Shakib expects home advantage
Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, has said the conditions in Mirpur would favour his side more than West Indies in the series starting this week. Shakib, who last month was relieved of the captaincy,…
Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, has said the conditions in Mirpur would favour his side more than West Indies in the series starting this week. Shakib, who last month was relieved of the captaincy,…
Domestic matches to use new playing conditionsAt the June conference, the ICC had also made certain amendments to the playing conditions for international matches, including the use of two new balls for ODIs and the…
ScorecardStuart Meaker took five wickets as Surrey seized the initiative on day two ofthe County Championship match against Division Two leaders Northamptonshireat Wantage Road.Paceman Meaker took career-best figures of 5 for 37, including three wicketsin…
ScorecardWorcestershire squandered a decent position on the first day of their County Championship match at Sussex despite a debut half-century from teenager Aneesh Kapil.The 18-year-old from Wolverhampton made an attractive 54 in his first four-daygame…
ScorecardCaptain Andrew Hall's four wickets were in vain as Northamptonshire slumped to a 12-run defeat to Yorkshire in the Friends Lifet20 at Wantage Road.Yorkshire collapsed from 87 for one to 144 all out from their…
Match factsMonday, June 13, North SoundStart time 0900 (1300 GMT)Ishant Sharma has been waiting for his turn•Associated PressBig PictureWest Indies were expected to challenge a young team missing its star players. Though India were still…
ScorecardLiz Perry top scored for New Zealand with an unbeaten 48•ICCIndia slipped to another defeat in the Women's Quadrangular series, this time to New Zealand by 25 runs at the Clifton College Close Ground in…
After being passed over for the role of England ODI captain despite making his interest in the position known, Kevin Pietersen will mark his return from injury by captaining Surrey in this week's three-day game…
ScorecardYorkshire suffered a dramatic reversal in fortune as they slumped to a 58-run defeat after being bowled out for 86 on the third day of their County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Headingley. The home…
Shahid Afridi pronounced himself "proud" of his team's performance in the World Cup and hoped that their reception on arrival in Pakistan would reflect the side's achievement in getting to the last four at a…