Former New Zealand cricket star Chris Cairns won a libel action in London Monday against ex-Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi, who had used Twitter to accuse him of match fixing.
An India icon and now a cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar is a marketer's dream come true. Mallika Kapur reports.
His nickname says it all. After scoring over 13,000 runs in Test cricket during a glittering 16-year career, Rahul Dravid is known simply as "The Wall."
Tributes have flooded in for former West Indies Test player Runako Morton, who was killed in a car crash in Trinidad Sunday.
Imran Khan tells CNN-IBN that Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar should have retired already.
Pakistan wrapped up a first series whitewash over top-ranked England on Monday by winning the third and final Test in Dubai by 71 runs, making history in the process.
England will have to achieve the second-highest run chase in their history, after being left a mountain to climb by Pakistan at the end of the third day of the third Test in Dubai.
Azhar Ali and Younis Khan batted Pakistan into a commanding position on the second day of the final Test match against England on Saturday.
Pakistan left English heads spinning once again on Saturday as they completed a stunning 72-run victory in the second Test at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
India are on the brink of a 4-0 series defeat against Australia after a batting collapse saw them slip to 166-6 on day four of the final Test in Adelaide.
The ugly subject of sledging in cricket raised its head again on Thursday as Australia remained on course for a 4-0 series whitewash against the touring India side.
Michael Clarke joined an exclusive club comprising of cricket legends Don Bradman and Wally Hammond on day two of the fourth Test as Australia continued to batter India.
Former captain Ricky Ponting insists he can still be a key player for Australia after becoming the third cricketer to score 13,000 Test runs on the opening day of the fourth and final match against India.
Pakistan wrapped up a comprehensive victory over England in the first Test of their three-match series in Dubai on Wednesday, thrashing the world's top-ranked team by 10 wickets with more than a day to spare.
South African-born England batsman Kevin Pietersen opens up about his cricket career.
England bowlers Graeme Swann and James Anderson both grabbed late wickets as their side fought their way back into the first Test on day two against Pakistan in Dubai.
Spinner Saeed Ajmal tore through England's batting line up as Pakistan took control of the first Test in Dubai, in the first clash between the two countries since the spot-fixing scandal of 2010.
Australia have secured a thumping 3-0 series win over India after completing an innings and 37 runs victory inside just three days in Perth.
Australia are on course to clinch the Test series against India with another resounding win after dominating the second day of the third Test match in Perth.
India's cricket tour of Australia lurched to new lows on Friday, which proved to be unlucky January 13.
Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was again denied the chance to secure a record 100th international century on Friday as Australia won the second Test in Sydney by an innings and 68 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.
Captain Michael Clarke insisted team success was more important than individual landmarks after his record-breaking 329 not out helped Australia strengthen their grip on the second Test against India on Thursday.
Australia captain Michael Clarke smashed a record-breaking double century on Tuesday as the hosts took control on day two of the second Test against India.
Young paceman James Pattinson led the way as Australia hustled out India for just 169 to win the opening Test in Melbourne by 122 runs Thursday.
Veteran batsmen Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey both scored half centuries as Australia rallied on day three of a pulsating first Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Sachin Tendulkar's wait for a history-making 100th international century continues after the legendary Indian cricketer fell short again in the first Test against Australia in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Australia lost three late wickets as they ended the opening day of the first Test against India in Melbourne on 277-6.
Australian spin king Shane Warne suffered a losing return to cricket on Saturday as he was upstaged in the Melbourne Stars' opening Big Bash League defeat by Sydney Thunder.
India's Virender Sehwag plundered the highest score in one-day international cricket as his team routed the West Indies by 153-runs Thursday to clinch their five-match series.
The West Indies escaped with an unlikely last-ball draw in the third Test against India as Sachin Tendulkar's wait for a historic 100th international century continued on Saturday.
Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has missed out on becoming the first cricketer to score 100 international centuries after being dismissed for 94 in the third Test against the West Indies.
