Behera and Das lift Orissa
ScorecardHalf centuries by Niranjan Behera and Rashmi Ranjan Das helped Orissa end the first day of the Ranji Trophy Plate final, against Himachal Pradesh at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, on a satisfactory note. Orissa…
Scotland fight back on second day
ScorecardScotland fought right back into their match against UAE on the second day, taking seven wickets for 79 runs to close out the UAE innings on 348. A minor wobble followed as they lost two…
Clark's eight wickets put Blues on top
Scorecard Stuart Clark finished with eight wickets © Getty Images Stuart Clark continued his demolition of Western Australia with 8 for 58 before the New South Wales batsmen extended their lead to 343 at stumps.…
Niall's jewel lets Ireland sparkle
Niall O'Brien's double of two catches and 72 runs put Ireland in reach of the Super Eights © AFP Niall O'Brien, the batting hero with a cultured 72 in a tense chase, reduced it to…
Raining on our parade
Acrimonious outbursts of a number of so-called "golden icons," men are damaging the overall West Indian effort for the World Cup, both on and off the field © Getty Images Everybody's running for cover as…
Speed hits back at World Cup critics
Malcolm Speed watching a Super Eights match last week © Getty Images Malcom Speed, the ICC's chief executive, has hit back at criticism of the way the World Cup has been run."The prospects of the…
Cruel twist of fate
Like Lara, Viv Richards had a forgettable final match for West Indies © AFP This is not a fairytale, it's real life, even if it happens to be the frivolous, sporting variety of it. And…
Hoey against any Zimbabwe matches
Kaye Hoey, the former sports minister, told Cricinfo that she opposed Scotland and Ireland playing against Zimbabwe, regardless of where the matches took place. "What ICC should be doing is putting them right out of…
'He's going to be in Irish colours for a long time" – Johnston
For Alex Cusack it was a memorable debut as he came away with the Man-of-the-Match award © Getty Images Alex Cusack almost ended up playing for Ireland by accident. Born inBrisbane he didn't have a…
South Africa's tour not to be affected – PCB
South Africa have not raised any objections yet to playing in Karachi © AFP The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has insisted that South Africa's tour to Pakistan later this year will continue despite the ongoing…