Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar fell short of his 100th international century after being dismissed for 94 on the final test against the West Indies.
India have eased to 132 for the loss of opener Virender Sehwag at lunch on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies.
Organisers will spray a chemical to minimise the impact of dew during Saturday’s World Cup final at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, its curator said.
JP Duminy’s sparkling effort helped propel SA into the quarterfinals of the Cricket World Cup with a crushing 131-run win over Ireland on Tuesday.
SA seem to possess too many weapons for Tuesday’s match against Ireland who look exhausted after pulling off the first upset of the World Cup.
South Africa, needing 13 runs off the last over, broke the hearts of a partisan Indian crowd by pulling off a thrilling three-wicket win.
Familiar foes India and SA will clash in a World Cup Group B match on Saturday with the aim of proving their World Cup credentials as favourites.
Ruthless Australia compounded the miseries of rivals New Zealand by notching up a seven-wicket victory in their World Cup match on Friday.
The depth in their batting and the variety of their bowling make South Africa one of the teams to fear at the World Cup.
A furious Ricky Ponting took out his frustration at being run out in Australia’s match by smashing a television set with his bat in the dressing room.
Australia softened up Zimbabwe with fiery pace and bounce to kick-start their World Cup campaign with a resounding 91-run victory on Monday.
Australia will look to take a leaf out of New Zealand’s book and thump opponents Zimbabwe to make a statement in their World Cup opener.
Wankhede Stadium, venue for the Cricket World Cup final on April 2, has not met fire safety standards, the chief fire officer for Mumbai said.
Over the last two decades, there is very little missing from Sachin Tendulkar’s list of achievements as a batsman.
India promised to clean up the athletes’ housing for the Games by Wednesday as authorities scrambled to fix a big hurdle facing the beleaguered event.
