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Mohammad Yousuf scored a century on his return to Test cricket as Pakistan took a useful lead on day two of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.
Steve Harmison's recent impressive performance against Australia has failed to earn him a place in England's squad for the first Ashes cricket Test in Cardiff on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka struck with two late wickets after being bowled out for 292 by Pakistan on the opening day of the first Test between the two nations since the Lahore terrorist attack on March 3.
Former England player Steve Harmison noted recently that Australia haven't started this Ashes tour with the usual "swagger and bravado" that on previous tours was as much a part of the team as their cricket bats.
Ashes-winning England captain Michael Vaughan quit all forms of professional cricket with immediate effect on Tuesday -- and then backed his colleagues to triumph in the forthcoming series against Australia.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced that they have reached an agreement with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to stage two Test Matches and two Twenty20 internationals between Pakistan and Australia in England next July.
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets to win the World Twenty20 title in convincing fashion at Lord's on Sunday.
Twenty20 maybe a relatively new format of the sport, having only been introduced in 2003, but it has already injected new life into the grand old game.
The problem with Twenty20 though is that the "script" of every match is so predictable. Most limited-overs matches between two similarly matched teams go to the brink.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has been left out of the 16-strong training squad which will prepare for the Ashes series against Australia that starts next month.
Mohammad Yousuf scored a century on his return to Test cricket as Pakistan took a useful lead on day two of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.
Steve Harmison's recent impressive performance against Australia has failed to earn him a place in England's squad for the first Ashes cricket Test in Cardiff on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka struck with two late wickets after being bowled out for 292 by Pakistan on the opening day of the first Test between the two nations since the Lahore terrorist attack on March 3.
Former England player Steve Harmison noted recently that Australia haven't started this Ashes tour with the usual "swagger and bravado" that on previous tours was as much a part of the team as their cricket bats.
Ashes-winning England captain Michael Vaughan quit all forms of professional cricket with immediate effect on Tuesday -- and then backed his colleagues to triumph in the forthcoming series against Australia.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced that they have reached an agreement with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to stage two Test Matches and two Twenty20 internationals between Pakistan and Australia in England next July.
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets to win the World Twenty20 title in convincing fashion at Lord's on Sunday.
Twenty20 maybe a relatively new format of the sport, having only been introduced in 2003, but it has already injected new life into the grand old game.
The problem with Twenty20 though is that the "script" of every match is so predictable. Most limited-overs matches between two similarly matched teams go to the brink.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has been left out of the 16-strong training squad which will prepare for the Ashes series against Australia that starts next month.
Sri Lanka made it five wins out of five as they strode into the World Twenty20 semifinals with a 48-run victory that ended New Zealand's challenge at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on Tuesday.
Hosts England crashed out of the World Twenty20 at The Oval on Monday following a rain-affected defeat to West Indies who progressed to the semifinals.
Holders India have surprisingly crashed out of the World Twenty20 tournament after losing by three runs to host nation England at Lord's -- their second successive Super Eights defeat.
Teenager Wayne Parnell continued South Africa's surge towards the World Twenty20 semifinals with a four-wicket haul in their 20-run victory over West Indies at The Oval on Saturday.
Muttiah Muralitharan struck twice in as many balls as Sri Lanka won a spin showdown against Pakistan in Friday's opening World Twenty20 Super Eights match at Lord's to go level with New Zealand at the top of Group F.
England collapsed to their lowest-ever Twenty20 total of 111 all out on the way to a dispiriting seven-wicket defeat against South Africa at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillekeratne Dilshan's century opening stand powered Sri Lanka to a 15-run win over West Indies in their World Twenty20 match at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.
Pakistan powered into the Super Eights stage of the Twenty20 World Cup at Lord's on Tuesday when they shattered the Dutch qualifying dream.
The world's top-rated Test nation Australia crashed out of the Twenty20 World Cup after losing by six wickets to Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge.
England remain in the world Twenty20 competition after coming back from their humiliating loss to the Netherlands on Friday to beat Pakistan by 48 runs at The Oval on Sunday.
Chris Gayle showed his liking for the shortest form of international cricket by blasting 88 as the West Indies thrashed Australia by seven wickets in the World Twenty20 Group C opener on Saturday.
England suffered their biggest humiliation in limited-overs history as they were defeated by minnows Netherlands in the opening match of the World Twenty20 tournament on Friday.
The turbulent cricket career of Andrew Symonds took another twist on Thursday when the Australia all-rounder was sent home from the World Twenty20 tournament in Britain for an "alcohol-related incident".
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the World Twenty20 next month and faces a race against time to prove his fitness for the Ashes series against Australia.
Deccan Chargers are the Indian Premier League champions after Pragyan Ojha led a spirited bowling display to help seal a six-run victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Johannesburg.
Captain Adam Gilchrist blasted the fastest half-century in Indian Premier League history to lead the Deccan Chargers into the final on Sunday with a comfortable six-wicket victory over tournament favorites Delhi Daredevils.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds has been left out of Australia's cricket squad for this summer's Ashes series in England -- as selectors decided to reward the players who performed so well in the recent series in South Africa.
