Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara became the 11th cricketer to pass 10,000 Test runs in the last over before lunch in the second Test against Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Australia took an 82-run lead over Sri Lanka on day two of the second Test. The hosts were 238 for 3 at the break, with Shane Watson (60) and Michael Clarke (56) were the unbeaten batsmen.
Former Pakistan spin bowler Saqlain Mushtaq, on Wednesday said that Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement from One Day International cricket is a huge loss for world cricket, adding that there will never be another cricketer like the Indian batting prodigy.
Shoaib Malik and skipper Mohammad Hafeez made useful half-centuries as Pakistan registered their first Twenty20 victory over India, beating their arch-rivals by five wickets to take 1-0 lead in the two match
Australia v Sri Lanka – 2nd Test – Match Recap – Pacers put Australia in dominant position on day one
Led by Mitchell Johnson, Australia’s bowling attack enabled the team to maintain a firm upper-hand over the
Experienced middle order batsman of Pakistan, Shoaib Malik, on Tuesday lauded skipper Mohammad Hafeez for playing the captain’s knock and take the side home in the first T20 International of the two-match
Happy to see his team kick starting the India tour with a comprehensive five-wicket win, Pakistan skipper Mohammad Hafeez credited his bowlers, especially debutant Mohammad Irfan, for the emphatic victory.
With the series evenly poised, new look South Africa and New Zealand sides take on each other in the deciding third T20I game, scheduled to be played at the St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, today, December 26, 2012.
Indian skipper, Mahendran Singh Dhoni, and his Pakistani counterpart, Mohammad Hafeez, have both played down the incident involving Ishant Sharma and Kamran Akmal, which resulted in both players exchanging some heated words.