Philander out as Sri Lanka win toss vs South Africa

New South Africa bowling star Vernon Philander was ruled out of the second Test against Sri Lanka starting Monday after failing to recover from a knee injury sustained during training. With next-in-line Lonwabo Tsotsobe also unfit, Marchant de Lange makes his Test debut as South Africa seek to wrap up the three-match series after an innings and 81-run triumph at Centurion in which Philander claimed 10 wickets. Sri...

Live Score: Yadav gets rid of Ponting

10:05 a.m. Ponting dismissed! Yadav it is once again who provides India their third wicket after a 113-run partnership between Ponting and Cowan. The good-length delivery gets big on Ponting and the ball hits high on his bat. The resultant thick edges flies to Laxman in the slips. Big relief for India. 9:45 a.m. Cowan reaches fifty! Ed Cowan's gritty fifty off 120 balls on debut coincided with his 100-run partnership...

RP: I was nervous on opening day

 RP SINGH RP Singh exclaimed returning to Test cricket after three years made him nervous as struggled against England at The Oval on Thursday. "I was initially nervous, that's why the first over I bowled here and there but gradually I got my line and length," said RP Singh, who bowled seven overs for 19 runs and didn't look a part either in pace or fitness. RP Singh said he was informed of his inclusion only...

Favouring records buck up India for Oval Test

London: A crest-fallen Indian team returned to a relatively calmer London for the fourth and last cricket Test, starting Thursday, with high hopes against the just crowned World No.1 England as they enjoy an unbeaten record at The Oval. After humiliating defeats in the first three Tests -- and in the process surrendering their No.1 status, the Indians can only look to a happy ending to the series. They can take heart...

Next challenge for England is to become No 1 in ODI's: Vaughan

London: As England cherish their ascendancy to the top of Test cricket with three successive wins overIndia, former captain Michael Vaughan said the next challenge will be to rule the one-day rankings. "We also want to see them become the world number one team in one-day cricket too. That is the next challenge," Vaughan said. "We haven`t won a World Cup yet and I think that will be (coach) Andy Flower`s next goal,"...

Rankings add edge to India-England series

London: England head to the Oval for the final Test of the summer against India on Thursday as the world`s top side courtesy of a rankings system which is now widely accepted but not generally understood. The International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings are the brainchild of former Wisden almanac editor Matthew Engel. "Test cricket crucially depends on context," Engel wrote in the 1995 edition. "It needs a five-Test...

India wilt as Dravid drops dollies

Birmingham: Plays of the Day from the second day of the third Test between England and India at Edgbaston: Omen of the dayWith 207 catches to his credit, the highest in Test cricket by a non-wicketkeeper, Rahul Dravid could be said to possess the world's safest pair of hands. But that crown seems a misfit if you have seen Dravid putting down some easy catches in this series. So far his drop count stands at five: at...

Cricket World TV - India's Task 'Difficult But Not Impossible' - Ojha

Speaking ahead of the third Test between England and India, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha maintains that their task in attempting to win both remaining matches to level the series 2-2 was difficult, but not impossible and he is staying positive. He also tells us what it is like bowl to the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman but also how much his game has developed from sharing a dressing room with some of the greatest players the game has ever se...

Cricket-England v India - third test scoreboard

(Updates at the close) Aug 11 (Reuters) - Scoreboard at the close on the second dayof the third test between England and India at Edgbaston inBirmingham on Thursday. India first innings 224 (MS Dhoni 77; S. Broad 4-53, T.Bresnan 4-62) England first innings (overnight 84-0)A. Strauss b Mishra 87A. Cook not out 182 I. Bell b Kumar 34 K. Pietersen lbw b Kumar 63 E. Morgan not out 44 Extras (lb-26, b-7, nb-12, w-1) 46 Total (three wickets,...

Cook hundred puts woeful India to the sword

India hadn't seen the best of Alastair Cook in the first two Tests. Now they have. His unbeaten 182, a 19th Test hundred, carried England into a position of complete control at Edgbaston as they built a lead of 232 with the prospect of plenty more to come. Cook added 187 for the first wicket alongside Andrew Strauss, while Kevin Pietersen contributed a lively half-century during India's worst day of the series with...

England on top against India in third Test

Birmingham: England enjoyed an excellent opening day in the third Test against India as they pursued a win that would see them replace the tourists at the head of the ICC's Test Championship table. They closed on 84 without loss in reply to India's modest first innings 224, a deficit of 140 runs, at Edgbaston on Wednesday. England captain Andrew Strauss was 52 not out and fellow left-handed opener Alastair Cook 27 not...

Johnson, Watson fire Australia to victory

Pallekele (Sri Lanka): Mitchell Johnson grabbed a career-best 6-31 and Shane Watson smashed a brisk 69 to guide Australia to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first one-dayer. Opener Watson cracked six sixes and five fours in his 51-ball knock as Australia achieved a 192-run target with more than 11 overs to spare for a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. Left-arm fast bowler Johnson played a key role in restricting...

Ind vs Eng: India lose Sehwag early

NEW DELHI: Virender Sehwag dashed all the hopes of India, as he fell early to a Stuart Broad delivery in the third Test against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Sehwag making a comeback after a shoulder injury failed to make impact, as a Broad delivery brushed his glove on the way to the hands of Matt Prior. Initially the umpire turned down the appeal, but England challenged the decision and the hot-spot showed...

IPL 2011: Delhi Daredevils lose to Deccan Chargers by 16 runs

New Delhi: Delhi Daredevils' first win at home in season four of the Indian Premier League (IPL) remained elusive as they went down to Deccan Chargers by 16 runs at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Tuesday. It was an all-round performance by Deccan Chargers, who climbed to the fourth spot in the IPL after their second win from five matches. Daredevils failed to move out of the ninth spot as they crashed to their third loss in four matches. For the Chargers, skipper Kumar Sangakkara showed the way with a classical, yet fiery, 49...

IPL 2011: KTK vs CSK: Kochi Tuskers Kerala beat Chennai Super Kings by 7 wickets

KOCHI: Brendon McCullum exploded at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium and destroyed Chennai Super Kings on Monday. The Kiwi scored another match-winning 47 off 33 balls as Kochi Tuskers Kerala, chasing 132 in a rain-hit 17-over game, scripted their second win in IPL 4. The underdogs have now accounted for the two hot favourites - CSK and Mumbai Indians - in the space of a week. Wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel (34 off 26...

IPl 2011: Deccan charge to maiden home victory

Accurate spells of fast bowling from the entire cast of seamers helped Deccan Chargers inflict a convincing 33-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have now suffered two losses in a row. In the process, they laid to rest the curse of never having won a match at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in history of the IPL.Chasing the second-highest total in the tournament so far, Bangalore's batsmen looked...

IPlL News: We were hungry for a win: Gambhir

Kolkata, April 12, 2011 [IANS] : After clinching the first victory of the IPL season 4, Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Gautam Gambhir on Monday said, his team was hungry for a win. “Our team was hungry for a win. It was really magnificent to play at the Eden Gardens in front of such a crowd. We played much better cricket than the last game. The most important thing in the game is how you finish the game,” said Gambhir...