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New Zealand seize control 07 Feb 2014 - 09:37 am

AUCKLAND: Captain Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson scored centuries to resurrect New Zealand’s innings after they lost three early wickets to put them...

Rahman and Kayes shine as Bangladesh reach 409 07 Feb 2014 - 09:36 am

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Shamsur Rahman and Imrul Kayes hit maiden centuries as Bangladesh found batting form to avoid the follow-on in the second and...

British PM, Morgan defend KP 07 Feb 2014 - 09:36 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron yesteray became embroiled in the row over the end of Kevin Pietersen’s (pictured) England career, saying there...

England call up uncapped Ali, Parry and Gurney 07 Feb 2014 - 09:35 am

LONDON: England called up the uncapped Moeen Ali, Stephen Parry and Harry Gurney for this month’s one-day tour of West Indies in the...

Maiden triple ton for Sangakkara 06 Feb 2014 - 12:39 am

Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara (left) celebrates his triple century with team-mate Nuwan Pradeep during the second day of the second Test match...

New Zealand confident of India upset in Test series 06 Feb 2014 - 12:34 am

AUCKLAND: New Zealand are quietly confident of being able to exploit the green state of the Eden Park wicket and upset India in...

Pietersen so sad over sacking 06 Feb 2014 - 12:33 am

LONDON: Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen expressed sadness over the end of his international career yesterday and said that he was “incredibly overwhelmed”...

Sangakkara lifts Sri Lanka 05 Feb 2014 - 10:14 am

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara (centre) plays a shot as Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim (left) and Imrul Kayes look on during the first...

England end Pietersen’s career 05 Feb 2014 - 10:10 am

LONDON: Kevin Pietersen’s controversial England career came to an abrupt end after officials announced yesterday they “unanimously” wanted to rebuild the side without...

Warne to ‘think about’ England coaching job 04 Feb 2014 - 02:02 am

SYDNEY: Australian bowling great Shane Warne (pictured), so often the cause of England’s demise, offered yesterday to think about reviving the old enemy...

Bangladesh seek revival 04 Feb 2014 - 01:57 am

Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan (right) kicks a football as team-mate Tamim Iqbal looks on during a training session at the Zahur Ahmed...

India’s Test warm-up ends in draw 04 Feb 2014 - 01:49 am

WHANGAREI, New Zealand: India’s under-fire batting line-up gained valuable match practice yesterday as the tourists’ two-day Test warm-up against a New Zealand XI...

England end tour with T20 loss 03 Feb 2014 - 01:15 am

Australia Nathan Coulter-Nile (left) runs towars Michael Starc after he caught out Alex Hales of England during the third match in the Twenty20...

Scotland eye World Cup upsets 03 Feb 2014 - 01:12 am

WELLINGTON: Scotland co-coach Paul Collingwood is adamant his side are not going to next year’s Cricket World Cup just to make up the...

England’s Giles would be ‘very interested’ in succeeding Flower 03 Feb 2014 - 01:12 am

London: Former test spin bowler Ashley Giles confirmed on yesterday that he would be “very interested” in succeeding Andy Flower as England’s team...

ODI rout fires up New Zealand for India Tests 02 Feb 2014 - 12:48 am

WELLINGTON: A fired up New Zealand yesterday turned their sights towards the upcoming two Tests against India, bursting with confidence after exceeding expectations...

New Zealand thrash India 01 Feb 2014 - 12:10 am

Brendon McCullum, captain of New Zealand, holds the ANZ One-Day series trophy after the fifth and final ODI against India in Wellington at...

In-form Aussies pocket T20 series 01 Feb 2014 - 12:10 am

Australia’s Cameron White (centre) speaks with England’s Jade Dernbach (left) and Ravi Bopara after the second T20 international cricket match in Melbourne yesterday....