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Australia's left-arm pacemen Doug Bollinger and Mitchell Johnson combined to bowl out India for 170 off 48 overs in the crucial sixth one-day international here on Sunday. Bollinger picked 5-35 to equal his career-best figures while Johnson took 3-39 after Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat at the Nehru stadium. With Australia leading the seven-match series 3-2, India must win this game if they are to draw level with the world champions ahead of the final outing in Mumbai on Wednesday. Ravindra Jadeja top-scored for the home team with a fighting 57 off 103 balls with six fours ... Read Full Story

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori believes his team's conscious effort to improve in key areas helped them beat Pakistan and level their three-match series at 1-1. They may have been beaten by 138-runs in the first match on Tuesday but the Black Caps hit back with a clinical performance in the second on Friday to win by 64 runs -- a turnaround which delighted the New Zealand captain. "I think we wanted to improve on some key areas, made a conscious effort and it's pleasing that we were able to turn around in a couple of days; now we must keep the pressure on ... Read Full Story

Sri Lanka's central bank on Saturday said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India announced it had purchased 200 tonnes of the precious metal. Central Bank assistant governor Nandalal Weerasinghe declined to confirm analysts' estimates that the tropical island nation had purchased around five tonnes of gold. "We have been observing that prices of gold have been going up so we have been strategically buying gold over the past several months as part of a reserve management process of diversifying our portfolio," he told AFP. The price of gold hit a record high above 1,100 ... Read Full Story

Brendon McCullum hit a return-to-form hundred and Scott Styris took three wickets in two overs as New Zealand beat Pakistan by 64 runs in the second day-night international here on Friday. McCullum notched 131 to help the Black Caps post a challenging 303-8 on a flat Abu Dhabi Stadium pitch before Styris (3-23) triggered a middle-order collapse which saw Pakistan bowled out for 239, leaving the three-match series level at 1-1. Pakistan won the first match by 138 runs on Tuesday. The final match will be played here on Monday. Chasing a daunting target, Pakistan got off to a solid start of 77 with ... Read Full Story

Opener Brendon McCullum returned to form with a brilliant hundred to guide New Zealand to an imposing 303-8 in the second day-night international against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Friday. The 27-year-old right-handed batsman scored 131 for his second one-day hundred and added 126 for the second wicket with Martin Guptill (62) after New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat in a must-win match. New Zealand, who lost the first match by 138 runs to trail 1-0 in the three-match series, had McCullum to thank for repairing the innings after Aaron Redmond (six) fell in the sixth over, caught off ... Read Full Story