After getting thumped at Sydney, India's task only gets more difficult when they head to Perth. Australia, meanwhile, are enjoying a comfortable time putting in clinical performances match after match. India could not have expected a worse start to their New Year than the innings defeat in th

At last Kolkata Knight Riders have brought something to smile for their fans. They won convincingly against Royal challengers Bangalore. Their next encounter will be against table topper Warriors. It starts at 20:00 IST or 14:30 in Bengaluru, October 1. Click for Live Score Card of Kolkata Kn

Australia will play Sri Lanka in the fifth ODI of the series at the RPS in Colombo on Monday. Australia have already won the series and will be happy to have begun under the new regime with a win and will now be able to rotate their players for this game; unless of course they want to go into

The eighth game of the tenth edition of the World Cup will see Australia take on New Zealand at the VCA in Nagpur. Both the sides have won their first game and will be going into this game with a lot of confidence. In their first encounter, New Zealand were very clinical in their approach. T

South Africa defeated Australia in the second warm-up game for both the sides before the start of the World Cup 2011. This was Australia's second successive loss while South Africa won their second consecutive game. South Africa won by seven wickets and with many overs to spare. Unlike the last ga

Australia will go into the 2011 edition of the World Cup without the presence of Michael Hussey and Nathan Hauritz, both of whom were dropped from the side because of their injury issues. Both suffered from injuries during the recently finished ODI series against England and have not yet recovered s

The one-off ODI between Australia and Ireland will be played at Dublin. It will be a huge exposure for a team which has applied for Test membership and needs to probably start winning games against the lesser teams more regularly and perform rather well against the stronger ones like Australia

The last chance for West Indies has arrived. Having not won a single game on the tour so far, the West Indian side will look to make it at least one match under their kitty, as they meet Australia in the second T20I of the series at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Conversely, out of the six Test

The injury-laden West Indies team seems to be going the Pakistan way as they lost their first two games in the ODI series to be down 0-2. And with the third game of the series to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and the captain Chris Gayle accepting that he has become Doug Bollinger's

Sulieman Benn has been banned for two ODIs by the match referee Chris Broad after he was found of committing a Level Two offence in the Australia versus West Indies at WACA in Perth. Two other Australian players, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson were also awarded fines, 25% and 105 of their matc

The first test between Australia and West Indies will be played on Thursday, 26th November, at the Gabba in Brisbane in Australia. This is the first of the three test matches that will be played in the series, which is more popularly called the Sir Frank Worrell trophy. Australia will be pla

Australia has suffered another injury setback, as their wicket-keeper and opening batsman, Tim Paine has broken his finger and will have to leave for Australia to get treatment. This will mean that the Aussie side will be without a wicket-keeper till a replacement is flown to India. Graham Man

The Australian side has been hit by injury woes ahead of the second ODI against the Indian side to be played at Nagpur on Wednesday. James Hopes, who bowled only two overs in the first game at Baroda against the Indians has been ruled out of the second game due to a hamstring injury. It has be

The captain of the Pakistani side, Younis Khan, has been ruled out of the clash against West Indies. This, after he had sustained an injury during the warm-up game versus Sri Lanka while fielding in the slips and going for a catch. As it turns out, Younus Khan's little finger has been fracture

Australia will play Scotland in their one-off ODI on Friday to be played at Edinburgh and the tourists will want to start off on the limited overs version of the tour on a positive note. For Scotland, this will be a golden opportunity to showcase their talent and get more exposure for their

Australia and England will lock horns in the second test match of the 2009 edition of the Ashes series on Thursday, when they meet at Lord's. And with the score-line reading 0-0 after the first test match at Cardiff was drawn, it will be interesting to see which team draws first blood in the g

A day of twists and turns saw Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson join hands with keeper Brad Haddin to bid goodbye to the Indian Premier League in favour of rest for better country commitments. Clarke is expected to lead the Australian side after the retirement of skipper Ricky Poin

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

Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against India in their third one-day cricket match here today. Australia omitted Brad Haddin to bring in fit-again Ponting, who had missed the first two games due to hamstring injury. India have made just one change by bringin

Australian openers, Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have given flying start to their team against cricket minnow Scotland in a Group A match here at Warner Park. Australia were 82 runs without loss in the 15th overs. Gilchrist and Hayden are playing on 40 and 38 respectively at this mom

Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist will be available for Australia's entire World Cup campaign following the birth of his third child, Archie, on Saturday. He missed the recent Chappell Hadlee Trophy series defeat to New Zealand, to be with his wife, Melinda. But he is now expected to arrive befor

Matthew Hayden overcame a foot injury to post the highest individual score by an Australian in one day internationals in the third and final Chappell Hadlee Trophy match against New Zealand in Hamilton on Tuesday. With Australia trailing 2-0 in the series, the opener smacked an unbeaten 1

Adam Gilchrist will miss the warm-up matches when the defending champions begin their icc cricket world cup west indies campaign in the Caribbean starting next month. Gilchrist has reportedly been allowed to take compassionate leave as his wife Mel is due to give birth to their third chil