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,...

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...

Australian captain Ricky Ponting said Canadian batsman Hiral Patel reminded him of Indian swashbuckler Virender Sehwag. Patel's blazing 45-ball 54-run innings had the Australians on the backfoot before the defending champions regrouped to skittle out the Canadians for 211 and chase the...

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...

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,...

Pakistan stormed into the semi-finals after crushing the West Indies by 10 wickets at the Sher-E-Bangla Stadium. Pakistan needed just 20.5 overs to reach their paltry target of 113 as Mohammad Hafeez made 61 off 64 balls and Kamran Akmal 47 off 61. Their spinners had done the damage earlier in...

Cricket No more Gentle man Game. New Zealand players Should Punished for their on field Rowdyism against South African Batsman Francois du Plessis.

Sachin Tendulkar will play an ICC Cricket World Cup final in his home town of Mumbai after helping India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in Mohali. Tendulkar was named Man-of-the-Match for his top score of 85 in India's 260 for nine, a total they duly defended in Wednesday's semi-final....