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The pitch remained placid, the batsmanship of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers was conscientious in its defence and, when the batsmen did err,...

New Zealand reached 47 for six wickets in their first innings, trailing South Africa by 478 runs, on the second day of the second...

A heroic century by 21-year-old Kane Williamson trumped a hostile South African bowling attack and allowed New Zealand to hang on for a tenacious...

Pakistan built on a strong start from openers Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar to take a 96-run first innings lead with three wickets in...

Indian cricketing superstar Sachin Tendulkar is favoured to bring up his 100th international century in the first Test against Australia in Melbourne, according to...

Usman Khawaja hit an impressive century ahead of a three-Test series against Sri Lanka as Australia gained the upper hand in a warm-up match...

Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor scored an unbeaten 105 before Bangladesh were restricted to 112-3 at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday, still needing another...

Tillakaratne Dilshan hammered a maiden Twenty20 century to set up Sri Lanka's 35-run victory over Australia in the opening match on Saturday. The captain...

Kevin Pietersen's commanding unbeaten double century left England well on top against India at the close of the second day of the first Test...

Sachin Tendulkar is on the brink of yet another record-breaking achievement as he heads into next week's first Test against England at Lord's just...

India met further defiance from the West Indies in the third Test on Sunday, when Shivnarine Chanderpaul completed his 23rd Test hundred to lead...

Cricket great Sir Garfield Sobers’s belief in Alastair Cook’s one-day ability was rewarded by the England batsman’s century last weekend. Cook is now one of...

Kevin Pietersen missed out on his first Test century in Britain for nearly three years after helping England gain a first innings lead in...

Alastair Cook fell short of a third Test hundred in as many innings but still helped England recover from an early collapse on the...

LAHORE - The Patron's Trophy Grade-II 2010-11 started at Lahore and Islamabad simultaneously on Monday. On the opening day of the three-day semi-final at Lahore's LCCA ground, Medicam were at 251 for the loss of six wickets against Navy. Nadeem Karamat lifted his team to an authoritative score with a century, while Faraz Khan and Ibad Ali shared two wickets each for Navy. At Diamond Club ground Islamabad, UBL were playing at 32 in nine overs against Port Qasim after the match was

KARACHI - Pakistan's new rising batsman Asad Shafiq has said that appearing in his first Cricket World Cup was a great experience for him and he was looking forward to some outstanding performances on the upcoming tour of West Indies. "My first mission and objective in West Indies is to get my maiden hundred," he told APP Sports Correspondent Ehsan Qureshi in an exclusive interview here on Saturday.
He said he was well set for centuries in a couple of games but luck eluded him.

MOHALI - India's Sachin Tendulkar led a charmed life to hit a crucial 85 in Wednesday's semi-final win against Pakistan before targetting his first World Cup title in front of his home fans in Mumbai.
Tendulkar was dropped four times in his man of the match innings to anchor India to 260-9 against their arch-rivals before his team's bowlers applied the pressure and the brakes to secure a 29-run win in the hotly-anticipated clash.
"The final in Mumbai will be a fantastic