'At 45, he was willing to fight for his country'

Such was Brian Close's reputation for bravery that he received a call back to the national team at age 45, to face the fearsome West Indian attack. IMAGE: Brian Close, cricket's Mr True Grit.......

Record-breaking day for Ponting at Adelaide

The opening dayof the fourthTest between India and Australia, at the Adelaide Oval, turnedout to be one ofrecords for Ricky Ponting. - Scorecard The former Australia captain, who was unbeaten on137......

Stats: Watson's world record 15 sixes, 15 fours

Along with theworld record for most sixes in an innings, Shane Watson alsoerased the mark for most fours, against Bangladesh in the second ODI, saysRajneesh Gupta. Australia's Shane Watson......

The highest individual knocks in One-day internationals

Rohit Sharma made history on Thursday with a scintillating 264, the highest individual ODI score, as India amassed 404 for five in the fourth one-dayer against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in......

Sangakkara fastest to 8000 Test runs

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara became the fastest to reach the 8,000-mark in Test cricket, during the Sri Lankan second innings on day three of the third and Test against India in Colombo, on......