Australia humiliates Sri Lanka, enters semis

Australia thrashed Sri Lanka by a huge 81-run margin as the men in yellow stormed into the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 here on Sunday.

Zimbabwe stuns Australia in warm-up tie

Zimbabwe once again proved to be Australia’s nemesis in the shortest format of the game as they registered a thrilling one-run win over the men in yellow in a T20 World Cup warm-up game at St. Lucia on Tuesday.

Sehwag retains top spot in Test rankings

Swashbuckling Indian opener, Virender Sehwag, has retained the No. 1 position in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) player rankings for test batsmen.

Australian team has a handful of idiots: John Reid

Former Kiwi skipper John Reid believes that some members of the current Australian team are “idiots” who need to be dealt with strictly.

Hussey, Hauritz script a miraculous win for Australia

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Australia didn’t win the second test against Pakistan but Pakistan lost it! Pakistan, given a target of 176 to win their first test against Australia in 15 years, were bundled out for 139 giving Australia a 36 runs victory and an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series.

Pakistan take lead, move closer to historic win

Pakistan took a 204-run lead in the first innings of the second test against Australia as the tourists reached 331 for 9 at stumps on Day 2 in reply to Australia’s first innings score of 127.

Graeme Swann storms into third position in ICC bowlers’ rankings

England off-spinner Graeme Swann has finished off a memorable year for him by breaking into the top five of the ICC rankings for test bowlers. The Englishman finishes of the year at the third spot after his consecutive Man of the Match performances in the first two tests against South Africa.

Hauritz takes five as Australia thrashes Pakistan by 170 runs

Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz picked up his maiden five-for as Australia defeated Pakistan by 170 runs on the final day of the first test match at Melbourne.

Team conduct leaves Ponting “embarrassed”

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said on Monday that he was embarrassed by his teammates’ on-field behavior during the third test match against West Indies at Perth and that he would talk to his players who overstepped the line in the game.

Gambhir retains No.1 spot, Sehwag 4th in ICC Test rankings

India’s in-form opening batsman, Gautam Gambhir, retained his No.1 spot in ICC Test rankings for batsmen while his opening partner, Virender Sehwag moved up a spot to be 4th in the list released on Monday.

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