Five Things We Learned From IPL-10
Five things we learned from the 10th Indian Premier Premier league after Mumbai Indians beat Rising Pune Supergiant in Sunday's final: Ben Stokes finally repaid the $2.16 million worth of faith...
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Latham Wants More From New Zealand Against Bangladesh
New Zealand captain Tom Latham is still looking for improvement when the Blackcaps aim for a clean sweep of victories in the final match of the one-day international Tri-Series against Bangladesh in...
Sangakkara Picture Perfect With Another Lord’s Century
Not content with scoring one century at Lord's in a match where his portrait was unveiled in the Pavilion, Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara added another for Surrey against county champions Middlesex...
Fifties For Amla and Du Plessis As South Africa See Off…
Senior batsmen Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis both hit half-centuries as South Africa completed their preparations for a one-day international series against England with a narrow 13-run win over...
Mumbai Beat Pune In Tense IPL Final
Mumbai Indians beat Rising Pune Supergiant by a single run in a gripping Indian Premier League final on Sunday to claim their third title. Pune captain Steve Smith hit a crucial 51 that seemed to put...
Latham Hits Ton As New Zealand Punish Ireland
Tom Latham hit a century as New Zealand smashed 72 runs off the last four overs to post 344-6 in the Tri-Series against Ireland in Malahide on Sunday. Colin Munro hit 44 off just 15 balls, with three...
Dhoni, Smith Communication Outstanding
Rising Pune Supergiant coach Stephen Fleming has sought to dispel rumours of a rift between stalwarts Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Steve Smith as they chase their maiden Indian Premier League title in...
Smith Lauds Youngsters For Pune’s IPL Cricket Success
Rising Pune Supergiant might be packed with cricketing heavyweights, but skipper Steve Smith Saturday credited the youngsters for the team's success in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament....
Pune Take On Mumbai In IPL Title Showdown
Steve Smith's Rising Pune Supergiant eye their maiden Indian Premier League crown as they meet tournament favourites Mumbai Indians in a mouth-watering title clash in Hyderabad on Sunday. Pune, who...
Ton-Up De Kock Leads South Africa Cricket To Opening Win
Quinton de Kock scored 104 as South Africa swept past Sussex by 66 runs in the opening one-day match of their England tour on Friday. In a match reduced to 32 overs because of rain, De Kock scored...
Mumbai Beat Kolkata To Storm Into IPL Cricket Final
Indian leg-spinner Karn Sharma claimed four wickets to lead Mumbai Indians into the Indian Premier League final after humbling Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in the second qualifier Friday....
Pakistan Cricketer Khalid Latif ‘given Bat Grips By Bookie’ To…
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday said it had seized bat grips given to Khalid Latif by a bookmaker which the Islamabad United opener was allegedly supposed to use to indicate he would participate...
Mustafizur Puts Bangladesh In Control In Dublin
Bangladesh were firmly in control at the halfway stage of their tri-series one-day international against Ireland after bowling out the hosts for 181 in 46.3 overs. Mustafizur Rahman was the leading...
India’s Karthik Recalled For Champions Trophy Cricket
Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has earned a recall to India's one-day international squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy, replacing injured Manish Pandey, the country's cricket board said....
Mortaza Glad Bangladesh Have Chance of Quick Recovery
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza is happy to go straight back into action on Friday as the Tigers go in search of their first win in the Tri-Series in Dublin. After their first game in the one-day...
De Villiers Wary of ‘next Level’ Stokes
South Africa captain AB de Villiers believes England all-rounder Ben Stokes has taken his game to the "next level" in the Indian Premier League but stressed the tournament had improved many of his...
Pakistan’s Afridi Back At Hampshire
Former Pakistan all-rounder is to return for a third spell with Hampshire after signing to take part in this season's English Twenty20 Blast, the south coast club announced Thursday. Nicknamed 'Boom...
British Tip-Off ‘helped Uncover’ Pakistan Cricket Fixing Scandal
Britain's National Crime Agency provided the initial intelligence that helped uncover a major spot-fixing scandal in the Pakistan Super League, a leading official from world cricket's governing body...
Lehmann Plays Down Ashes Strike Threat
National coach Darren Lehmann admitted Thursday a bitter pay dispute will be a distraction for Australia at next month's ICC Champions Trophy, but played down a boycott of this year's Ashes series....
Kolkata To Face Mumbai For IPL Final Berth
Kolkata Knight Riders face Mumbai Indians for a shot at a final berth in the Indian Premier League after Gautam Gambhir powered his team to a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad early Thursday. Rain reduced...