With the Indian and Sri Lankan cricket teams for the icc cricket world cup west indies 2007 announced, the third one day international between the two countries here Wednesday will be little more than a rehearsal for next month's mega cricket tournament. Sri Lanka has taken a 1-0 lead with

Indian Cricket team face the threat of dropping to sixth position in LG ICC ODI ranking while South African cricket team sniff a chance to topple Australian cricket team at top. Indian cricket team, now fifth with 107 points, may slide one place if they lose the remaining two ODIs of the

In a dramatic turn of event, India suffered an lower order batting collapse which allowed Sri Lanka to register a thrilling five-run victory in the second cricket one-dayer here today. Chasing Sri Lanka's 257-8 built around Kumar Sangakkara's brilliant 110, the Indians were cruising along

The cricket teams of India and Sri Lanka have reached Rajkot today to play the second One Day International of the four-match series. The activities of Indian and Sri Lankan players for the Rajkot ODI will be under a heightened surveillance after the Nagpur incident. The ICC team, in coo

Unseasonal showers played spoilsport as the opening cricket one-dayer between India and Sri Lanka, the first international tie to be hosted by the city in more than two years, was abandoned at the Eden Garden here today. The 86-thousand odd Kolkata crowd was seemingly set for some thri

Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid will lead India against Sri Lanka in a four-match ODI series that kicks off here today. The spotlight will be on Sourav Ganguly and dashing batsman Virender Sehwag who is hoping to make a comeback. Indian chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has said unambig

The issues of telecast rights and contract system for cricketers are likely to feature in the BCCI 's working committee meet today. The meeting assumes importance in the wake of the ordinance which has made it mandatory for television rights owner to share the live feed with public

The Sri Lankan vice-captain, Kumar Sangakkara, today said his side has an all-round attack and an "X-factor" to succeed in the upcoming four-match one day series against India. Sangakkara said while the visitors boasted a variety of pacers, the arrival of sling-shot Lasith Mali

The national selectors today announced Indian squad for the forthcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka beginning on February 8 . Out of form opener Virender Sehwag and Munaf Patel have been recalled for the first two one dayers. Gautam Gambhir, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina and Romesh Powar wer

The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived here on Friday for a four-match ODI series against India, According to the channel, the 15-member Sri Lankan team has come without off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and left-arm pacer Chaminda Vaas, who have been rested as the World Cup is round the corner.

India bowled out the West Indies for 181 to win the fourth and final cricket one-dayer by 160 runs and clinch the series 3-1 here today. The Indians rode on Tendulkar's unbeaten ton to amass an imposing 341 for three and then bundled out the Caribbeans for 181 with more than eight over

After the defeat at Chennai, Team India will be keen to field their best combination and wrap up the one-day cricket series against the West Indies here tomorrow. The three-wicket defeat in the third ODI has reduced India's advantage in the series to 2-1 and the hosts would like to regai

The cricket teams of West Indies and India have arrived in Vadodara for the fourth and final ODI of the series, Vadodara will host the final ODI on Wednesday. The West Indies team arrived on Sunday. However, skipper Brian Lara would only reach the city today. After their arrival, the Wes

The West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has been reprimanded for prematurely celebrating a dismissal in the third cricket one-dayer against India. Bravo was found guilty of breaching clause 1.5 of the Code by ICC Match Referee Alan Hurst at a hearing that took place following the conclusi

Nimbus today said it has signed an agreement with private DTH operator TataSky for telecasting the India-West Indies cricket series on its platform. "We have signed an agreement with TataSky for telecasting the cricket series on the DTH platform," an official of Nimbus s

If Australian and New Zealand fans thought they were facing problems in obtaining visas for the World Cup in the West Indies, then they should spare a thought for their Pakistani counterparts. Anyone from Pakistan will have to apply to an embassy in India, a country with which relations are

The fourth and final one-day international between India and the West Indies would be held at Vadodara on January 31 instead of January 30, the BCCI said today. "The West Indies Cricket Board has agreed to our request to put off the match by a day as the police had told the B

Speedster Irfan Pathan would be returning home from South Africa to play in the Ranji Trophy games for Baroda, BCCI sources said today. BCCI administrative head Prof. Ratnakar Shetty told reporters here that the decision to call back the struggling paceman was taken by chief s

Chairman of selectors David Graveney refused to be drawn on whether Michael Vaughan will captain England in the one-day series in Australia after the Yorkshire player was included in the squad. The 32-year-old has not played international cricket since being forced home from the to

Buoyed by the success of the historic Test in Johannesburg, Team India has now pined its hopes on second Tech match beginning on December 26. In a bid to utilise the time between the first and the second Tests, the team management has decided to play a practice match. The practice ma

India will take on Sri Lanka in the finals of the Women's Asia Cup Cricket tournament today. India has maintained a clean slate as it thrashed Pakistan by a huge 103-run margin in its last league match of the women's Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Tue

Left-arm Chinaman bowler Paul Adams was today named in the South African squad for the first Test against India starting in Johannesburg from December 15. Adams joins Nicky Boje, who will be the other spinner, in the 15-member squad. "We have selected a 15-man squad that includes t

India has slipped to sixth in the LG ICC ODI ranking table following a 4-0 series defeat at the hands of South Africa. The last time India was lower in the LG ICC ODI Championship table was in October 2005 when it languished in seventh position and if the West Indies wins the series ag