South Africa defeated India by an innings and six runs on the fourth day of the first cricket Test here Tuesday.

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Cricket Australia (CA) will go global with its quest for day-night Test cricket when it meets the International Cricket Council in Dubai today.

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Former Australian stars have heaped praise on Michael Clarke''s outstanding captaincy during last Friday''s stirring Twenty20 victory.

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Australia team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris reckons the only way to reduce fast bowler injuries is by providing ample rest to players.

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South Africa were just four wickets away from a crushing victory against India in the first cricket Test here Tuesday.

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Pakistan lost an opportunity of hosting an international cricket series after a gap of a year only because the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt officials actually ‘forgot about it, board Director General Javed Miandad has said.

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Rejecting reports of discord in the team, Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam has said his team lacked the temperament needed to win against the World Champions Australia and blamed the players for being physically and mentally inferior to the Kangaroos.

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England are "flirting with danger" by resting Andrew Strauss for the tour to Bangladesh, according to former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne.

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Sachin Tendulkar struck a defiant half century, but India lost two more wickets as South Africa tightened their grip on the first cricket Test in the morning session on the fourth day here Tuesday.

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India were struggling to save the match despite a fighting 77 not out by Sachin Tendulkar on the fourth day of the first Test against South Africa on Tuesday.

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Australia great Shane Warne has accused Andrew Strauss of showing a lack of respect for Test cricket following the England captain's decision to opt out of the tour of Bangladesh.

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Shane Warne said he wished he was 20 years younger as he helped unveil plans for a new global Twenty20 alliance.

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South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn attributed his success with the ball on Monday to detailed planning before the start of the two-Test series against India.

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Shane Warne has urged his fellow Australians to play in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) despite threats from an Indian political party.

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Rajasthan Royals, the inaugural Indian Premier League  (IPL) champions Monday joined forces with Hampshire, Cape Cobras, Trinidad and a yet-to-be-confirmed Australia state team for a global alliance here at Lord's.

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South Africa were eyeing victory after Dale Steyn produced a career-best 7-51 to trigger a dramatic India collapse on the third day of the first Test here on Monday.

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has included former skipper Wasim Akram in an inquiry committee formed last week to probe the national team's poor performance in Australia.

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Former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan has held President Asif Ali Zardari’s interference into PCB’s internal affairs responsible for damaging cricket in the country.

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A seven-wicket haul by South African fast bowler Dale Steyn in the first innings forced India to follow-on in the first Test being played here. Steyn’s piercing line and length overshadowed an exciting counter-attacking century (109) by Virender Sehwag on the third day of the match on Monday.

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The PCB has summoned Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam and captain Mohammad Yousuf to explain the teams dismal tour of Australia.

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Virender Sehwag scored a brisk century while Subramaniam Badrinath made an unbeaten half century on debut to steady Indian innings at tea on the third day of the first cricket Test against South Africa here Monday.

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PCB chief Ijaz Butt has said that findings of the committee probing Pakistans dismal performance on the Australian tour will not only decide the future of many players but also determine Pakistans long term captain.

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Australian fast bowler Doug Bollinger has said that his team is aiming to whitewash West Indies in the ODI series and go through the home season unbeaten.

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Kerala pacer S Sreesanth is likely to play in the second Test match of the ongoing series between India and South Africa.

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The West Indies dominated world cricket for an era and Brian Lara was one of its greatest legends whose rise and brilliant career have been captured by Clifford Narinesingh in the book "Lara: The Untamed Spirit".

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Pakistan on Monday left out coach Intikhab Alam and wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal from its 14-man side to face England in two Twenty20 matches.

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Dale Steyn picked two quick wickets to derail India's reply on the third day of the first Test against South Africa on Monday.

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Jacques Kallis lavished praise on teammate Hashim Amla who smashed an unbeaten 253 on Sunday to put South Africa in firm control of the first Test against India.

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Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Sunday met Shiv Sena chief  Bal Thackeray to urge him not to oppose the participation of Australian cricketers in the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Australia on Sunday crushed West Indies by 113 runs in the first ODI at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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An evaluation committee issued a demand on Sunday for Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam and captain Mohammad Yousuf to explain the team's dismal performance on their tour of Australia.

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Pakistani paceman Mohammad Asif will not be able to play in the United Arab Emirates as its authorities have refused to revoke a travel ban on him, an official said Sunday.

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Hashim Amla smashed his maiden double-century to put South Africa in the driver's seat on the second day of the first Test against India on Sunday.

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Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has stood by his bowlers despite South African batsman Jacques Kallis scoring his third hundred in five Tests on the first day of the first Test at Nagpur.

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Former England cricketer Graham Gooch has said that left-handed batsman Alastair Cook must put scoring runs before captaincy as he leads the team to Bangladesh.

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Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam said Sunday he accepted full responsibility for his team's dismal performance on its tour of Australia last month, and vowed not to run away from any investigation.

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Melbourne, Feb 7 : Retired Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie will captain a group of Australian cricketing legends to play against some of the country’s best indigenous players in Alice Springs this week.

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Melbourne, Feb 7 : Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson has expressed his admiration of Shaun Tait’s bowling performance in the Twenty20 game against Pakistan, but has cast doubts over the accuracy of the speed gun that clocked his 160.7km/h delivery.

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Auckland, Feb 7 : ‘Keeping your eye on the ball’ is about to become the catch-cry for not only the world’s best cricketers, but also the thousands of people who come to watch them in action in New Zealand- particularly in the new Twenty20 format.

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Lahore, Feb.7 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt dropped another bombshell on board’s director general Javed Miandad saying that the former captain was paid 8.4 million rupees for a week’s work in an year.

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Melbourne, Feb 7 : Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has backed his fast bowlers to contain West Indies captain Chris Gayle and his team in the one-day series starting at the MCG from Sunday.

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India's Harbhajan Singh dismissed Jacques Kallis for 173 before South Africa reached a strong 379-3 at lunch on the second day of the first Test on Sunday.

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Karachi, Feb.7 : The Pakistan cricket team returned home late on Saturday after a long and disastrous tour of Australia.

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Sydney, Feb.7 : Australian and New South Wales fast bowler Brett Lee, who is currently out of national reckoning because of a serious elbow injury, has predicted that injured right-arm quick Peter Siddle will fight his way back into the national squad.

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Sydney, Feb.7 : Though the Indian media has gone to town describing Australia as a country where racism, especially against the Asian minority thrives, the continent’s pin-up boy – Brett Lee – has taken the initiative in saying this is not the case.

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Sydney, Feb.7 : Australian and New South Wales fast Bowler Brett Lee has said that there is a distinct possibility of him not bowling in competitive cricket again, as he is yet to recover from a serious elbow injury.

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Melbourne, Feb.7 : Former Australian Test quick Rodney Hogg has hailed South Australian Shaun Tait as the new-age Jeff Thomson and says he will pilot Australia to Twenty20 World Cup supremacy with his terrifying pace.

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Paceman Charl Langeveldt was on Sunday added to South Africa's squad for the upcoming three-match one-day international series against India.

