If Australian pace bowler Mitchell Johnson was not spearheading Australia’s pace attack, possibilities would have been high that he could have been a pitcher in any major baseball league.Australian fielding coach and acclaimed baseball mentor Mike Young believes that Johnson had the potential to enjoy an even more successful career as a baseball player.

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This year’s Ashes series between Australia and England promises to be a ripper because the two sides possess both experience and freshness to deliver what is asked of them, feels noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck.According to Roebuck, the general verdict is that the series is too close to call.

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Criticizing the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for its unprofessional way of handling cricket issues in the country, former Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) director general Zakir Hussain Syed has said PCB officials have no knowledge about sports management.

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Karachi, July 4 (IANS) Pakistan is seriously considering recalling Mohammad Asif in the 30-member preliminary squad for this September's ICC Champions Trophy after the International Cricket Council (ICC) said it would not raise any objection against the pacer's inclusion once he completes his doping ban.

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Karachi, July 4 (IANS) Former Pakistan chief selector Abdul Qadir is preparing ammunition for his July 14 meeting with a parliamentary committee and says he will candidly inform the Members of the National Assembly (MNA) about the irregularities in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

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With the Ashes series scheduled to begin in less than a week’s time, former Australian spin legend Shane Warne has rated each player of the Australian squad.Warne has indicated that captain Ricky Ponting is the mainstay of the batting line-up, who would be full of motivation on his fourth Ashes tour. Warne maintained that Ponting would lift the urn.

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Former Pakistan chief selector Abdul Qadir has been summoned by the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Sports to explain his sudden resignation from the post.The committee has asked Qadir to appear before it on July 14 to explain the reason behind resigning suddenly from the chief selector’s chair.

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Who uses the new ball better – Australia or England – will determine the winner of the 2009 Ashes series, believes former leg-spinner Shane Warne.“They have to take early wickets because they are going to be flat wickets,” the Courier Mail quoted Warne as saying in the gambling capital of the world.

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England off-spinner Graeme Swann, who has emerged as the leading Test wicket-taker in the world in 2009 with 26 victims, says that he has learnt from his errors, but has lost the ability to smile along the way.In an interview with The Sun, Swann said he was looking forward to his Ashes debut in England, and added that when he was doing the drinks for the squad in 2005, the atmosphere gave him the goose bumps.

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Former England pacer Simon Jones believes Australia’s Brett Lee will swing the momentum in this year’s Ashes series.Regarded as one of the world''s finest proponents of reverse swing, Jones, 30, predicted reverse swing would play a significant part when Cardiff hosts its first Test on Wednesday.

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Australia’s national cricket selection committee has admitted it may have mismanaged the veteran pacer Brett Lee after his difficult marriage break-up last year.Selection committee chairman Andrew Hilditch now says that perhaps Lee should not have been sent to India last October with so little preparation as a result of his personal problems.

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As Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first in the first Test of the three match series here on Saturday, captain Younis Khan expressed the hope that he would like to start the series on a winning note.Khan said his batsmen would have no problem countering ‘mystery’ bowler Ajantha Mendis.

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A majority of the players contracted to Cricket Australia have described England’s Kevin Pietersen as the best batsman in the world outside Australia.

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The Indian cricket board said on Saturday it will work out a schedule for a key one-day domestic tournament after moves to axe the event were met with angry protests.

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Bangladesh staged a late fightback, after West Indies-A fast bowler Kemar Roach and off-spinner Ryan Austin bowled them out for 195 in the opening match of their Caribbean tour on Friday.

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Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss Saturday and sent Sri Lanka in to bat in the first cricket Test at the Galle International Stadium.

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Veteran Sri Lankan seamer Chaminda Vaas has decided to retire from Test cricket, the country's chief selector Asantha de Mel told AFP on Saturday.

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Scoreboard: India vs. West Indies, third ODISt. Lucia (Gros Islet), July 4 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard of the match between India and the West Indies in the rain marred third One-day international of the four-match series at the Beausejor Stadium here Friday.

