LONDON - England have named three uncapped players in their squad for the women's one-day and Twenty20 series against Pakistan. Natasha Farrant, a 17-year-old left-arm seamer from Kent, Surrey's allrounder Natalie Sciver and Yorkshire's Lauren Winfield, a wicketkeeper, have received their first ...

SOUTHAMPTON- Martin Guptill made the highest one-day international score by a New Zealand batsman as the Black Caps took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in their series with England on Sunday. Guptill's 189 not out was the cornerstone of New Zealand's 359 for three at Southampton -- the largest total ...

Dublin -The first ODI of the two-match series was another telling advertisement of what Ireland are capable of on a cricket field. The end result may have been a tie but Pakistan were biting their nails for the most part as Kevin O'Brien and Paul Stirling nearly pulled off a spectacular victory. ...

DUBLIN:-Ireland coach Phil Simmons on Tuesday named an unchanged squad for the two upcoming one-day international matches against Pakistan, who are using the series as a warm-up for the Champions Trophy. SQUAD: William Porterfield (captain), Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Ed Joyce, ...

MUMBAIDale Steyn, the world's most feared pacer, on Tuesday backed his country South Africa to come out trumps in the three-match Test series against India to be held at the end of this year, but was also wary of the quality of the opposing batting line-up."We have got a pretty good Test side at ...

BULAWAYO - Vusi Sibanda brought up his second ODI hundred by hitting the winning runs that secured Zimbabwe a rare series victory, against Bangladesh in Bulawayo. Zimbabwe's seven-wicket success broke the deadlock between the sides and gave the hosts the series 2-1.Zimbabwe's bowlers laid the ...

BULAWAYOZimbabwe and Bangladesh go into Wednesday's third and final one-day international in Bulawayo locked at one match apiece, yet it is the hosts who know they will need to improve their game if they are to claim a rare series victory.After being humiliated by 121 runs in the first match last ...

LOS ANGELES: Gwyneth Paltrow is teaming up with Ryan Seacrest for a new online series. The ‘Iron Man 3’ actress - who recently launched her second healthy cookbook, ‘It’s All Good’ - is fronting a 10-episode show called ‘Second Chances’ on the AOL On ...

  HARARE   Hamilton Masakadza's determined 111 not out went in vain as Bangladesh wrapped up only their fourth Test win on Monday to earn a share of a two-match series with Zimbabwe. Masakadza held off the Bangladesh attack for more than six hours but lacked support at the other end, ...

  HARARE     Bangladeshwill go into the final day of the second Test againstZimbabwerequiring just six wickets to earn a share of the two-match series after dominating another day at Harare Sports Club. At the end of the fourth day of the second and finalTest,Zimbabwewere 138- 4, ...

LOS ANGELES: A sequel to LA Confidential is in the works, with the classic crime thriller looking set to come back as a television series. TV series often spawn movie spin-offs, but it is unusual to see a move in the other direction. James Ellroy, who wrote the novel on which the 1997 film was ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City and the San Antonio Spurs held off fourth-quarter rallies for crucial NBA victories on Wednesday, each club seizing a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook each scored 29 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder over Houston ...

LOS ANGELES - Cable channel Showtime pulled the plug on “Dexter,” the critically acclaimed show about a police analyst who is also a serial killer.Starring Michael C. Hall in the title role, the show that pushed boundaries in terms of violence and dark humor will conclude this summer at ...

LONDON  Star England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of next month's home Test series with New Zealand due to a knee injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.The 32-year-old had already been ruled out of the final Test match away to New Zealand due to the ...

LOS ANGELES - Epic medieval-fantasy drama series “Game of Thrones” will return for a fourth season, US cable channel HBO confirmed on Tuesday.The critically acclaimed show - which chronicles the myriad power struggles in the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos - returned for its ...

Phil Hughes returned to form with a century before Xavier Doherty and Moises Henriques took three wickets each to lead Australia to a series-levelling 32-run win over Sri Lanka in the final one-day cricket international on Wednesday.Hughes struck 138 not out at Bellerive Oval but Sri Lanka were on ...

LAHORE - The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will inform Pakistan Cricket Board about their position regarding the proposed Bangladesh tour to Pakistan by December 20, it has been learnt. “We hope that we will be able to clear our position by December 20. We'll sit with our stakeholders, ...

ISLAMABAD - Hats off to Pakistan Army officers and all the staffers who worked day and night to ensure a memorable and successful cricket series held smoothly between Pakistan and British Army cricket teams at Army Cricket ground. The credit must also be given to British embassy in Islamabad, ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan U-19 team head coach Sabih Azhar said on Friday that the warm-up ODI series win would not only boost the team’s morale but also help the players prepare themselves fully for the upcoming U-19 World Cup. Talking exclusively with this correspondent, Sabih said: ...

KARACHI  - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf is confident that once Bangladesh tours Pakistan other teams will also be convinced to play in the country.Ashraf told reporters that the Bangladesh security delegation that recently visited Pakistan to inspect security arrangements for ...

ISLAMABAD - A four-member Pakistan golf squad will be participating in 6th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final to be held at Mission Hills Club, China from March 14 to 16.Durdana Soomro, who will accompany the players as team manager said on Wednesday that from the four players chipping in the event ...

DUNEDIN -  South Africa will press its claim to the No. 1 Test ranking when it begins a three-match series against New Zealand from Wednesday (today).Ranked No. 2 behind England, South Africa has already demonstrated its superiority over eighth-ranked New Zealand in shorter formats, winning ...

ABU DHABI - Batting remained a major concern for the hosts as Pakistan and England enter into Twenty20 series decider at Sheikh Zayed Stadium today (Monday).Pakistan batsmen again defied all the expectations by throwing away their wickets in the second Twenty20 and lack of game plan was evident in ...

DUBAI - Following their 4-0 drubbing at the hands of England in the ODI series, Pakistan came up with a refreshing performance in the opening Twenty20 to silence the critics and they will look to wrap-up the series today (Saturday) when they take on England in the second T20 of three-match ...

AUCKLAND  - South Africa battled to a thrilling three-run win over New Zealand to claim the Twenty20 series 2-1 after the Black Caps suffered a dramatic late batting collapse in Auckland on Wednesday.New Zealand restricted South Africa to seven for 165 and went into the last two overs needing ...

DUBAI - Kevin Pietersen and Craig Keiswetter with a superb 109 runs fifth wicket stand deprived Pakistan of face-saving win in the last one-day international and helped England complete clean-sweep and sweat revenge of 3-0 Pakistan Test whitewash here at the Dubai Sports Stadium on Tuesday nightIf ...

ABU DHABI  - Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar on Tuesday said he hoped a window could be found to accommodate an India-Pakistan series, as tight schedules were stopping the arch-rivals from playing each other.India suspended all bilateral ties with Pakistan in the wake of the deadly 2008 Islamist ...

DUBAI  - Cricketers with disabilities from Pakistan and England promise to defy all odds during their ground-breaking series which starts on Saturday, hoping it could set examples for such other people in life.They may not be big names like Misbah-ul Haq, Andrew Strauss, Saeed Ajmal or a Monty ...

PERTH - Plagued by poor batting form for long, a jittery India will need to strike the right combination and lift the standard of their game as they strive to bring their ODI tri-series campaign back on track when they take on Sri Lanka at WACA on Wednesday.India let Australia off the hook in the ...

ABU DHABI  - Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took a career best 6-25 to help Pakistan humble England by 72 runs in the second Test here on Saturday, to give them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.The 31-year-old twice took two wickets in successive overs to dent England's chase ...