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Afghanistan and its people have not had much to cheer about in the past 30 years but one bright spot has come from a surprising source - their cricket team.

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Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla slammed unbeaten centuries to help South Africa seize the momentum on the opening day of the first Test against India on Saturday.

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Jacques Kallis hit his 34th century to guide South Africa to 193-2 at tea on the opening day of the first Test against India on Saturday.

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Melbourne, Feb 6 : Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait has said that his focus on short, sharp spells is the factor behind his speed and he is confident of pushing the radar gun further.

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Melbourne, Feb 6 : Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie believes that Twenty20 skipper Michael Clarke is not suited for the shorter version of the sport, but he is still tipping the right-hander to succeed.

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Brisbane, Feb.6 (ANI): With Queensland losing the services of Mitchell Johnson, Andrew Bichel and Michael Kasprowicz, a new kid on the pacers block has emerged in the form of Ben Cutting.

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Lahore, Feb.6 : Admitting to flaws in the whole cricket set-up of the country, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has urged the selectors to prepare a solid ground for under-19 cricketers, who have performed brilliantly in the recent past.

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India's West Zone team Saturday amassed the highest successful run chase in first-class cricket history, reaching 541-7 to win a premier domestic tournament in Hyderabad.

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India's left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan picked two wickets in successive overs to rock South Africa early on the opening day of the first Test on Saturday.

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Sydney, Feb. 6 : After receiving a lukewarm response from players in Adelaide, pink balls appear certain to fall short of the standard Cricket Australia requires for day night Test matches.

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Lahore, Feb.6 : The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) six-member committee would also investigate the ball-tampering controversy involving flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi, besides looking for reasons behind the team’s humiliating whitewash in Australia.

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Lahore, Feb.6 : Former Pakistan Test batsman Haroon Rasheed has resigned from the six-member Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) inquiry committee probing the team’s debacle in Australia.

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Islamabad, Feb.6 : Fearing a backlash from fans over Pakistan cricket team’s complete whitewash Down Under, National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports Chairman Jamshed Ahmed Dasti, has urged the government to provide the players foolproof security upon their return from Australia.

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Sydney, Feb. 6 : Dismissed as a has been at the start of the Australian summer, middle-order batsman Michael Hussey continues to be a key member of Australia''s Test and one-day teams, and is ranked the best one-day batsman in the world.

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Melbourne, Feb 6 : Former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne met Victoria Premier John Brumby to discuss how to address issues stemming from violent attacks on Indians.

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South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium on Saturday.

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South African captain Graeme Smith said they would be targetting Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni as he is a key member of the team and putting him under pressure might affect the rest of the side.

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Pakistan's former captain Waqar Younis claimed there are some hidden reasons behind the team's terrible performance in Australia.

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A committee investigating Pakistan's humiliating whitewash in Australia will also probe the ball-tampering offence by star all-rounder Shahid Afridi, an official said Friday.

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World Twenty20 champion Pakistan on Friday failed to end their disastrous Australia tour on happy note, as they lost the only Twenty20 match at Melbourne Cricket Ground by two runs.

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India plays its first Test match against South Africa from Saturday, but the verbal battle has begun between both sides as South African skipper Graeme Smith and his Indian counterpart Mahendra Singh Dhoni targetted each other on Friday.

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ICC umpire Mark Benson has retired from the Emirates Elite Panel and has decided to return home to England to take up a contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

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A superb all-round display from Jacob Oram helped New Zealand crush Bangladesh by 146-runs in the opening one-day international at Napier on Friday.

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Injury-ravaged India were sweating over the fitness of key middle-order batsman Venkatsai Laxman ahead of the first Test against South Africa starting Saturday.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has rebuffed media reports which quoted Sindh Sports minister Dr Mohammad Ali Shah, as saying that he took a nap during the National Assemblys Standing Committee on Sports meeting.

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He was a player no one wanted, but now is the hottest star in Twenty20. West Indian Kieron Pollard still maintains some old-fashioned values that many traditionalists would find hard to reconcile.

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Stuart Robertson, the founder of Twenty20 cricket, has warned administrators not to schedule too much of the shortest format, though it is booming and popular.

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Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen feels that fast bowler Brett Lee still has a future with the national squad, but it''s unlikely to be in Test cricket.

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Australia''s Twenty20 team captain Michael Clarke is under pressure to retain his spot in the squad, given his poor average in this format of the game.

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Even while describing Shahid Afridis shocking act of chewing the ball during the fifth and final one-day international against Australia at Perth as ‘indefensible, former Pakistan captain Rameez Raja has said that ball-tampering is the Pakistan.

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England crickets latest international call-up – British Asian all-rounder Ajmal Shahzad – is the cynosure of all eyes involved with the sport.

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Plans to redevelop The Lords cricket ground in London are facing strong county resistance, particularly over moves to guarantee two Test matches a year for the home of cricket.

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Under fire for his teams horrendous show in both the Test and one-day series against Australia, Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has made it clear that he would not step down.

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The first of the five Ashes Tests will be held at The Gabba in Brisbane from November 25 to 29, it has been confirmed.

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Upset over Pakistans deplorable performance Down Under, former fast bowler and current bowling coach Waqar Younis has said there were some ‘hidden reasons behind his teams shoddy show.

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Following its thrashing in both the Test and one-day series, Pakistan would be looking to salvage some national in the lone T20 match against Australia today (Friday).

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Some $200,000 in cash, plus jewellery, VVIP tickets for the Beyonce "I Am" show and the honorary "Order of Australia" formed part of a big heist at the home of world's cricketing icon Brian Lara Wednesday.

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The Delhi High Court Thursday restrained the Indian Cricket League (ICL) from filing a suit in British courts to seek damages from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

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A parliamentary sports committee will meet Pakistan President Asif Zardari to recommend changes in the national cricket set-up which lawmakers believe has failed, an official said Thursday.

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New Delhi, Feb 4  India and South Africa will battle it out for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test Championship mace when they clash in the two-match series starting Saturday.

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Sydney, Feb 4: Former CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and a past Australian chairman Malcolm Speed has said that the sport is lucky to have former Prime Minister John Howard as a candidate for the presidency of the council.

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Melbourne, Feb 4 : West Indies skipper Chris Gayle’s record-breaking 146 helped his side beat the Australian Prime Minister’s XI by 87 runs in their one-day tour match at Manuka Oval.The Prime Minister’s XI fell predictably short of the 400 runs required to beat the West Indies this afternoon, despite a fighting unbeaten century from opener Tom Cooper.

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Melbourne, Feb 4: West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has been ruled out of the Twenty20 games and the upcoming five game ODI series against Australia due to a thumb injury.Bravo has failed to recover sufficiently from the injury, which he sustained when he was hit on the hand while batting for Victoria against Tasmania in the Big Bash competition on January 15.

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Sydney, Feb 4: Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie, who is completing his Level III coaching certificate, has reportedly put his hand up to be England’s next bowling coach.Gillespie and fellow quickie Michael Kasprowicz are linked with the position after the resignation of former West Indian all-rounder Ottis Gibson.

