India, who are also the number one in Tests, overtook the West Indies to reach the top spot in the shortest format. India have 120 rating points, two more than the Caribbean unit.
Australia captain Michael Clarke is disappointed at the alleged involvement of international cricketers in match-fixing but was "happy, satisfied and confident" that his own team were not corrupt, he said on Wednesday.
England pacer Tim Bresnan feels the 0-5 ODI series whitewash at the hands of India cannot take the sheen off his team's spectacular rise in an "unbelievable" year.
Images from Day 1 of the first Test between India and the West Indies in Dominica, on Wednesday.
Afridi while talking to the media in Karachi, said Sarfaraz is not the perfect choice for red ball format.
The future of the World Test Championship to be held in in England in 2017 is in doubt and the tournament is expected to be shelved off quietly by the end of the month.
Only two points separate the two teams in the ICC Test ranking before their three-match series.
The competition involves the nine top-ranked Test nations competing in a league between July 2019 and April 2021, with the top two sides progressing to the final which will be held in England in June 2021.
Mercurial paceman Kagiso Rabada produced the second best match figures by a South African to propel his side to a consolation 280-run victory over a feeble England on the last morning of the fourth and final Test.
As per the International Cricket Council (ICC), the nine top-ranked sides will compete in the championship with each side playing six series on a home-and-away basis against mutually selected opponents in a two-year cycle.
'The confidence and the momentum of that definitely helps. It just makes you raise your own bar of performance, you want to be a better player. My challenge to myself was to be a good player and now it's to become a great player. So it's just about lifting the bar and making a mind shift'
England legend and commentator Geoffrey Boycott has slammed South African curators for being 'too kind' to India in the recent Test series, saying that had be been the captain of the African side, he would have 'strangled' the groundsmen.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he hopes the historic cricket Test match between India and Afghanistan would strengthen ties between the South Asian neighbours and allies in the fight against militancy in the region.
'It's just incredible that we've got him on our team and he's great to watch.'
India's journey into their ODI future will hit its first stop during the opening match against South Africa on Sunday.
There are many interesting facts and stats about Dhoni's fabulous career.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from Test cricket immediate effect and Virat Kohli will lead the team in the fourth Test against Australia in Sydney starting on January 6.
Test cricket returned to Pakistan for the first time in ten years with the Sri Lankan team playing two matches in Rawalpindi and Karachi, with the hosts winning the second match to clinch the series 1-0 after the rain-curtailed first game ended in a draw.
Shami returned with 10 wickets to become leading pacer in India's first-ever clean sweep away from home, in a series of three or more Tests.
Afghanistan registered their first Test victory after Rahmat Shah's second fifty of the match helped secure their seven-wicket win against Ireland in a one-off contest in Dehradun on Monday.
India head coach Ravi Shastri on Wednesday said the ICC World Test Championship final should be a best-of-three affair in the long run and not a one-off match like his side is set to play against New Zealand in the inaugural edition.
Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag is surely having a ball on social media. His tweets and comments on other social networking sites have been widely followed and liked by fans from the country. On Tuesday, Sehwag gave a witty reply to a tweet of none other than his former opening partner and batting idol Sachin Tendulkar.
India have surged to the second spot in the ICC's latest T20I rankings after they completed a 3-0 clean sweep over Sri Lanka in the shortest-format on Sunday.
Hafeez represented Pakistan in 392 international matches in which he scored 12,789 runs and took 253 wickets.
Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne has come up with a 10-point action plan to revive the state of cricket Down Under and said tough decisions need to be made for the team to regain the number one status in the ICC's Test rankings.
India have recalled Ajinkya Rahane to reinforce their batting line-up, which will have to be at its best to negate the Australian attack.
Suryakumar Yadav leads a sprightly bunch of 'Gen-Next' stars against a strong Australian side in a five-match T20 series, starting in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
India pulled off a brilliant all-round performance to trounce New Zealand by 178 runs in the second Test and clinch the series with an unassailable 2-0 lead, a win that propelled the team to the top of the ICC rankings, dethroning arch-rivals Pakistan.
Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has been suspended for an illegal bowling action, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.
Rajasthan Royals brought back former Team India mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton in their ranks for the forthcoming Indian Premier League season.
Mayank scored 150 and 62 in the first and second innings respectively of the second Test against New Zealand before India defeated the Kiwis on Monday, December 6.
India has achieved the numero uno status in ICC Test ranking mainly because of their batting consistency and now the bowlers also have to prove their mettle to ensure the country doesn't get toppled from the pinnacle, feels former paceman Manoj Prabhakar.
'Pant was scared of... well, nothing actually'
The Proteas have been named Team of the Year at the 2013 South African Sports Awards function at Sun City.
Rashid Latif believes Inzamam-ul-Haq should withdraw from the Test side and concentrate on playing in ODIs.
India's head coach Rahul Dravid doesn't regret one bit playing the four-Test series against Australia on spinner-friendly tracks.
'It is about finding ways to score runs and contribute to the side in as many games as I can.'
Where did India go wrong in the third Test? How did England win in four days? Bikash Mohapatra, who was at Edgbaston, identifies the turning points in the match.
Former Australia captain, Dean Jones, is of the view that India Test captain Virat Kohli must have a say in picking the next coach and also says that changing staff again and again isn't a solution for the team.
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