Sachin Tendulkar's dream wicket in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup is Irish teenager George Dockrell's biggest scalp in his short career. Dockrell got Tendulkar lbw for 38 in India's five-wicket win over the minnows in a Group B match in Bangalore on Sunday. Later in the game,...

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...

"Donkeys on their last legs plod home" - read a headline in the British media as it blamed hectic scheduling for the team's quarterfinal exit. The injury-ravaged England - which lost key players such as Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad in the middle of the event - were handed a...

Sixty-two-year-old Duncan Fletcher has been appointed as the coach of India ahead of the team's tour to the West Indies. The decision to appoint Fletcher, whose name was doing the rounds as a possible successor to Kirsten, was taken at the BCCI's working committee meeting. The...

Deccan had crushed KTK by 55 runs in their last match with Ishant Sharma registering a five-for and his fast bowling colleague Dale Steyn bagging three wickets. Asked at the pre-match press conference how CSK would handle the Indo-South African pace attack, Fleming quipped, "The good...

Five defeats at home have meant the Feroz Shah Kotla faithful have had little to cheer this season, and today was the bleakest day since Delhi Daredevils were routed by Mumbai Indians in their opening game. Two days after a Virender Sehwag special handed Kochi Tuskers Kerala a hiding, it was the...

Deccan Chargers dropped too many catches in the first half of the game to allow Kolkata Knight Riders to motor along to 169, and then dropped intensity alarmingly in the chase to succumb to their sixth defeat in nine games. Yusuf Pathan was the biggest beneficiary of Deccan's fielding...

Royal Challengers Bangalore 205 for 6 (Gayle 107) beat Kings XI Punjab 120 for 9 (Aravind 4-14, Gayle 3-21) by 85 runs Once every two years Bangalore hosts Aero India, the country's biggest air show, on the outskirts of the city. On Friday night, Chris Gayle took it upon himself to deliver a...

India have been dealt their biggest blow in an injury-ridden tour of England when Sachin Tendulkar was ruled out of the ODI series. Tendulkar, who continues to chase an elusive 100th international century, missed the opener at Chester-le-Street on Saturday and the Indian camp announced today...

Trinidad & Tobago player Kevon Cooper said that it was "a dream come true" after he momentarily kept his team's semi-final hopes alive with an 11-ball 25 against the Cape Cobras. Cooper was key to T&T's two-wicket win over the Cobras, a victory that was, however,...