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St. Lucia (Gros Islet), July 4 (IANS) Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni played another responsible knock of 46 not out as India took an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the series, winning the third One-day international by six wickets according to the Duckworth-Lewis (DL) Method with just one ball to spare here on a rain-marred Friday.

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St. Lucia (Gros Islet), July 4 (IANS) Ramnaresh Sarwan scored a quick 62 as the West Indies made 185 for seven in 27 overs in the rain-affected third One-day international against India here Friday. But India will require 195 to win after the target was adjusted on the Duckworth/Lewis method.

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India won the third ODI with West Indies on Friday in a rain-shortened encounter at the Beausejour Cricket Ground by six wickets.Set 158 to win after the rain reduced their innings to 22 overs India made 159 for four with a ball to spare after the hosts had scored 186 for seven from 27 overs.

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Play started two hours and five minutes late, following rain in the third One-day International between West Indies and India on Friday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent a show-cause notice to director National Cricket Academy Aamir Sohail for not attending the course held in England.Aamir Sohail did not attend the course and in place of himself sent his subordinate Ali Zia for the course.

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England's all-conquering women's team left it late on Friday to enjoy yet another win over Australia this season.

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England saw several of their likely team for next week's first Ashes Test get a decent workout in a drawn practice match against Warwickshire here at Edgbaston.

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Marcus North all but booked his place in Australia's side for next week's first Ashes Test after making a century in his final innings before the series opener with England.

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India won the toss and decided to take the field on Friday in the third One-day International against West Indies at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.

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England tried to get something out of a rain-affected final day in their final Ashes warm-up match with Ravi Bopara, Paul Collingwood and Matt Prior all making runs against Warwickshire.

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Phillip Hughes can expect plenty of short stuff in next week's first Ashes Test after being bounced out for the second time by Stephen Harmison in Australia's final warm-up match.

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Stephen Harmison reinforced his claims for England's third quick berth in next week's Ashes opener by skittling out Australia's rookie opener Phillip Hughes and captain Ricky Ponting here at New Road on Friday.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is unlikely to participate in the meeting with the three hosts of the 2011 World Cup India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, to discuss and sort out the hosting rights issues.

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Melbourne, July 3 (IANS) Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is all set to sign for Victoria Bushrangers for the Twenty20 Big Bash and play as local hero at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the same venue where 14 years ago he was labelled a chucker by umpire Darrel Hair.

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Melbourne, July 3 (IANS) Australian speedster Brett Lee boosted his selection chances for the first Ashes Test starting Wednesday at Cardiff with a burst of five for 21 in 40 balls in a practice match against Englad Lions at Worcester.

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The internal rift between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials is out in the open again, with the board’s Director Human Resources, Wasim Bari serving a show cause notice to Director National Cricket Academy, Aamir Sohail.

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Fast bowler Steve Harmison has warned that England’s quicks plan to target the body of young Australian batting sensation Phillip Hughes during the Ashes series.

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Pakistan would host New Zealand for three Tests and five one-day internationals on a neutral venue, after all efforts by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to relocate the ‘home’ series against Kiwis to New Zealand failed.

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England''s bowlers are in perfect shape for the Ashes. Pace bowler James Anderson took five wickets, while left-arm spinner Monty Panesar claimed three victims and Andrew Flintoff two.

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Wicketkeeper Matt Prior believes his conversion from wannabe sledger to England''s Mr. Cool can help secure Ashes glory this summer.

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Pakistan all rounder Shahid Afridi has said that Sri Lanka Test series would be challenging for the players, as they would have to change gear from the Twenty20 format of the game to the five-day mode.

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England all rounder Paul Collingwood has revealed his double century in the last Ashes convinced him he could cut it against Australia.

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A little help from former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath has Brett Lee now dreaming of Ashes glory. McGrath popped into the team hotel this week to give Ponting''s men a few tips on knocking over English batsmen.

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Young Indian cricketers should focus on representing their country instead of being lured by the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), legendary opener Sunil Gavaskar has warned.

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A Pakistani former head of cricket's international governing body on Friday accused India of exploiting its financial clout by trying to form a cartel of top nations.

