The second match of the three-game series, in January 2010, saw Australia recover from posting 127 in their first innings to win by 36 runs, after dismissing Pakistan for 139 second time around. Akmal came in for criticism and his performance was scrutinised after he dropped Mike Hussey three...

"Pakistan shouldn't play QFs in India" Shahid Afridi is right in saying that the team should top the group to avoid playing its quarter-final match in India, feels Wasim Akram. "I agree with what Afridi and coach Waqar Younis have said that they would not like to play their quarter-final in...

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...

Australia batsman Mike Hussey is certain his hamstring injury has fully healed and is desperate to repay the faith shown in him after his call-up to the ICC Cricket World Cup squad. Hussey was announced as Australia's replacement for injured paceman Doug Bollinger on Sunday night, and will...

ICC approved Eoin Morgan's return to the ICC Cricket World Cup squad in place of injured Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen, who had been building a new opening partnership with captain Andrew Strauss at the tournament, did not join his team-mates on the journey from Chennai to Chittagong after...

Chasing England's 171, the South Africans were cruising at one time at 114/3 before a middle-order collapse led to an embarrassing six-run defeat. But Smith refused to admit that their chokers tag was not entirely out of place. "I do not think we are chokers. In the last couple of...

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...

Stuart Broad is to fly home from the ICC Cricket World Cup on Wednesday because of a side injury, the ECB have confirmed. The England seamer on Tuesday afternoon received the news he was dreading, having undergone two scans after suffering soreness in his upper side during Sunday's Group B...

Ross Taylor struck a blistering unbeaten 131 to take New Zealand to a challenging total. New Zealand posted 302 on board which proved too good for Pakistan as they sub-continent team struggled and were all out for 192. New Zealand won by 110 runs.

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,...