Cricket

Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe in second Test, series shared

Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 218 runs in the second Test on Thursday, levelling the series 1-1 and denying the visitors
Superb Stokes sparks England fightback before lunch

Brilliant fielding by Ben Stokes enabled England to end a key stand between Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva
Star Bangladesh cricketer Mashrafe to stand in election

Bangladesh's one-day international captain Mashrafe Mortaza will stand in next month's election, the ruling party
Mominul, Mushfiqur put Bangladesh in command

Mominul Haque struck his seventh Test century as Bangladesh recovered from early damage to get into a strong position
Imam head injury overshadows Pakistan triumph

Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets in the second day-night international in Abu Dhabi on Friday but the match was
Kaur first Indian woman to hit T20 century

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur became the first woman from her country to smash a T20 international century on Friday as
England win first Test against Sri Lanka

England secured victory Friday in the first Test against Sri Lanka, winning by 211 runs at Galle and giving the
Sri Lanka 203 all out in 1st England Test

Sri Lanka were bowled out for 203 in their first innings Wednesday to trail by 139 against England on day two of the
Taylor quits as Cricket Australia director

Former Test captain Mark Taylor quit as a Cricket Australia director Monday to give the organisation a clean slate to
Pakistan's Azhar Ali retires from one-day cricket

Senior Pakistani batsman Azhar Ali Thursday announced his retirement from one-day internationals to allow youngsters
West Indies out for record low of 104 against India

West Indies were bowled out for their lowest ever one-day score against India on Thursday with spinner Ravindra Jadeja
'Over the moon' - Mirza, Malik welcome baby boy

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has given birth to a baby boy, her Pakistani cricketer husband Shoaib Malik said on
India's Kohli fastest-ever to reach 10,000 ODI runs

India skipper Virat Kohli became Wednesday the fastest-ever batsman to reach 10,000 one-day international runs, making
Pakistan beat Australia by 66 runs in first T20

A youthful Pakistan crushed Australia by 66 runs in the first Twenty20 international in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday to take
Sri Lanka thrash England to claim consolation win

Sri Lanka's Niroshan Dickwella and skipper Dinesh Chandimal set up a crushing 219-run win via DLS method over a much-
Home of Malaysian cricket under closure threat

Malaysia's top cricket stadium, which has hosted some of the game's greats, may have to be abandoned after a property
Shanaka leads Sri Lanka run charge against England

Dasun Shanaka hit 66, and opener Niroshan Dickwella got 52 as Sri Lanka ground out 273-7 in the opening innings of
Four-wicket Abbas brings Pakistan to verge of victory

Pakistan's medium pacer Mohammad Abbas took four wickets off just 23 balls to leave Australia reeling and his side on
Pakistan lose Hafeez after Abbas wrecks Australia

Pakistan lost opener Mohammad Hafeez early in their second innings but were still at 51-1 at tea on the second day of
Sarfraz happy to respond to criticism with innings of 94

Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed said he was happy that he responded to pressure from all sides with a brilliant 96 on
Pakistan win toss, bat in second Test

Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed won the toss and opted to bat in the second and final Test against Australia in Abu
Holder removes Kohli to dent India's reply in 2nd Test

West Indies skipper Jason Holder took two wickets including his counterpart Virat Kohli's prized scalp to dent India's
West Indies dismissed for 311 in second India Test

Paceman Umesh Yadav claimed six wickets as India bowled out the West Indies for 311 on day two of their second Test in
West Indies 295-7 at stumps in second India Test

Roston Chase was batting on 98 as West Indies were 295-7 at stumps after electing to bat on day one of the second Test
Pakistan's Imam out of second Test with finger injury

Pakistan's fast-rising opener Imam-ul-Haq was Thursday ruled out of the second Test against Australia after injuring
Pakistan set Australia 462-run target to win first Test

Pakistan set Australia a daunting target of 462 to win the first Test in Dubai after declaring their second innings at
Jadeja hits debut ton as India declare on record 649-9

Ravindra Jadeja smashed his maiden international century as India posted their highest total against the West Indies
India down Bangladesh to retain Asia Cup in last-ball thriller

India retained the Asia Cup with a three-wicket win off the last ball against a fighting Bangladesh who were anchored
Pakistan drop struggling Amir from Australia Tests

Pakistan on Thursday left out struggling pace spearhead Mohammad Amir from the 17-member squad for the two-match Test
South Africa re-launches T20 league

Cricket South Africa on Wednesday started a recruitment process for a re-launched Twenty20 league which will run from