James Anderson and Tim Bresnan exploited favourable conditions to bowl the West Indies out for 176 and secure an innings and 83-run victory for England on the final day of the second and final Test at the Riverside.

India and Pakistan will reprise the final of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in a practice match at The Oval on June 3.

Yuvraj Singh obviously couldn't stop blushing after registering his second hat-trick of the Indian Premier League, but the Kings XI Punjab skipper said winning the matches means more to him than achieving personal milestones. Yuvraj (3/13) spun the web around Deccan Chargers batting on Sunday to notch up his second hat-trick of the event.

How often have A.B. de Villiers and Tillakaratne Dilshan rescued the Delhi Daredevils after Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag failed? They were busy again on Sunday, and raised 87 for the third wicket, helping the table leaders to a 14-run win over Rajasthan Royals.

Kings XI Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh picked up his second hat-trick of the 2009 Indian Premier League and this time it helped set up a victory, by one run, over the Deccan Chargers in Johannesburg.

STUART Broad said the way in which Fidel Edwards had tried to bounce out England quick James Anderson had spurred the hosts on in the second Test at the Riverside.

He is not intimidated by any of the world-class bowlers in action at the Indian Premier League as Rajasthan Royals' swashbuckling all-rounder Yusuf Pathan feels any fear of the opposition will adversely affect his aggressive style of batting.

Delhi Daredevils comfortably defeated Rajasthan Royals by 14 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match at the OUTsurance Oval on Sunday.

Pakistan has proposed the sub-continent delay hosting the World Cup until 2015 as the troubled nation bids to salvage its hopes of holding the tournament. The Pakistan Cricket Board wants to orchestrate a swap for the 2011 event with Australia and New Zealand, hosts of the 2015 tournament.

They are the most talked about team for the wrong reasons. Having discovered new and bizarre ways of losing matches, don’t blame Kolkata Knight Riders for wishing they met triumph with the ease with which they court disaster.