Warm-up: Australia warm up in style, thrash BP XI by 103 runs

IMAGE: Australia XI's David Warner bats enroute his 64 during the warm-up match against Board President's XI in Chennai on Tuesday. Photograph: Cricket Australia/Twitter Australia warmed up for......

PIX: A century on, Indian hockey still unites the nation

IMAGE: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju plays a shot during an event marking 100 years of Indian hockey at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, in New Delhi on Friday. Photographs: Jitender Gupta/ANI......

BP XI gains moral victory in drawn match

The domineering Board President's XI punctured Australia's usual aura of invincibility in the drawn warm-up match, exposing numerous chinks in the visitors' armour ahead of the four-match cricket......

Aus escape follow-on as BP XI extend lead

Michael Hussey and Stuart Clark's gumption spared Australia the ignominy of a follow-on but could not gloss over their teammates' frailties against spin bowling in their warm-up match against the......

Venugopal Rao to lead BP XI against Sri Lanka

Y Venugopal Rao, who was dropped from the Indian ODI team, will lead the 12-member Board President's XI team for the one-off three-day match against Sri Lanka to be held in Bangalore from November......