It was battle of attrition on day one at the P Sara Oval, with both sides going shoulder to shoulder but not forcefully enough to box either into a corner. After having started with a guard of honour for Kumar Sangakkara, Thursday served up a manic first session, a ....

 The P Sara Oval at the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club is perhaps one of the warmest of cricket grounds. It is picturesque beyond words, with trees and grass banks lining up half of the Oval. The rest is taken up by pre-independence-era stands, with their gre ....

 Determined to make a strong start in the next domestic season, India batsman Suresh Raina is presently undergoing a month-long high intensity training at the synthetic pitches of Amsterdam Cricket Club (ACC) in the Dutch capital. Raina, who is currently on a vacati ....

A section of the media had reported on Wednesday that the former Bollywood actress had told Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials during an IPL working group meeting on August 8 that some players from Kings XI Punjab may have indulged in “suspicio ....

A sunny Wednesday afternoon seemed even sunnier when Quinton de Kock was at the wicket. The South African batted for only a little over two hours, but it was enough to take the game away from India ‘A’ in the first unofficial Test at the Wayanad Cricket Stadi ....

Buoyant after regaining the urn with one match to spare, England heads into the fifth test starting Thursday at The Oval looking to complete a 4-1 win in a series it was widely expected to lose. It would be the first time the English have ever won four tests in a five-m ....

 The three-year period from mid-2008 to mid-2011 is perhaps the best that an Indian team has enjoyed in recent times. India played 11 Test series of which it won eight, including in New Zealand and the West Indies, and drew three, including in South Africa and Sri Lank ....

 Girls’ top seed Zeel Desai of Gujarat trounced Megha Muthukumaran of Tamil Nadu 6-1, 6-0 in the second round of the adidas-MCC National junior under-18 clay court tennis championship at the Madras Cricket Club on Tuesday. Zeel, who was given a bye in the firs ....

“It really helped (decision to shift to Bangalore) and everyone can see that. A lot has changed since then. I have changed as a person. As of now I have become World no. 1, won China and India Open, reached the finals of All England and World Championships. All th ....

And now the prayer has changed. We pray for spinners. Indian batsmen's struggle against spin in Galle cost them a Test match, just as it had cost them a series at home and in England recently and at least one Test in Australia. Where are those capable of standing ....