CHITTAGONG: Graeme Swann grabbed five wickets to bowl England into a commanding position in the opening Test against Bangladesh on Sunday. The off-spinner finished with five for 90 as the host was bowled out for 296 in its first innings in reply to 599 for six declared.

England put themselves on course for victory in the first Test against Bangladesh on Sunday after building a huge 434-run lead on the third day despite losing five wickets in quick succession.

A strong all-round display from the Kolkata Knight Riders gave them a seven-wicket victory over last year's runners-up, the Royal Challengers Bangalore, in the Indian Premier League in Kolkata.

A BLEARY-eyed, stony faced Michael Clarke was whisked through customs at Sydney airport today bound for New Zealand to pick-up his Test cricket career.

Belligerent innings from Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard helped the West Indies secure a four-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the fifth and final One-Day International, in the process sealing a 4-1 series victory.

Chennai: Veteran Sri Lankan pacer Chaminda Vaas starred with the ball as defending champions Deccan Chargers returned to winning ways by brushing aside Chennai Super Kings by 31 runs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.

After deciding against inviting Bangladesh to follow on and holding a lead of 303 runs, England closed day three of the first Test in Chittagong on 131 for five in their second innings.

New Delhi: The third Indian Premier League saw a sudden spurt in slow over rate cases with Mumbai Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar and his Delhi and Mohali counterparts Gautam Gambhir and Kumar Sangakkara incurring USD 20,000 fines each.

Being an India player, Gautam Gambhir would probably have expected a huge round of applause after he took a spectacular catch to see off Yuvraj Singh. Instead, the Delhi Daredevils captain was greeted with stunned silence.

RICKY Ponting made a controversial first-ball duck as Australia suffered a 51-run loss to New Zealand in Saturday's dead-rubber fifth one-day international.