Azhar, Malik set up comfortable warm-up win
ScorecardFile photo - Azhar Ali struck a run-a-ball 73•AFPFifties from Azhar Ali and Shoaib Malik set up the Pakistanis' 121-run rout of Nepal in their tour game in Abu Dhabi.After being put in to bat,…
Hyderabad earn honourable draw
Hyderabad comfortably held Punjab to a draw on the final day of theirGroup B Ranji Trophy Super league match at the PCA stadium in Mohalion Tuesday, thanks in no small measure to `birthday boy' MdAzharuddin.…
Giles' marathon spell in vain at Cheltenham
No one could accuse Ashley Giles of not trying his utmost to eke a result out of a disappointing final day at Cheltenham.Warwickshire's willing left-arm spinner toiled away for 45 overs unchanged as Gloucestershire made…
Knight and Singh score quickly for Warwickshire
Nick Knight and Anurag Singh gleefully seized on the opportunity to make runs after Warwickshire were put into bat by Hampshire at Edgbaston in the first of the NatWest semi-finals this weekend.On a bright and…
Bengal post healthy score against Tripura
The first day's play of the East Zone Under-14 encounter between Bengal andTripura saw the former make a respectable 279/9 at stumps on the first dayat the East Calcutta Districts Sports Council ground on Tuesday.Play…
Orissa beat Tripura in clash of lesser teams
Skipper Rashmi Ranjan Parida powered Orissa to a 43 run win overminnows Tripura in the Ranji One-Dayers. After winning the toss atEden Gardens, Calcutta, the Orissa skipper decided to bat first andthis proved to be…
5th Match, Australia v England, NatWest Series, Statistical Highlights
It was the 1723rd ODI in cricket history.It was Australia's 483rd and England's 329th match.It was the 69th match between these two sides. The record now reads :Australia 36, England 31,tied one and abandoned one.It…
Rod Marsh: I hope England do well in the Ashes
Legendary Australian wicket-keeper Rod Marsh has spoken of his desire for England to perform well on the forthcoming Ashes series."If I see Australia get beaten this summer I will say 'So what?'" Marsh said.Such comments…
And they thought the world would end when Mark Taylor retired…
As the soothsayers sift the embers after England's loss in the first Test of the latest Ashes series and wonder at the Australian ability to bounce back from defeat in India, and at the English…
Tendulkar lists his five best hundreds in ODIs
He has now scored 29 centuries in one day internationals but SachinTendulkar still feels that his best one day hundreds were those madeagainst Australia at Sharjah three years ago. In a telephonicinterview to a vernacular…