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Melbourne, May 3: Newly appointed Australia coach Justin Langer will charge his players with winning back the "respect" of the cricket world after a ball-tampering scandal left the team's reputation in ruins. Long touted as head coach-in-waiting, Langer was named as Darren Lehmann's replacement on Thursday, his predecessor having resigned in the wake of the Cape Town scandal even though he was

New Delhi, May 3: India have refused to play a day-night Test during the tour of Australia later this year because of doubts over the quality of the pink ball, their cricket board said Thursday. "Yes, it's pretty clear that we are not playing a day-night Test in Australia, no doubt about it," BCCI administrator Vinod Rai told AFP. Cricket Australia (CA) had wanted the first Test in Adelaide from

Young Rishabh Pant cracked a blistering 69 while captain Shreyas Iyer (50) hit his fourth half-century of the season as Delhi Daredevils kept themselves in the race for IPL play-offs with a nervy four-run win over Rajasthan Royals here tonight. The Royals invited Daredevils to bat but were guilty of feeding the home batsmen with deliveries either too short or too full, making the job easy for the

Bengaluru, May 2: Royal Challengers Bangalore pacers blew away the Mumbai Indians’ top-order to set up a crucial 14-run win, which kept them alive in the IPL playoffs race, here on Tuesday. Mumbai Indians bowlers had also exploited the favourable track but leaked a few runs towards the end to allow the hosts post 167/7, a fighting total under challenging conditions. Captain Virat Kohli (32) and

Dubai, May 1: The Virat Kohli-led India continued to sit at the top of the latest ICC Test Team Rankings, ahead of South Africa and Australia. Not only that, with the results from 2014-15 being removed from the equation and those from 2015-16 and 2016-17 being weighted at 50 per cent, India have actually stretched their lead over South Africa from four to 13 points. For India, who played four

Pune, May 1: Shane Watson and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit belligerent half-centuries as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat Delhi Daredevils (DD) by 13 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday. Watson survived a close lbw television referral off Trent Boult's first ball to smash 78 off 40 balls, and Dhoni hit his third unbeaten half-century in the tournament, 51 off 22 balls, in Chennai's

Sydney, May 1: Cricket Australia on Tuesday appointed an ethics guru to review the sport's culture in the wake of the cheating scandal that has rocked "the gentleman's game". The governing body said it wanted to ensure there was never a repeat of the conduct during the third Test against South Africa in March that tarnished Australian cricket's reputation. "We understand and share the

Apr 30: Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde was delighted that his side "finally" wrapped up a 25th La Liga title with four matches to spare, after a Lionel Messi hat-trick secured a thrilling 4-2 victory for Barcelona at Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday. Valverde's men completed a league and cup double after thrashing Sevilla 5-0 in last week's Copa del Rey final, regaining the Spanish crown from Real

Bengaluru, Apr 30: Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli said they didn't deserve to win against Kolkata Knight Riders and blamed the entire team's sloppy fielding for their six-wicket loss which has jeopardised their IPL campaign. RCB slumped to their fifth defeat in seven games after failing to defend 176 against KKR last night. "If we look back, we didn't deserve to win. I don't think

Sydney, Apr 30: Australian cricket chiefs are still trying to convince reluctant India to play a day-night Test in Adelaide this year after releasing their international playing schedule on Monday. Cricket Australia have scheduled the opening Test of the four-Test India series in Adelaide from December 6-10, with hopes it will be a pink ball match following concept successes against New Zealand