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Melbourne, Feb. 4 : Australian all-rounder Cameron White, one of his country''s finest exponents of Twenty20, believes skipper Michael Clarke will improve his record in the shortest form of the game, starting with tomorrow night''s clash at the MCG against Pakistan.

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Dubai, Feb.4 : The ICC has announced the match officials for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2010 which takes place in the United Arab Emirates from 9 to 13 February,

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Dubai/Nagpur, Feb.4 :The battle for supremacy atop the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table will come to a head in India over the next fortnight with the home side putting its mace on the line and South Africa primed to take possession.

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New Delhi, Feb 4  Cricket fans have a reason to rejoice. For them, UFO Moviez, a digital satellite cinema network, is bringing DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) 2010 matches live in cinema halls for the first time in the country.

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Melbourne, Feb.4 : Cricket Australia has struck a deal with the Indian Premier League to ensure players who represent their states in the Sheffield Shield final can proceed to the lucrative Twenty20 tournament afterwards, but is powerless to stop them retiring from first-class cricket to maximise their IPL earnings.

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Melbourne, Feb 4 : Former Australian cricketer Shane Warne, Italian automaker Lamborghini’s first ambassador in the country, has picked up a Lamborghini Murcielago on a long-term loan car as part of his contract.Warnie was seen giving the 850,000-dollar Murcielago a rev-up outside his mansion in Brighton, Melbourne.

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Melbourne, Feb 4 : Ahead of Australia’s Twenty20 game against Pakistan at the MCG on Friday, skipper Michael Clarke has admitted he needs to improve as a batsman in the game''s shortest version.

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Karachi, Feb.4 : The Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt, it seems, is hardly concerned over the hue and cry being raised over the team’s horrendous show Down Under, as he was spotted taking a nice little nap during the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Sports meeting.

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Karachi, Feb.4 : The Pakistan cricket team’s pitiable performance Down Under was due to some flawed decisions taken by the captain Mohammed Yousuf and team management, a former Pakistani first class cricketer has said.

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Melbourne, Feb 4: Injury-plagued Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has refused to guarantee continuing his Test cricket career until next summer''s Ashes series.Lee said that he still has plenty of cricket left in him despite his elbow injury, but is unsure about the possibility of playing in the home Ashes series at the end of 2010.

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Sydney, Feb.4 : Fast bowler Brett Lee has returned from a goodwill mission to India and is satisfied that Australian cricketers will be safe there if they adhere to the strict security precautions recommended for the Indian Premier League.

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Perth, Feb.4 : Cricket Australia (CA) is apprehensive over the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) losing the right to host international cricket matches in Perth, as the International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked it to submit a ‘rapid report’ over the ground invasion by a drunken spectator during the fifth ODI against Pakistan.

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Brisbane, Feb.4 : Former Australian Test umpire Darrell Hair has described flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who has been banned for two T20 matches on ball-tampering charges,  a ‘serial cheat’.

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Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf vowed Thursday to fight on as skipper despite a hint from the country's cricket chief that a new captain would be appointed after Test and one-day drubbings in Australia.

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Australian cricket legend Glenn McGrath has found love again, 18 months after his wife's tragic death from breast cancer, a report said on Thursday.

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India's twin obsessions of cricket and Bollywood are at the heart of a bitter row that has broken out between the country's top film star and a radical right-wing party in the movie capital Mumbai.

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South Africa will draw confidence from their record on the subcontinent as they seek to replace India at the top of the world rankings in their two-Test series starting Saturday.

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Melbourne, Feb 3  Australian cricketers have been advised as a security measure  not to venture out of their hotels alone or wear national uniforms and other clothing identifying their nationality during this year's Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Former South Africa paceman Allan Donald has said he would welcome the chance to return to the role of England fast bowling coach following the departure of Ottis Gibson.

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Melbourne, Feb. 3 : Even as Cricket Australia stepped up its push to stage day-night Tests by commencing a trial of pink balls in Futures League matches on Tuesday, the country’s tail-enders including - paceman Dirk Nannes - remain unconvinced of the merits of a pink ball.

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Brisbane, Feb. 3 : After a mixed review by Australian players, the plan to introduce pink balls to facilitate day night Test matches is likely go back to the drawing board.On Tuesday, Cricket Australia stepped up its push to stage day-night Tests by commencing a trial of pink balls made by English manufacturer Dukes in Futures League matches in Brisbane.

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Sydney, Feb. 3 : Following a threat by extreme right wing political party Shiv Sena to prevent the Australians from playing in Mumbai, Aussie cricketers will be asked to follow stringent security measures during this year''s Indian Premier League, such as not venturing out of their hotels alone or wearing national uniforms and other clothing identifying their nationality.

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Lahore, Feb.3 : Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif in collaboration with the Karachi city administration has launched a T20 club tournament, winners of which will take home a prize money of 10 million rupees.The lucrative domestic tournament will feature Pakistan’s international stars such as Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan, Khalid Latif, Fawad Alam, Khurram Manzoor and Sarfraz Ahmed.

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Lahore, Feb.3 :  A new controversy seems to be brewing up in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), as the board has sent a letter to its Director General Javed Miandad redefining his role in the set-up.According to insiders, the letter was sent soon questions were raised over Miandad’s hefty salary package by the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt himself.

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Sydney, Feb 3 : Condemning the spate of recent attacks on Indian nationals in Victoria, cricketer Brett Lee has insisted that Australia is a safe place for Indians to visit.Lee said he was saddened by recent violence against Indians in his country.India-Australia relations have deteriorated badly in the wake of the racist attacks, with the killing of student Nitin Garg in Melbourne last month sparking outrage in India.

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Islamabad, Feb.3 : Pakistan cricket team’s fitness trainer David Dwyer has resigned from his post citing personal reasons.“I have simply decided to move back to Sydney after two and half great years with the team purely for personal reasons,” Cricinfo quoted Dwyer, as saying.

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Melbourne, Feb 3 : All rounder James Hopes has said that he can reclaim his first-choice status within the Australian one-day team if selectors scrap their recent policy of using only five genuine bowlers.

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Lahore, Feb.3 : Blaming the lack of professionalism for the national team’s poor performance in the recent past, former Pakistan captain Imran Khan has called on for an overhaul of the country’s cricket administration.

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Lahore, Feb.3: Disappointed and annoyed with the national team’s deplorable performance Down Under, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Operation Office (COO) Wasim Bari has called for giving a chance to junior players in order to save the country’s cricket.

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Sydney, Feb 3 : Umpires and fielders square of the wicket have cast a shadow on Australian cricket’s pink ball experiment by saying that they frequently lost sight of the pink leather.Pink balls are being used in a day-night Futures League fixture at Adelaide Oval this week, and also in a day match in Brisbane.

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Melbourne. Feb 3 : Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle has been ruled out for the rest of the cricket season after his specialist confirmed that he has a stress fracture of the lower back.Cricket Australia have released a statement saying that Siddle will be unavailable for the rest of the domestic season, plus the Test matches in New Zealand next month.

