Man of the match Kevin O'Brien, who helped Ireland recover from 111 for five as they chased down England's total of 327, admitted he could not believe his feat after breaking the record for the fastest one-day hundred. "I'm pretty speechless at the moment," he said....

Sachin Tendulkar added another feather in his cap when he became the first and only batsman to score 2,000 runs in the ICC Cricket World Cup. In a glittering international career, Sachin Tendulkar has added another landmark to his name at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on March 9, by becoming the...

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...

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...

Muttiah Muralitharan's swansong appearance on home soil could not have been better as he scalped a wicket of his last ball in the ICC CWC semi-final. Muralitharan had Scott Styris LBW off the final ball of his 10th over to finish with two for 42 after earlier dismissing Jesse Ryder for 19...

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...

All rounder Shane Watson smashed a world record, hitting 15 sixes in an astonishing innings of 185 not out from just 96 deliveries as Australia beat Bangladesh by nine wickets with 24 overs to spare to take a 2-0 lead in a three-match series. Watson's percentage of his team's score...

The opener made 102 as he anchored his side's chase of 221 in a near replica of Saturday's opening game, meaning Windies counterpart Lendl Simmons' half-century was in vain. Having been the one Pakistan batsman not to reach a half-century in that eight-wicket win, Shehzad was not...

Former India captain and coach Kapil Dev said an Indian should have been chosen as the coach of the national team. Speaking to the Hindustan Times newspaper, Kapil said: "Who is Duncan Fletcher? I would like to see Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh as coaches of the Indian team. Not because...

Three Lions, three formats, three skippers. Andrew Strauss continues as Test skipper, Alastair Cook takes over the ODI reins and Stuart Broad gets the Twenty20 job. Apart from Strauss leading the Test side, it isn't ideal; but that doesn't mean it can't work. Strauss knows better than most...