South Africa and Australia will both be forced to call on fringe players when the number one ranking in Test cricket goes on the line in the final Test starting Friday in Perth.

After a tame draw in

India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan5-2 in an inconsequential round robin match to register their first win in the Lanco International Super Series hockey tournament here today.

India were by far the

India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan5-2 in an inconsequential round robin match to register their first win in the Lanco International Super Series hockey tournament here today.

India were by far the

India failed to qualify for the final of the Lanco International Super Series hockey tournament after losing 3-4 to Australia in a hard-fought encounter in Perth on Friday.

The defeat against Austral

Australia will revisit their bowling plan for Angelo Mathews after the powerful Sri Lankan almost engineered another remarkable comeback win for his side at the WACA Ground on Friday.

Mathews, who fa

Australian batting collapsed in the face of a disciplined Sri Lankan bowling effort as the hosts were bundled out for 231 in their second match of the ODI cricket tri-series here on Friday.

Skipper M

Australia beat Sri Lanka by five runs in the third tri-series one-day international at the WACA Ground on Friday.

Sent in to bat by Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene, Australia made 231 from 49.1

Coach Mickey Arthur is hopeful of Shane Watson returning to the Australian one-day fold in the latter part of the ongoing tri-series but refused to set a time frame for the all-rounder's comeback.

Pl

India on Thursday looked set to extend star batsman Sachin Tendulkar's long wait for his elusive 100th international century by resisting calls to scrap their top-order rotation policy.

Captain M.S.

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat against India in the second one-dayer of the cricket tri-series here on Wednesday.

India made two changes in their playing eleven