Cricket News

Sri Lanka set the trend of the Morocco Cup when they became the third team to successfully defend the total and in the meantime surge to top of the points table with a comprehensive 93 runs victory over South Africa Thursday

The ICC Champions Trophy to be played in Sri Lanka from Sept 12 and the World Cup 2003, both are threatened with star players rebelling over marketing rights over which the controlling body of the game the International Cricket Council (ICC) wants to

The first round of the Morocco Cup 2002 ended with great excitement when Sri Lanka inflicted a crushing defeat upon the South Africans

TANGIER-- With their backs to the wall, Sri Lanka played with a lot of guts to inflict a numbing 93-run defeat on South Africa, earning a bonus point in the bargain and are on top of the table to wit

On their Independence Day, Pakistan came back into the Morocco Cup 2002 with an emphatic display of batting, and quality bowling for a comfortable win against Sri Lanka

Pakistan face Sri Lanka Wednesday in the second match of the Morocco Cup knowing how important it is for them to pick the maximum points to stay on course for Aug 21 final

Pakistan and India are likely to break the bilateral series deadlock but on a neutral venue

The cancellation of Australia's tour of Pakistan could have been foretold, much before the terrorists struck in Murree and Taxila

Sri Lanka hope to avoid a Pakistani backlash in their first outing at Tangiers on Wednesday after Waqar Younis's side lost by 54 runs in the opening match of the Morocco Cup

In their first match since the death of disgraced former captain Hansie Cronje, South Africa won the inaugural One-Day International played at Tangiers, convincingly defeating tournament favourites Pakistan by 54 runs

TANGIERS -- In this brand-new cricketing venue at the northern most tip of Africa overlooking the Straits of Gibralter, Pakistan started off their campaign for the Morocco Cup 2002 in a disastrous manner

It's a good thing the strong Pakistan speedster left Trent Bridge in a hurry in a Land Rover shortly before the start of the second day's play

The world's newest international cricket venue, the 141st to stage one-day cricket, will be unveiled on Monday in a most unlikely location, at Tangiers in French-speaking northern Africa

Pakistan cricket chief Lt Gen Tauqir Zia said Friday that he would be consulting his 'lieutenants' to decide on a future course of action after Australia cancelled this October's three-Test tour here because of security fears

The new president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) from Bangladesh, Muhammad Ali Asghar vowed Friday to strive and bring Pakistan and India back on to the cricketing pitch

Waqar Younis was retained Pakistan captain till this September's ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka

Is Tendulkar a better batsman than Bradman

Fazal Mahmood was to Pakistan's bowling what Hanif Mohammad was to their batting

As I write this, India is on the verge of losing the first Test at Lord's and losing it comprehensively unless some miracle happens or rain washes out play on the last day

Pakistan will meet hosts Kenya in the opening match of next month's cricket tri-series which was shifted to a neutral venue over security fears in Pakistan