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Muttiah Muralitharan was on Friday ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan with a knee injury, dealing a huge blow to Sri Lanka's bid to win the emotionally-charged series.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting heads into the upcoming Ashes series against England looking to erase the one blot on a CV filled with outstanding achievements.

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Mention the word 'Ashes' to any cricket fan and they know you are talking about a Test contest between England and Australia.

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Australia quick Brett Lee made a statement of intent here Thursday by taking five wickets against the England Lions and followed up with an equally blunt message to the selectors.

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Brett Lee completed the best possible audition for an Ashes Test berth with a five-wicket haul against the England Lions here on Thursday.

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James Anderson signalled his determination to be England's leading pace bowler in the Ashes by taking five wickets in their warm-up match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston here Thursday.

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Karachi, July 2 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a fine of Rs.1 million on bowler Mohammad Asif over his Dubai misadventure.

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England continued their build-up to next week's first Ashes Test by strengthening their grip on this three-day warm-up match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

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Worcestershire's Stephen Moore blasted a century as a virtually full-strength Australia suffered the embarrassment of bowling 45 overs before taking an England Lions wicket.

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Following victory over Sri Lanka in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 2009 at Lord’s last month, Pakistan aims to carry that momentum into the three-Test series against Sri Lanka starting at Galle.

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James Anderson took five wickets to put England in total control of their Ashes warm-up match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston here on Thursday.

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Former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist has backed a "hungry" Brett Lee to fire the Australians to a 2-1 victory in the 2009 Ashes series against England in England.

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Former Australian middle-order batsman Damian Martyn has revealed that he quit because he had lost faith in the system promoted by Cricket Australia. He also said that he could not accept the way the board treated the players

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Denesh Ramdin acknowledged that Friday's third one-day international between West Indies and India is crucial.

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Pakistan has complained of being marginalised in the draft of the next six-year international cricket programme, forcing the signing of the schedule to be postponed, an official said Thursday.

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Australia failed to make a breakthrough against an inexperienced England Lions opening pair after being dismissed for 358 on the second morning here at New Road on Thursday.

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Pakistani cricket authorities on Thursday fined Mohammad Asif one million rupees (12,500 dollars) over the fast bowler?s 19-day detention at Dubai airport for alleged drug possession.

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Retired Test wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist has backed struggling paceman Brett Lee to turn around his woeful record in England in a predicted 2-1 Ashes victory for Australia.

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Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has objected to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) idea of reducing the duration of Test matches from five days to four.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has  awarded a ‘C’ category contract to  rookie fast bowler Mohammad Aamir.

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Pakistan and Sri Lanka make an emotional return to Test cricket on Saturday, almost four months to the day after a militant attack halted their last contest.

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Stephen Harmison believes Australia are short on confidence with the first Ashes Test in Cardiff just a week away.

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If Michael Hussey's Test place was in any lingering doubt, he surely cemented his spot in the Australia side for next week's Ashes opener by making an unbeaten 143 against the England Lions.

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Mike Hussey came back to form with his first century in nine months on a day when several Australia top-order batsmen failed in their final warm-up game before the Ashes.

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Melbourne, July 1 (IANS) Former Australian pacer Jeff Thomson pulled a barbed shaft at compatriot Ricky Ponting, calling him a "crap" skipper with few supporters in the country.

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Alastair Cook warmed up for next week's first Ashes Test with a hundred against Warwickshire here on Wednesday.

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Alastair Cook made an unbeaten fifty as England got off to a sound start in their Ashes warm-up match against Warwickshire here at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

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Melbourne, July 1 (IANS) England's star batsman Kevin Pietersen Wednesday asked Australians to be wary of their reverse-swinging bowlers who scripted the baggy green's downfall in the 2005 Ashes.

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Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) The Indian cricket board Wednesday finalised the seven venues for the one-day series against Australia in October-November.

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Stephen Harmison, bidding to regain his Test place, helped peg back Australia after a 141-run stand from the tourists threatened to undo the England Lions here at New Road on Wednesday.

