Chennai, Jul 8: The Indian cricket team, sans newly-married skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will leave for Sri Lanka from here tomorrow to play three Tests and a tri-nation ODI series starting July 18.

Jul 8: Newly-wed Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his wife Sakshi arrived here today from Ranchi to meet friends and relatives.

Sydney, July 8: Ross Emerson, the Australian umpire who in 1999 called Muttiah Murlitharan for chucking, feels the Sri Lankan spin wizard doesn't deserve to hold the record of highest wicket-taker in

Defending champions Mumbai will commence their bid to clinch the Ranji Trophy for the 40th time at home against Saurashtra in the Group A Elite Division tie scheduled from November 1-4.

Six years after he called Sri lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan a chucker, and enraged an entire country, former Australian PM John Howard has done a volte-face.
“I believe that Muralitharan is a very good bowler,” Howard told this newspaper on Wednesday, “He is a wonderful bowler and should to be congratulated for becoming the world’s highest wicket taker.”

Teenage quick Mohammad Aamer took three wickets as Pakistan beat Australia by 11 runs in the second Twenty20 international at Edgbaston here on Tuesday to complete a 2-0 series win.

Abhinav Mukund’s fluent hundred was the highlight of a thrilling chase as India A scrambled to a high-scoring tie against England A to book a berth in the final of the ongoing one-day tri-series here on Tuesday.

Retiring Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan said among the current crop of slow bowlers, only Harbhajan Singh could match his record of scalping nearly 800 Test wickets.

Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan, the world’s leading wicket taker and one of the finest exponents of spin bowling, on Tuesday announced his retirement from Test cricket, bringing an end to a glittering career spanning 18 years.

Karnataka pacer Abhimanyu Mithun was drafted into the Indian Test squad for the three-match Sri Lanka Test series beginning June 18 at Galle, after bowling spearhead Zaheer Khan was ruled out with a shoulder injury.