A fighting half century from Kevin Pietersen kept England afloat and they were seemingly on course to save the final cricket Test against India on the final day reaching 232 for 3 at tea in their second innings. India now have another 34 overs to dismiss England for an outright win. At t

Showers suspended play on the fourth morning of the third and final cricket Test between India and England here today. India were 35 for 3 in their second innings with captain Rahul Dravid (two) and Sourav Ganguly (21) at the crease when the covers came on 20 minutes before scheduled lunch

Sitting pretty on their 1-0 lead after the victory at Trent Bridge, India will be looking to end a 21-year-long drought of a series triumph in England as they square up against the hosts in the third and final cricket Test at the Oval here tomorrow. Even as the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Ra

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was today appointed captain of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming Twenty-20 World Cup in South Africa as the selectors recalled Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh for the inaugural edition of the new version of the game. With regular captain Rahul

In the absence of Rahul Dravid, who has opted out, Ranchi-born Mahendra Singh Dhoni is expected to be named captain of the Indian squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa by the selectors here tomorrow. The swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman, who turned 26 on July 7, is set

Gautam Gambhir and Wasim Jaffer gave the Indians a solid start as the tourists reached 127 for 2 at lunch on the second day of their three-day cricket warm up match against Sri Lanka 'A' at Grace Road here today. Jaffer made a solid 48 while Gambhir was unbeaten on 45, the 85-run partnership

Taking a tough stand on the poor on-field behaviour of players during the second cricket Test between India and England, ICC Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle will have a word with captains of both the sides before the third and final Test at Oval next week. Players from both the teams indulg

Indian paceman S Sreesanth has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee for breaching an ICC Code of Conduct by deliberately barging past England captain Michael Vaughan on the fourth day of their second cricket Test at Trent Bridge. Sreesanth, charged after shouldering Vaughan during the fir

Zaheer Khan's two-wicket burst helped India make early inroads into the England batting and reduce the hosts to 94 for three at tea after overnight rain forced a four-hour delay on day one of the second cricket Test here today. At the break, opener Alastair Cook on 35 (112m,70b,5x4) and Paul

The Indian squads for the seven-match ODI series against England and for the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa will be chosen here on August 7, the Cricket Board announced today. The selectors also have to name the captain for the inaugural Twenty-20 championships as Rahul Dravid, alongwi

Sourav Ganguly, who skipped the practice session yesterday due to stiff back, is expected to be fit for the second cricket Test with the team management including him in the shortlist of 12 players for the match. Captain Rahul Dravid said Ganguly was in much better shape after a day's rest

India will launch their gruelling three-match cricket Test series against England at the historic Lord's here tomorrow, heavily relying on their famed batsmen to provide the inspiration in their quest for a rare series win. It will probably be the last English summer for the famous batting q

Sachin Tendulkar says his opting out of the inaugural Twenty20 World Championships does not signal a possible imminent retirement from other forms of the game as well, at least for the time being. Ever since India's disastrous World Cup campaign in the Caribbean earlier this year, there ha

Indian cricketers may be poor travellers but their former coach John Wright feels the team could be "very competitive" if they get their batting right and big players perform in the upcoming series against England. "Always the key for India is their belief that they can win aw

England Lions' skipper Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat against Indians in their final three-day warm up cricket match beginning here today. Indians are being led by Sachin Tendulkar after skipper Rahul Dravid pulled out yesterday due to calf muscle injury. The visitors have l

A breezy knock by Rudra Pratap Singh helped India set Sussex a challenging target of 273 on the fourth and final day of the cricket tour match here today. RP Singh cracked a 46-ball 41 with seven fours before the Indians declared their second innings at 184 for 8 about 40 minutes after lunch

India lost quick wickets in the face of some impressive bowling by the Sussex bowlers and were reduced to 116 for 6 in their second innings on the final day of their tour opener here today. At lunch, India had an overall lead of 204 runs with four wickets in hand. Skipper Rahul Dravid, who

Captain Rahul Dravid says India has a good chance of India doing well in the upcoming Test series against England as the hosts were most likely to miss the services of their star all rounder Andrew Flintoff. Flintoff, who underwent an ankle surgery, was still recuperating and is doubtful t

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat against Sussex in their four-day opening match of the England tour here today. The Indians included both VVS Laxman and Yuvraj, who are fighting for the last specialist batsman's slot in the Test squad, while Sachin Tendulkar and

India, grouped with arch-foes Pakistan and minnows Scotland in Group D, will commence their campaign in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup at Kingsmead in Durban, South Africa, on September 13. India, who did not include their top three players - Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly -

Fresh from their one-day cricket series triumph over the South Africans in Ireland, India will launch their gruelling tour of England with a four-day warm-up game against County champions Sussex here tomorrow. The two teams, however, will keep one eye on the quirky weather as it has been ra

India's 2-1 triumph over South Africa in the off-shore series has been a tale of two batsmen. If Sachin Tendulkar hogged the headlines at the start with his two 90-plus knocks but Yuvraj Singh put the smiles back on the Indian team by sealing victory in the last two matches. While the ret

Yuvraj Singh's unbeaten 61 helped India clinch an edge-of-the-seat thriller and beat South Afica by six wickets for a rare cricket series triumph abroad on Sunday. Chasing 149 to win in 31 overs in the rain-curtailed series decider, India faltered and fumbled before picking up themselves t

Heaving a huge sigh of relief after India finally recovered from the World Cup debacle to pocket a rare overseas series, victorious captain Rahul Dravid said his side deserves the win. "After the World Cup disappointment, we needed to regroup and get our confidence back. We have worke

Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field against South Africa in the third and final cricket one-dayer here today. Both the teams made two changes to their sides. India brought Ajit Agarkar and Gautam Gambhir in place of Ishant Sharma and Ramesh Powar. Agarkar was one

With the series levelled 1-1, India will heavily depend on their star-studded batting line-up for a morale-boosting overseas series triumph as they go into the third and final cricket one dayer against South Africa here tomorrow. The six-wicket victory in the second game yesterday has not on

Paceman S Sreesanth was today ruled out of the second cricket one-dayer against South Africa as India continued to be dogged by injuries and illness in their tour of the United Kingdom. While the Kerala bowler will sit out for the second successive game, there is also a question mark on th

Grappling with a cold bug and struggling to stay afloat in the three-match series, a depleted India face a do-or-die battle when they meet South Africa in the crucial second cricket one-dayer here tomorrow. With a flu virus reducing the dressing room virtually to a medical ward, India stru

After Jacques Kallis forced a four-wicket defeat down Team India's throat, Rahul Dravid doffed his hat at his opposite number, saying the South African captain made all the difference in the first of the three-one dayers here today. "Kallis made all the difference. If you are playing

Sachin Tendulkar missed his century by just one run as India overcame early jitters to post a fighting 242 for eight in their first cricket one-dayer against South Africa here today. Tendulkar was run out in tragic fashion going for what would have been his 42nd ODI hundred but not before