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India will be looking to edge closer to a rare One-day International series victory against the West Indies in the Caribbean before embarking on a well-earned break from the game.

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Karachi, July 1 (IANS) Pakistan's Sports Minister Pir Aftab Shah Jilani blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for losing the 2011 World Cup hosting rights.

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England's all-powerful women's cricket team eased to a 55 run win at Chelmsford on Tuesday to go 2-0 up over Australia in their five-match one day international series.

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan said that he was convinced that it was time to quit cricket when his three-year-old son, Archie, uprooted his off-stump during a backyard match.

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Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has said Shoaib Akhtar must prove his hundred percent fitness if he wants to secure a berth in the national team.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairperson Ijaz Butt is under attack from all spheres

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England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has said that he has no problem with all-rounder Andrew Flintoff boozing, as long as he knows that he is required to be fit to fire at his opponents on the cricket field.

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The Pakistan government has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the International Cricket Council’ s (ICC) decision to shift 2011 World Cup matches from the country.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the tour match against the England Lions at New Road here on Wednesday.For the final warm-up match ahead of next Wednesday's Ashes opener in Cardiff, Australia showed faith in Nathan Hauritz despite the off-spinner returning match figures of 1-158 in the drawn match with Sussex at Hove.

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Gros Islet (St. Lucia), Ahead of the third one-day international against the West Indies Friday, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his batsmen need to be cautious in handling new-ball bowlers Ravi Rampaul and Jerome Taylor who scripted

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As Australia prepares to battle England for the Ashes, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd revealed Wednesday that his sporting hero did not hail from Down Under and had put Australia to the sword in the 1970s.

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India's cricket board Wednesday announced the venues for the seven-match one-day international series between India and Australia in October-November.

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Sri Lanka has stepped up security for the visiting Pakistan team and slapped new restrictions at match venues, officials said Wednesday.

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan bowed out of cricket saying the current team could match the efforts of the side he led to Ashes glory in 2005.

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Jeff Thomson believes Australia will win the upcoming Ashes series against England by a single Test despite slating the captaincy skills of Ricky Ponting.

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Former England skipper Nasser Hussain praised Michael Vaughan as "one of the very best England captains" Wednesday, the day after he announced he was retiring from the sport.

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Michael Atherton said the fact England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was in the news for missing the team bus during a squad weekend away was an unwanted "distraction" ahead of the Ashes.

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West Indies captain Chris Gayle has signed up for Western Australia's Retravision Warriors for this year's domestic Twenty20 competition, officials said on Wednesday, hailing a major coup.

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London, June 30 (IANS) Former England captain Michael Vaughan Tuesday retired from all forms of cricket bringing down the curtains on an international career spanning over 11 years."After a great deal of consideration, I've decided that now is the right time to retire from cricket. It has been an enormous privilege to have played for and captained my country and this is one of the hardest decisions I have had to make," Vaughan said.

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Karachi, June 30 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Tuesday disbanded the national senior and junior selection committees with immediate effect.The move was on the cards after former chief selector Abdul Qadir resigned midway during the World Twenty20 earlier this month citing differences with the PCB.

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Pace bowlers Brett Lee and Stuart Clark are set to go head-to-head for a place in Australia's team for next week's first Ashes Test in Cardiff.

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan announced his retirement from all professional cricket with immediate effect here at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting said on Tuesday he was taken aback by former England skipper Michael Vaughan's decision to retire from cricket.

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The West Indies selectors have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the two final games of the four-match series against India, to be played at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia.

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As middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf makes his way back into the Pakistan team for the Test series against Sri Lanka, captain Younis Khan has said performance, and not big names, matter in the game.

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The battle for Ashes Test spots has heated up among Australian bowlers with team batsmen bearing their brunt ahead of the July 8 Test.

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The bus driver of the Sri Lankan cricket team, Meher Mohammad Khalil,has said that he would be praying for Pakistan’s victory during the forthcoming Test and one-day series between both the countries.

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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says that he is uncomfortable about former coach and mentor John Buchanan taking up a coaching stint with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

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St. John's, June 30 (IANS) West Indies cricket selectors named an unchanged 13-member sqaud for the last two one-dayers against India.