Sachin Tendulkar will attempt to become the first cricketer to score 100 international centuries on Friday as India continue to fight back in the third Test against the West Indies in Mumbai.
CNN's Reza Sayah visits the mother of Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Amir, who was sentenced to six months in prison.
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has announced he will step down when his current contract expires at the end of June 2012.
Debutant Pat Cummins was once again the hero for Australia as the tourists chased down a second-innings target of 310 on day five of the second Test against South Africa to ensure the series finished 1-1.
Australia's teenage pace bowler Pat Cummins became the youngest player to take five wickets or more on his debut to leave the second Test against South Africa in Johannesburg finely poised after the fourth day.
The cricket player who helped spark apartheid-era South Africa's sporting isolation has died at the age of 80.
Australia hold a slender 30-run advantage over South Africa after the second day of the second Test in Johannesburg, despite another dramatic batting collapse on Friday.
South African Jacques Kallis has become only the fourth batsman in history to reach 12,000 Test runs, although his milestone was the only cheer for the home side on the opening day of the second Test against Australia in Johannesburg.
Centuries from captain Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla sealed a comprehensive eight-wicket victory for South Africa on day three of a pulsating first Test against Australia in Cape Town, earning a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
An incredible 23 wickets fell on day two of the second Test in Cape Town as South Africa dismissed Australia for 47 -- the fourth lowest total in their history.
Sachin Tendulkar fell short in his quest to complete a 100th international century as India beat the West indies by five wickets in the first Test in Delhi.
Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar created yet another piece of cricket history on Tuesday, becoming the first player to score 15,000 Test match runs.
CNN's Don Riddell talks with Paul McCarthy about the Pakistan spot-fixing scandal.
The recent convictions of Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir brings to an end this sad chapter on corruption, however, the full story will continue as names of other players were also mentioned during the trial; they will be investigated and further action may also be taken.
Shock waves were felt throughout cricket on Thursday when three Pakistan international players were sent to prison for their part in a betting scam against England in 2010.
Three top Pakistani cricketers were jailed Thursday after being convicted of plotting to cheat and to take bribes in a match against England last summer, in a scandal that rocked the international sport.
The guilty verdict meted out by a 12-member jury in London on Tuesday came as no surprise for many in Pakistan as local news channels reported on the conviction of two of its biggest cricket stars, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif.
CNN's Reza Sayah reports from Pakistan where reaction was mixed to the conviction of two cricketers for cheating.
Three Pakistani cricketers found guilty of corruption pleaded for leniency on Wednesday ahead of their sentencing in a British court.
Former Pakistan captain Asif Iqbal has criticized cricket's governing body for not doing enough to prevent corruption.
A British court finds Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif guilty of conspiring to cheat.
Two top international cricket players from Pakistan were found guilty Tuesday of plotting to cheat and to take bribes in a major match against England last summer.
Kevin Pietersen smashed 53 off 39 balls to help England to a six-wicket victory over India in the one-off Twenty20 match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
A court in London has heard recordings of a phone conversation in which an agent acting for several members of the Pakistani cricket team allegedly discussed deliberately losing a cricket match in exchange for $1.2 million.
Australian cricket legend Shane Warne and actress Elizabeth Hurley are engaged, it was confirmed on Sunday.
Australia clinched a 1-0 series win over Sri Lanka on Tuesday after claiming a draw on the final day of the third cricket Test in Colombo.
CNN's Alex Thomas asks ICC Chief Exectutive, Haroon Lorgat, questions that CNN viewers have written for him on CNN.com.
CNN's Alex Thomas reports from Mumbai, where celebrations erupted after India won the Cricket World Cup over Sri Lanka.
Indian Test batsman Rahul Dravid says he's confident that the Indian batsmen can play to their strengths and win.
Mahela Jayawardene tells CNN's Alex Thomas he is looking forward to playing against India in the World Cup Cricket final.
Alex Thomas profiles Indian cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar, from his poor upbringing to global stardom.
CNN's Alex Thomas samples the excitement in India's commercial capital as India took on Pakistan in cricket.
