Pakistan 236 for 4 (Yousuf Youhana 88*, Imran Farhat 87) beat New Zealand 235 for 8 (Oram 54, McCullum 56*) by 6 wicketsScorecardBrendon McCullum: unorthodox, but effective© AFPImran Farhat and Yousuf Youhana steadied the ship…
New Zealand coach Denis Aberhart said the Hamilton pitch for the second National Bank Test with India wasn't easy, but he didn't think it was bad as today's topsy-turvy day suggested.Aberhart, whose side needs another…
Boland beat the Highveld Strikers by three wickets with two balls to spare in an exciting Standard Bank Cup match in Paarl on Wednesday night.The Strikers won the toss and elected to bat in the…
Leeds United defender Junior Firpo may have played his last game for the club ahead of a summer exit, according to former top flight striker Kevin Phillips. The Lowdown: Firpo disappoints at Leeds The left-back…
Urooj Mumtaz has been retained as Pakistan captain as they attempt to qualify for the 2009 World Cup © AFP Pakistan have stuck to the same squad that they had announced in October last year…
Bob Woolmer: In the frame for England job © Getty Images Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach, will not make any decision about future coaching opportunities until Pakistan's World Cup campaign is done and dusted.Woolmer was responding…
Barbados wrapped up the last two wickets and eased to a ten wicket win against Jamaica at the Three Ws Oval. The win takes Barbados to the top of the points table with 24 points,…
Andy Blignaut: could be back in action this week© Getty ImagesAndy Blignaut has become the latest of Zimbabwe's so-called rebels to return to the fold, signing a new contract to play after ten months on…
Ricky Ponting has finished 2003 as the highest-rated Test batsman in the world, after his matchwinning 257 at Melbourne helped Australia to level their four-Test series against India. Ponting, who was the only man to…
Chris Nevin and Daryl Tuffey have been recalled to the CLEAR Black Caps for the first two National Bank Series One-Day Internationals against England at Christchurch and Wellington this week.They are the only two newcomers…