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England batsman Kevin Pietersen has said that there is a good chance that Australia’s batters will come up against reverse swing during the Ashes series.

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Australian captain Ricky Ponting appears to be quite desperate to get as much information about the pitch at Cardiff, the venue for the first Ashes Test against England.

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Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke says the squad often thinks about former teammate Andrew Symonds

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With the return of middle order batsman Mohammad Yousuf in the team, the Pakistan team management is undecided over how to utilize all rounder Shoaib Malik, and is now thinking of pushing the former captain up the batting order.

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South Africa has handed over England its successful blueprint on how to beat the Australians in the Ashes 2009.

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Australians have been warned of a rare talent, an exciting young leg spinner on the verge of Test selection. The tourists are to be introduced to Adil Rashid in their final tour game at Worcester on Wednesday.

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Lahore, June 30 (ANI): Former Pakistan cricket chief selector, Abdul Qadir has charged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) of ruining cricket in the country, and said that he could write a book on his seven month long ‘experience’

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London, June 30 (ANI): In an attempt to save his career, England spinner Monty Panesar, has turned to basics and is returning to what he does best, bowling the same ball six times an over.

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London, June 30 (ANI): All rounder Andrew Flintoff has warned his England team-mates to avoid basking in the memory of their 2005 Ashes triumph.

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan announced his retirement from all professional cricket with immediate effect here at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

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Melbourne, June 30 (ANI): Australia’s injured all-rounder Shane Watson has been almost ruled out for the first Ashes Test after he did not train with the team in Worcester.

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Michael Vaughan was lauded by Andrew Flintoff as someone "born to be England captain" as the former skipper prepared to announce his retirement from senior cricket.

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Kevin Pietersen reckons England's mastery of reverse-swing will inspire the team to Ashes glory just as it did four years ago on home soil.

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Sri Lanka's veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya turns 40 on Tuesday, with a vow to carry on until the 2011 World Cup despite being the oldest cricketer still playing at the top level.

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London, June 29(ANI): Former Australian spinner Shane Warne has turned up the heat on his continuous feud with English batsman Paul Collingwood, with this time commenting on his performance in the World Twenty20 tournament.

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London, June 29(ANI): Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie believes that Australian bowling spearhead Brett Lee, who has been struggling with injuries, is in danger of falling out of the Australian team, similar to the way that he was dropped after the 2005 Ashes tour.

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South Africa teenage quick Wayne Parnell is returning for a second spell this season with Kent, the English county announced on Monday.

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Sri Lanka on Monday named a 15-man squad for the first of the three Test matches against Pakistan here.

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England's women's side hammered Australia by nine wickets at Chelmsford in the first of five one-day internationals.

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Kingston, June 29 (IANS) West Indies captain Chris Gayle praised fast bowlers Ravi Rampaul and Jerome Taylor for setting up the second one-day international cricket match for the hosts against India here Sunday.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that his side literally took their eyes off the ball in the second One-day International against West Indies on Sunday at Sabina Park.

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Michael Vaughan will retire as one of the "finest Test captains England has seen," according to Geoffrey Boycott.England opening great Boycott, not known for lavishing praise in his role as a trenchant media commentator, added his fellow Yorkshire batsman also had an "exquisite cover-drive to die for".

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Pakistan's Aleem Dar and Billy Doctrove of the West Indies will be the on-field umpires for the first Ashes Test between England and Australia, starting at Cardiff on July 8, it was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday.

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Lahore, June 29 (ANI): After his spectacular performance in the Twenty20 World Cup, Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has said that he is now aiming to fulfill his lifelong ambition of earning a Test cap in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka.

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Lahore, June 29 (ANI): The national selectors, who picked the Pakistan squad that won the Twenty20 World Cup, are angry that they have been completely ignored in the celebrations for the team’s triumph.

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Australia fast bowler Peter Siddle believes the competition for places among the touring squad's quicks bodes well for the upcoming Ashes series against England.