CNN's Robyn Curnow sits down with the world's oldest living test cricketer, Norman Gordon.
Norman Gordon is one of the world's oldest living Test cricketers, and at 99 years old he is having quite an innings.
CNN's Sara Sidner reports on how cricket is lifting girls' worth in Bangladesh.
CNN's Kate Giles talks to Former England Captain Mike Gatting and The Wisden Cricketer's John Stern about England's Ashes win.
England beat Australia to retain The Ashes trophy in international cricket.
A 22-year-old American woman has become an unlikely cricketing celebrity in England and Australia because her Twitter name happens to be "@The Ashes."
Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider explains to CNN why he left the team camp and flew to London.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) tells CNN they want to speak to Zulqarnain Haider about his reported retirement at 24.
Ijaz Butt, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board, stands by his accusations that English players 'fixed' a match.
Cricketer Henry Olonga tells CNN's Kate Giles about his protests in Zimbabwe and how life was in Zimbabwe.
He's the youngest ever cricketer to represent Zimbabwe at international level. He's also the first black cricketer to play for his country. But Henry Olonga's place in history does not rest solely on the brilliance of his bowling.
Three Pakistani cricketers at the center of an alleged betting scam have spoken with Pakistan's High Commissioner.
Pakistan cricket legend Imran Kahn says any team member found guilty in the fixing scandal should be sacked.
British police questioned four members of the Pakistani national cricket team after allegations surfaced that gamblers fixed part of a match against England, the manager of the Pakistani team said Sunday.
MCC Museum curator Adam Chadwick guides CNN around a new exhibition exploring links between baseball and cricket.
West Indies cricket legend Michael Holding tells CNN that England deserved their Twenty/20 title.
CNN's Mallika Kapur reports on a star-studded wedding in India complete with controversy.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan discusses what England needs to change to win the series.
Australia's Record Wicket Taker, Shane Warne talks to CNN ahead of the start of the 2009 Ashes.
CNN's Nic Robertson became part of the crowd as Pakistani fans celebrated their team's Twenty20 tournament victory.
Allen Stanford, the man behind cricket's multi-million dollar riches, is charged with fraud. CNN's Justin Armsden reports.
Modi talks money
updated: Sun May 24 2009 15:55:00
Indian Premier League Chairman Lalit Modi explains why the cricket league is a financial success.
CNN's Ivan Watson talks to cricket-mad Pakistanis about the decision to move the 2011 World Cup out of Pakistan.
India's new cricket league will play outside the country after security issues. CNN's Sara Sidner reports
American financier R. Allen Stanford and his wife owe back taxes, penalties and interest of at least $226.5 million, the IRS said in court documents filed in Dallas, Texas.
'Hero' of Lahoreupdated: Tue Mar 10 2009 11:16:00
CNN's Stan Grant speaks to the bus driver who's credited with saving the lives of Sri Lanka's cricketers in Pakistan.
Sri Lanka's Australian-born coach Trevor Bayliss has backed up criticism of security in Lahore after being caught up in the terror attacks which left eight dead last week.
Eleven-year-old Hassanin stares at a photo of his uncle in quiet disbelief that the man in the picture lost his life just two days ago.
Grief and anger grip the family of a fallen police officer in Pakistan. CNN's Stan Grant reports.
The match referee hailed as a hero for shielding a wounded colleague during an attack by gunmen on the Sri Lankan cricket team has criticized Pakistani security forces for failing to protect players and match officials.
Surveillence video shows alleged terrorists on a Lahore street seconds after an attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team.
Pakistani authorities released photos of two suspects Wednesday as they continued to hunt for the gunmen responsible for an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team which left seven people dead.
Former President of the ICC, Ehsan Mani talks to CNN's Don Riddell about the cricket attacks in Pakistan.
Former England batsman Chris Broad has emerged as a hero after the armed ambush in Pakistan that killed seven people and wounded eight Sri Lankan Test cricketers.
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