* Australia comfortably beat India again in rain reduced first one day:At MCG Match 1 Commonwealth Bank Tr-series Australia 216-5,32 overs beat India 151,29.4 overs by 65 runs D/L method Scorecard
* ICC Board held the first of its scheduled 2012 meetings in Dubai on 31 January 2012 and 1 February 2012. For futher information on the major items considered or decisions taken More
* England Lions continue their erratic form losing to Sri Lanka 'A' so the series is squared with one to go. They lost the ODI series 2-3 and tied the t20 1-1 to Bangladesh 'A' so a win in next match improve the record so far:At Colombo RPS 4th Unofficial ODI England Lions 204,42.1 overs(Hales 62,Patel 50) lost to Sri Lanka 'A' 206-6,42.1 overs by 4 wickets Scorecard Series 2-2
* India's new look fleet footed side run out 4 Oz and then Gambhir guides India home for rare victory this tour:At MCG Australia 131,19.4 overs lost to India 134-2,19.4 overs Scorecard This ends India's sequence of 16 defeats abroad
* Younus Khan & Azhar Ali build big partnership after 24 wickets fall for little.Broad takes four before lunch on day 1 as Pakistan collapse.Asad Shafiq & the tailenders get then to 99 whereupon England lose two quick wickets and then Pietersen lbw followed soon by Bell and most of England's top batsmen have failed again so another big moment for Irish Morgan.He amasses 10.Strauss has been marooned on 35* for along time.Prior is bowled and Anderson comes ot as nightwatchman.What a day's cricket!Strauss hits fifty and england post small 1st innings lead:At Dubai 3rd Test Pakistan 99,44.1 overs(Asad Shafiq 46,Broad 4-46,Anderson 3-36,Panesar 2-25) & 365,162.3 overs(Azhar Ali 157,Younus Khan 127,Panesar 5-124) v England 141, 46 overs(Strauss 56,Abdur Rehman 5-40) & 89-2,41 oversScorecard
* Kongonis take East Africa title.Skipper Rakep Patel hit 92,Abdul Rehman taked four as Nile Knights fail the challenge:At GCG Nairobi Final East Africa Cup Kongonis 280-7,50 overs beat Nile Knights 196-9,50 overs by 84 runs Scorecard
* ECB renews its broadcasting agreement with Sky Sports from 2014-2017 More
* Kiwis slaughter Zim in only Test,Taylor & Watling hit tons,Martin takes sixfer:At Napier Test Match New Zealand 497-7 dec,123.4 overs beat Zimbabwe 51,28.5 overs & 143,48.3 overs(Martin 6-25) by an innings & 301 runs Scorecard
* Pakistan win toss and bat.Swann & Panesar take a wicket each before lunch.Misbah digs in against good England bowling but falls early day 2 as does tail.Strauss goes quickly.Trott & Cook build big stand but then wickets tumble.Tail wags with Broad hitting fifty and England takes lead.Pakistan lose 4 early wickets but Azhar Ali & Asad Shafique revive innings.england set 145 runs to win after Monty 'sixfer'.Woeful England batting hands series win to Pakistan.Abdur Reham takes sixfer:At Abu Dhabi 2nd Test Pakistan 257,96.4 overs(Misbah 83*,Broad 3-47,Swann 3-52) & 214,99.2 overs(Panesar 6-62) beat England 327,112 overs(Cook 94,Trott 74,Broad 58*,Ajmal 4-108) & 72,36.1 overs(Strauss 32,Abdur Rehaman 6-25) by 72 runs Scorecard Pakistan win series 2-0 with 1 to play
* Ponting & Clarke revive Oz innings after loss of 3 early wickets,put on stand of 396.India lose Sehwag & Dravid early in reply and fail again to Oz seamers except for Kohli who hit a fine ton.the follow on was not enforcedIndia's batting fails a second time so 4-0 whitewash:At Adelaide 4th Test Australia 604-7dec,157 overs(Clarke 210,Ponting 221) & 167-5dec,46 overs(Ponting 60*) beat India 272,95.1 ( Kohli 116,Siddle 5-49) & 201,69.4 overs(Sehwag 62) by 298 runsScorecard
* AB de Villiers makes sure this time completing ton with six off Malinga as SA acclerate innings to set SL formidable target.Tharanga & Dilshan set off at blistering pace but then rain stops play.SL resume but lose two wicketsSangakkara hits ton and SL scrape home suffering late collapse in sight of victory:At New Wanderers Jo'burg 5th ODI South Africa 312-4,50 overs (de Villiers 125*,G Smith 125) lost to Sri Lanka 314-8,248.5 overs(Sangakkara 102,Thirimane 69) by 2 wickets Scorecard SA win series 3-2
* AB de Villiers misses out on ton as SA post big total.Dilshan responds robustlyand SL win with with 8 balls to spare:At Kimberley 4th ODI South Africa 299-7,50 overs(De Villiers 96,G Smith 68) lost to Sri Lanka 304-5,48.4 overz(Dilshan 83,Perera 63*) by 5 wickets Scorecard SA lead series 3-1
* Solid start by Rajasthan,Saxena passes double ton.TN lose three early wickets in reply,Mukund for a 1st ball duck.Karthik hits big ton but rest fail.:At Chennai Ranji Trophy Elite Final Rajasthan 621,245 overs(Saxena 257, Chopra 94,Kanitkar 64,Bist 57) & 204-5 dec,77 overs(Bist 92) drew with Tamil Nadu 292,104.2 overs(Karthik 150) & 8-2,13 overs but win match on 1st innings Scorecard Surely it would be better to make this a 6 day match!
* Sri Lanka bat first and look set to make a decent score this time but run out fever stalls momentum.SA also suffer two run outs so five so far in all but win off last ball D/L method:At Bloemfontein 3rd ODI Sri Lanka 266-9,50 overs(Tharanga 58) lost to South Africa 179-5,29 overs(du Plessis 72) by 5 wickets D/L method Scorecard
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