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Colombo, Aug 1: Tillakaratne Dilshan narrowly missed a second successive century as Sri Lanka whipped South Africa by 128 runs here today to wrap up the one-day series 4-1. The hosts, already holding a decisive 3-1 lead, piled up 307-4 after electing to take first strike and then shot the Proteas out for 179 in 43.5 overs in the day-night match at the Premadasa stadium. AB de Villiers played a

Melbourne, Jul 31: Defending champions India will take on arch-foes Pakistan in their opening match of the ICC cricket World Cup to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from February 14 to March 29 in 2015. Placed in Group B, India, who won the 2011 event after defeating Sri Lanka in the final in Mumbai, will start their title defence on February 15. India have never lost to Pakistan in

Melbourne, Jul 30: India will start their title defence against traditional rivals Pakistan in Adelaide February 15 in the 2015 World Cup that will be hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand from Feb 14 to March 29, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced here Tuesday. The draw that was held here Tuesday, clubbed India and Pakistan with South Africa, the West Indies, Zimbabwe

Budapest, Jul 29: The Indian Grand Prix is likely to be dropped from next year's Formula One calendar as Russia prepares for its debut, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone has said. "Is India going to happen next year? Probably not," he said at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Asked what the problem was with the race at Greater Noida, near New Delhi, the 82-year-old British billionaire replied: "Very

Harare, Jul 29: A disciplined India notched up a convincing seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the third One-day International to secure an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series here today. Amit Mishra scalped four wickets and skipper Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 88-ball 68 to emerge as star performers for India as they guided the visitors to their third straight victory in the

Kolkata, Jul 28: BCCI president-in-exile N Srinivasan seems set to return to the helm of affairs after a two-judge probe panel found no evidence against his team Chennai Super Kings in the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal which rocked the sixth edition of the event. The two-member panel, comprising former judges T Jayaram Chouta, R Balasubramanian, submitted its report to the BCCI working

Kingstown, Jul 28: Zulfiqar Babar completed a dream debut by striking the final ball of the match for six to give Pakistan a two-wicket victory over the West Indies in the first Twenty 20 international at the Arnos Vale Stadium Saturday. Having taken three wickets for 23 runs with his left-arm spinners in helping to restrict the world champions to 152 for seven, the 34-year-old newcomer then made

Harare, Jul 28: A dominant India will look to plug their bowling loopholes as they go into the third one-dayer against minnows Zimbabwe on Sunday with the aim of sealing the five-match series with another emphatic triumph. India have taken a 2-0 lead on the back of an impressive show by their young batsmen and now need just one more win to take an unassailable 3-0 lead. Zimbabwe to their credit

New Delhi, Jul 27: The Delhi Police today told a court here that the photo of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a magazine posing as God and holding a shoe in his hand "is a work of art" and the player had "no intention" to insult religion. Police filed their status report in pursuance to the court's order on a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against Dhoni, publisher and editor of a

Harare, Jul 27: Shikhar Dhawan capitalised on three reprieves to slam his third ODI century as India maintained their stranglehold over minnows Zimbabwe with a comfortable 58-run victory in the second cricket one-dayer here today. Dhawan struck 116 as India recovered from early jolts to post a competitive 294 for eight and then restricted the hosts to 236 for nine to take a 2-0 series lead in the