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London, June 29 (ANI): The international career of Australian off spinner Nathan Hauritz is hanging in the balance after taking one wicket for 158 runs in a tour match against Sussex.

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Duncan Fletcher believes Michael Vaughan will be doing the right thing if, as widely anticipated, the former England captain announces his retirement from all senior cricket on Tuesday.

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London, June 29 (ANI): The first cricket pitch used for an Ashes series on English soil has been returned to sporting use after seventy years.According to The Telegraph, veteran international cricketers stepped onto the wicket at Sheffield Park near Uckfield in East Sussex to play a match more than a century after a game was first played there.

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New South Wales have Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara in their sights to play in Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition early next year, officials said on Monday.

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Jamaica (West Indies), June 29 (ANI): A skipper’s knock of 95 by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, could not prevent India from suffering a humiliating eight-wicket defeat at the hands of the West Indies in the second one-day international at Jamiaca’s Sabina Park on Sunday.

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Kingston, June 29 (IANS) Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that Indian batsmen erred in reading the pitch and that resulted in their poor batting display in the second ODI against the West Indies here Sunday.

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The England team have paid a two-day visit to Flanders Field in Belgium, scene of one of World War One's most bloody battles, as part of their preparations for the upcoming Ashes series against Australia.

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Australian allrounder Shane Watson has been named in the New South Wales squad for the 2009/10 season, Cricket NSW said on Monday.

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Mastering English conditions and not fitness issues pose a challenge to Australian paceman Brett Lee ahead of the Ashes series with England, former Test fast bowler Jason Gillespie said Monday.

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Hosts West Indies levelled their four match one day international series with India here on Sunday with an emphatic eight-wicket victory, despite a magnificent 95 runs by Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni fell for 95, after leading India out of a hole, and to a respectable 188 all out in 48.2 overs in the second One-day International against West Indies on Sunday at Sabina Park.

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India won the toss and decided to bat on Sunday in the second One-day International against West Indies at Sabina Park.Both sides have each made one change to their line-ups to boost their attacks which came under pressure in the opening match.

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Disgraced Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds said Sunday he had been diagnosed as a binge-drinker, not an alcoholic, and had felt "caged in" as his celebrity status grew.

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Former England skipper Michael Vaughan is to meet with Yorkshire officials later Sunday amid reports that he is set to announce his retirement from the game.

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India hope to keep the winning momentum when they face West Indies in the second One-day International on Sunday at Sabina Park.

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Yuvraj Singh set India up for a 20-run victory over West Indies in the first One-day International on Friday with a boundary-laced 131.

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Australia coach Tim Nielsen said he was satisfied with his side's workout after seeing the tourists held to a draw by Sussex on Saturday at Hove.

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Lahore, June 27 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has awarded mid-term central contracts to all rounder Abdul Razzaq and middle order batsman Mohammed Yousuf, both of whom had terminated their respective contracts with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) earlier.

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Auckland (New Zealand), June 27 (ANI): New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram has given himself two more years at international level, and says he''s determined to make the most of that time in the middle.At 31, Oram still feels good days are around the corner.

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London, June 27 (ANI): Star batsman KP is happy to accept much of the credit for England''s enhanced team spirit and confidence during the past six months.He says he likes being member of a happy team than skipper of an unhappy one, and adds that England are ready to beat Australia in this summer’s Ashes, which begins at Cardiff on July 8.

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India will play a triangular one-day international tournament in Sri Lanka in September with New Zealand as the third team, the country's cricket board said on Saturday.

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Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam said his players' fitness will be the key on their tour of Sri Lanka as the 15-man Pakistan team set off on Saturday.Alam, who led the team to the World Twenty20 title in England last week, warned that the biggest problem for the tourists will be the hot climate.

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Kingston (Jamaica), June 27 (IANS) Powered by Yuvraj Singh's cracking 131 runs, India defeated West Indies in the first of the four one-day internationals here at the Sabina Park Friday.

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Kingston (Jamaica), June 27 (IANS) Scoreboard of the first one-day international between India and West Indies at Sabina Park here Friday.

