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Sri Lanka regain Asia Cup title 09 Mar 2014 - 01:46 am

Sri Lankan players pose with the winner’s trophy after they won the 2014 Asia Cup final against Pakistan in Dhaka yesterday. RIGHT: Sri...

Sangakkara, Afridi set to light up Asia Cup final 08 Mar 2014 - 12:56 am

Pakistani captain Misbah-ul-Haq gestures during a practice session ahead of today’s final of the Asia Cup in Dhaka. RIGHT: Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi sports...

Wounded South Africa clinging to throne 08 Mar 2014 - 12:54 am

MELBOURNE: The resounding thud of South Africa’s fall on home soil capped an intriguing season of Test cricket that has seen the establishment...

Warner makes things happen for Australia 08 Mar 2014 - 12:54 am

CAPE TOWN: From bar room brawler to Test match troubadour, cricketing bad boy David Warner has made a swift transition into one of...

Penalty for ‘bad boy’ Botha 08 Mar 2014 - 12:53 am

SYDNEY: South African Johan Botha will miss South Australia’s crucial final round Sheffield Shield match after being suspended by Cricket Australia yesterday. Botha,...

Root doubtful for World T20 with thumb injury: ECB 08 Mar 2014 - 12:51 am

LONDON: England batsman Joe Root is a major doubt for the World Twenty20 tournament this month after fracturing his thumb during England’s one-day...

Another win for Sri Lanka 07 Mar 2014 - 02:28 am

Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis (left) and Sachithra Senanayake celebrate the dismissal of Bangladesh’s Anamul Haque during their Asia Cup 2014 one-day international (ODI)...

Root sparkles with 107 as England take series 07 Mar 2014 - 02:26 am

England’s Stuart Broad stands with umpire Marais Erasmus during the third one-day international cricket match against the West Indies’ at North Sound, Antigua...

South Africa in no hurry to select new Test skipper 07 Mar 2014 - 02:22 am

CAPE TOWN: With their next Test series in Sri Lanka in July, Cricket South Africa (CSA) say they are in no rush to...

Pietersen England’s ‘scapegoat’: Richards 07 Mar 2014 - 02:21 am

LONDON: Kevin Pietersen has been made a “scapegoat” for England’s Ashes humiliation in Australia, according to West Indies great Vivian Richards. England controversially...

Harris bowls Australia to series win in South Africa 06 Mar 2014 - 09:01 am

Australian players celebrate the wicket of South Africa’s AB de Villiers during the fifth day of the third and final Test against South...

India end Cup campaign with eight-wicket win 06 Mar 2014 - 09:01 am

Mirpur: India ended their disappointing Asia Cup cricket campaign with a massive eight-wicket win over Afghanistan in their last league ODI at the...

Awais Malik hits ton to power Doha Asian Club to big win 06 Mar 2014 - 08:35 am

Doha: Awais Malik blasted a century and picked up three wickets to power Doha Asian Club to a massive 112-run victory against Rawal...

Afridi powers Pakistan’s record run chase in ODIs 05 Mar 2014 - 03:20 am

Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi plays a ball against Bangladesh during their one-day international (ODI) match in Asia Cup in Dhaka yesterday. Afridi bludgeoned the...

South Africa skipper Smith fails as Australia close in on big Test win 05 Mar 2014 - 03:19 am

Australia’s Dave Warner celebrates scoring a century during the fourth day of the third Test against South Africa at Newlands Stadium in Cape...

Sri Lanka reach Asia Cup final 04 Mar 2014 - 08:48 am

Afghanistan’s fielders celebrate with Mohammad Nabi (left) as he dismissed Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara during their one-day international cricket match at the Asia...

Pakistan in frenzied celebrations after beating India 04 Mar 2014 - 08:47 am

Pakistani youth celebrate team’s victory over India on the streets of Karachi on Sunday night. KARACHI: Pakistanis engaged in frenzied celebrations after a...

Lahore longs for international cricket five years after attack 04 Mar 2014 - 08:46 am

LAHORE: For more than fifty years, Haji Basheer has prepared the pitch at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium and witnessed some of cricket’s biggest moments...