Factbox on Muttiah Muralitharan after he became the second player in Test cricket to take 600 wickets.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting's centuries in his 100th Test reinforced his position as the world's top Test batsman in the LG ICC player rankings.

Sri Lanka were 449 for 7 against Bangladesh at close on the opening day of the second and final Test.

Readers on the fifth ODI between India and Pakistan at Kanpur.

Australia beat Pakistan by 31 runs to win the second one-day final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.

N P Singh cracked a six-wicket haul as Maharashtra crashed to an 85-run defeat against Hyderabad.

Despite his fine century, Hyderabad were bowled out for 231 on the first day of the Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra.

The leg spinner and former pacer Kapil Dev are the only Indian bowlers to reach the milestone.

A round-up of the weekend's action in the major European leagues.

Factbox on the Sri Lankan off spinner after he became Test cricket's highest wicket-taker with 521 victims.

Danny Ellis leads the field after the penultimate round in the six-day Final Qualifying Stage of the US PGA Tour.

The top-30 golfers in the Final Stage Qualifiers would earn a direct entry into the US PGA Tour.

Tiger Woods romped to victory by five shots at the 100th Western Open on Sunday.

The Trinidadian, written off by experts for the series against Australia, said he had learned a lot from his earlier frustrations.