Australia wanted to approach Sunday’s first final against India with winning momentum and they sought some practice chasing, after a series in which they have nearly always batted first. They got one of their wishes at the MCG but instead of taking confidence into the deciders they enter on the back of a 13-run defeat […]
Despite losing to Australia twice in a row in the league phase, India are confident they have the advantage going into the CB Series finals. Much of that confidence comes from their two victories in the last three games, both against Sri Lanka, and their fight against Australia despite losing to them, Rohit Sharma, the […]
Adam Gilchrist’s 83 on his final one-day international performance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was not enough for Australia as they lost by 13 runs to Sri Lanka.
With Australia and India already qualified for the finals of the Commonwealth Bank Series and the match a dead rubber, the attention turned to Gilchrist who did not […]
Sanath Jayasuriya and Muttiah Muralitharan on Friday said their goodbye to Australian venues and crowds as the two Sri Lankan cricketing legends played their last match in that country.
Even though Sri Lanka had failed to make it to the triangular Commonwealth Bank series final, they came up with a stellar performance at the Melbourne Cricket […]
England will be without paceman Chris Tremlett for the three-Test series against New Zealand after he suffered a side strain against a Kiwi select XI.
Tremlett will return home for treatment and take no further part in the tour.
He was hurt as England built a 15-run lead on day two of their warm-up match, closing on […]
A spirited fightback from Sri Lanka’s bowling attack saw the tourists claim a consolation CB one-day Series victory over Australia in Melbourne.
Batting first, Mahela Jayawardene (50) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (62) helped Sri Lanka reach 221 after a poor start.
Australia looked on course for the win as Adam Gilchrist (83) and James Hopes (28) put on […]
Chris Tremlett will take no further part in England’s tour of New Zealand and is due to fly home at the end of the current warm-up match in Dunedin, after succumbing to a recurrence of a side strain. Tremlett had been added to the Test squad as cover for Steve Harmison and was picked for […]
It’s never easy to tell what’s going through Steve Harmison’s head, but on a day when he produced his first five-wicket haul of the New Zealand tour, the good vibes were more clearly visible than usual. While his fellow bowlers succumbed to injury and illness - and in Chris Tremlett’s case, ended up being booked […]
South Australia relied on reviving half-centuries from the lower-order pair of Mark Cleary and Ryan Harris to take them to 237 against Queensland. The Bulls, who were 0 for 8, are trying to lift from the foot of the table and Ashley Noffke and Scott Brant gave them a chance with three wickets each. […]
On the eve of this match Ashwell Prince called on his batting team-mates to step up and post at least 400 on the board, and his words clearly didn’t fall on deaf ears. But even he wouldn’t have envisioned this: Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie doubled South Africa’s first-innings 170 from Dhaka and then some, […]
Paul Collingwood has given England an injury scare with a week to go until the first Test at Hamilton after sustaining a grade one tear to his right hamstring. He did not take the field when play resumed after a rain delay on the second day at Dunedin, although an England spokesman said that the […]
Captain Mahela Jayawardene believes Sri Lanka need to “go back to the drawing board” following their disappointing performances during the Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia.
The Sri Lankans have recorded just one win during the series and head into their last game against Australia in Melbourne on Friday with no chance of reaching the final. […]