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Sydney, Feb 3 : Cricket Australia has rejected the idea of banning alcohol from Australian grounds after delivering apologies and explanations over Sunday night’s pitch invasion in Perth which saw Pakistan opener Khalid Latif tackled to the ground.

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Lahore, Feb.3 : Following the success of the junior team in the under-19 cricket World Cup, coach Ijaz Ahmed has expressed his desire of working with the senior squad, whose Australia tour is proving to be a nightmare, as the visitors have not won a single match so far in the series.

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Lahore, Feb.3 :  Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has called the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman  ‘too old’ to hold the post.“The chairman has become too old for the position he is holding as he seldom remembers his own important official commitments and agreements,” Miandad wrote in a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, who is also the patron of the PCB.

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Melbourne, Feb 3 : Australian fast bowlers Shaun Tait and Dirk Nannes are fighting for the chance to play against Pakistan in the Twenty20 international at the MCG on Friday night.Both are clearly in contention for the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean during April, yet only one may get the opportunity on Friday, with Mitchell Johnson and the latest sensation, Ryan Harris, also in the 13-man squad.

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Melbourne, Feb 3 : Former Australian opener Mark Waugh has questioned Michael Clarke’s position in the national team’s Twenty20 set-up, and backed the in form Cameron White for the team’s captaincy.

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Melbourne, Feb 3 : Australian paceman Shaun Tait suspects that ball tampering is prevalent in world cricket, although he has never seen it.

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Melbourne, Feb 3 : Top cricketers of Victoria like Cameron White, Andrew McDonald and David Hussey may walk away from their state to play in the mega bucks Indian Premier League, as the team prepares to defend its honours in the Sheffield Shield.

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Hamilton, Feb 2: Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal believes that the ever-improving minnows can challenge the New Zealand team in the tour, which begins with a Twenty20 match here on Wednesday.

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Former England bowling coach Ottis Gibson will take over as head coach of the West Indies in time for the home series against Zimbabwe later this month, a cricket official here said.

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Wellington, Feb 2: Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons expects his team to perform well during their New Zealand tour and be far more assertive this time around.In 2007-08, Bangladesh had moments to savour, but not enough and were outplayed 3-0 in the ODI series and comfortably in both tests.

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Wellington, Feb 2: New Zealand is looking to whitewash Bangladesh in all forms of cricket during their tour and also to use the series to prepare for Australia, who will be here next month.Bangladesh is in New Zealand to play one Twenty20 match, three one-day internationals and one test.

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Sydney, Feb 2: New South Wales all-rounder Steve Smith is set to make his international debut in Friday’s Twenty20 match against Pakistan.Smith, along with Travis Birt and Dirk Nannes, are the new names in the Australian T20 squad.

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Melbourne, Feb. 2: Twenty20 pacer Dirk Nannes has rejected Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi''s claims that every international side indulges in ball tampering, and insists bowlers can be effective without breaking cricket''s laws.

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Melbourne, Feb.2 : Pink cricket balls were used in Futures League fixtures in Adelaide and Brisbane on Tuesday, with a white ball used in a second XI match in Melbourne.The trials are aimed at finding a non-red ball suitable for Test matches at night.

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Melbourne, Feb.2 : Australia’s chairman of selectors, Andrew Hilditch, has urged Twenty20 captain Michael Clarke to transfer his batting form in the traditional formats into the shortest version.Clarke was arguably his country''s best Test batsman in 2009, with 1,042 runs for the calendar year, and his career averages of 50.19 in Tests and 42.65 in one-day internationals mark his prowess in both forms.

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Wellington, Feb.2: New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori says his domain is on the cricket field and he won''t be running the team on a day-to-day basis.Rejecting talk of player power within the Black Caps, the NZPA quoted Vettori as saying: "On the field is my domain and the manager and coaches look after everything else."

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Melbourne, Feb 2 : Skipper Ricky Ponting had tipped a year ago that the latest bowling discovery Ryan Harris will excel after an eight-season first-class apprenticeship with South Australia and the Bulls."I'm not surprised by it. When we first saw him 12 months ago everyone could see that he had great talent to bowl decent pace and swing the new ball,” he said.

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Canberra (Australia), Feb.2 : West Indian captain Chris Gayle has asked for improved security during his team's match against the Prime Minister''s XI at the Manuka Oval here on Thursday.

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Islamabad, Feb.2 : Pakistan Defence ChaudhryAhmed Mukhtar has reportedly suggested to Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt, who is his close relative, to resign from the post amidst increasing demand for his sacking in the wake of Pakistan’s disastrous Australia tour.

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Islamabad, Feb.2 :  In view of Pakistan’s horrendous tour Down Under, former captain Rameez Raja has called for an overhaul of the national cricket team.“The way I see it, you need to carry out a comprehensive surgery to set things right because the team performed very poorly in Australia. It is time to think long-term and on modern lines in Pakistan cricket. Because in Australia we never looked like winning at any stage,” Raja said.

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Sydney, Feb.2 : A seething Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has demanded that the authorities make an example of the invader, who cannoned into Pakistan''s Khalid Latif at the WACA ground a couple of days ago.Ponting said he would have hauled his side off the field if an Australian player had been assaulted during a match featuring two pitch invasions.

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Lahore, Feb.2 :  Pakistan chief selector Iqbal Qasim, who resigned from the post after the team’s 5-0 whitewash in the one-day international series against Australia, has turned down Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt’s request to continue on the post.

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Perth, Feb.2: It what clearly highlights fissures in the Pakistan cricket team and the lack of support for captain Mohammed Yousuf, all-rounder Shoaib Malik has appreciated the way Shahid Afridi led the squad in the fifth and last one-day international against Australia, saying the skipper should always lead by example on the field.

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Islamabad, Feb.2 : Troubled Pakistani T20 captain Shahid Afridi has invited more worries for himself  by claiming that every team in the world is involved in ball-tampering.

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Lahore, Feb.2 : Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has criticized Shahid Afridi for his shameful act during the fifth and final one-day international against Australia in Perth on Sunday, and said the all-rounder is fortunate to have escaped with just a two-match ban after ball-tampering charges.

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The search for an ICC Antipodean candidate grows more farcical by the day, according to cricket columnist Peter Roebuck.

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Dubai, Feb 1 Australia's Michael Hussey replaced India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the top of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) One-day International (ODI) batting rankings released Monday.

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Kolkata, Feb 1 Congress MP and former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin Monday batted for the inclusion of Pakistan cricketers in the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying the best players should take part in the tournament irrespective of their nationality.

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Pakistan said Monday that sacked captain Shoaib Malik would return to lead the team's Twenty20 match on tour in Australia after star all-rounder Shahid Afridi was banned in a ball-tampering row.

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Lahore, Feb 1 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has reiterated that circumstances prior to the tour of New Zealand had compelled the board to appoint Mohammad Yousuf as captain.

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Lahore, Feb 1 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that it will soon make an attempt to get fast bowler Mohammad Asif’s name cleared by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities as the national team has several series lined up in the country.

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Dubai, Feb 1 : England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, the swashbuckling hero of the cricket field and star of famous booze-fuelled escapades has sobered up to be a doting father of three and a devoted husband to wife Rachael.

