The people that travelled through the hills to watch the first one-day international in Pallekele witnessed a Pakistan team in shambles: they saw a glut of extras, three dropped catches, the worst possible display of end-over bowling, and a batting implosion from a shell-shocked team. They also...

New Zealand secured a surprise ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final berth with a thrilling 49-run victory over South Africa in Dhaka on Friday. The Black Caps were first thankful to Jesse Ryder (83) and Ross Taylor (43), who rescued them from 16 for two at one stage and helped them post 221 for...

Nathan McCullum, Jacob Oram came out all guns blazing as the duo rocked South African batting line-up. McCullum took three wickets while Oram finished with four wickets. Here are all the wickets from New Zealand vs South Africa.

New Zealand choked South Africa as they beat them by 49 runs. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. A superb 83 from Jesse Ryder took the Kiwis to 221 which courtesy a disciplined bowling effort from Nathan McCullum and Jacob Oram defended comfortably.

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...

BANGALORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS Key batsmen: AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Tillakaratne Dilshan Key bowlers: Zaheer Khan, Dirk Nannes, Daniel Vettori Best: Runners-up, 2009 Last year: Third Chances: Any team with De Villiers and Dilshan, whose stock rose as he finished top runscorer in...

consecutive victory in the Indian Premier League with a comfortable four-wicket victory against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in a battle of debutants here on Wednesday. Chasing 149 to win set by the Tuskers, the Warriors were at a tricky 118 for six in the 16th over but Mohnish Mishra, who made an...

Pune looked set for their third straight win of the campaign as half-centuries from Jesse Ryder (60) and skipper Yuvraj Singh (66) got them to 187 for the loss of just five wickets. And Yuvraj threatened further with his figures of four for 29 - after a solid start from Delhi openers David...

Chasing a modest 143 for victory, Pune lost four wickets for 40 and in the end could reach only 117 for nine against a disciplined bowling from the home side led by Albie Morkel (three for 29) and Doug Bollinger (two for 20). Earlier, batting first after losing the toss, Chennai openers Hussey...

The defending champions restricted Pune to 141 for six - thanks to a three-wicket haul from Doug Bollinger - and then chased down the target with three balls to spare. Earlier, batting first after winning the toss, Pune had a disastrous start losing four top-order wickets for 41 inside eight...