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Dhaka, Mar 9: Riding on Lasith Malinga's five-wicket haul and opener Lahiru Thrimanne's fluent century, Sri Lanka regained the Asia Cup trophy with a comfortable five-wicket victory over defending champions Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. Sri Lanka were clinical as they restricted Pakistan to a modest 260 for five and then overhauled the target with 22 balls to spare to

London, Mar 8: West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has reportedly slammed the 'disrespectful' English Cricket Board (ECB) over sacking of his buddy Kevin Pietersen from the England team. Gayle said that he was 'disappointed' with the manner Pietersen 'bowed' out of international cricket, as it was 'disrespectful'. According to the Mirror, Gayle also said that it is sad to see big player, who has made

Dubai, Mar 8: They might be out of action for quite sometime in this format of the game, but India managed to hold to their second position in the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings issued on Saturday. Both India and third-placed South Africa have 123 points but the former just managed to pip the Proteas when ratings were calculated beyond the decimal point. Sri Lanka continued to lead the chart with

Dhaka, Mar 7: Sri Lanka battled hard to beat hosts Bangladesh by three wickets in the final league match of the Asia Cup in Dhaka on Thursday, reaching the final with a perfect record. Sri Lanka, who will meet defending champions Pakistan in the final on Saturday, restricted Bangladesh to 204-9 before overcoming early jitters to chase down the target in 49 overs. The four-time champions won all

Mirpur, Mar 7: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Thursday called for the revival of cricketing ties between India and his country, saying the game can bring improvement in the relations between the two countries. “The way I enjoyed my cricket in India, I never enjoyed anywhere else. We are after all neighbours. The relations should be good between us. Cricket can only help better the relations

Dubai, Mar 6: Australian David Warner jumped to a career-best fifth spot after his batting exploits in his side's Test series victory against South Africa while India's Virat Kohli slipped two places to 10th in the latest ICC Rankings released on Thursday. Warner, who slammed hundreds (135 and 145) in both innings of the series-deciding Cape Town Test, has moved up five places to be the highest

Mirpur, Mar 6: Knocked out of contention for the final, five-time champions India ended their Asia Cup campaign with a consolation win over debutantes Afghanistan, beating them by eight wickets in a lop-sided encounter on Wednesday. After skipper Virat Kohli opted to bowl on winning the toss, Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja, R Aswhin and Amit Mishra shared eight wickets between them to skittle out

New Delhi, Mar 5: With the dates of the general elections finalised, IPL chairman Ranjib Biswal today said 60 to 70 per cent matches in the seventh edition of the Twenty20 tournament will be held in India. The decision to host "bulk of the matches" in India was taken after a meeting of BCCI bigwigs, including its president N Srinivasan, senior vice-president Rajeev Shukla, secretary Sanjay Patel

Lausanne/Switzerland, Mar 5: Furious with the current logjam in the suspended Indian Boxing Federation, the International Boxing Association has terminated the IBF from its fold stating that the current set of office-bearers are "damaging the image, reputation and interest" of the sport. In a tersely-worded statement, the AIBA said it is not in a position to make a "proper" judgement on how to

Dhaka, Mar 4: Buoyed by their last-over win over arch-rivals India, a rejuvenated Pakistan side will look to seal a berth in the final as they lock horns with beleaguered hosts Bangladesh in their last round-robin Asia Cup match here today. The top two teams qualify for the summit clash and Pakistan, having collected nine points from three appearances, will go into the match as favourites. The