Kartik destroys Australia with 6 wicket haul

India’s Murali Kartik destroyed the high-flying Australian batting for a measly 193 with a devastating career-best spell of spin bowling in the seventh and final cricket one-dayer here on Wednesday.Kartik, who grabbed two wickets off successive balls to be on a hat-trick twice, sent the visitors to their doom in the dead-rubber tie with a [...]

Butt receives dressing down for ‘irresponsible’ comments

LAHORE: Pakistan vice-captain Salman Butt has got a dressing down from the team management for criticising the bowlers at a press conference during the second cricket Test against South Africa last week.
Sources in the team said that Butt was forced to apologise to the bowlers and other teammates who rounded on him for his critical [...]

McMillan draws stumps on career

Craig McMillan announced his retirement from cricket today for health and personal reasons.
He said he wanted to spend more time with his family and had issues with his diabetes.
He has played over 50 tests and nearly 200 one-day internationals for the Black Caps. He has also quit the domestic scene.
Rumours of McMillan’s plans to retire [...]

England win series but miss chance for big jump in ICC ODI Championship table

England’s 3-2 series win in Sri Lanka is certainly something for Paul Collingwood and his team-mates to celebrate. After all, it included the side’s first ODI win in the country for 25 years and is England’s first series win in a ODI rubber in the Asian sub-continent since 1987, when Mike Gatting’s team beat Pakistan [...]