Ricky Ponting conceded Michael Hussey might be flown in to replace an injured Doug Bollinger. Left-arm pace bowler Bollinger had to return home to Australia after sustaining an injury but Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel are yet to announce a replacement. Ponting hinted...

Canada posted their first win of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, beating Kenya by five wickets in their Group A clash at Delhi. The North American side had done well with the ball to bowl Kenya out for 198, with Henry Osinde taking four for 26 in his 10 overs backed by two wickets apiece from...

"We are very disappointed with the decision. Technology is supposed to eradicate the mistakes and bad decisions but I am afraid today this was not the case. The giant screen clearly showed that the batsman was offering a shot and the ball was also hitting him outside the line. I wonder what...

Dean Jones said that given their weak bowling and fielding even the high quality batsmen cannot save India's ICC Cricket World Cup campaign. "The three main common denominators consistent with all ICC Cricket World Cup champion teams are: Your top four batsmen must be of a high...

New Zealand beat Canada by 97 runs in a lop-sided 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, Group A match. Sent in to bat first, the Kiwis got-off to a rollicking start as opener Brendon McCullum scored 109 off 109 balls. Ross Taylor followed it up with a thunderous knock of 78 off 44 balls, to take New...

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...

Ireland beat the Netherlands by six wickets in a high-scoring battle of the minnows. Batting first the Dutch, buoyed by a Ryan ten Doeschate century, scored a healthy 306 in their 50 overs . In reply, Ireland got off to a great start as their skipper William Porterfield (68) and Paul Stirling...

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...

With the country set to return to Test fold after a six-year hiatus, Zimbabwe is preparing to brace the five-day format they were once part of. Zimbabwe, who played their last Test against India in September 2005, will return to Test cricket when they take on Bangladesh, tentatively in August,...

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,...