Australia humiliate India to seal ODI series
Left-arm pacer Doug Bollinger claimed five for 35 to help World champions Australia crush India by six wickets in the sixth One-Day International, in Guwahati, on Sunday. Chasing a paltry 170 for victory, the depleted Australian team cruised to 172 for five in 41.5 overs to register their third straight win and seal the seven-match series 4-2 with a game to spare. Tendulkar is the best player of modern era: Sangakkara
Visiting Sri Lankan team skipper Kumar Sangakkara on Sunday lavished praise on Sachin Tendulkar, who will complete 20 years in international cricket on November 15, saying the Indian the 'greatest player of the modern era'. 'I couldn't have asked for anything more'
And the Australian captain was again awe-inspiring when he led an under strength outfit, against all odds, to win the Hero Honda Cup bilateral series with a six-wicket win over India at Guwahati on Sunday. '27 for five was a bit too much'
India captain MS Dhoni finally admitted that his team failed to stand up to the task and said that the team were inconsistent in their batting. Images: India vs Australia, 6th ODI, Guwahati
Images: India vs Australia, 6th ODI in Guwahati on Sunday. Mumbai wicket would be a good one, says Kuruvilla
The track prepared for the seventh and final One-dayer between India and Australia on Wednesday at Navi Mumbai's D Y Patil Stadium would be a good one, assured former India pacer Abey Kuruvilla, who is also the sports-in-charge of the D Y Patil academy. It was a calculation mistake: Dhoni
With the batting Power Play and with four wickets in hand, India could have calculated the game better, feels skipper MS Dhoni, reflecting on the narrow defeat in the fifth ODI in Hyderabad. Unpredictability reigns ahead of Guwahati ODI
Unpredictabilty is the word that defines best the sixth One-Day International between India and Australia in Guwahati on Sunday. No 1 ranking doesn't motivate us, beating India does: Hussey
Australia are upbeat about their chances and looking to seal the series before landing in Mumbai for the final ODi of the seven-match series, says Michael Hussey. I want to be back in a couple of weeks: Henriques
Moises Henriques's honeymoon in international cricket lasted only two matches but the young all-rounder said he is determined to be back on the field within a week or two to claim a spot in the Australian team for the summer series against West Indies and Pakistan. Jadeja will learn from his mistakes, says Dhoni
Ravindra Jadeja's ill-timed run out in back-to-back One-dayers against Australia notwithstanding, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday, backed the promising all-rounder saying he would learn from his mistakes. Emotional Ponting's pep talk inspired Hyderabad win
Skipper Ricky Ponting asked his team to be brave and face the might of Sachin Tendulkar and India in the nail biting fifth ODI at Hyderabad, which Australia won by three runs. Australia can never replace Warne, says Hilditch
The void created by the retirement of spin legend Shane Warne can never be filled in the Australian cricket team, feels chief selector Andrew Hilditch. McCullum ton powers New Zealand past Pakistan
Brendon McCullum smashed a century and Scott Styris picked up three wickets to lead New Zealand to a 64-run win over Pakistan in the second One-Day International on Friday. Powered on by opener McCullum's 131, New Zealand posted 303 for eight and then bowled out Pakistan for 239 runs in 47.2 overs to square the three-match series at 1-1. I was too keen to finish it off in Hyderabad: Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja's ill-timed run-out dashed India's hopes in the Hyderabad humdinger against Australia and the dejected all-rounder said he pursued the non-existent single in his eagerness to retain strike. Srikkanth salutes Tendulkar's class
Sachin Tendulkar's magnificent 175-run knock against Australia on Thursday was not just his greatest ODI innings but also one of the best in international cricket, says chairman of selectors K Srikkanth. Ranji Trophy: Punjab salvage a draw against Mumbai
Riding on a 103-run second wicket partnership between Ravi Inder Singh (58) and Uday T Kaul (62), Punjab salvaged a draw against Mumbai in their Ranji Trophy Super League group A match in Chandigarh. The god of large things
If there is one thing the argumentative Indian will accept as ineluctable fact, it is this: Sachin Tendulkar is god. Whatmore named KKR coach, Ganguly captain
Kolkata Knight Riders, which finished at the bottom in the second edition of the Indian Premier League, named Dav Whatmore as its new coach, with Delhi Ranji coach Vijay Dahiya his deputy. Muzumdar becomes highest run-getter in Ranji
A consistent performer in domestic circuit who could never make the cut for the Indian team, Amol Muzumdar on Friday, became the highest run-getter in the Ranji Trophy in a Plate Division match in Guwahati. New wonder boy of cricket wants to meet Tendulkar
Sarfaraz Khan first surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's record to hit the headlines and the 12-year-old cricket prodigy now wants to meet the batting great in person to achieve his long-cherished dream. Sarfaraz, who slammed 439 in the Harris Shield to better Tendulkar's inter-school unbeaten knock of 346, showed maturity beyond his years as he dismissed any comparison made between him and Tendulkar. Make Afridi captain of One-day side too: Inzamam
Captaincy brings out the best in Shahid Afridi and given his impressive form, since being handed charge of Pakistan's Twenty20 side, the flamboyant all-rounder should also be made the One-day captain, feels former skipper Inzamam-ul Haq. Tendulkar's innings was terrific: Ponting
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting was effusive in his praise of India batsman Sachin Tendulkar's brilliant 141-ball 175 that brought the hosts to the doorsteps of a heart-stopping victory in the fifth One-Day International in Hyderabad, on Thursday. I don't mind opening the innings in ODIs, says Mitchell Johnson
Australia's 28-year-old fast bowler Mitchell Johnson on his bowling, the most difficult phase in his career and subsequent resurrection. Minister writes to BCCI as fans protest over ticket sales of 5th ODI
An angry state sports minister shot off a letter to BCCI President alleging black marketing of tickets for the India-Australia One-dayer as irate fans staged protest outside the Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.