Suresh Raina joined the record books when he became the ninth ever Indian to score a century in the first innings of his debut Test match. He achieved this feat against Sri Lanka at the SSC in Colombo, in the second Test match between India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka leads the series 1-0. Vire

The second semi-final of the DLF IPL this year will be played between Deccan Chargers and the Chennai Super Kings. Deccan had qualified for the semi-finals on the second place in the points table and ended with 16 points, whereas Chennai were 3rd with 14 points. Both sides needed to win their

The 51st game of the IPL will see the Deccan Chargers take on the Kings XI Punjab in a new venue at the Dharmasala cricket ground, a beautifully, picturesque venue. Punjab has already crashed out of the tournament, but Deccan still have a chance, for which they need to win all their games fr

The runner-up in the first edition of the Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings will play their first game of the third edition of the tournament against the defending champions Deccan Chargers. The match will be played in Chennai. This will be Deccan Chargers' second game after they had

Do we have another Andrew Flintoff in the making? Maybe yes, as New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram is reportedly considering his retirement from the Test cricket owing to an injury-ridden show for almost all his career. This time it was his latest problem, hamstring injury, that forced

The Sophia Gardens in Cardiff will play host to the first Ashes test match this year between England and Australia, and it promises to be one exciting encounter. The previous series between these two countries had ended in a 5-0 whitewash for the Australians, after they had lost the 2005 serie

The ICC announced the World T20 XI squad at the completion of the tournament, but none of the Indian players could make it to the final eleven. This was announced by the ICC at Lord's on Monday, along with the team for the women's World T20 XI as well. The captain of the men's team is the win

The second game of the double header in Trent Bridge will see the Australians take on Sri Lanka in a group C encounter. This game assumes must-win proportions for the Aussies, after their heavy loss to West Indies in the first match. Unfortunately, given that the margin of loss was quite empha

The second of the three games on the Super Saturday will be played between two Group C teams, Australia and West Indies. In the previous edition, Australia had lost to India in the semi-finals, while the West Indies had not even progressed beyond the first round. Australia's preparations wou

Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne has lambasted temperamental all-rounder Andrew Symonds for showing disrespect to the national team and urged him not to throw away his international career and return as a better person. Warne was critical about Symonds "gone fishing" episode a

Australia will be eyeing to retain the Frank Worrel Australia West Indies test series trophy wrapped up when they come up against improving West Indies in the second test match at North Sound this coming Friday. The Australians held their own amidst some strong resistance by the Windies

Former Australian Test umpire Lou Rowan today described Harbhajan Singh as a rogue player and said the temperamental off-spinner deserves nothing less than a life ban for slapping India teammate S Sreesanth. "This fellow (Harbhajan) doesn't belong to the game of cricket. He has shown h

Australia fought out of tough backs to a wall situation with a splendid performance that has almost certainly ensured that this test match will be heading for a draw. Matthew Hayden was the star show for the Australians as he played a typically combative century and ensured that the Aust

Australia fought out of tough backs to a wall situation with a splendid performance that has almost certainly ensured that this test match will be heading for a draw. Matthew Hayden was the star show for the Australians as he played a typically combative century and ensured that the Aust

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's two unbeaten centuries in the Chappell-Hadlee Series gave him his career best rating points of 832 even as he continued his domination at the top of the ICC rankings for the ODI batsmen, released today. Ponting not only ensured his team's 2-0 vi

Michael Clarke maybe the natural heir to Australian captain Ricky Ponting but belligerent all-rounder Andrew Symonds revealed he too cherishes the ambition of leading the side, even if it's just in the one-dayers. Symonds reckons Clarke stood the best chance to succeed Ponting when it co

Shaun Tait staged a comeback after an injury hiatus but Stuart Clark failed to make the cut as Australia today announced a 13-member squad for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one day series starting in Adelaide on December 14. "After making a huge impact at the World Cup earlier

Indian pacer S Sreesanth's continued inability to "rein himself in" when under pressure could end up costing his side dearly during the upcoming cricket tour Down Under, feels Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds. The burly right-hander, who had a series of confrontations with the

The International Cricket Council has warned the Indian Board that it must abide by its anti-racism code and act seriously on the incident of racist crowd behaviour against Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds in Vadodara. The BCCI has played down the incident only to irk the Australian tea

Stung by the defeat to India at Chandigarh, Australian captain Ricky Ponting is not in a mood to concede more ground and cautioned the home team that they will treat the fifth cricket one-dayer tomorrow as a virtual final. "The last game was a terrific game of cricket and India have mad

Australia captain Ricky Ponting today said his side was well on course for a win against India but losing the in-form duo of Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds at crucial stages dashed their hopes. Ponting said India did well to keep wickets in their hands and rued that his side could not t

S Sreesanth, who was at his belligerent best in the first two cricket one-dayers against Australia before going uncannily quiet in the third match, mellowed down due to criticism of his volatile temper, said Robin Uthappa. "You guys have mellowed him down," Uthappa quipped at the p

Yuvraj Singh's heroic 121 went in vain as a ruthless Australia maintained their stranglehold in the series with a comfortable 47-run victory over India in the third cricket one dayer here today. The formidable Australians rattled up 290 for seven and then bundled out the home team for 24

Having taken a 2-0 lead in the One-day series against India, Australian captain Ricky Ponting today warned his teammates to guard against complacency and said it was important to keep the heat on the home team. Ponting said the lead taken by his team would be "pretty handy" and i

Three-time champions Australia sounded an ominous warning to their World Cup rivals thumping minnows Scotland by a record 203-run margin in the Group 'A' encounter here on Wednesday. The Aussies, smarting under a five-match losing streak and dethroned as world's number one one-day side,

Three-time champions Australia sounded an ominous warning to their World Cup rivals thumping minnows Scotland by a record 203-run margin in the Group 'A' encounter here on Wednesday. The Aussies, smarting under a five-match losing streak and dethroned as world's number one one-day side,

Scotland skipper Craig Wright won the toss and elected to field against defending champions Australia in the 'Group A' opener of the cricket World Cup here today. Australia left out injured all-rounder Andrew Symonds and pacemen Stuart Clark and Mitchell Johnson from the playing XI. Austr

World champions Australia will today take on minnows Scotland here in the second match of the ICC World Cup 2007. The Aussies, who have seen a series of defeats in the past, are also plagued by injuries to key players. The two-time defending champions lost five matches in a row last mont

'Turbunator' Harbhajan Singh has debunked the theory that having visited the Caribbean last year; the Indian team would hold an "advantage" at the World Cup in terms of knowledge of the conditions. "Only when we go there we will know about the conditions. And frankly I don'

Pace bowler Glenn McGrath thinks Australia have time to turn around their form slump before beginning their World Cup defence next month in the Caribbean. The world champions suffered a 3-0 whitewash against New Zealand, the rout completed by a one-wicket win for the Kiwis in Hamilton