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Graeme Smith's South Africa open their tour of India on Tuesday with a practice match ahead of their bid to dislodge the hosts as the number one Test nation.

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Perth, Feb. 1 : Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi has tried to defend the notorious ball biting episode in Perth against Australia by saying that all cricketing teams tamper with the ball anyway.

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Melbourne, Feb 1 : Australian selectors have named New South Wales all-rounder Steven Smith and Tasmanian batsman Travis Birt in their 13-man squad for the Twenty20 game against Pakistan at the MCG.

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Islamabad, Feb. 1 (ANI): While Shahid Afridi, who is facing a two-match ban for ball tampering, has apologised for his action during a match against Australia on Sunday, his manager has insisted that the Pakistani all-rounder’s desire to win led him to the embarrassing situation.

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Sydney, Feb 1 : Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie has said that Ricky Ponting’s team will hammer England to reclaim the Ashes with a relentless pace arsenal comprising quality performers, all of whom are desperate to impress.

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A 37-year-old spectator has been charged with assault after wrestling Pakistan's Khalid Latif to the ground during a one-day international against Australia, police said on Monday.

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Pakistan's Shahid Afridi has been banned for two Twenty20 internationals after being caught up in a ball-tampering row during his team's defeat in Sunday's final one-dayer against Australia.

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London, Jan 31 : Former England off-spinner John Emburey believes that off-spinner Graeme Swann has established himself as a world-class cricketer with his performances with both bat and ball against Australia and South Africa.

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Wellington, Jan.31 : New Zealand Cricket’s  "bad boy" Jesse Ryder has revealed that his wild childhood has been responsible for his sometimes self-destructive behaviour.

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Sydney, Jan 31 : Australian off-spinner Nathan Hauritz will become the next one million dollar man in the national squad after the most successful summer of his career.

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The chief selector of Pakistan's national cricket team resigned on Sunday after their defeat in a one-day series against Australia, saying he was disappointed with the team's performance.

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Sydney, Jan 31 : Pakistan vice-captain Kamran Akmal and his brother Umar will face disciplinary action for allegedly violating their central contracts during the controversy that prevailed before the Hobart Test against Australia.

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Melbourne, Jan 31 : In a blow to Cricket Australia’s hopes for ushering in day-night Test cricket, Kookaburra Sport has warned that it could take “several years” before a Test match is played under lights.

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Indian opener Gautam Gambhir predicted a tough series against visiting South Africa next month and even more so in the absence of Rahul Dravid who is out of action with a fractured jaw he suffered during the recently concluded series in Bangladesh.

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Legendary fast bowler Imran Khan said Sunday that Pakistani players had suffered "insulting treatment" at the hands of the Indian Premier League, and no player should take part in the tournament.

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Perth, Feb. 1 : Following Shahid Afridi’s suspension for a notorious ball tampering episode, Pakistan apparently has been left without any skipper for the T20 match against Australia on Friday, as Mohammad Yousuf has flown back home and former skipper Younus Khan is no longer part of the squad.

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Perth, Jan.31 : Dejected over his team’s losing streak Down Under, Pakistan opener Salman Butt, in a candid submission, has said the deplorable performance by the players has let the fans down.

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Sydney, Jan.31 (ANI): A top psychologist believes Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting should use his mind as a key weapon to counter the mind games being played by West Indian fast bowler Kemar Roach ahead of the one-day series.

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Mumbai, Jan 31 : South Africa''s cricket team arrived in India on Saturday to play two tests and three one-day internationals against the host country.

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Lahore, Jan.31 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said Mohammed Yousuf was not the first choice skipper to lead the squad during the New Zealand and Australia tour rather circumstances compelled him to name him as the captain.

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Bogus social networking Internet sites are being created under the names of Australia''s top cricketers.

The Australian Cricketers Association said it had helped several players and managers to remove fake profiles on sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

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Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi Saturday played down the security concerns of the players' associations of Australia and New Zealand, saying "top security" would be provided during the third edition of the tournament.

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Fast bowler Ryan Harris, who claimed 10 wickets and two man-of-the-match awards in the past week, has set his sights on becoming Australias next frontline bowler, but is content for now to play a “fill-in” role for the world champions.

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In view of the dismal performance of the team in Australia, specially from senior players, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to relegate senior non-performing cricketers when it announces the new central contract.

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West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach, whose delivery during the second Test in Adelaide exposed a flaw in the way Ricky Ponting handles short-pitched bowling, wants to use the one-day series against Australia to inflict more pressure on the Australian captain.

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Australia's next generation of cricketers proved they are primed to make it to the top when they won the under 19 cricket World Cup on Saturday, beating Pakistan by 25 runs in the final.

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Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt has squarely blamed the Indian Premier League (IPL) and its commissioner Lalit Modi for ignoring Pakistani players for the third season of India's Twenty20 league, but said it will not have any long term effect on sporting ties between the two countries.

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Dejected over Pakistans string of defeats Down Under, chief selector Iqbal Qasim has said that a comprehensive ‘post-mortem is needed to figure out the reasons for such a deplorable performance, and to prepare the team for the 2011 World Cup.

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New Zealand ended a three-month global search for a national cricket coach Saturday with the appointment of former local Test batsman Mark Greatbatch.

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Threats of potential terrorist attacks during the Indian Premier League (IPL) have put the Australian and New Zealand cricketers in a quandary.

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Australia continued their domination over Pakistan in the five match ODI series, as they crushed the visiting team by 135 runs in the fourth ODI at the WACA Ground in Perth.

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Australia and Pakistan will vie to become the first country to win the junior cricket World Cup thrice when they clash in the final at Burt Sutcliffe Oval here Saturday.

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Pakistan's cricket authorities on Friday revoked certificates allowing the country's cricketers to participate in the Indian Premier League, after none of the players were selected in an alleged snub.

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Lt.Col. Nur Khawaja, the International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption security manager for Pakistan and Bangladesh, has passed away.

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Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has expressed his willingness to work with the national cricket team as a batting coach to improve their dipping performance.

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Star batsman Rahul Dravid Friday had minor corrective surgery on his left cheek bone, injured during the second cricket test against Bangladesh in Mirpur.

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The Shiv Sena hit out at actor and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan Friday for his comments on Pakistani cricketers with one leader saying he should play his matches in Lahore and another declaring that the star's films would not be allowed to be screened in Thane.

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Pakistan speedster Mohammad Sami, who was added to the squad for the Australian tour at the last moment, believes the series has made him feel better and fitter and increased his hunger to play for the country.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is preparing new central contracts that would emphasise on players performance and fitness levels.

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Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke has said that while he is all for playing day and night Tests, he would like to see what kind of ball is used and the locations where such games would be played before taking a final call on participatio

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New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder will miss the third edition of Indian Premier League as he continues to struggle with a groin injury.

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New Zealand Cricket is reportedly in talks with former Australian cricketer Darren Lehman for a coaching assignment with the national squad.

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While mystery still surrounds all-rounder Abdul Razzaqs participation in the Indian Premier Leagues (IPL) third season, former and present Pakistani cricketers are a divided lot over the issue.

