Adelaide: India virtually snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, slumping to an agonising 48-run loss in the pulsating first cricket Test against Australia despite captain Virat Kohli's gallant second successive hundred in the match

Adelaide: Fine half-centuries by opener Murali Vijay and stand-in skipper Virat Kohli helped fuel India's hopes of victory against Australia on the fifth day of the first cricket Test, here Saturday.A solid 148-run stand for

Adelaide: Opener Murali Vijay and skipper Virat Kohli looked confident against some testing off-breaks from Nathan Lyon as India reached 105 for two at lunch in pursuit of victory target of 364 against Australia in

Adelaide: Scoreboard after Australia defeated India by 48 runs in the first test and go up 1-0 in the 4-match series played at Adelaide Oval here Saturday. Nathan Lyon was delcared as Man of the Match

Adelaide: David Warner followed up his first innings hundred with a half-century in the second, giving Australia command of proceedings after scoring 139/1 in 38 overs at Tea on day four of the first cricket

Adelaide: Nathan Lyon took 5-134 as Australia quickly dismissed India's tail then reached 32-0, taking an overall lead of 105 runs at lunch Friday on the fourth day of the first test.He took his sixth

Adelaide: Scoreboard after Australia scored 290/5 at Stumps on Day 4 with an overall lead of 363 runs over India in the first test played at Adelaide Oval here Friday.  Australia 1st innings: 517/7 (declared)India 1st

Adelaide: Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon today said he will look to exploit the footmarks created by Indian pacer Ishant Sharma during his spell to David Warner on the opening day of the first cricket Test.The

Adelaide: After bowling India out for 444 in the first innings with the lead of 73 runs, Australia would like to bat as much as possible to set a competitive target for the visitors. Will there

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates: Pakistan consolidated its position in the second test against Australia, reaching 158-2 at tea on the first day. Younis Khan, who had centuries in both innings in the first test, was

HARARE, Zimbabwe: Michael Clarke returned from a hamstring injury to captain Australia and opted to bat first in a triangular series one-day international against Zimbabwe on Sunday.   Clarke was one of three changes for the

New Delhi: In modern era of high speed competitive cricket , where batsmen have  the luxury of playing with modern sophisticated bats and gears, batsmen keep inventing cricketing shots which were not though of a

Chester-Le-Street, Aug 10: Chris Rogers rode his luck before reaching a hard-earned maiden test century as Australia stayed in control of the fourth Ashes test on Saturday, despite a swing-bowling masterclass from Stuart Broad on

Sydney, Feb 1: Australian spinners Nathan Lyon and Xavier Doherty are analysing the performance of their English counterparts in India ahead of the four-match Test series in the sub-continent later in the month.Lyon and Doherty

Port-of-Spain, Apr 18: Off-spinner Nathan Lyon took five cheap wickets late on Tuesday to trigger a West Indies collapse and give Australia the edge on the third day of the second test at the Queen's

Adelaide, Jan 23: Offspinner Nathan Lyon has been included at the expense of fast bowler Mitchell Starc in Australia's lineup for the fourth cricket test against India starting Tuesday.Starc has been named Australia's 12th man

Adelaide, Jan 21: Eager to make an impression on home turf and cement his place as Australia's front-line spinner, offie Nathan Lyon today said he would look to get the prized scalp of the iconic

Canberra, Dec 20: Iconic Sachin Tendulkar has made over 86,000 runs and 237 tons in all formats of the game over the last quarter of a century, yet the Australians feel that seven-Test old off-spinner

Melbourne, Dec 18: Undaunted by the prospect of facing a star-studded Indian batting line-up led by the iconic Sachin Tendulkar, young Australian spinner Nathan Lyon said he will focus only on what he is capable