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COLOMBO * Sri Lanka's army chief said yesterday his forces had wiped out two-thirds of the Tamil Tigers' military capability, and that the decades-old conflict with the rebels was at its tail-end. Lieutenant ...

Colombo: India's famed batsmen were made to struggle on a difficult track as Sri Lanka Board XI left the visitors gasping at 196 for eight on a rain-truncated second day of their three-day warm-up match here on ...

Two players pressing for places in their national teams for the first Test starting on Wednesday shone on the opening day of India's three-day warm up match against a Sri Lanka Board XI.

Tajikistan News.Net Saturday 19th July, 2008 Karachi, July 19 : The PCB has reportedly called a meeting on July 24 to figure out the reasons behind the team's dismal performance in the just concluded Asia Cup ...

When the master plan for English cricket was unveiled this year a major section was kept secret.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has left Shoaib Akhtar out of its 24-member training camp, saying the paceman lacks fitness.

India batting star VVS Laxman could be prevented from playing for Nottinghamshire because of the county's Indian Cricket League players.

Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner who is currently playing county cricket for Essex, says he will consider switching alliances to England if he is not selected for the Pakistan national team.

After being busy in one-dayers and Twenty20s for almost three months, India will look to quickly get into the groove for the longer version of cricket as they take on the Sri Lankan Board XI in a three-day ...

Harbhajan Singh does not doubt mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis' potentials but the star off-spinner believes it is old trickster Muttiah Muralitharan who would pose bigger threat for the Indian batsmen in the ...

The International Cricket Council will hold a security briefing Sunday for the eight countries taking part in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan.

Mumbai: Having bamboozled batsmen in the recent Asia Cup, Sri Lanka's 'mystery' spinner Ajantha Mendis sought to put Indian batsmen on the backfoot ahead of the Test series by disclosing on Thursday that he was ...

South Africa's highly rated pace attack flopped in the first Test against England because they allowed pre-match hype to make them complacent, according to their assistant coach, Vinnie Barnes.

Agencies LAHORE, July 15: The Pakistan Cricket Board today suspended Mohammed Asif for failing a dope test during the Indian Premier League, promising to help the IPL drugs tribunal probe the matter.

Sir Donald Bradman hits out during a test against England in 1934. Map: Darwin 0800 Four Don Bradman autographed cricket bats worth $10,000 each have been stolen from a sports complex in Darwin overnight.

NEW INNINGS: New Zealand Cricket has launched an international search for its new national coach to replace John Bracewell who contract ends in nine months.

New Delhi: After three months in the wilderness following the slap-gate episode, controversial Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is back to what he does best and eager to prove his match-winning mettle.

The Pakistan Cricket Board Wednesday ruled out a direct intervention from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to dissuade Australia, New Zealand and England from pulling out of the Champions Trophy over ...

Future Test series between England and South Africa have been granted "Icon" status, meaning that the teams will contest five-match Test series instead of four.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has trained his guns on English medium schools in Mumbai that offer Marathi as an optional subject or do not have it on their curriculum at all.