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Amid frantic calls for his sacking, beleaguered Pakistan captain Mohammed Yousuf found some support with former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq saying that he should be retained till the 2011 World Cup.

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Unfazed by the severe criticism over his teams pitiable performance Down Under, Pakistan captain Mohammed Yousuf has said that the squad has actually improved after he took over.

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Pakistani cricketers have been asked not to comment on the Indian Premier League (IPL) fiasco, as conflicting statements by the players are adding to the confusion surrounding their participation in the cash-rich T20 league.

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Australia is in no mood to show any mercy to Pakistan and is keen to secure a 5-0 clean sweep of the ODI series.

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Composed and confident after receiving the national call-up, Bengal wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha has set his eyes on playing a long innings at the top level.

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Australian fast bowler Brett Lee, who is in the national capital as part of a promotion campaign, has said that he is comfortable with touring India.

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The parents of Karnataka's new pace sensation Abhimanyu Mithun are thrilled  their son will soon don the India cap and play Test matches for the country.

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A day after Cricket South Africa (CSA) sacked its entire selection panel, there was speculation whether assistant coach Vincent Barnes would also resign after returning from the tour of India.

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Deccan Chargers Thursday denied signing Pakistan's Abdul Razzak for the third season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying there was no slot available for an overseas player in their squad.

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Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has said the furore over the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams not taking Pakistani cricketers would die down with time.

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Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan thinks that there are only two small things that need to be sorted out if England are to contemplate retaining the Ashes urn won last year – improved batting and better bowling.

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India will be without three key players, including Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh, when they defend their number one Test ranking against South Africa next month.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced a 15-member team for the Test series against South Africa beginning on February 6. The team has two new faces-- Wriddhiman Saha of West Bengal and Abhimanyu Mithun of Karnataka.

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Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola has said coach Mickey Arthur''s resignation was not linked to disagreements over race quotas.

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Michael Clarke and fiancée Lara Bingle are reportedly on a new car hunt after being reunited with their stolen 250,000-dollar Aston Martin.

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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said that his desire to play the World Cup in 2011 and to prolong his Test career were two key reasons for giving a miss to international Twenty20 cricket.

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Hyderabad-based Deccan Chargers have reportedly signed up Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, as a replacement for injured West Indies fast-bowler Fidel Edwards.

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Notwithstanding the criticism that he has received due to his teams horrendous performance Down Under, Pakistan captain Mohammed Yousuf has said that he still wants to lead the side.

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Chandigarh police have busted a high-profile racket promising youngsters berths in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty-20 cricket tournament, officials said here Thursday.

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Swashbuckling Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has said that the Indian Premier League (IPL) fiasco could have been avoided had the T20 league organisers and franchises restrained themselves from allowing politics to influence their decision.

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Hours after he preached ‘forgiveness and said it was time to move on after the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction controversy, flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi took a u-turn, saying apologies could not compensate for the humiliation.

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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, Wednesday said there was a need for creating an environment where Indian Premier League (IPL) franchisees can recruit Pakistani players with ease.

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Australia is all set to rest Shane Watson and Doug Bollinger for Fridays ODI against Pakistan after taking an unassailable lead of 3-0.

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Just days before South Africa undertakes a tour of India, the South African cricket board has sacked the national selection panel.

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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is not keen tinkering with the Sheffield Shield, not even Jamie Cox's proposal to play August/September matches in the Top End.

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Pakistan National Assemblys Standing Committee on Sports has asked Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director General Javed Miandad to appear before it on February 3 and explain the ‘hurdles and obstacles he is facing in running the board properly.

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Upset and irritated over Pakistans dreadful performance in the ongoing Australia series, former cricketers have called for replacing ageing, non-performing players with the young guns of the under-19 team.

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After captain Mohammed Yousuf, swashbuckling Pakistan all rounder Shahid Afridi too has highlighted the lack of unity and team spirit in the national squad.

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The Australian cricketers decision to give a miss to the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is both wise and promising, feels noted columnist Peter Roebuck.

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India won the Idea Cup by beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets to win the second cricket Test on the fourth day at the Sher-e-Bangla national stadium here Wednesday. India won the two Test series 2-0.

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Mickey Arthur, among the most successful international cricket coaches of modern times, quit mentoring the South African cricket team because of the pressure that was being put on him to include more black players.

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Zaheer Khan sparked a sensational Bangladeshi collapse with four wickets off eight balls as India swept the series with a crushing 10-wicket win in the second and final Test on Wednesday.

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Pakistan Sports Minister Ijaz Jakhrani has urged the Indian government to initiate an inquiry into the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction fiasco.

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Temperamental Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar is aiming to play in the T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in May in the Caribbean, to prove his critics wrong.

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Mickey Arthur said Wednesday that differences with the board of Cricket South Africa led to his resignation as coach of the South African team.

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Australian captain Mitchell Marsh plundered 97 from 110 balls to lead his side to victory over Sri Lanka Wednesday and set up a showdown with Pakistan in the final of the under-19 cricket World Cup.

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Indian Premier League chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said the recent auction does not suggest that the doors of cash rich Twenty20 league are shut on Pakistani players, and they can still be part of the third edition if some players drop out.

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Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) named their team Tuesday for their ground-breaking season opener against county champions Durham in Dubai in March.

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Australia secured a series win against Pakistan on Tuesday by emerging victorious in the third one-day international played at the Adelaide Oval here.

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At the close of the third day''s play of the second cricket Test between India and Bangladesh, the former was still in control of the match despite a brillaint 151 from Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal and a steady 55 by middle-order bat Junaid Siddique.

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Indian middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh will not take further part in the ongoing second Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur after it was revealed that he suffered a ligament tear in his left wrist.

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Tamim Iqbal hit an impressive half-century as Bangladesh batted steadily in the second and final Test against India on Tuesday.

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Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd and Scottish lawyer Brent Lockie are to conduct an International Cricket Council (ICC) inquiry into the use of the umpire review system during this month's fourth Test between England and South Africa, it was announced Tuesday.

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Bangladesh were 118 for one at tea in their second innings against India on the third day of the second cricket Test at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium here Tuesday.

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Former Australia fast bowler Rodney Hogg has labeled Cricket Australias (CA) proposed plan to introduce day-night Test cricket as a waste of time.

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Australian cricketers have been told to participate in the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at their own risk after the players association said it was worried about not being given access to security arrangements.

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has rubbished talks about sacking Mohammed Yousuf and of Shahid Afridi being appointed as the captain of the national squad after the ongoing Australian series.

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Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi says he is willing to forgive and forget the happenings of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction and if he is invited to play in India he would do so happily. In a statement carried Tuesday by cricket site pakpass

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South African cricket team coach Mickey Arthur has reportedly resigned following a breakdown in his relationship with captain Graeme Smith.

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Leg-spinning all-rounder Cameron White is currently the flavour of the season in Australian cricket, having scored two centuries and six half-centuries in eight games that he has played during this summer.

