat to score 146 not out as India recovered from their overnight position of 103-5 to post 300 all out in their first innings. In the tourists' follow-on, Dravid was controversially caught at short leg off. Sachin Tendulkar scored 35 not out as India closed on 129-3,...

Australia at one point looked like they would fall short of the lowest-ever Test total, held by New Zealand when they managed 26 against England in Auckland in 1954-55. They only avoided that unenviable record with their last pair at the crease, when Peter Siddle edged Vernon Philander to the...