KARACHI: Former Test captain Rashid Latif has urged the cricket board to play a bilateral series with India only after they compensate Pakistan for the cancelled tour of 2009.

“I have been reading a lot of statements from the board officials on resumption of bilateral matches with India. [...]

MUMBAI: Former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds on Tuesday echoed ex-teammate Adam Gilchrist’s view, saying India have a good chance to score their first Test series win Down Under when they tour the country later this month.

“Indians can put pressure on the young Australian players. They have a good opportunity [...]

CHITTAGONG: Pakistan’s spinners revelled in helpful conditions to crush Bangladesh by 58 runs in the third and final one-day international on Tuesday to win the series 3-0.

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The tourists, bowled out for a modest 177, hit back to dismiss Bangladesh for 119 on a [...]

INDORE: The curator who prepared the pitch at Gwalior last year when Sachin Tendulkar stroked his way to an unbeaten double century has promised a high-scoring clash when India takes on West Indies in the fourth ODI at the Holkar Stadium here on Thursday.

“It’s going to be [...]

CHITTAGONG: Spinners Abdur Razzak and Mohammad Mahmudullah shared six wickets as Bangladesh shot out Pakistan for 177 in the third and final one-dayer in Chittagong on Tuesday.

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The tourists, who won the first two matches in Dhaka to [...]

NEW DELHI: Comeback man Irfan Pathan is delighted that all the pain and hard work that he has gone through in the last two years finally paid off as he has been recalled to the Indian ODI squad for the last two matches against the West Indies.

“It would be [...]

INDORE: As the big three of Indian Test batting – Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman – enter the twilight of their careers, the spotlight is firmly on the men who seek to replace them in the years to come.

Young guns Rohit [...]

MELBOURNE: Former players, including Australia’s ex-captain Allan Border, have thrown their weight behind the embattled Ricky Ponting with one of them saying that the senior batsman is capable of emulating Indian Rahul Dravid’s return to form after a prolonged lean patch.

The 36-year-old Ponting has been facing calls [...]

AHMEDABAD: Young right-arm fast bowler Abhimanyu Mithun on Monday replaced injured Praveen Kumar in India’s Test squad for the upcoming four-match away series against Australia.

Mithun, who has played four Tests for India, the last in Barbados in May, has been added to the 17-man squad [...]

AHMADEBAD: India skipper Virender Sehwag on Monday blamed his top-order batsmen for their 16-run defeat to West Indies in the third ODI and said they need to introspect and come up with a better performance in the last two games of the five-match series.

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