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Victorian Cameron White has this summer becomes Ricky Ponting's new saviour and there is a view that he is Australia's rock in the middle order, but there is one thing he doesnt like – being called Roy, the nickname of former Australia.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed a half-century to help India extend their lead to a huge 311 runs in the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Tuesday.

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The controversy over the Indian Premier Leagues (IPL) snub to Pakistani cricketers has put in doubt hard hitting all-rounder Shahid Afridis participation in the multimillion dollar T20 Champions League.

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Pakistan has threatened to boycott the next edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2011 and the Champions League T20 tournament, which is scheduled to be held later this year, in protest against the non-selection of its cricketers.

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Cricketing legend Shane Warne has been drawn into Australia's efforts to strengthen ties with India following a spate of attacks on Indian students.

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India were 544 for eight, a lead of 311 runs, at lunch against Bangladesh on the third day of the second cricket Test here Tuesday.

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Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi says he is willing to forgive and forget the happenings of the Indian Premier League auction and if he is invited to play in India he would do so happily.

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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said that the decision of the franchisees not to select any of the 17 Pakistani cricketers who had been given Indian visas for participation in the third edition of the Indian Premier League.

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New Zealand cricket selectors have included two new players for their ODI and Twenty20 squads for next month''s series against Bangladesh.

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Sachin Tendulkar cracked his 45th Test century and Rahul Dravid his 29th hundred as India tightened the screws on Bangladesh in the second and final Test on Monday.

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Sydney, Jan. 25 : Defending his decision to bowl first in the second ODI against Australia, Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has said that Aussies were just too good for Pakistan in Sydney.

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Sydney, Jan. 25 : Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Aamer is unlikely to participate in the remaining matches of the one-day series against Australia due to a groin injury.

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London, Jan 25(ANI): Former England captain Mike Atherton has said that if all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is putting himself forward for selection for a final Ashes campaign this year, he will be disappointed.

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All-rounder Hammad Azam inspired Pakistan to a four-wicket win over the West Indies at Christchurch on Monday to book their place in the finals of the under-19 cricket World Cup.

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Lahore, Jan. 25 : Following the PCB’s announcement that Mohammad Yousuf will be removed as skipper after the Australian tour, former Pakistani cricketer Asif Iqbal has said that Shahid Afridi should replace the outgoing captain.

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Mirpur (Bangladesh), Jan. 25 : Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been officially reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first day’s play in the second Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur on Sunday.

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Mirpur (Bangladesh), Jan 25 : Team India is reportedly in a flux over leg-spinner Amit Mishra''s exclusion at the last minute from the playing 11 for the Mirpur Test. The team has reportedly been divided into the Dhoni and Sehwag camps.

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Dhaka, Jan. 25 : Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar will top the list of invitees when former Bangladeshi skipper Mohammad Ashraful gets married next year, his father has revealed.

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Melbourne, Jan 25 : Former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne will meet Victoria Premier John Brumby next month to discuss how to address issues stemming from violent attacks on Indians.

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London, Jan. 25 : Former New Zealand all rounder Chris Cairns has sued IPL chief Lalit Modi for libel in the High Court in London, following allegations by the latter that Cairns had been involved in match fixing.

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Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag completed half-centuries as India reached 177-2 in their first innings at lunch in reply to Bangladesh's 233 on the second day of the second Test here on Monday.

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Dubai, Jan 24  The Indian cricket board has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to reconsider its decision not to hold any international matches at Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi until the end of December 2010.

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Mohammad Mahmudullah cracked an unbeaten 96 under pressure but failed to stop India from gaining an upper hand in the second and final Test against Bangladesh here on Sunday.

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London, Jan 24: England opener Alastair Cook believes that coach Andy Flower should take the credit for making him a world class cricketer.The Essex opener will captain England in Bangladesh next month following Andrew Strauss’s decision to skip the tour of the sub-continent.

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Sydney, Jan 24: After the massive success gathered by Twenty20 Big Bash, Australia’s domestic tournament, it is being seen as a tournament having the potential to become as big as the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director General Javed Miandad has rebuffed PCB chairman Ijaz Butts claim that he is being paid a hefty salary of one million rupees from the board.

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Sydney, Jan.24 : Backing captain Mohammad Yousuf amidst reports of his removal after the ongoing Australia series, coach Intikhab Alam has said Yousuf is giving his all to lift the team’s performance.“He’s doing his best. When the team loses, people start criticising. We take no notice of that,”Alam said.

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Fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan ran through Bangladesh's top order as India gained an early advantage on the opening day of the second and final Test here on Sunday.

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An aggressive 79 from rising Sri Lankan star Banuka Rajapaksa carried his side to an overwhelming 146-run victory over South Africa in their ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup quarter-final here Sunday.

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Sydney, Jan.24: Former Pakistan speedster Waqar Younis has said that he is ready to help Australian bowlers to lift the Ashes once again.Waqar, who is currently hired by the Pakistan for the ongoing Australia series, said he would relish working with exciting Australian fast bowlers like Mitchell Johnson and Doug Bollinger.

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Dhaka, Jan 24 Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan wrecked the Bangladesh top order with the new ball, leaving the hosts tottering at 84 for five at lunch on the opening day of the second cricket Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here Sunday.

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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to bat in the second and final cricket Test against India here on Sunday.India made four changes from the side that won the first Test in Chittagong by 113 runs on Thursday.

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Mumbai, Jan 23  Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray Saturday reiterated his party would not allow Australian cricketers to play in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL).He said the IPL organisers should be ashamed for inviting Australians to play here when Indians were being attacked in that country.

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India were bolstered by the return of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and key off-spinner Harbhajan Singh ahead of the second and final Test against Bangladesh starting on Sunday.

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Auckland, Jan 23 : Injured New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder is taking longer to recuperate than first thought, easing him out of contention for the forthcoming tours by Bangladesh and Australia. 

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Auckland, Jan 23(ANI): Former New Zealand wicket keeper Adam Parore has said that cricket as a game is changing fast, and Twenty20, the shortest version of the game has the longest advantage.

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Pakistan has offered to play South Africa in three Tests, five one-dayers and two Twenty20 matches in the United Arab Emirates later this year, an official said Saturday.

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Rangiora (New Zealand), Jan.23 : A five-wicket haul by young Barbadian pacer Jason Holder and half-centuries by Kraigg Brathwaite and Andre Creary,helped the West Indies to beat England in a quarter-final encounter here today.

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Brisbane, Jan.23 (ANI): Upset over the five wicket loss in the first match of the one-day series against Australia, Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has blamed the lack of unity in the team for the loss.Yousuf said he expected an improved show from his teammates after the 3-0 Test series whitewash.

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Dhaka, Jan.23 : Indian right-arm fast bowler S.Sreesanth will return home because of a thigh strain he suffered while bowling on the final day of the Chittagong Test.Sreesanth will catch a flight to India on Saturday afternoon, and thus miss the second Test match against Bangladesh.

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Christchurch, Jan 23  Pakistan knocked defending champions India out of the under-19 cricket World Cup with a thrilling victory by two wickets here Saturday.

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Lahore, Jan.23 (ANI): Angered over the Indian Premier League (IPL) snub, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to file a complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the issue.