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Kingston (Jamaica), June 27 (IANS) India defeated West Indies by 20 runs in the first of the four one-day internationals here at the Sabina Park Friday.

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Kingston (Jamaica), June 27 (IANS) Yuvraj Singh smashed one of his typically dazzling centuries and comeback man Dinesh Karthik struck a solid 67 as India set the West Indies a stiff 340-run target in the first of the four one-day internationals.

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Kingston (Jamaica), June 27 (IANS) A cracking 102-ball 131 by Yuvraj Singh and his 135-run third wicket stand with opener Dinesh Karthik (67) powered India to set the West Indies a 340-run target in the first of the four one-day internationals.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting and several fellow top-order batsmen took advantage of a good pitch and less than express bowling from Sussex in their Ashes tour opener at Hove here on Friday.

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Kingston, June 26 (IANS) West Indies captain Chris Gayle said his team will have to shake off fatigue and focus on winning the four-match One-day series against India, starting Friday.

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Yuvraj Singh still seemed to be stuck in Twenty20 mode, and rescued India with a boundary-laced 131 in the first One-day International against West Indies on Friday.

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Kingston, June 26 (IANS) After playing in cooler climes for over five months, adapting to hot, humid conditions of the Caribbean isles will be the key to his team's success in the four-match ODI series against West Indies.

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London, June 26 (IANS) The England cricket team is all set to chug along to Belgium on the Eurostar to get battle hardened for the first Ashes Test starting July 8 in Cardiff.

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Sydney, June 26 (IANS) Australian cricket fans have asked Ricky Ponting's team not to sledge, swear, cheat and spit during the Ashes series starting next month in England.

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England will host two Test matches and two Twenty20 internationals between Pakistan and Australia in 2010, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Friday.

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London, June 26 (IANS) India's V.V.S. Laxman shone with the bat hitting a breezy 63 in his second match as he guided Lancashire to a 56-run win over Derbyshire in the Twenty20 Cup.

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Dubai, June 26 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Friday the 2011 World Cup cricket matches taken away from Pakistan would be held by other co-hosts India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

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Karachi, June 26 (IANS) Pakistan captain Younis Khan Friday asked his team to put behind the celebrations of their World Twenty20 triumph and focus on the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka that begins June 27.

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London, June 26 (IANS) With just 11 days left for the first Ashes Test, England cricket fans found something to cheer as charismatic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff came back from injury with a glitzy 93 from 41 balls for Lancashire in a Twenty20 match.

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Melbourne, June 26 (ANI): Australian coach Tim Nielsen has warned his bowlers to stop bowling no balls or it could cost them a berth in the Ashes Tests.

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India won the toss and elected to bat in the opening one-day international against the West Indies on Friday at Sabina Park.

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The century hit by master blaster Sachin Tendulkar against England just after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks gave him more satisfaction in comparison to his other tons in all varieties of the game, as it brought back smiles on the faces of terror hit Indians.

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Lahore, June 26 (ANI):  Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has attributed the team’s World Twenty20 win to the special sessions conducted by a sports psychologist ahead of their visit to England.

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Lahore, June 26 (ANI): In an apparent bid to encash on their ICC World Twenty20 triumph, certain Pakistan cricketers may ask their respective franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to hike their fees from the next season, The Daily Times reports.

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Sydney, June 26 (ANI): Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson has promised to maintain his newfound aggression and will be aiming for the badge just above the ribcage England batsman Kevin Pietersen.

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London, June 26 (ANI): Andrew Strauss, back in charge for the Ashes after Paul Collingwood captained England in the World Twenty20, has warned the Australians to not write off Monty Panesar.

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Pakistan vowed Friday to fight for the right to co-host World Cup 2011 matches after the country was stripped of the games by the sport's world governing body because of multiple security concerns.

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London, June 26 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) request to stage its share of 2011 World Cup matches at neutral venues such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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England's Ashes squad are set for a team-building weekend, with players set to depart Friday for an as yet undisclosed location.Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported they could be headed to Belgium to coincide with Armed Forces Day on Saturday.

