West Indies have beaten England by 61 runs in the second One-Day International of the West Indies tour of England at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England.
West Indies recorded a challenging total of 278-5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored 116 not out off 122 balls to post his seventh century in One-Day Internationals. Marlon Samuels scored 77, while Chris Gayle and Devon Smith shared an opening partnership of 50.
The England batsmen struggled in comparison, with opener Alastair Cook departing for just 19 and a controversial LBW decision for Ian Bell r
England have beaten West Indies by 79 runs in the first One-Day International of the West Indies tour of England at Lord's, London, England, giving Paul Collingwood victory in his first match as England's one-day captain.
England started their innings slowly, scoring just 26 runs off the first 10 overs. Although Ian Bell hit 56 runs, the England batsmen struggled, restricted to 255 by the West Indies bowling attack with just 12 boundaries being scored and Fidel Edwards taking five wickets.
In reply, West Indies had a disastrous start losing f
The One-Day International cricket match between Pakistan and Scotland at Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland was called off due to rain.
Due to a waterlogged field caused by overnight rain, and a poor weather forecast for the rest of the day, the match was first delayed from a 10:45 BST start and then abandoned after a pitch inspection at 12:00.
Roddy Smith, chief executive of Cricket Scotland, said "It's disappointing to lose the chance to play against a full member country".
Scotland is an associate member of the ICC, awarded O
In the 2007 Future Cup, India have beaten South Africa by six wickets in the third and final One-Day International (ODI) held at the Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland. India win the three match series 2-1.
South Africa's batting order collapsed to 28-4, but 56 from Herschelle Gibbs and 61 from Justin Kemp rescued a score of 148 for them.
In reply, India were reduced to 35-3. However Yuvraj Singh posted a score of 61 not out and India reached the target with four balls remaining.
The match was reduced to
In the 2007 Future Cup, India beat South Africa by six wickets in the second One-Day International (ODI) held at the Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The best of three series now stands level at 1-1 after South Africa's victory in the first ODI.
Sachin Tendulkar, in posting a score of 93, became the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in one day cricket.
Toss: India won, and chose to field first.
Did not bat: T Tshabalala, CK Langeveldt, M Ntini
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (de Villiers, 3.1 ov), 2-7 (Kallis,
England have beaten West Indies by five wickets in the second Twenty20 international of the West Indies tour of England at The Oval, London, England.
England's victory tied the two match series 1-1 after West Indies won the first Twenty20 yesterday.
Chris Gayle got the West Indies off to a good start with 61 runs off 37 balls, but the England bowlers and fielders restricted their score to 169-7 after 20 overs despite some big hits from Marlon Samuels.
In reply, England faltered, losing three wickets in 14 balls followed by the dismissal of K
The match started out poorly for the Bangladeshis as they were bowled out for 89 in the first innings. The main cause of this was the outstanding bowling of Muralitharan who took a five wicket haul. The Sri Lankans capitalised on this and started building a mammoth of an innings of 577 before declaring six wickets down. Centuries from Michael Vandort, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene, and Chaminda Vaas , and a huge 7th wicket partnership of 223 runs, helped Sri Lanka post the total.
Bangladesh started out their second innings positive
West Indies have beaten England by 15 runs in the first Twenty20 international of their tour of England at The Oval, London, England.
The West Indian innings started off badly by losing Gayle early, however they turned their fortunes around with some attacking and aggressive cricket and posted a huge total of 208. A bigger total could have been posted if it had not been for a late innings batting collapse. England started their reply by getting off to a flyer, but lost some early wickets that slowed down the run-rate. Leading the charge was Pa
In the 2007 Future Cup, South Africa beat India in the first One-Day International (ODI) held at the Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast, Ireland. After South Africa won the toss and chose to field first, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly opened India's innings. Ganguly left quickly and Gautam Gambhir left without troubling the scorers. However, Tendulkar found some long term company with Rahul Dravid and pushed the score to 194/2 before Dravid left on 74. It wasn't long before Tendulkar himself found himself runout by Morne van Wyk/Ma
The United States men's soccer team have won the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup by defeating Mexico 2-1 at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Mexico took the lead shortly before halftime with a goal from Jose Andres Guardado.
The Unites States leveled the scores when Landon Donovan converted a penalty in the 62nd minute and took the lead 11 minutes later from a goal by Benny Feilhaber.
Feilhaber's goal was only his second international goal. Donovan's 34th international goal ties him for first place with Eric Wynalda among all-time US men's nationals. The Un
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One of the most important sport events of northern Greece takes place this weekend in Litochoro, Greece. The Skai Olympus Marathon started yesterday in the roots of the famous mountain, with athletes starting from a sea-level altitude follow 44km of trails at the slopes of Mt.Olympus and reach the height of 2780m. The Greek weightlifter and three-time Olympic champion Pyrros Dimas gave the sign for the start, from the town of Dion. The race was won by Alexis Gounko of Greece. Tonight the event will conclude with a ceremony in Litoc
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced today that he will drive for Hendrick Motorsports in the 2008 NASCAR season, ending a month-long stint as a free agent. Earnhardt will replace Kyle Busch in the team.
However, whether his symbolic number 8 or longtime sponsor Budweiser will move as part of the deal is yet to be firmed up, Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick said at the Mooresville, N.C., press conference where the announcement was made.
"None of that's in place yet," he said.
Earnhardt's contract with Hendrick is set for five ye
