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Kevin Pietersen enjoyed rare success as a bowler and Stuart Broad took four quick wickets to give South Africa some anxious moments on the fifth and final day of the second Test against England at Headingley on Monday. Despite their efforts, the match was almost certain to end in a draw. South Africa were 239 for seven at tea, a lead of 233 with a possible 44 overs remaining. Pietersen followed up

India defeated Sri Lanka by 39 runs in the one-off T20 match here on Tuesday. Set to score 156 for a win, the host did not have a single decent partnership. Sri Lanka’s opening pair was separated in the first over itself, with Irfan Pathan swinging the ball through the defence of Tillakaratne Dilshan (0). Pathan, in fact, set the stage for India’s comeback, trapping Mahela Jayawardene (26) in

Pallekele, August 7: The world number two ranking clinched following a dominating 4-1 triumph in ODIs, India will now look to stamp their authority against Sri Lanka in the only Twenty20 international on Tuesday. India's domination was reflected in the margin of victory and they would look to carry their rampaging form to the shortest version of cricket as well. Sri Lanka and India have played

England star Kevin Pietersen on Monday dropped a bombshell by suggesting that the third and final Test against South Africa might be his last. "I can't rule out that my next Test may be my last," he said after winning the man of the match award in the drawn second Test at Headingley after a superb innings of 149, which he followed up by taking three wickets. Pietersen's future was a major issue

Virat Kohli achieved his career-best ranking as he gained one position to be at second spot in the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, which was released today. Kohli, who entered the India-Sri Lanka five-match ODI series as the third-ranked batsman, climbed to no. 2 following his player-of-the-series performance, in which he scored 296 runs. The former India Under-19 captain, who led his

There was little to suggest from India’s aggression and application that this was a dead rubber. They were given a scare alright by a new-look Sri Lanka, but they kept their wits about them to finish the One-Day International series in the manner in which they had begun it – with an exciting victory. Their 20-run win in the final game of five at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium gave

England fast bowler Steven Finn fell foul of a seldom used law of cricket when umpire Steve Davis called dead ball to a delivery which South African captain Graeme Smith edged to slip on the first day of the second Test at Headingley. Davis' call came when for the fourth time in the morning Finn's right knee clattered into the stumps at the bowler's end, which the South African batsmen claimed was

With the series already under their belt, a confident India will look to continue their dominating run and complete a 4-1 drubbing over an inconsistent Sri Lanka in the final one-dayer on Saturday. India have been consistent and have dominated the five-match series right from the start, barring the second ODI, which they lost by nine wickets, after coming into the tournament following a prolonged

Dubai, August 3: Yuvraj Singh, who has been named among India’s 30 probables for the Twenty20 World Cup, got down to some match practice in Bengaluru on Wednesday — and did a decent job of it. Although it was “purely a practice match”, as one of the KSCA officials put it, Yuvraj scored 47 off 70 balls hitting a couple of boundaries and a six in the process. “Finally, played my first practice game

Columbo, August 2: India were clinical in almost all departments in their six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI on Tuesday, but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni especially emphasised on the part-time bowlers' role and said his side has plenty of options to trouble the rival batsmen. Spinner Manoj Tiwary claimed four wickets while Virat Kohli slammed an unbeaten 128 to help India take an