Sachin Tendulkar created cricketing history on Wednesday by becoming the first player in the history of ODI cricket to score a double century. Tendulkar blasted 200 not out off only 147 balls, including 25 fours and three sixes, as India recorded a remarkable total of 401-3 off 50 overs against South Africa. He overtakes Charles Coventry from Zimbabwe as the leading run scorer in a single innings in the history of the game.

Australia thrashed an insipid Pakistan side by 140 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series at the SCG on Sunday. Chasing 268 for victory, the tourists were dismissed for 127 – their lowest one-day total against Australia on these shores

Mahmudullah Riad’s grit was not enough as India skittled out Bangladesh for a modest total and then got off to a flying start to take early control of the second and final cricket Test here on Sunday. The opening day belonged to India as Ishant Sharma (4/66) and Zaheer Khan (3/62) decimated the Bangladesh top and middle order to reduce the hosts to 127 for seven.

The explosive Caribbean all-rounder Kieron Pollard and New Zealand paceman Shane Bond emerged as the most expensive players, being sold for a whopping USD 750,000 (app Rs 3.42 crore) at the auction for the third edition of the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday. West Indies paceman Kemar Roach was the second costliest player sold to Deccan Chargers for USD 720,000

Dejection written on his face after losing the ODI series to Australia, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his team lost Sunday’s do-or-die match in the first 15 minutes itself. Dhoni’s gamble to bat first on a tricky track boomeranged and the match virtually slipped out of their hand by nine overs when the home side was gasping for breath at 27 for five

Brendon McCullum hit a return-to-form hundred and Scott Styris took three wickets in two overs as New Zealand beat Pakistan by 64 runs in the second day-night international here on Friday. McCullum notched 131 to help the Black Caps post a challenging 303-8 on a flat Abu Dhabi Stadium pitch before Styris (3-23) triggered a middle-order collapse which saw Pakistan bowled out for 239, leaving the three-match series level at 1-1. Pakistan won the first match by 138 runs on Tuesday