The PCB might have decided to give a go ahead to its players for participating in next year's Indian Premier League, but the board is yet to approach the Sports Ministry for the government's clearance, a must for the cricketers to be a part of the cash-awash Twenty20 event.

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has reached another milestone in his career by completing a phenomenal 30,000 runs in international cricket during the ongoing Ahmedabad Test against Sri Lanka on Friday.

Heavy rain and a wet outfield at The Wanderers in Johannesburg prevented any play in the opening One-Day International between South Africa and England, the match abandoned two-and-a-half hours after the scheduled start time.

Johannesburg: The start of the first one-dayer between hosts South Africa and England at the Wanderers here was delayed due to heavy rain on Friday.

TIMING, in cricket and other forms of comedy, is everything. Phillip Hughes proved this week his is slightly awry. Jason Krejza's too.

Ahmedabad: The first Test between India and Sri Lanka ended in a draw on the final day at the Sardar Patel stadium on Friday.

Top-order batsmen Fawad Alam and Imran Farhat scored half-centuries to hand the touring Pakistanis a narrow lead over a New Zealand Invitational XI in their four-day tour match in Queenstown.

Ahmedabad: Sachin Tendulkar celebrated his 20th year in Test cricket with a composed half-century on Friday as India moved closer to securing draw the first Test against Sri Lanka.

WEST Indies skipper and leading batsmen Chris Gayle flew out of Australia yesterday to be by the side of his gravely ill mother, taking with him any genuine hope fans had of a competitive summer of cricket.

India closed day four of the first Test against Sri Lanka 144 runs behind as they made a solid start to their bid to save the match after Sri Lanka finally declared their first innings on 760 for six.