New Zealand beat England comfortably enough in their opening match of the World Cup. The kiwis overcame some hiccups against the new ball to win by six wickets with nine overs to spare. Scott Styris sparked England's batting collapse and then rescued New Zealand from one of its own

New Zealand pacer James Franklin and Jacob Oram ripped through the English batting order as England were two down at 30 in the 9th overs. Earlier, New Zealand won the toss put England in to bat in the crucial Group C match at the Beausejour Stadium in St. Lucia on Friday. The match was b

England captain Michael Vaughan has vowed a "little hamstring injury" won't stop him leading the side when the World Cup gets underway in the Caribbean next month. The 32-year-old Yorkshire batsman has spent much of the past year sidelined from international action with a longs

Swashbuckling Indian wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni jumped one place to occupy the third position in the ICC ODI player rankings. Dhoni, who blazed a 20-ball 40 against West Indies in Vadodara, has 762 points and has Mike Hussey (848) and Kevin Pietersen (778) above him in the lates

With the World Cup just around the corner, the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar sounded warning to his opponents by moving back into the list of top-20 ODI batsmen on the LG-ICC Player ranking released today. Tendulkar, who hit his 41st hundred in the fourth and final match of the one-day

Sourav Ganguly, who led India to the 2003 World Cup final, believes England are one of five teams with a chance of winning the World Cup this time around. Ganguly, recalled to Indias one-day squad after 16 months on the sidelines, told BBC Sport there was enough talent in the Engla

Australia set a new record Twenty20 international score as England began the limited-overs section of their tour down under. Ricky Ponting's Australians, looking to inflict further misery after the Ashes whitewash, surpassed their previous best by seven runs to post 221 for five at the

The mighty Australians beat England by a huge margin to win the third cricket Test and regain the Ashes after taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series on Monday. Australia wrapped up another convincing victory with the second ball after lunch on the final day when Shane Warne bowled

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has admitted he "didn't actually" stick to the plan which was sent out to him while he was at the crease trying to marshal the tailenders through the final throes of their first innings in Perth. The Hampshire star top-scored with 70 in a total of 21