Topic: South Asia

Ashraful returns for Pakistan Tests

Bangladesh's selectors have recalled former captain and middle-order batsman Mohammad Ashraful for a two-Test series against Pakistan starting in Chittagong on Friday.Ashraful, who has scored 2,418 runs in 56 Tests, had been axed for the two home Tests against the West Indies ...
Australia's teenage pace sensation Pat Cummins will likely miss the bulk of the home Test series against India with a bone stress heel injury, Cricket Australia said on Wednesday.The 18-year-old fast bowler suffered the injury during his man-of-the-match debut in last month's ...

Australia's Symonds on Indian TV reality show

Controversial Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds was on Tuesday unveiled as the latest contestant in the Indian television version of the hit reality show "Big Brother".The 36-year-old big hitter, in and out of the national side due to disciplinary problems, will become the ...

Pakistan spin out Bangladesh for 3-0 win

Pakistan's spinners revelled in helpful conditions to crush Bangladesh by 58 runs in the third and final one-day international on Tuesday to win the series 3-0.The tourists, bowled out for a modest 177, hit back to dismiss Bangladesh for 119 on a ...

Pakistan stumble to 177 in Bangladesh ODI

Spinners Abdur Razzak and Mohammad Mahmudullah shared six wickets as Bangladesh shot out Pakistan for 177 in the third and final one-dayer in Chittagong on Tuesday.The tourists, who won the first two matches in Dhaka to clinch the series, found runs hard ...
Young India batsman Virat Kohli has been reprimanded for showing dissent at an umpire's decision, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.Kohli, 23, stood his ground for "a considerable time" after being given out leg-before during the third one-day international against ...

Rampaul fires Windies to vital ODI win

Ravi Rampaul and debutant Sunil Narine shared six wickets to bowl the West Indies to a crucial 16-run victory over India in the third one-day international on Monday.Fast bowler Rampaul finished with 4-57 and off-spinner Narine with 2-34 as the West Indies ...

Pakistan win Bangladesh ODI series

Ruthless Pakistan drubbed Bangladesh by 76 runs in the second one-day international in Dhaka on Saturday to take a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match series.Umar Akmal scored 59 and Shahid Afridi hit 42 off 27 balls as Pakistan piled up 262-7 ...

India win as Kohli upstages Rampaul

Virat Kohli smashed a robust 117 to power India to a five-wicket win over the West Indies in the second one-day international on Friday despite Ravi Rampaul's record tail-end knock.Rampaul cracked 86 not out, the highest score by a number 10 batsman ...

England's Bresnan has elbow surgery

England bowler Tim Bresnan has undergone surgery on his elbow but is expected to be fit for the Test series against Pakistan in the new year, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) revealed on Thursday.Yorkshire paceman Bresnan felt pain in his ...