SYDNEY: Mickey Arthur has reached a settlement with Cricket Australia in his claim of unfair dismissal as national team coach. After conciliation talks lasting more than 13 hours and involving two sittings at the Fair Work Commission in Sydney, Arthur and Cricket Australia reached a confidential agreement late Wednesday. Arthur was seeking $4 million or his job back after he was fired last month and replace ...

In this social media age, professional athletes continue to embrace various platforms such as Facebook and Twitter as a means to share information with their fans. Tennis pros such as Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal are among the most followed players on Twitter worldwide. But this easy means of two-way communication is not always a good experience. Many who compete on both the ATP and WTA tours continue t ...

Pakistan  has defeated West Indies by 11 run in the second T20 to clinch the series by 2-0. posted by Rida Zaheer    In response to Pakistan’s 135, West Indies were restricted to 124 for 9, at the end of 20th over. Dwayne Bravo scored 35 off 44 balls, while Sunil Narine made a quick 28 off just 16 balls. Sohail Tanver and Zulfiqar Babar were the pick of the bowlers, with two wickets each. Umar Akmal was ann ...

Since the beginning of 2011, Misbah-ul-Haq has scored 20 fifties in 62 innings, and has been a pillar of strength in an otherwise shaky batting line-up Misbah-ul-Haq hasn't yet scored an ODI century, but apart from that he has done pretty much everything as a middle-order batsman for Pakistan. The lack of a hundred has itself put him in the record books, as the scorer of the most runs without a century in o ...

By Rida Zaheer Pakistan won the 5th one day by 4 wickets. Pakistani team's splendid victory was as result of team efforts.  Pakistani captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to bowl first in  5th ODI against the West Indies at the Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia. Match did stop for a  while due to Inclement weather delayed the start of play by 75 minutes, reducing the fixture to 49 overs p ...

By Rida Zaheer Pakistan won the 4th one day by six wickets. Pakistani team's splendid victory was as result of team efforts.  Pakistani captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to bowl first in Sunday's fourth ODI against the West Indies at the Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia. The hosts replaced all-rounder Kieron Pollard with batsman Devon Smith, while the Pakistanis opted for an unchanged ...

Posted by Rida Zaheer  Pakistan and West Indies  Cricket Match Dramatically ended due to excellent performance of number 11 Jason Holder and clumsy  performance of  Pakistan wicketkeeper Umar Akmal and bowler   Wahab Riaz in the third one-day international at Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia on Sunday(20July 2013).  Jason snatched the victory from Pakistan after making smashing 14 runs in the last overs but P ...

England closed at 289-7 on the first day of its second Ashes Test with Australia after losing three wickets within the first six overs of play at Lord’s in London, where Queen Elizabeth II was among the spectators. Ian Bell led the home team’s recovery with a second century of the cricket series before falling to Steven Smith for 109, following a 144-run stand with Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow got 67 until he w ...