Pakistan beat Australia for the first time in 13 matches across all formats as they won the first Twenty20 international by 23 runs at Edgbaston here on Monday.
They were indebted to Umar Akmal’s career-best 64 that helped Pakistan to a total of 167/8 after they’d been 47/4.

India’s spin legend E.A.S. Prasanna on Tuesday hailed Sri Lankan record-breaking offie Muttiah Muralitharan as the greatest ever.
“He’s the best I’ve seen and by a long mile. What he has accomplished despite bearing the brunt of so many controversies is incredible,” Prasanna told this newspaper on the day.

Sri Lanka’s world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan will retire from Test cricket later this month, but may play one-day matches until the World Cup, officials said on Tuesday.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with his new bride Sakshi, left from Dehradun on Monday, a day after their low-key marriage at a resort near the hilltown.
While many of Dhoni’s family members arrived at Ranchi on the day, the couple remained elusive.

Former Australia opener Geoff Marsh has been appointed coach of new Indian Premier League side Sahara Pune Warriors while Demot Reeve, former England all rounder, will be the assistant coach.

India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni tied the knot with childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat on Sunday in a private ceremony near Dehra Dun, attended only by close relatives and few India teammat

Gible bachelor Mahendra Singh Dhoni is officially off the market.

Discarded India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel and the Pathan brothers, Irfan and Yusuf, along with others, will be seen in action in Kenya later this month.
Two of India’s strong Ranji Trophy teams have been invited to play a few matches in the African nation, according to Cricket Kenya president Sameer Inamdar. “We have i

Despite its eagerness to seal suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi’s fate as quickly as possible, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is treading cautiously, wary of doing anything unconstitutional that could give Modi a chance to challenge the verdict.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s stepping up the pace in its bid to seal suspended IPL chairman Lait Modi’s fate and Saturday will be be the first big step towards that end.