England warmed up for cricket's forthcoming Ashes action against Australia by completing a series whitewash over West Indies at Chester-le-Street on Monday.
England wrapped up a 10-wicket victory over the West Indies on the third day of the first Test against the West Indies despite encountering stiff resistance from Denesh Ramdin and Brendan Nash.
England bowlers Graham Onions and Graeme Swann scythed through the West Indies' batting as the tourists lost seven wickets for 29 runs in a paltry 152 all out at Lord's on Thursday.
Ravi Bopara laid down his case for Ashes selection with a second successive Test hundred against the West Indies at Lord's on Wednesday.
Australia took a 2-1 lead in the five-match one-day cricket series after defeating Pakistan by 27 runs in Abu Dhabi on Monday evening.
England expect all-rounder Andrew Flintoff to be available for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament and the Ashes after successful knee surgery.
England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the forthcoming Test series against West Indies after contracting a knee injury playing in the Indian Premier League.
Shahid Afridi claimed six victims to pave the way for Pakistan to claim victory by four wickets in their opening one-day international against Australia in Dubai.
On television, radio and in the streets, Pakistanis are calling the loss of their hosting of the 2011 World Cup, a decision made by the International Cricket Council on Friday, a national disaster.
Sachin Tendulkar slammed an unbeaten half century and Lasith Malinga claimed three wickets as the Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 19 runs in the opening match of the Indian Premier League.
The International Cricket Council have moved all 2011 World Cup matches out of Pakistan, due to the uncertain political situation in the country.
Former Zimbabwe Test star Andy Flower will take charge of the England cricket team ahead of the crucial Ashes series against Australia.
Half-centuries from Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers proved decisive as South Africa eased to a 25-run victory over Australia in the third one-day cricket international in Cape Town.
Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has been recalled to their 25-player performance squad and awarded a 12-month central contract.
India clinched their first series win in New Zealand since 1968 on Tuesday when the third Test ended in a draw after the final day in Wellington was hit by bad weather.
Rahul Dravid broke Mark Waugh's record for most catches in Test cricket as India set New Zealand a massive win target of 617 to level the series at Wellington.
India continued to dominate on day three of the third and final Test at Wellington's Basin Reserve to close in on their first series win in New Zealand in over 40 years.
India are on course for a series-clinching victory in Wellington after skittling out New Zealand for 197 on the second day of the third and final Test.
Test record runs scorer Sachin Tendulkar led the way for India on the first day of the third and final Test in Wellington on Friday, but New Zealand kept alive their hopes of leveling the series.
An unbeaten 124 from VVS Laxman in tandem with a painstaking 137 from Gautam Gambhir made sure India saved the second Test against New Zealand at Napier on Monday.
An unbeaten 102 from Gautam Gambhir and a classy half century from third wicket partner Sachin Tendulkar have given India an excellent chance of saving the second Test against New Zealand in Napier.
New Zealand are in a strong position to level their series with India after forcing the tourists to follow-on in the second Test in Napier on Saturday.
The West Indies have taken a 2-1 lead in their one-day cricket series against England, crushing the tourists by an impressive eight wickets in Bridgetown, Barbados to leave them needing just one victory from the final two matches to clinch the series.
Jesse Ryder completed his double century and Brendon McCullum made a quick fire ton as New Zealand ended the second day of the second Test against India in Napier in command.
Andre Nel has announced his decision to retire from international cricket with immediate effect.
South Africa will stage the 2009 Indian Premier League after officials decided to move the Twenty20 tournament to a neutral venue because of security fears.
England and South Africa are battling to win the rights to host the world's richest cricket league, which is being shifted out of India because of security concerns.
Next month's Indian Premier League cricket tournament will be played outside India because of election security concerns, sport officials said Sunday.
South Africa wrapped up an innings and 20 runs victory over Australia in the third and final Test in Cape Town as left-arm spinner Paul Harris finished with career best figures of six for 127.
AB de Villiers struck four consecutive sixes in one over in a blistering 163 as South Africa closed on victory against Australia in the third and final Test in Cape Town.
Opener Ashwell Prince and all-rounder Jacques Kallis scored centuries as South Africa took a strangehold on the third and final Test against Australia in Cape Town.
Sachin Tendulkar completed his 42nd Test century as India headed for victory in the opening Test against New Zealand in Hamilton on Friday.
Four wickets from Dale Steyn capped an impressive bowling performance from South Africa and helped them take command of the third Test in Cape Town, as they bowled Australia out for 209 shortly before the close on day one.
Sachin Tendulkar was unbeaten on 70 as India closed the second day of the first Test against New Zealand in Hamilton in a strong position.
Centuries by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder inspired a New Zealand fightback on day one of the first Test against India.
The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, the venue of last month's farcical 10-ball Test match between West Indies and England, will not host international cricket for at least 12 months the International Cricket Council has announced.
American financier R. Allen Stanford and his wife owe back taxes, penalties and interest of at least $226.5 million, the IRS said in court documents filed in Dallas, Texas.
Cricket's Indian Premier League (IPL) will go ahead this season despite fears over security in the wake of the terror attacks in Lahore earlier this week.
