Hesson demands green tops for India series

Mike Hesson, the coach of New Zealand, has urged the country's curators to prepare 'green tops' for the home-series against India.

Pakistan vs Srilanka; pakistan by great perfomance and won the 3rd odi match against Srilanka 22/12/13
M.Hafeez 140*
Ahmad Shehzad 80
Misbah 40

Aussies vow no mercy against Swann-less England

Sydney (AFP), Mon, Dec 23 2013

Australia are vowing no let-up as they chase an Ashes clean sweep against troubled England, who have been forced to re-jig their line-up after the shock retirement of Graeme Swann just days before the fourth Test in Melbourne.

Chasing a world-record total of 458, South Africa batted out of their skins, with AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis slamming superb tons, but fell agonizingly short of creating history.

Clinical New Zealand seal 2-0 series win

New Zealand came up with a professional performance, winning the third Test against WI by 8 wickets to clinch the series 2-0.

Hafeez, bowlers help Pakistan thrash Sri Lanka

A brilliant century from Mohammad Hafeez coupled with a splendid bowling display from Gul and co. handed Pakistan a 113 run-win.

Australia were on the brink of a historic Ashes series victory despite resistance from the England middle order. The visitors resumed Day 5 at 251/5, still needing an improbable 253 for a win.

Indian batsmen need to think smart

While they are a talented bunch, the Indian batsmen need to curb their aggression to do well in South Africa, writes Deep Dasgupta.

All-round Afridi seals Pakistan win

Shahid Afridi smashed a superb 20-ball 39 after bowling an economical spell as Pakistan won the first T20I by 3 wickets.

Quinton de Kock was let off twice in quick succession, dropped by Rahane and Yuvraj Singh, before he along with AB de Villiers brought up their 50-run stand. RSA: 116/3, 27 ov.

England women name squad

England have announced their squad for the defence of the women's Ashes in Australia in the new year.

South Africa name unchanged squad

SA have announced an unchanged 15-member squad for the two-Test series against India starting in Johannesburg from the 18th.

Red-Hot Johnson blows England apart

By Nikhil Narain , Adelaide, Sat, Dec 07 2013

Mitchell Johnson produced a devastating spell of hostile fast bowling and wreaked havoc on the England batting line-up with an Ashes best of 7/40.

Embarrassed to go past Sir Viv: Amla:

Durban, Mon, Dec 09 2013

Amla became the quickest player to score 4000 ODI career runs, going past Sir Vivian Richards in the process.

Afghanistan fight but Pakistan prevail

Afghanistan took the game to the last ball but an unbeaten 42 by Mohammad Hafeez helped Pakistan get to the target of 138.

Professional SA clinch series

A professional all-round performance from South Africa helped the hosts gain an unassailable 2-0 lead.

Under fire India look to bounce back

India will need to win the second ODI at Durban to keep their hopes of winning the series alive after the hammering at Johannesburg.

 South Africa trounce India in harsh welcome                                                       South Africa brought Floyd-like edge to the word pink as they welcomed a clearly undercooked Indian side to the country with a 141-run hammering                                         

                                          v/s                                                                                                Today the 2nd ODI India vs South Africa will be started at 1:00 PM (PST) At Durban                         News :        Dale Steyn has said some of the Indian batsmen were frightened in the first ODI, and that their bowling needs an injection of pace if they are to bother South Africa and India is ready to take revenge and fece to Gun Stayn                                               

 SCHEDULE ICC T20 WORLD CUP   BANGLADESH 2014                                                                                                                         

1st Match, Group A: Bangladesh v Afghanistan at Dhaka - Mar 16, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)

2nd Match, Group A: Hong Kong v Nepal at Chittagong - Mar 16, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

3rd Match, Group B: Ireland v Zimbabwe at Sylhet - Mar 17, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)

4th Match, Group B: Netherlands v United Arab Emirates at Sylhet - Mar 17, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

5th Match, Group A: Afghanistan v Hong Kong at Chittagong - Mar 18, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)

6th Match, Group A: Bangladesh v Nepal at Chittagong - Mar 18, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

7th Match, Group B: Netherlands v Zimbabwe at Sylhet - Mar 19, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)

8th Match, Group B: Ireland v United Arab Emirates at Sylhet - Mar 19, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

9th Match, Group A: Afghanistan v Nepal at Chittagong - Mar 20, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)

10th Match, Group A: Bangladesh v Hong Kong at Chittagong - Mar 20, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

11th Match, Group B: Zimbabwe v United Arab Emirates at Sylhet - Mar 21, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 11:30 local time (05:30 GMT)

12th Match, Group B: Ireland v Netherlands at Sylhet - Mar 21, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)

13th Match, Group 2: India v Pakistan at Dhaka - Mar 21, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

14th Match, Group 1: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Chittagong - Mar 22, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)

15th Match, Group 1: England v New Zealand at Chittagong - Mar 22, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

16th Match, Group 2: Australia v Pakistan at Dhaka - Mar 23, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)

17th Match, Group 2: India v West Indies at Dhaka - Mar 23, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

18th Match, Group 1: New Zealand v South Africa at Chittagong - Mar 24, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)

19th Match, Group 1: Sri Lanka v TBA at Chittagong - Mar 24, 2014

20th Match, Group 2: West Indies v TBA at Dhaka - Mar 25, 2014

21st Match, Group 1: South Africa v TBA at Chittagong - Mar 27, 2014

22nd Match, Group 1: England v Sri Lanka at Chittagong - Mar 27, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

23rd Match, Group 2: Australia v West Indies at Dhaka - Mar 28, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 15:30 local time (09:30 GMT)

24th Match, Group 2: India v TBA at Dhaka - Mar 28, 2014

25th Match, Group 1: New Zealand v TBA at Chittagong - Mar 29, 2014

26th Match, Group 1: England v South Africa at Chittagong - Mar 29, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

27th Match, Group 2: Pakistan v TBA at Dhaka - Mar 30, 2014

28th Match, Group 2: Australia v India at Dhaka - Mar 30, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

29th Match, Group 1: England v TBA at Chittagong - Mar 31, 2014

30th Match, Group 1: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Chittagong - Mar 31, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

31st Match, Group 2: Australia v TBA at Dhaka - Apr 1, 2014

32nd Match, Group 2: Pakistan v West Indies at Dhaka - Apr 1, 2014

Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)

1st Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Dhaka - Apr 3, 2014

2nd Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Dhaka - Apr 4, 2014

Final: TBA v TBA at Dhaka - Apr 6, 2014

INDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA ''south africa ready for win the second ODI against india and India ready to take revenge

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upcoming series PAKISTAN VS SRILANKA Mohammad Irfan, the Pakistan fast bowler, has been ruled out for six weeks due to a hip fracture and is likely to miss the forthcoming Tests against Sri Lanka and Left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman and batsman Nasir Jamshed have been left out of Pakistan's squad for the Twenty20s against Sri Lanka in the UAE later this month..