Australian legend Shane Warne insists Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan\'s record total of 800 Test wickets will never be beaten. Muralitharan reached the astonishing haul with his final ball in Test cricket when he dismissed Pragyan Ojha to bring India\'s second innings to an end in the first Test at Galle on Thursday.

Former Pakistan Test captain Shahid Afridi vowed to return to England on Sunday, saying the limited over series starting next month will be the launch pad for his ambitions to win the 2011 World Cup.

Bangladesh beat England for the first time in its cricket history in any format and that too in England at Bristol. The very satisfying victory in a nail bitting exciting ODI came when Mashrafee led the team to a 5 run victory and thereby squared the three match series one all. The match at Old Trafford on Monday will decide who wins the series. Wi

Australia captain Ricky Ponting accepted his new-look side had to turn the tables pretty quickly now after they fell 2-0 behind in a five-match one-day series against England here at Sophia Gardens. For the second time in three days, England won by four wickets after Australia were held to a below par 239 for seven here on Thursday as England pacem

Adam Gilchrist insisted he was still very much retired from international cricket despite the thrill of captaining Middlesex against Australia in a one-day match here at Lord

Bangladesh plays Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka in Asia Cup. It will be ideal preparation for all sub continental teams for World Cup 2011 which incidentally will be shared by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The low slow turning wickets like other countries will also suit Bangladesh.

Fast bowler Steven Finn, England's man of the series, took five wickets for 42 runs as the hosts won by an innings and 80 runs. That gave him a total of 15 in his first two Tests in England after he took nine in an eight-wicket win in the series opener at his Lord's home ground.

Tamim Iqbal was delighted to prove England great Geoffrey Boycott wrong by scoring a blistering century in the first Test at Lord's here on Sunday. Tamim, whose dashing approach is far

onathan Trott became only the seventh England batsman to score a Test double century at Lord's when he reached the landmark against Bangladesh on the second day of the first Test here on Friday. Trott was eventually dismissed for 226 after lunch on the second day.

Bangladesh were desperately hoping captain Shakib Al Hasan makes a speedy recovery from chickenpox after his side lost by seven wickets to England Lions on Friday. Only Jahural Islam showed the necessary application required on a Derby pitch that helped the seamer to score an unbeaten 58 off 153 balls and was the only Bangladeshi batsman to pass 5

Australia Twenty20 captain Michael Clarke admitted his place was under threat after a poor run of form continued in a seven-wicket World Twenty20 final loss to England.

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis said he still couldnot believe it

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has dismissed suggestions that a lengthy Indian Premier League may have contributed to his side’s weak performance in the World Twenty20.

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori gave his side a stark warning to improve their performance or forget about reaching the semi-finals of the World Twenty20. The Black Caps suffered their first loss of this tournament when they began the second round Super Eights with a 13-run loss to South Africa that was more comprehensive than the raw result su

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis made no attempt to hide his frustration after the defending World Twenty20 champions poor fielding played a major role in their six-wicket loss to England. For all their undeniable brilliance with bat and ball, Pakistan in recent times have been almost comically inept in the field. But even by their own standards, Paki

Bangladesh needs to beat Australia by 9 runs (or more) to move into the super eights if they bat first. If Australia bat first then the equation is a bit complicated but if they achieve the target (whatever Australia gives them) by 18.1 overs they will be through in the expense of Pakistan

Bangladesh opened with apparently half fit Tamim and Kayes. They had to start with a bang. But teenager Aamer is not a bowler to mess around. He struck in his very first over removing in-form Kayes with a good catch of Misbah. Bangladeshi little master Ashraful choose the right occasion to rain in the draught. He was horribly out of touch for almos

It is difficult to predict in any form of cricket more difficult to predict in T20 cricket for the very nature of the game. But we do it. This may not be accurate. But still we do. Sometimes it works but often does not. The Third ICC World Twenty20 2010 is set to take place in West Indies in April-May 2010. The ICC World Twenty20 2010 will be cont

Record-breaking batsman Mohammad Yousuf, who said Monday he was bowing out of international cricket, is one of Pakistan\'s most enigmatic players, a high-profile Muslim convert whose life story is one of rags to riches. The 35-year-old savoured the pinnacle of success, becoming one of Pakistan\'s top three Test run-getters with an aggregate of 7,43

