Port of Spain, Mar 16: England’s bid to regain momentum after last week’s Test series defeat against West Indies failed when Ramnaresh Sarwan hit 59 from 46 balls to propel his team to a six-wicket victory over the English side in their Twenty20 match at Queen’s Park Oval.

England were bowled out for just 121 in 19.1 overs after they were sent in to bat, and West Indies replied strongly with
123 for four from 18 overs.

England was undermined by disciplined West Indies bowling and fielding which accounted for three run outs. Newcomer Steven Davies led the way for England with 27 from 21 balls and captain Andrew Strauss scored 22 from
25 balls.

Sydney, Mar. 16 : New Zealand''s women cricketers face their most important match in four years against India tomorrow, eyeing revenge against the side who eliminated them from the previous World Cup.

A spot in Sunday''s World Cup final against unbeaten England beckons for the winners of the Super Six match at North Sydney Oval, after Australia tumbled from contention when India upset them by 16 runs at the weekend.

London, Mar 16: Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has pledged to carry on provoking Sir Alex Ferguson, claiming that his club is best in Europe after his side mauled Manchester United 4-1 at Old Trafford.

“Liverpool has been the best team in Europe over the past five years. It is a fact. And now, we have more belief and more confidence. We have to win every game from now on and see what happens with them,” Benitez said.

Johor Bahru (Malaysia), Mar. 16: Pakistan has defeated India 3-2 to clinch the Four-Nation junior hockey tournament here.

The Indian team failed to capitalize on its lead of 1-0 till the half time as the Pakistan players showcased a brilliant fight back to level the score at 2-2 at the final whistle.

Pak captain, Haseem Khan then produced a golden goal in the extra time which shattered the hope of the Indian squad of winning the title.

Lahore, Mar 16 : Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf has urged India and other Asian countries to help the troubled country revive its chances of hosting international cricket.

Pakistan cricket is facing a bleak future after the Lahore attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team's bus earlier this month.

Nasim also said similar terrorist strikes can hit cricket in other Asian countries as well, The Daily Times reported.

Lahore, Mar 16: The Pakistan Cricket Board is gearing up for yet another cancellation of tour as Bangladesh has still not confirmed the itinerary for the already shortened and postponed One-day series.

Sources in the board said that the PCB was not very hopeful of the Bangladesh Cricket Board getting clearance from their government for the tour.

Pakistan was due to tour Bangladesh from March 7 to play five One-day Internationals and two Twenty20 matches.