Cricket News

England struck twice soon after lunch to reduce Sri Lanka to 108/3 in the deciding Third Test in Colombo

Victoria's bid to host the Pura Cup cricket final was over virtually before it had even begun here today despite a dominant opening day against Western Australia

Queensland served up a cold slice of revenge to New South Wales today as the Bulls booked their third consecutive home Pura Cup cricket final here today

At the end of a season of ups and downs, it was a blend of the old and the new which won the honours for Tasmania on the first day of this Pura Cup match against South Australia at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart

There was once a man who said "cricket's a funny game." If indeed that is true, and a truer statement you cannot hope to hear, then VVS Laxman was the master comedian at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on the fourth day of the second Test

Inspired by a four-wicket burst from Oliver Thomas (4/28), a South Australian Invitation Under-19 team has narrowly taken away the honours from the first match of the Sri Lankan national under-19 team's current tour of Australia

AP Bhoite (5 for 22) ripped through the Bengal lower order as Baroda crushed the visitors by 222 runs on the fifth and final day of the Ranji Trophy pre quarterfinal match at the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground in Baroda on Wednesday

Orissa dismissed the challenge from Jammu & Kashmir within the first four days of their scheduled five-day Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match played at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on Wednesday

Kanwaljeet Singh (5 for 100) and Mohammad Ghouse (5 for 97) took all the ten wickets between themselves but failed to revive the hopes of Hyderabad, last year's runners-up, in their Ranji Trophy pre quarter-final match against Madhya Pradesh at the

Batting virtually through the final day, Yere Goud (221 not out) and Railways skipper Abhay Sharma (188) made it a non contest of the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match against Maharashtra at the Poona Club ground in Poona on Wednesday

Herschelle Gibbs batted out the final session of the first Test between the West Indies and South Africa at the Bourda on Tuesday to ensure an honourable draw for the tourists as they finished the final day on 142-2 chasing an unlikely target of 306

The third day of the second Test saw VVS Laxman come into his own, playing two innings of character in one day

Baroda's dominance over Bengal continued well into the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy pre quarterfinal match at the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground in Baroda on Tuesday

Madhya Pradesh hustled out Hyderabad for 389 to collect a 107-run first innings lead in their Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal at the Daly College Ground in Indore on Tuesday

Tamil Nadu is grinding Delhi to abject submission, making the Delhi players take the field to be in the scorching sun

Railways took a stranglehold on their Ranji Trophy pre quarterfinal against Maharashtra on Tuesday

Orissa decided not to go in for the kill after dismissing Jammu & Kashmir for 151 in their first innings and taking an unassailable lead of 350 runs in the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final at the Barabati Stadium on Tuesday

It is still possible, despite all the modern technology, management systems and payment structures that cricket's qualities can over-ride all that is explainable

Joy was unconfined at the Bourda after the fourth day's play in the first Test between the West Indies and South Africa on Monday after the home side's batsmen all but removed the possibility of defeat and gave their bowlers a chance of fashioning an

The West Indies put their noses in front in the first Cable & Wireless Test yesterday by pure perseverance