Thomas Odoyo

Ireland became the first team to qualify for next year's World Twenty20 Championships in England after labouring to a four-wicket win over Kenya in the first semi-final of the qualifying tournament at Stormont.

A fine bowling performance from India A helped them wrap up hosts Kenya's first innings for a modest 218 on the opening day of their three-day cricket match at Mombasa.

Young cricketers from Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) have been performing well in the ongoing Kenya tour that will end in second week of August.

Kenyan national cricket team’s coach Thomas Odoyo said here on Sunday that Modi had talked of signing an agreement with Kenyan government wherein cricketers there would get help from Indian coaches.

Dilhara Fernando picked up a career-best 4 for 36 to lead Asia XI beat Africa XI by 31 runs. Asia took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match Afro-Asia Cup.

Down 0-1 in the three-match ODI series, the African XI are keen to level it as they take on the Asian XI in the second Afro-Asia Cup tie at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Saturday.

Afghanistan thrashed Scotland by 130 runs in a Super 12s match at the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday. Here's a look at the four biggest wins (by runs) in the tournament since the first edition in 2007:

Five Indians, including Sachin Tendulkar, were on Friday named in the 14-member Asian One-day cricket team for the Afro-Asian Cup to be held in India in June.

The long list for the ICC awards included Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble in the Test category, while Yuvraj Singh made it to the ODI list none of them could make it to the final list.

The Asian XI will be hoping for an unassailable 2-0 lead to pocket the Afro-Asia Cup title when they cross sword with their African counterparts in the 2nd ODI in Chennai.

While, Yuvraj's scintillating display in the inaugural T20 WC, especially his six sixes off a Stuart Broad over, got him a nomination for the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year category.

Shaun Pollock slammed his maiden ODI hundred but could not prevent Asia XI crush Africa XI by 34 runs in the opening tie of the Afro-Asia Cup at Chinnaswamy Stadium.