Late strikes from India left Sri Lanka in trouble at 123-5 chasing a world record 436, despite 67 from Marvan Atapattu.

A double-century from South African batsman Jacques Rudolph was the highlight as South Africa’s tour match against the WA XI was drawn.

England’s bowling coach, Troy Cooley, has announced he will leave England in May, to lead Australia’s fast bowling training program.

The Western Australian Xl was in a good position after
declaring at 300/5 in reply to The South African first
innings of 8 Dec for 292

A century from Kamral Akmal and 5 wickets for Shoaib Akhtar went a long way towards Pakistan levelling the series today.

A 1st day hampered by poor conditions has seen SA take a slight advantage over WA, who trail the tourists by 266 runs.

Australian Mitchell Johnson certainly won’t be forgetting his debut in Saturday’s remarkable one-dayer against New Zealand soon.

Muttiah Muralitharan and Anil Kumble bamboozled the batsmen as the wickets tumbled to the spinners on day two in Delhi

Shane Warne has been announced as the BBC’s overseas sports personality of the year following his recent achievements.

Although the series was lost 2-1, New Zealand can be proud of their performance against the world champions.