Sachin Tendulkar is back to the top-10 ODI batsman list in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for the first time in 10 months after scoring his 44th one-day century against Sri Lanka at the finals of the Compaq Cup 2009 in Colombo on Monday. Tendulkar soared five places to 7th in the latest...
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England wins the Ashes
England team regained the Ashes on the wonderful match at the Oval. England scored 332 and 373 for 9 declared while Australia 160 and 348 (Hussey 121, Ponting 66, Swann 4-120). This 197 runs victory came to the England team on the fourth day of the fifth test played between the two countries. Stuart...
Flintoff to retire from Test Cricket
The England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday said that England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is to retire from Test cricket at the end of the Ashes series against Australia because of persistent injury problems. The 31-year-old will continue to make himself available for one-day and Twenty20 fixtures, an ECB statement said. “My body...
The Ashes: 1st Test: England vs Australia: England saved by draw
England 1st innings AJ Strauss c Clarke b Johnson 30 AN Cook c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 10 RS Bopara c Hughes b Johnson 35 KP Pietersen c Katich b Hauritz 69 PD Collingwood c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 64 MJ Prior b Siddle 56 A Flintoff b Siddle 37 JM Anderson c Hussey b Hauritz...
1st Test: England Vs Australia
Simon Katich scored his maiden Ashes hundred and Australia captain Ricky Ponting also reached three figures to keep England at bay on the second day of the first Ashes Test on Thursday. Australia, at stumps at Sophia Gardens, were 249 for one in reply to England’s first innings 435, a deficit of 186. Left-handed...
Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers: Another chance for Chennai to prove
Depleted by star all-rounder Andrew Flintoff’s pull-out due to injury and struggling with poor form, last year’s runners-up Chennai Super Kings start unlikely underdogs against rampaging table-toppers Deccan Chargers in an Indian Premier League match on Monday. The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai side have won just one of their four matches so far, losing...
Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings: Knight Riders looking to bounce back against Super Kings
Kolkata Knight Riders will be eager to bounce back from their disappointing Super Over loss against Rajasthan Royals, when they face runners-up Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League on Saturday. Knight Riders came close to winning Thursday but it was the brilliance of Kamran Khan and Yusuf Pathan, who turned the match...
Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils: De Villiers maiden 100 in IPL 2 gave Daredevils a thrilling 9 run win
AB de Villiers won the battle of the master blasters against Matthew Hayden on Thursday to give Delhi Daredevils a nine-run win over Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League thriller. South African De Villiers rode his luck to finish unbeaten on 105 as Delhi made 189-5 in their 20 overs and Australian...
Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings: Kevin Pietersen Vs Dhoni
Dhoni and Kevin Pietersen the two maverick leaders of Team Chennai and Royal Challengers will clash in the fifth match of the Indian Premier League at Port Elizabeth on Monday. Having lost the tournament-opener to Mumbai Indians by 19 runs, Chennai, last year’s runners up, will be hoping to get on the points table...
IPL is important for me says Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff says he is right to play in the Indian Premier League, despite suggestions he should be rested ahead of the big Ashes summer. The England all-rounder, 31, has been plagued by injury in recent years. But he plays for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians in Cape Town on Saturday saying he...
