KARACHI: Pakistan’s cricket chief said on Monday he had accepted an invitation to watch the Indian Premier League final next week and would use to visit to discuss reviving cricketing ties between the rivals.

Pakistan Cricket Board chief Zaka Ashraf said he had received an invitation from the Board of Control [...]

KARACHI: Pakistan’s cricket chief said on Monday he had accepted an invitation to watch the Indian Premier League final next week and would use to visit to discuss reviving cricketing ties between the rivals.

Pakistan Cricket Board chief Zaka Ashraf said he had received an invitation from the Board of Control [...]

LONDON: Alastair Cook and Ian Bell led England to victory in the first Test against the West Indies at Lord’s on Monday.

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England, set a target of 191 to win, were faltering at 57 for four before lunch on the fifth and final day.

But [...]

JALANDHAR: Rahul Sharma of Pune Warriors, who was detained along with Wayne Parnell apart from 94 others from a rave party in a Mumbai hotel, has pleaded complete innocence and has announced that if he would found positive for drugs in the tests of his urine and blood samples collected [...]

PUNE: Two teams with matching firepower will come face to face when table-toppers Delhi Daredevils take on second-placed Kolkata Knight Riders in what promises to be a high-voltage first qualifier of the controversy-ridden IPL on Tuesday.

In a season which has been marred by unsavoury incidents [...]

NEW DELHI: Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach, who was with Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 5, has reportedly confessed to being drunk and unintentionally touching the victim Zohal Hamid.

Reports on Monday said that Pomersbach confessed to his crime in a statement to the police.

Reports added [...]

JAIPUR: With Rajasthan Royals ousted from IPL’s playoff contention, skipper Rahul Dravid said he is not sure about his role in the side and would take a break to think over before making any commitment.

Talking to media after the humiliating 10-wicket defeat against Mumbai Indians, [...]

CHENNAI: The tension was too much, but by the end of it on Sunday evening, the relief was immense.

After being down and out losing to Team Punjab on Thursday, the biggest Chennai fans didn’t give themselves a chance. Three results had to go their way and the team, too, was “hoping [...]

HYDERABAD: It was so near yet so far for Team Bangalore. The Virat Kohli-led side knew exactly what they needed to get into the playoffs – a win against a side which was in complete disarray this season. A South African in the form of AB de Villiers had bailed them out [...]

HYDERABAD: “Don’t want to finish last, also knocking a big side out of the tournament is an incentive,” Team Hyderabad skipper Kumar Sangakkara had said after the toss. After packing off Rajasthan on Friday, Hyderabad produced another spirited display to thwart Bangalore’s hopes of making it to the playoffs with [...]