Brian Lara's West Indies team enters Thursday's limited-overs international against Pakistan refreshed from some much-needed rest after playing virtually nonsto ... The World Anti-Doping Agency chief criticized the lifting of doping bans on two Pakistani cricketers as ``aberrational'' and said individual federations had to ... Sri Lanka held a tenuous 73-run lead over New Zealand with only two second innings wickets remaining at stumps on the second day of the first cricket Test at Ja ... Australia's bid to regain the Ashes had a setback Friday by the retirement of senior batsman Damien Martyn, six days before the third cricket Test against Engla ... Aftab Ahmed smashed an unbeaten half century after paceman Mashrafee Bin Mortaza captured three wickets Friday to guide Bangladesh to an easy eight-wicket victo ... England coach Duncan Fletcher has defended the decision to pick Ashley Giles over Monty Panesar in the first two Ashes Tests. Fletcher said selection issues wer ... Rookie left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman grabbed two wickets for 22 runs Thursday as Pakistan bowled out the West Indies for 151 in the second limited-overs interna ... England spinner Monty Panesar struggled to justify a growing clamor for his Test call up when he took just two wickets for 63 runs in a limited overs cricket ma ... Australian men would go without sex tosee their national team beat England in the current Ashes cricketseries in Australia, a survey has found. The survey by me ... India defeated the Rest ofSouth Africa by 96 runs Saturday on the third day of their four-daywarmup game played at Sedgars Park. Set 321 for victory, Rest of So ... Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by threewickets after struggling to reach a 194-run target, as Gary Brentoffered some Zimbabwe resistance _ taking four wickets for 16 ... Imran Farhat hit a half century Sundayand led Pakistan to an easy seven-wicket victory over a recklessWest Indies side in the third one-day international. Farha ... Alastair Cook made an unbeaten 106 andhis test opening partner Andrew Strauss 88 as England took fulladvantage of an opportunity for batting practice on the sec ... Monty Panesar's arrival on an Ashes stage and Steve Harmison's return in a familiar role lent England renewed credibility on the first day of the third cricket ... Andrew Symonds posted his maiden test hundred and shared a 279-run sixth-wicket stand with Matthew Hayden that prolonged both his test career and England's Ashe ...