England beat Australia in the fifth and the final test match at Oval by 197 runs to regain the Ashes by winning the series 2-1. Chasing 546 for the most improbable of wins, Australia crashed to 348 all out, late on the fourth day to leave the hosts victors. Australia had ended the fourth day

Australia will face England in the fourth test match of the Ashes series at Leeds in Headingley, and will know that being down 0-1 in the series, they cannot afford to lose this game. A loss here will end their Ashes campaign for this year, as there will only be one game remaining after this.

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

Australia will be hoping to wrap up the five match West Indies Australia ODI series by winning the fifth match at Basseterre this coming Sunday 6th July 2008 to register a clean sweep over much weakened West Indies. Australia already lead the series 4-0 and having already won the test se

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

In a veiled warning to Anil Kumble and his teammates, Australia's middle order bulwark Michael Hussey said every home batsman will be armed with separate strategy for each Indian bowler when they walk out to bat in the forthcoming Test series. Hussey said the hosts had not left any stone u

Despite his unbeaten 139 in the Afro Asia Cup final in Chennai, Indian wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained in the fourth place in the latest LG-ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. Dhoni, who hit the highest-ever ODI score by a number seven batsman in Chennai, now trails th

India wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has moved up to second position overtaking Australian captain Ricky Ponting in the latest ICC Player Rakings for ODI batsmen. The 25-year-old, who had briefly reigned the rankings charts last year, has just completed a successful four-match

Riding on the back of his powerful comeback, left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan has jumped ten places to 27th position in the latest LG ICC ODI rankings. Another Indian pacer Munaf Patel leaped eight spots to 39th to record his career best haul of rating points. Zaheer was rewarded for his m

Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes his team's ability to dig in and fight was the decisive factor in winning back the Ashes. They turned a potential loss into an an amazing victory in Adelaide and a 206-run win in Perth sealed the series. Ponting said: "What this team has been g