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Gros Islet (Saint Lucia), Jul 20: Pakistan wicketkeeper Umar Akmal missed a run-out opportunity and the West Indies last-wicket pair of Kemar Roach and Jason Holder scrambled two runs off the final ball to tie the third one-day international Friday.Responding to the tourists' total of 229 for six, and requiring 15 off the final over to win, Holder smashed a four and a six over cover off medium

Sydney, Jul 20: Australia's newspapers on Saturday ripped into their team's feeble batting in the second Test against England, fearing the Ashes campaign might have unravelled in one catastrophic session at Lord's. Australia collapsed to 128 all out in reply to England's first innings 361 with the home side opting against enforcing the follow-on and reaching 31 for three in their second innings by

London, Jul 19: England captain Alastair Cook was left wide-eyed and stunned after a girl fainted in the room where he was addressing a press conference here, prompting him to quip about the “impact” he would make in the ongoing Ashes series. As he elaborated on his team’s plans for the second Test against Australia here, Cook was left shocked as he witnessed a girl collapse in the press

New Delhi, Jul 18: The sixth edition of IPL, which was rocked by the spot-fixing scandal, has now been hit by a doping fiasco with Delhi and Kolkata Knight Rider's promising left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan failing a random dope test during the cash-rich league. Sangwan is only the second cricketer in the history of IPL after Pakistani speedster Mohammed Asif to have been found guilty of consuming

Melbourne, Jul 18: Sacked Australia coach Mickey Arthur has been left “extremely upset and disappointed” after his confidential lawsuit against Cricket Australia was leaked to the media leading to a massive controversy. “I am extremely upset and disappointed that confidential documents appear to have been given by others to the media,” Arthur said in a statement. “The matters raised in my

London, Jul 17: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has rated Brian Lara ahead of Sachin Tendulkar as he feels the West Indian batsman enabled his team win more matches. "Sachin and Lara were the two stand-out batsmen for me. Lara won more games for his team than Sachin probably has. I'd lose more sleep as captain knowing Lara was coming in to bat next day than I would with Sachin," said

M S Dhoni's best friend, Santhosh Lal, along with whom the Indian Captain invented the famous "Helicopter Shot" is no more. Lal was a former Ranji player, who had been suffering from Pancreatitis. Earlier, when Lal was airlifted to New Delhi, where he was treated, Dhoni had offered to assist his childhood friend in all ways possible. Dhoni had been in constant touch with the family and had

Dubai, July 17: The ICC on Tuesday admitted that the umpires made seven errors during the first Ashes Test between Australia and England of which four were rectified using the Decision Review System, which has ignited a fresh debate on the technology. The three decisions that were marked as uncorrected errors included the one against Jonathan Trott when a correct leg before wicket decision was

New Delhi, Jul 16: With the all-important Asia Cup round the corner, Hockey India is all set to hire a specialist foreign goalkeeping coach for the Indian men's team ahead of the August 24 to September 1 event in Ipoh, Malaysia. Hockey India secretary general Narinder Batra confirmed that that they are in look out for a foreign expert to work with Indian goalkeepers on short-term basis. "Yes, we

New Delhi, Jul 16: Rahul Dravid, captain of Rajasthan Royals, has recorded his statement with the Delhi Police in the IPL spot-fixing scandal and will be made a prosecution witness. According to media reports, the special cell of Delhi Police went to Bangalore on July 10 and under section 161 of the CrPC, Dravid’s statement was recorded. Besides Dravid, Rajasthan Royals coach Paddy Upton will also