Mahela Jayawardene enjoyed a fitting farewell to Test cricket on home ground as Sri Lanka completed a 2-0 series win against Pakistan.
The West Indies celebrated winning the World T20 crown Gangnam style after their 36-run victory over hosts Sri Lanka in a dramatic final in Colombo.
Axed England batsman Kevin Pietersen is set to play international cricket again after reaching an agreement with the England and Wales Cricket Board.
South Africa, who suffered their second defeat to Australia, will be knocked out of the World Twenty20 tournament if Pakistan beat India.
Arch-rivals India and Pakistan stayed on course for a highly-awaited Super Eights clash in the World Twenty20 with contrasting wins on Sunday.
Ten years after his death in a mysterious plane crash, South Africa’s former cricket captain Hansie Cronje remains an enigmatic figure in the sport.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has scored his second consecutive ton against England in the final Test in Colombo, saving his team’s blushes.
India’s cricket greats have begun talking about Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement from the sport — a topic considered unthinkable a year ago.
The jail terms dished out to three cricket players convicted of match-fixing could deter others, and might bring back the sport’s credibility.
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/ 17 September 2011
Kumar Sangakkara hit an unbeaten 61 in his 100th Test as Sri Lanka responded bravely to Australia’s 316 in the third and final game of the series.
Skipper Shahid Afridi led from the front as formidable Pakistan crushed the West Indies by 10 wickets to reach the World Cup semifinals on Wednesday.
Struggling West Indies need look no further than their manager Richie Richardson for inspiration when they clash with Pakistan in the World Cup.
SA captain Graeme Smith said his team was on the right track to go all the way in the World Cup after an impressive demolition of Bangladesh.
South Africa will look to fine-tune their preparations for the knock-out rounds when they take on Bangladesh on Saturday.
A match-winning performance hardly gets overlooked when man of the match is awarded, but it has happened three times to seamer Shafiul Islam.
Bangladesh’s ninth-wicket pair of Mohammad Mahmudullah and Shafiul Islam hammered 58 runs to send England crashing to a two-wicket defeat on Friday.
England hope to recover from twin injury blows and virtually ensure their World Cup quarterfinal place with a victory over Bangladesh on Friday.
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/ 25 February 2011
Bangladesh stung flat-footed Ireland to resurrect their World Cup campaign with a 27-run victory in front of about 25Â 000 boisterous home fans.
SA’s Graeme Smith and India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni joined a chorus of World Cup skippers predicting a closely contested tournament.
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/ 17 February 2011
India will look to settle an old score against a confident Bangladesh when the co-hosts meet in the opening match of the World Cup on Saturday.
Six weeks of Cricket World Cup action gets under way on Saturday, with the 2011 tournament tipped to be the most open in history.
India struggled to keep its Commonwealth Games on track Wednesday, with England warning the event was on a "knife edge".
Top athletes are snubbing the Commonwealth Games as safety fears and complaints of filthy accommodation have left the event in crisis.
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/ 2 September 2010
The Commonwealth Games are often known as the "friendly games", but New Delhi has little to smile about ahead of the opening ceremony.
Suspended India Premier League (IPL) boss Lalit Modi has urged cricket fans to give him time to clear his name.
IPL chief Lalit Modi faced an uncertain future on Tuesday after the government launched a probe into the financial dealings of the tournament.
Indian media lined up on Thursday to shower the "God" Sachin Tendulkar with front-page tributes and predict the batsman was not finished yet.
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/ 13 September 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=twenty20world_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/318869/twenty20_icon2.jpg" align=left border=0></a>Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful smashed the fastest half-century in Twenty20 cricket on Wednesday to knock the West Indies out of the world championships. The 23-year-old dynamo pounded seven boundaries and three sixes in 61 off 27 balls as Bangladesh overtook the West Indian total of 164-8 with 12 deliveries to spare at the Wanderers.