England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has today announced his retirement from Test cricket following the conclusion of his involvement in the current npower Ashes Test series.Flintoff will continue to make himself available for selection for One-Day Internationals and International Twenty20 fixtures. After...

It was a dreamy day for the second-string West Indies team. Make no mistake, they are still just a makeshift attack but Bangladesh played poor cricket to be bowled out for 238. It could have been worse, as they were struggling at 172 for 8, but Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat Hossain swung their bat bravely...

Delhi Daredevils, inspired by AB de Villiers’ superbly-paced century, held their nerve in the field to beat Chennai Super Kings in the first close game of IPL 2. de Villiers’ century, the first of the tournament, came after Delhi’s innings started in catastrophe and powered them to...

India survived a scare from New Zealand to win a boundary-filled match and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. A serene Sachin Tendulkar played a perfectly-paced innings to score his first ODI century in New Zealand while Yuvraj Singh demolished the attack in a violent knock to power India to...

Nuwan Kulasekara and Ajantha Mendis executed the perfect demolition job to not only complete the win against Zimbabwe in the second match of the Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh, but also ensure a bonus point. In the process, Mendis became the fastest to 50 ODI wickets when he had Ray Price stumped...

It took just 2.3 overs for Zimbabweans on the final day to complete a victory against the Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy. Having made the perfect start to their tour of Bangladesh with a 195-run win in this three-day fixture, the Zimbabweans will now have their tails up for the upcoming tri-series...

Bangladesh fell 107 short of pulling off the most miraculous chase as Sri Lanka clawed back after lunch to seal a victory they had taken for granted after declaring in the second innings. Mohammad Ashraful resisted with a hundred, and a 111-run stand between Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim gave the...

Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh put India on course for a famous victory in Chennai as the home side reached tea on 304 for 4, 83 short of the fourth-highest successful chase in history. They came together after Graeme Swann had claimed his second wicket, to put England ahead again in a thrilling contest,...

Sri Lanka completed a series whitewash over Zimbabwe with a 19-run victory in the fifth and final ODI at Harare Sports Club, but, not for the first time in the last week, Zimbabwe threw away a gilt-edged chance of winning within sight of the finishing line.

A series of terrorist strikes in Mumbai on Wednesday night has put in serious doubt the fate of the Champions Twenty20 tournament, scheduled to begin here next week, and the second Test between India and England next month.