Colombo:Former Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar regained form ahead of next week's Test series against Sri Lanka with an unbeaten half-century in a practice match here.
More imagesKingston:Jerome Taylor chose the occasion of a Test on home soil to capture five wickets in a Test innings for the first time, and helped West Indies make India rue their decision to bat first in the fourth and final Test at Sabina Park.
Fatullah:Bangladesh frustrated the Australian bowlers again here to reach 413-6 at lunch on the second day of the first Test.
New Delhi: Saurav Ganguly has sprung so many surprises both as a batsman and captain that few are willing to bet on how he will perform during the World Cup in South Africa.
New Delhi: Saurav Ganguly has sprung so many surprises both as a batsman and captain that few are willing to bet on how he will perform during the World Cup in South Africa.
Kingston (Jamaica): Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar both have a point to prove in the crucial fifth and final Test between India and the West Indies, which gets underway on Saturday.
Bangalore: Rashid Latif became the third Pakistani after Imtiaz Ahmed and Taslim Arif to join the select band Of 13 other wicket-keepers, who have recorded scores of 150 plus in a Test innings, when he was dismissed exactly for 150 in the first innings on the second day of the first ever Test played in Sharjah against West Indies on February 1, 2002.
Kandy: It was a remarkable win for India as it was without five top players nursing injuries- Sachin Tendulkar, Venkatsai Laxman, Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble and Ashish Nehra.
Kandy: It was a remarkable win for India as it was without five top players nursing injuries- Sachin Tendulkar, Venkatsai Laxman, Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble and Ashish Nehra.
Johannesburg: Former Australian Test captain Mark Taylor, who went through a long lean patch like the one Saurav Ganguly is currently experiencing, has a word of advice for the embattled Indian skipper - "just hang in there".