Virender Sehwag pulverized the New Zealand attack with a 60-ball century as India clinched their one-day international series with victory in Hamilton on Wednesday.
England captain Andrew Strauss defended the timing of his team's declaration on the last day of the final Test as the tourists fell agonisingly short of victory once again.
Sri Lanka's Australian-born coach Trevor Bayliss has backed up criticism of security in Lahore after being caught up in the terror attacks which left eight dead last week.
Australia confirmed their status as the number one ranked team in Test cricket with a convincing 175-run victory over South Africa in Durban on Tuesday to wrap up the three-match series 2-0.
Australian opener Phillip Hughes rewrote the record books in Durban on Sunday when he became the youngest player in history to crack a century in both innings of a Test match.
Paul Collingwood hit a ninth Test hundred to help England regain control of their must-win fifth Test against West Indies at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad where the tourists declared their first innings at 546 for six wickets.
Andrew McDonald claimed three wickets in the final session to ensure Australia maintained a firm grip on the second Test against South Africa in Durban with the hosts reaching stumps at 138 for seven.
Captain Andrew Strauss struck his 17th Test hundred, and third in consecutive matches, as England dominated the opening day of the fifth and final Test against West Indies at the Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad -- a match they have to win to avoid a series defeat.
Eleven-year-old Hassanin stares at a photo of his uncle in quiet disbelief that the man in the picture lost his life just two days ago.
Pakistan cricket chief Ijaz Butt has vowed to make a complaint to the International Cricket Council after reacting angrily to claims made by match referee Chris Broad and Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan about the terror attack in Lahore.
Bangladesh cricket chiefs have postponed Pakistan's seven-match tour of the country scheduled to start next week, following government advice.
The match referee hailed as a hero for shielding a wounded colleague during an attack by gunmen on the Sri Lankan cricket team has criticized Pakistani security forces for failing to protect players and match officials.
Pakistani authorities released photos of two suspects Wednesday as they continued to hunt for the gunmen responsible for an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team which left seven people dead.
It will be years before international cricket can be played again in Pakistan following the brazen attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, the former chief of cricket's world governing body said Wednesday.
Former England batsman Chris Broad has emerged as a hero after the armed ambush in Pakistan that killed seven people and wounded eight Sri Lankan Test cricketers.
Cricket has long been considered the gentleman's game -- a sport in which the tenets of fair play and respect for authority are so revered that it introduced a colloquialism to describe something unacceptable: "It's just not cricket."
The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan has sent shock waves around the sporting world and raised fears about the future of international cricket matches, including the 2011 World Cup, in Pakistan.
At least six security personnel were killed and eight members of Sri Lanka's cricket team hurt -- including two with gunshot wounds -- in an attack Tuesday on the team's bus by gunmen in Lahore, Pakistan.
The ambush by up to a dozen gunmen of a bus carrying members of the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore is the realization of fears long held by the sport's leading players.
Man-of-the-match Mitchell Johnson delivered the final blow as Australia beat South Africa by 162 runs in the first Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Monday.
South Africa fought back in the first Test against Australia at the Wanderers Stadium to give themselves an outside chance of victory on the final day.
Ramnaresh Sarwan scored his best ever Test score of 291 to end England's hopes of victory in the fourth test in Bridgetown, Barbados, as the West Indies ran up 749 for 9 in their first innings.
Ramnaresh Sarwan proved a thorn in England's side again as the West Indian batsman racked up his third century of the series to boost his side's hopes of saving the fourth Test in Barbados.
Australia took total command in the battle of Test cricket's top two-rated nations as they built up a lead of 297 runs over South Africa with nine second innings wickets remaining.
Ravi Bopara struck a maiden Test century as England gained control on the second day of the fourth Test against the West Indies with their highest score for five-and-a-half years at the Kensington Oval, Barbados.
Captain Andrew Strauss struck his 16th Test hundred to put in England in control of their must-win fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados on Thursday.
An unbroken 72-run partnership between Brad Haddin and debutant Marcus North helped Australia reach 254 for five when bad light and rain ended day one of the first Test against South Africa.
Pakistan captain Younus Khan failed in his attempt to break Brian Lara's world record for an individual Test innings when he was dismissed for 313 early on the final day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Karachi.
Pakistan captain Younus Khan has Brian Lara's world record Test score in his sights after ending the fourth day against Sri Lanka unbeaten on 306 in Karachi.
England wicketkeeper Matt Prior will miss the crucial fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados on Thursday after his wife gave birth to their first child, a baby boy.
The England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed they have terminated all contractual links with Sir Allen Stanford -- the Texan billionaire charged with an alleged nine billion dollars fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
England failed in their race against time to dismiss West Indies as the third Test ended in a nailbiting draw at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
Ramnaresh Sarwan came to the rescue after West Indies stumbled in their world record run chase of 503 against England in the third Test at the Antigua Recreation Ground.
Recalled off-spinner Graeme Swann snapped up five wickets as West Indies were dismissed for 285 against England on the third day of the third Test at Antigua.
English cricket chiefs have broken off negotiations with Allen Stanford after the Texan tycoon was charged by U.S. regulators over an alleged multibillion dollar fraud.
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