Bangladeshi fans had every reason to get frustrated after Dhaka test. Bangladesh dominated first two days – batted beautifully, bowled well within limitation. On third day at least 3 decisions went against them which could have made significant difference in the match. But on the fourth day Bangladesh batted like novice. It appeared that wicket was

Neutral critics will give lot of credit to Bangladesh to make test very attractive through positive display of quality cricket. With its back to the wall after conceding a huge first innings score of 599/7 Bangladesh fought back like real tigers to take the match to the second last session of the last day. Several records were rewritten in the proc

Would you believe it the youngster who scored an unbeaten century and a sparkling half century over the last three days against England and is only 22 has retired from all form of cricket?

Whatever be their current form anyone who follows Bangladesh cricket can not deny Mash and Ash put Bangladesh cricket in the world map. They are still young and they have still lot of quality cricket left in them. But Ashraful is going through long lean period and Mashrafee is under rehabilitation from long lay off. Considering paucity of quality c

Majestic 125 by blooming Tamim went to Ashes as rest of the Bangladeshi batsmen crumbled like cookies. Kayes, Shakib, Mahamuduallah or Musfiqur who were on song in the recent past could do nothing and others were business as usual. Bangladesh posted 228 getting all out in 45.4 overs. This was barely enough to test England. Bangladesh lost without

Cricket’s mother nation England is the only team which has not yet lost any match against Bangladesh. Otherwise tigers have won at least one ODI against all test playing countries. In 2010 Bangladesh is yet to win any match after a glorious 2009. It has featured in a Tri Nation ODI involving India and Sri Lanka, played a test series against strong

England captain Paul Collingwood believes his side's week in the United Arab Emirates will help clarify their selection and tactics ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies. England will face world champions Pakistan in two Twenty20 internationals at Dubai Sports City, on Friday and Saturday. after taking on the second-string England Lio

Jubilant Afghan cricketers said on Sunday they were ready to take on the world's best players and strive to make their war-ravaged country proud after they qualified for the World Twenty20 finals. Afghanistan beat Ireland by eight wickets in the weekend qualifier in Dubai and progress to the third World Twenty20 in the West Indies in April-May - t

Mahendra Singh Dhoni\'s men need a series-levelling win at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata to stop South Africa from snatching the coveted ranking.

Graeme Smith's South Africa open their tour of India on Tuesday with a practice match ahead of their bid to dislodge the hosts as the number one Test nation. The tourists take on the Indian board president's XI in a two-day match in Nagpur before the first Test begins at the new Vidarbha Cricket Association ground on the outskirts of the city on S

Will any one believe the same Bangladesh team which batted so brilliantly yesterday smashing Indian bowlers all over the parks could bat so terribly to loose 7 wickets for 22 runs.

Tigers were injured and possibly a bit ashamed after their very unprofessional top order batting in the first innings. Indians took massive 311 first innings lead. Bangladesh had their back to the wall to survive with two and a half day to spare. The survival got all the more difficult when Imrul Kayes got out very early in the 5th over of the seco

Pakistan failed to spoil Kangaroo party on the Australia day. Australians fairly advanced to take unassailable 3-0 lead of the 5 match Commonwealth Bank ODI series thrashing Pakistan by 40runs at Adelaide Oval.

Brave tigers went down fighting to the number one test team of the world virtually into the last session of the last day. India had to fight all the way to win the test. Many cricket experts thought Bangladesh will just be blown away. But that was not the case: Bangladesh really did not give any quarter without fight. End of the day Bangladesh lost

Pakistan Cricket team got a kangaroo white wash in its recent three match test series in down under. The 5 match ODI starts tomorrow at Brisbane. Then sides will play T20 match at MCG. Pakistan has announced two different squads for these engagements. Although whitewash sounds one sided affair yet Pakistan was not absolutely devastated by Australi

