These two teams have been apart for barely a month but lock horns again as England’s international season makes its earliest ever start. Some players, most notably Chris Gayle, have only just made it back from the IPL as Test cricket struggles to show it still remains a top priority. This short series certainly feels unloved at the moment, as everyone waits for the main action of the summer... 

Australia are one win away from wrapping up the series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, but not much talk has centred around the team’s on-field performance. Since the offspinner Saeed Ajmal was reported for a suspect action the sides have been under more intense focus than during the opening three matches. Click here for Live Cricket Scorecard Ajmal was fined by the Pakistan Cricket... 

A committed Australia hit back to level the series on Friday and show they would not be swept aside by Pakistan’s crafty spin. While Shahid Afridi starred again with both disciplines, the performance of Andrew Symonds, who struck a half-century and two blows with the ball, gave Michael Clarke’s team a big boost after the allrounder’s troubles on and off the field over the past year. Click... 

After a bad start for Australia and a strong one for Pakistan, both teams are chasing more improvement for the second match of the five-game one-day series in Dubai on Friday. Pakistan’s first engagement since the terror attacks in Lahore showed some batting rustiness, but there was no problem with their slow bowling, which remains a key problem for Australia despite the denials of Michael Clarke. Click... 

The IPL cricket match schedule has been announced, with Durban getting the lion’s share – a total of 16 games will be played in the balmy seaside city on South Africa’s eastern coast. IPL 2nd Edition Live Streaming Durban is a fitting home for the Indian Premier League due to its large South African Indian population, who are bound to make the travelling Indian teams feel a little... 

Australia are back on top of the world in both Tests and ODIs during their trip to South Africa, but the teams are so tightly matched that the one-day honour will return to the hosts if they win the five-match series. The visitors, who lost the two Twenty20s, switched on in the opening contest for a 141-run victory in Durban and they will walk out at Centurion seeking more success. Click here for... 

It seems that every time these teams go head to head there’s a No. 1 ranking up for grabs. Nothing has changed. South Africa took the top ODI spot thanks to their 4-1 victory in Australia in January but to retain their new status they need to stop Australia winning this five-game series. They will feel quietly confident with their star batsmen Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis set to return from... 

With an unassailable lead in hand, India only have to guard against complacency and the notoriously seaming track of the Basin Reserve to notch their first Test win here in 34 years when they take on New Zealand in the third and final match of the series here on Friday. Click here for Live Cricket Scorecard Having won Tests at Adelaide, Perth, Trinidad, The Oval, Multan, Galle, Johannesburg and Hamilton,... 

After another action-packed Test series, the South Africans and Australians pull on their coloured clothes for the start of the limited-overs component of the heavyweight battle. The first of two Twenty20s starts in Johannesburg on Friday and is followed by the second in Centurion on Sunday. Click here for Live Cricket Scorecard The focus is starting to turn towards the Twenty20 World Cup in June... 

With a historic Test series victory in sight, the rampaging Indian team takes on a demoralised New Zealand in the second Test on Thursday aiming to end a 41-year wait for triumph in the antipodes. Click here for Live Cricket Scorecard Leading 1-0 in the three-match series, the Indian team, which has been decimating one foreign bastion after another since the conquest of Bulawayo in 2001, is high on... 

Another format and another chance for England to register their first international win of the winter? Don’t hold your breath. Barring their series win against South Africa last summer they haven’t been much good at one-day cricket for a long time and are facing a West Indies side full of energy and confidence. England don’t have a settled opening pair or a settled bowling attack... 

India batted cautiously to take control of the first cricket Test against New Zealand, their top-order laying the foundation for a substantial first innings lead. Click here for Live Cricket Scorecard The visitors rode on notable contributions from Gautam Gambhir (72), Rahul Dravid (66) and Sachin Tendulkar (70 not out) to put up 278 for 4 by the end of the second day’s play at Seddon Park,... 

Those who didn’t turn up at Seddon Park today missed out on a lot. It was an exhilarating day’s play and though numbers won’t do justice, they would be a good teaser to what one missed. Six wickets in the first session, followed by two superb centuries, a good comeback by the bowling side and a blazing start by the visitors. Click here for Live Cricket Scorecard It was a beautiful... 

Ricky Ponting is confident South Africa’s captaincy woes will play into Australia’s hands in the third Test in Cape Town, where he believes Jacques Kallis will be a reluctant leader in the absence of Graeme Smith. Ashwell Prince was initially named as the new opening batsman and acting skipper but less than 24 hours later he was replaced as captain by Kallis, who has led South Africa only... 

England continue their tour of the Caribbean with the solitary Twenty20 International on the itinerary against the West Indies on Sunday at Queen’s Park Oval. England have a couple of reasons to look forward to the match and the five one-day internationals against the West Indians that follow. Many of the players on the West Indies side were members of the Superstars selection – financed...