Match factsMarch 6, 2013Start time 10.30am (2130 GMT)Alastair Cook knows England mustn't disregard New Zealand as merely an Ashes warm-up•Getty ImagesBig PictureWith crisply starched whites and a spring in their step, Alastair Cook's Test side…
Faf du Plessis, the South Africa batsman, has been appointed full-time Twenty20 captain, beginning with the matches against Pakistan, after AB de Villiers requested to stand down from the role. The development means South Africa…
Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai will be without their captain Ajit Agarkar for the Irani Cup match against Rest of India because the fast bowler was ruled out with a groin injury. Allrounder Abhishek Nayar will…
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsJunaid Khan ran through the top order with four quick wickets•BCCIFortunes swung in an absorbing opening one-dayer, but it was Pakistan who held their nerve to record a six-wicket win and go…
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsThe Australians struck two important blows before stumps•Getty ImagesAustralia have been here before. One day to play, one bowler short, and an opposition whose top order has already been rattled. But Sri…
Five balls, no runs, one innings. It wasn't much, but in a world of instant judgements and enthusiastic speculation that was all it took for Ricky Ponting to shift in public perception from the best-performed…
ScorecardVarun Chopra's hundred ensured Warwickshire had a commanding total•Getty ImagesAt the mid-innings break in this CB40 semi-final it was, to borrow a phrase from the pilot episode of The West Wing, six to five and…
Lalit Modi, the former IPL commissioner, has settled his libel case with Giles Clarke out of court. The case centred on an email Clarke sent to the BCCI in 2010 claiming attempts were being made…
Given that it was Mitchell Johnson's first game for Australia since November 2011, and in a country where he has suffered more than the usual share of bowling misadventure, Michael Clarke was careful not to…
MS Dhoni has said his team is geared up for the limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka, which marks the start of a hectic season following a seven-week break. India play five ODIs and a T20…