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Pakistan knocked defending champions India out of the ICC Under 19 World Cup Saturday in a tense rain-affected quarter-final at Lincoln.

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London, Jan 23 : England cricket coach Andy Flower fears that he will suffer a major loss to his backroom staff, with England bowling coach Ottis Gibson being lined up to become the new West Indies head coach.

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Melbourne, Jan 23 (ANI): Australia skipper Ricky Ponting wants his deputy Michael Clarke to play in second one-day international against Pakistan on Sunday, despite the vice-captain being hit on the ribs by a short ball in Friday’s opener .

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Mumbai, Jan 22 : Rajiv Shukla, Vice-President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday said that the board did not give any instructions to the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams on selection of players.

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Lincoln (New Zealand), Jan.22 (ANI): In what promises to be the match of the tournament so far, defending champion India will meet two-time former winner Pakistan in the quarter-finals here on Saturday.

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Ranchi, Jan 22 : Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will now be able to purchase a 9 mm pistol as he has been given an arms license for weapons of prohibited bore, an official said Friday.

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Pakistan are to appoint a new captain after the tour of Australia next month, the country's cricket chief said.

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The opening match of the Indian Premier League in March has been shifted out of Hyderabad due to ongoing protests over the proposed creation of a new state, a top official said on Friday.

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Brisbane, Jan 22 : Riding high on Cameron White’s splendid century, Australia thrashed Pakistan by five wickets in the opening game of the five match series here at the Gabba.

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Lahore, Jan.22 : Pakistani cable operators have decided not to air any matches of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) third edition to protest against the ‘insulting’ treatment meted out to their cricketers this week’s player auction.

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Dubai, Jan.22 : India pacer Ishant Sharma has gained nine places in the latest Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers and now sits in 16th position, just behind the other big mover of the day, Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh.

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Islamabad, Jan 22 : Pakistan Foreign Office has reiterated that the exclusion of Pakistani cricketers from the bidding process for the Indian Premier League (IPL) “is a decision influenced by variables extraneous to sports”.

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Islamabad, Jan.22 : Former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan has asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to raise the issue of the humiliating treatment meted out to the Pakistani cricketers during the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction with the International Cricket Council (ICC) forum.

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Islamabad, Jan.22 : Pakistan National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Sports has summoned Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt, Chief Operating Officer (COO) Wasim Bari and selector Mohammad Ilyas to explain the Indian Premier League (IPL) fiasco.

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Brisbane, Jan.22 ; Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has vigorously defended the 50-over game''s relevance ahead of his team''s five-match series opener against Pakistan.

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Melbourne, Jan.22 : Australian one-day great Michael Bevan last night said he would not be shattered if the 50-over game vanished forever at the expense of the Twenty20 phenomenon.

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London, Jan.22 : Former Australian opening batsman Justin Langer has said any talk of England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff making a return to Test cricket is a laughable suggestion.

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A perceived snub to Pakistani players by the glitzy Indian Premier League has sparked a diplomatic spat between the great rivals, for whom cricket is more than just a game.

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The International Cricket Council on Thursday ruled that New Delhi will remain a venue for the 2011 World Cup despite a pitch fiasco late last year.

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Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard is in the running to take charge of international cricket, reports said on Friday.

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New Delhi, Jan 21 : International Cricket Council (ICC) endorsed Indian board's decision not to have any international matches at the Ferozeshah Kotla till the year-end, thus clearing the way for the stadium to host the 2011 World Cup matches.

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New Delhi, Jan 21 : The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned Ferozshah Kotla in the national capital from hosting international matches for a year after match referee Alan Hurst reported the wicket prepared for the fifth and final ODI between India and Sri Lanka as “unfit”.

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Veteran Indian batsman Venkatsai Laxman will miss the second and final Test against Bangladesh because of a finger injury, team manager Arshad Ayub said on Thursday.

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Former Pakistani international batsman Javed Miandad on Thursday warned lucrative Twenty20 leagues were "a virus" which threatened to kill off Test cricket.

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Adelaide, Jan 21 : The Twenty20 Big Bash final between South Australia and Victoria at Adelaide Oval on Saturday will cap a season, which will be remembered for the remarkable surge it gathered for the format in Australia.

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Melbourne, Jan 21 : Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has hinted that all rounder James Hopes could be 12th man with Shaun Marsh opening the innings with Shane Watson in the first ODI against Pakistan on Friday.

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Chittagong (Bangladesh), Jan.21 : India on Thursday won the first Test against Bangladesh here by 113 runs. Chasing an improbable 414 runs for victory, Bangladesh were bowled out for 301. Leg-spinner Amit Mishra and fast bowler Ishant Sharma were the main wicket takers, grabbing seven of the ten to fall.

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England allrounder Ben Stokes scored a century to set up a 31-run win over defending champions India at Lincoln Thursday in the final pool match of the Under 19 cricket World Cup.

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Brisbane, Jan.21: Leaving behind the 3-0 drubbing in the Test series, Pakistan is looking to set the record straight with Australia in the one-day series starting here from Friday (January 22).The Pakistani camp is upbeat by the return of experienced players like Younis Khan and devastating all rounder Shahid Afridi, while captain Mohammed Yousuf has declared that the one-day series would not a ‘one-sided’ affair like the Test series.

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Brisbane, Jan.21: Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan has rebuked reports about any fissures in the team which led to his short self-imposed exile from international cricket.Khan stressed that he was in dire need of rest after having a hectic schedule in the recent past, which was the prime factor behind him stepping down from the captaincy.

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New Delhi, Jan 21  The government was not involved in the decision to keep Pakistanis out of the Indian Premier League (IPL), External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said Thursday and advised Islamabad to draw a line before making sharp comments.

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Brisbane, Jan.21: Young Pakistan fast bowler Mohammed Amer was annoyed with himself and rued dropping Australian captain Ricky Ponting on the first day of the third and final Test match at Hobart.Aamer floored a simple catch from Ponting while he was still to open his account and went on to hit a brilliant double century in that innings.

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Brisbane, Jan.21 : Australian middle-order batsman Michael Hussey was in form during the Australian summer, and is now at peace with himself after facing months of uncertainty about his future in international cricket.Hussey now gives the impression of being joyously unconcerned about any potential annoyance these days.

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Ishant Sharma rocked Bangladesh with two quick wickets to strengthen India's chances of winning the opening Test on the fifth and final day on Thursday.

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Lahore, Jan.21 : Accusing Indian Premier League (IPL) Chairman Lalit Modi of ‘betraying’ Pakistani players, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said that he would take up the issue of the treatment meted out to the cricketers during the IPL auction with the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI).

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Lahore, Jan, 21: Following the treatment meted out to Pakistani players in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) auction, in which none of the players were acquired by any franchises, former cricketers have criticised the IPL management for the ‘humiliation.’

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Islamabad, Jan 20 A Pakistani parliamentary delegation has cancelled its visit to India after none of the country's cricketers found any takers at an auction for the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Internet giant Google said Wednesday it would stream all the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches live via its YouTube videosharing website.

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