KARACHI: Cricket Australia on Wednesday denied reports that it had pulled out of the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, saying it was still waiting for a final word from the ICC before taking any decision. CA spokesman Peter Young said reports suggesting that Australia had pulled out were not true: "No, that is not true. We have not pulled out. But we have considerable concern." The ICC board will have ..... MORE >>>

DAMBULLA: India might have scored a thrilling victory against Sri Lanka in the second One-dayer on Wednesday, but it turned costly for pacer Munaf Patel who was fined 75 per cent of his match fee for arguing with the umpire. Munaf was penalised for breaching ICC's level 2 offence after on-field umpire Gamini Silva lodged a complaint to match referee Chris Broad citing that Munaf argued with him re ..... MORE >>>

DUBAI: Zimbabwe will not be participating in the Twenty20 world championship next year in England, officials at the Dubai-based International Cricket Council confirmed on Wednesday. The announcement rubber stamped a compromise worked out at the ICC's conference last month, under which the strife-torn country retained full membership of the ICC after agreeing not to send cricketers to the 2009 cont ..... MORE >>>

India fought back to level the series 1-1 with a three-wicket win but the victory was far from convincing as they made heavy weather of a modest target of 143. Zaheer Khan's dramatic opening spell, which sent Sri Lanka's top order reeling, was the highlight of the day as India restricted Sri Lanka to a score four less than what India made on Monday. The contrast, however, was the manner in which v ..... MORE >>>

Dambulla (Sri Lanka): Jolted by the humiliating defeat in the series opener, India may opt to shuffle their struggling batting line-up as they go into the second cricket one-dayer against Sri Lanka in Dambulla on Wednesday hoping to find a way to regain their winning touch. After losing the Test series, the Indians made a poor start to the one-dayers by losing the first game here by eight wickets ..... MORE >>>