Lanka have the best chance to win the ongoing World Cup: Ranatunga

Former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga says that Sri Lanka have the best chance to win the ongoing World Cup after a hiatus of 15 years.Ranatunga, the man who led Sri Lanka to their only World Cup title way back in 1996, said that the World Cup proper begins from the quarterfinal onwards and we ...

Ponting asks teammates to counter mega threat from hosts Indians

Ricky Ponting on Wednesday asked his teammates to counter the mega threat from hosts and favourites India with unbridled aggression and freedom when the two teams clash in the quarterfinal match at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.The skipper, meanwhile rubbished reports back home that ...

India's Armaan Ebrahim managed to finish overall sixth quickest in the first Formula 2 pre-season testing at Silverstone.The 21-year old clocked a best of 1 minute, 50.747 seconds in the day's last session on new tyres. Armaan, however admitted that he was happy to finish in the to...

Decision Review System improves incidence of correct decisions by 5 per cent: Lorgat

The use of the much-debated Decision Review System (DRS) in the World Cup has improved the incidence of correct decisions by five per cent, ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat told reporters at a press conference in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.Lorgat also backed the decision of the World Cup organisers to ...

ICC World Cup: Pak thrashes West Indies by 10 wickets; Enter Semifinals

Pakistan thrashed West Indies by ten wickets in the first quarter-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka on Wednesday. Chasing 113 runs to win, Pakistan reached the target in 20.5 overs without any loss. Mohammad Hafiz 61 and Kamran Akmal 43 were ...

ICC World Cup: PAk need 113 runs to enter Semifinal

West Indies set a target of 113 runs for Pakistan in the first quarter-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka on Wednesday. Earlier, West Indies won the toss and chose to bat first. West Indies were all out just for paltry 112 runs in 43.3 overs. ...

PAk need 113 runs to enter Semifinal

West Indies set a target of 113 runs for Pakistan in the first quarter-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka on Wednesday. Earlier, West Indies won the toss and chose to bat first. West Indies were all out just for paltry 112 runs in 43.3 overs. ...

ICC World Cup Quarterfinal: Pak need 113 runs to beat West Indies

West Indies win toss and elect to bat first against Pakistan

In the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup, West Indies have won the toss and have elected to bat first in their quarterfinal match against Pakistan at Mirpur, Dhaka. Pakistan have a slight psychological edge today as they had won five matches out of the six at the group stage while West Indies had lost t...

Amber Chess: Anand beats Carlsen in blindfold

In the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament going on in Monaco, World Champion Viswanathan Anand defeated his nearest rival Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the blindfold game to go one up in the ninth-round mini-match. Anand could now be nearer to Armenian Levon Aronian who held a three point lead...