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East Timorese hope to copy Afghanistan fairytale

Navigating pigs and goats as they practise on a dusty paddock, a group of young East Timorese are hoping to copy the fairy-tale rise of Afghanistan by making it as Asia's latest emerging cricket nation.
Roy, Root hit centuries in record England win

Jason Roy and Joe Root scored centuries as England clinched a record-breaking victory over West Indies in a display of pure power hitting and shot making by both sides in their opening one-day international in Barbados on Wednesday.
Roy, Root hit centuries in record England win

Jason Roy and Joe Root scored centuries as England clinched a record-breaking victory over West Indies in a display of pure power hitting and shot making by both sides in their opening one-day international in Barbados on Wednesday.
Modi, others praise Team India

Praise and congratulations poured in for Virat Kohli's India on Monday after the tourists won their first-ever Test series in Australia, underlining their world number one ranking.
Kohli leads India's fightback in Perth

Captain Virat Kohli determinedly led India's fightback on an engrossing day two on Saturday, blunting Australia's bowling attack to leave the second test hanging in the balance.
Southee five keeps SL to 275-9

Tim Southee's prophecy before the start of the first test against Sri Lanka came true on the opening day of the match as he took his eighth five-wicket haul at the Basin Reserve on Saturday.
12-man squad for Zim practice match named

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announces a 12-member BCB XI squad for the three-day practice match against Zimbabwe scheduled for October 29-31.
Tigers throw it away yet again

An authoritative hundred from young Shimron Hetmyer and an overall drop of the guard from the Bangladesh players allowed the West Indies to post a challenging total of 270 in the second one-day international at the Providence Stadium in Guayana on Wednesday.
Neil Mckenzie appointed as Tigers’ batting consultant

Former South African player Neil Mckenzie has been appointed as the batting consultant of the Tigers, a BCB press release confirmed on Friday.
Root ton sets up England's series-levelling win

Joe Root's composed hundred laid the platform for England's 86-run win over India in the second one-day international at Lord's on Saturday.
Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 278 runs in 1st Test

South Africa collapse dramatically against Sri lanka's spin to crash to 73 all out in the first Test in Galle, their lowest total since readmission to international cricket.
Kuldeep 6-for leads India to 8-wicket win

India's spin sensation Kuldeep Yadav takes a six wicket haul and Rohit Sharma piles on the runs as the tourists win their opening ODI against England with ease on Thursday.
South Africa 4-1 at stumps in first Sri Lanka Test

South Africa are four for one at stumps in response to Sri Lanka's first innings score of 287 on day one of the opening Test in Galle.
Indian women's cricket coach quits over 'training methods'

The Indian women's cricket coach quits just over year into the job after a string of defeats and apparently alienating players, four months before the World Twenty20.
T20 tri-series: Pakistan win against Australia

Fakhar Zaman is in the "best form of his life" after the opener cracked a career-best 91 to help set up Pakistan's six-wicket win over Australia in the final of the Twenty20 tri-series
'Hall of Fame' for Dravid, Ponting and Taylor

Former captains Rahul Dravid of India and Australia's Ricky Ponting inductes in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame together with England women's wicketkeeper-batter Claire Taylor, the world governing body says.
England will find India tougher than the Aussies: Kohli

India will provide far stiffer opposition for England than Australia did when it was whitewashed 5-0 in a one-day series then thrashed in a Twenty20 match, Indian captain Virat Kohli says.
Australia's Stanlake tears through Pakistan for easy win

Australia fast bowler Billy Stanlake rediscovers his aggressive streak to demolish Pakistan's top order and set up a nine-wicket win for his side in the second match of the T20 tri-series in Zimbabwe.
Richard Hadlee has cancer surgery

New Zealand cricketing great Richard Hadlee has undergone surgery for bowel cancer, his wife Dianne said Wednesday.
Tendulkar’s son in India’s U-19 squad

Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar picks in the U-19 squad for two four-day matches in Sri Lanka in July.
England hammer Pakistan to win second Test and square series

England thrashed Pakistan by an innings and 55 runs to win the second Test at Headingley.
Warner's wife attributes miscarriage to tampering stress

Warner's wife revealed, she suffered a miscarriage in the aftermath of her husband's part in a ball-tampering scandal.
'Batman' to the rescue for IPL stars

When the Indian Premier League's big hitters need their favourite bat urgently repaired there's one person they call upon -- Aslam Chaudhry, a.k.a. "Batman".
Zim beat SL in thrilling finish

Fast bowler Tendai Chatara claims four wickets to help Zimbabwe edge Sri Lanka by 12 runs in the second one-day international in Dhaka on Wednesday.
SA beat India by 72 runs in Cape Town

Seamer Vernon Philander takes career-best figures as rampant South Africa claim a 72-run victory over India at Newlands on Monday.
Kohli, Anushka tie the knot

India's cricket captain Virat Kohli and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma tie the knot in Milan, Italy.
Simmons to pitch BCB on Saturday

Former West Indies head coach Phil Simmons will arrive in Dhaka on Saturday to give a presentation to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for the vacant post of head coach.
Pujara, Vijay pummel Sri Lanka

Opener Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara hit sublime centuries to put India in command of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
India draw level with 6-wicket win

Half-centuries from Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik fired India to a comfortable six-wicket win over New Zealand after a pitch-
Teenager dies after being hit by cricket ball

A Bangladeshi teenager dies in hospital in Dhaka after he is hit by a ball while umpiring a cricket match, police say.