While Shubman Gill was praised following his second half-century of the season, former India opener Viren
MI need to grab crunch moments: Tendulkar
Former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri has said that ex-captain Sunil Gavaskar remains the best opener he has seen in world cricket.
Matthew Hoggard took four wickets to reduce Australia to 312 for five on Day 3 of the Ashes Test.
Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden put Australia in a strong position at lunch on day two of the second Test against Bangladesh.
The second Test against India starts in Adelaide on Friday.
Any of these match ups could influence the outcome of the Perth Test.
Just-retired veteran Australian batsman Mike Hussey ended his career at 11th spot in the International Cricket Council's Test Rankings.
Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan spent two nights in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital, battling severe chest infection but insisted on playing in the T20 World Cup semi-final against Australia, eventually top-scoring for the team in a lost cause.
Natthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Steve Waugh, Brian Lara and Graeme Smith have come up with stupendous performances to outshine him.
Matthew Hayden who is working with the Pakistan team as batting consultant, margin for error will be very little in the big match so leadership will be the key to the outcome of the match.
Opening pair Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden put the visitors in control of the final Test against West Indies
The 34-year-old said their off-the-field chemistry has worked well for them.
One year on from scoring the fastest hundred ever in the cricket World Cup, Ireland batsman Kevin O'Brien has yet to watch the innings in its entirety.
India ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will join compatriot Virender Sehwag and a host of other international cricketers for a charity match at the Kia Oval on September 17.
After notching a thumping win in their tournament opener, Chennai Super Kings are favourites to register another victory when they take on Sri Lanka's Wayamba Elevens in the Champions League Twenty20 match at the Centurion on Wednesday.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals at Centurion on Thursday.
There are reports that the BCCI has signed up several Australian cricketers, including Ricky Ponting, for IPL.
Ricky Ponting's woes continued as Australia were dismissed for just 214 on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand at the Gabba (Brisbane), on Thursday.
Having all but completed their one-year ban (set to end on March 28) from international cricket on ball tampering charges, Smith and Warner's IPL performance is expected to be closely monitored by Cricket Australia.
Statistical highlights of the World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Canada in Hambantota.
Here are a slew of records that were scripted on Wednesday...
Warner, himself, said he had no regrets but admitted he was thinking about Lara's record as he motored past 300.
The batting, bowling and fielding careers records of players involved in the seven-match ODI series between India and Australia, commencing on Sunday, October 25.
After the first week of the DLF IPL, the Australians appeared to be dominating. From the second week onwards, especially after Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds left, the Indians seemed to be gaining ascendancy with fine performances from Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, the Pathan brothers and M S Dhoni.
Both Hayden and Philander asked the Pakistani fans to back the current team.
The Foreign Department in Melbourne warned the Australian cricketers of the "high risk of terrorist activity" in India.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat first in Sunday's tri-series ODI against India.
Test opener Phillip Hughes was among seven new players awarded contracts with Cricket Australia for the 2009-10 season.
Marcus Codrington Fernandez, inventor of the Twenty20 special model, believes the Mongoose will be very successful on Indian pitches, where the ball comes to the bat slowly and batsmen have to hit hard to make a big shot.
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the batting landscape in India-Australia Test encounters.
Hardik Pandya garners praise as he guides GT to playoffs
Statistical highlights of the World Cup match between England and Ireland in Bangalore.
Rahul Dravid said his country's World Cup demolition by Australia was a thing of the past.
Sunil Gavaskar has again accused International Cricket Council match referees of being biased against Asian players after Zaheer Khan was fined.
Injured Jason Holder replaced by Obed McCoy in West Indies squad for T20 World Cup
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