Injured tigers made feast of Indian bulls on the first day of 1st test of India –Bangladesh two match test series at Jahur Ahmed Chowdhury Cricket Stadium Chittagong. The high voltage Indian batting was dimmed by the excellent pace spin combination of Shakib and Rajeev. Indians were 213/8 when bat light stopped play. With a little bit of luck Ind

The cricket progress of Bangladesh cricket team will come under acid test from tomorrow the 17th January 2010 as they encounter the number one team of ICC Test ranking India in the first of two test series. India in the last series at home won handsomely against Sri Lanka. The world best batting machine was in top gear. The new Bradman, great Tendu

Hobart test at Belrieve Oval is the last that Australia plays this summer at home. They have already taken unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match test series against Pakistan after fighting back to win an almost lost case at s Sydney. Captain Rickey voted by a panel of experts as the best cricketer of the past decade celebrated the first day with

Sri Lanka 249/6 [Mahela Jayewardene 71* ,Kumar Sangakkara 55 ,Tilakaratne Dilshan 49, Harbhajan Singh 2/41] beat India 245 [Suresh Raina 106, Virender Sehwag 42, Ravindra Jadeja 38, Kulasekara 4/48, Welegedera 3/53] by 4wickets .

Analysing the performance of Bangladesh team in already played three matches in the Idea Cup ODI we tried to work out what Bangladesh can expect from their last match today against India. Bangladesh already lost twice against Sri Lanka and once against India.

Host Bangladesh crashed out of Tri Nation ODI tournament loosing their third straight match out of three. Srilankans stormed into final with 100% winning record. Bangladesh will be mere spectators for the remaining games

Both team lost the toss in the first match against Lankans and both struggled being asked to bat. Both scored almost identical scores. Both had top order collapse and almost had similar batting trend. Dilshan scored century against Bangladesh while Samaraweera did it against India. With two in two Sri Lanka is almost certain of playing in the final

Do you have 8 opposition batsmen out already with a mere 51 runs lead with more than two days to go? You think, it’s nearly impossible to loose? Well, nothing is impossible! With a bit of hard work and dedication you can still loose from here! Don’t believe it? Well trust me, I can show you good ways to loose from here.

Sri Lanka 261 for 3 (Dilshan 104, Sangakara 74) beat Bangladesh 260 for 7 (Ashraful 75, Mahmudullah 45) by seven wicketsYet another Sparkling century of Dangerous Dilshan , dew and below par bowling put paid to Bangladesh efforts. SriLanka cruised to easy victory by 7 wickets in the first

Pakistan lost Boxing Day MCG test by a massive margin of 170 runs on the 5th day. Judging by the end result there may be some reason to believe that it was a one sided contest. But staunched supporter of Australia will agree this Pakistan had their moments in the match. They fought back into contention on the third and fourth day and were on even k

Bengal Tigers will launch their year 2010 with the Tri Nation ODI series commencing from 4th January 2010. The opponents are formidable India and Sri Lanka; these two teams at this moment are without doubt two of the better teams of world cricket.

Brilliant bowling by teenager Aamer and good batting by Pakistani top order Batsmen on the fourth day at MCG set up an exciting prospect of grand final day. But the match was won and lost within few minutes of the final day when Mitchell Johnson in his very first over bowled fast and reverse to strike two deadly blows in successive balls to stab Pa

Boxing Day test at MCG has entered the fascinating fifth day with the possibility of all three results. Australians have to take 7 Pakistani wickets in the day. Pakistan needs another 252 runs to pull off a majestic win or bat well to earn a draw. This is the beauty of test cricket, where morning does not always show the day. After the first two da

Controversial England batsman Kevin Pietersen hopes to end his topsy-turvy 2009 by playing a match-winning role on the Kingsmead ground where he learnt his trade.

A busy year of cricket saw many memorable incidents and few forgettable ones. It is a year when world cricket could see several cricketers get killed by a terrorists attack while on a way to Lahore Stadium to play a test. Pakistan became a forbidden country for international cricket after that deplorable incident. It had lost its host status of ICC

Not much before Australia was the top ranked test team of ICC. West Indies is the 8th of the nine team of the nine member test family. A depleted West Indies got white washed by bottom team Bangladesh in recent past. When Australians played West Indies in the just concluded three test series there was wide speculation that there will be no contest.