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Australian cricketers perform better in Ashes series played on their home turf when the El Nino weather system dominates, and worse when its opposite prevails, a British study published Friday said.

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Pakistan captain Younus Khan said Friday his team are ready to rise to the challenge of the Test series against Sri Lanka but admitted they were under pressure following their World Twenty20 victory.

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England captain Andrew Strauss is used to hearing Australia skipper Ricky Ponting announce the opening batsman will be targeted during the forthcoming Ashes series.

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Kevin Pietersen did his best to allay concerns over his troublesome Achilles injury ahead of the Ashes by declaring himself "practically 100 percent fit".

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Australia coach Tim Nielsen came to the defence of his bowlers after they needed more than 80 overs to dismiss Sussex in their Ashes tour opener at Hove here on Thursday.

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International cricket's leading administrator insisted Thursday he was doing all he could to support Pakistan after confirming the troubled country would not host matches at the 2011 World Cup.

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Andrew Flintoff hit his highest competitive score since the 2005 Ashes when he thrashed 93 for Lancashire against Derbyshire in English county cricket's Twenty20 Cup on Thursday.

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New Zealand is set to stage next year's Under-19 World Cup after the International Cricket Council (ICC) said Kenya, the original hosts, were not in a position to put on the tournament.

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England captain Andrew Strauss is used to hearing Australia skipper Ricky Ponting announce the opening batsman will be targeted during the forthcoming Ashes series.

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Matches in the 2011 World Cup due to be staged in Pakistan will not take place in the United Arab Emirates, International Cricket Council president David Morgan said here on Thursday.

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Kingston, June 25 (IANS) West Indies captain Chris Gayle says the team would be looking to make a strong start to the four-match One-day International (ODI) series against India, beginning Friday, so as to keep up the pressure on the visitors.

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Kingston, June 25 (IANS) West Indies captain Chris Gayle says the team would be looking to make a strong start to the four-match One-day International (ODI) series against India, beginning Friday, so as to keep up the pressure on the visitors.

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Australia great Adam Gilchrist has spoken out against the advent of day/night Test cricket.The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Thursday it was looking into day/night Tests which, if a suitable ball could be developed along with several other conditions, could lead to a Test under floodlights in 2010.

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Melbourne, June 25 (ANI): Australia’s chief selector Andrew Hilditch is at the centre of another controversy, with no selector being present to watch a pre-Ashes “bowl-off”.No selector was there to watch comeback pacers Brett Lee and Stuart Clark waiting to make their bids for Ashes spots in the four-day match against county side Sussex.

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Melbourne, June 25 (ANI): Victoria is set to add a second international cricketer to its squad in a bid to reach a fifth consecutive Twenty20 Big Bash final next summer.The Bushrangers on Wednesday confirmed they had signed West Indies all rounder Dwayne Bravo for the 2009-10 series, and another big name is likely to be added to the squad before Christmas Day.

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Karachi, June, 25 (ANI):  Joyous by his team’s brilliant performance to win the ICC World Twenty20 Championship, Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam has expressed the hope that the win would propel Pakistan on the international stage, and mark the start of a new era in the game’s history in the country.

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Islamabad, June 25 (IANS) Pakistan's historic victory in the World Twenty20 tournament had revived the spirit of nationhood in a country that had been suffering from "depression" for the "last few years", Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani

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Melbourne, June 25 (ANI): Fomer Australian vice captain Adam Gilchrist has called for a drastic reduction in the number of Test matches in a bid to help preserve the five-day format from the Twenty20 challenge.

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Lahore, June 25 (ANI):  Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has rejected media reports that said he had influenced captain Younis Khan to field certain players in key matches of the ICC Twenty20 World Championship

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Islamabad, June 25 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said that he would persuade captain Younis Khan to rethink his decision of quitting the Twenty20 format of the game, The Daily Times reports

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London, June 25 (ANI): Spin legend Shane Warne insists that England is wrong to line up Monty Panesar to play in the first Test against Australia, starting July 8.

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Melbourne, June 25 (ANI): The Australians are hoping that injured all rounder Shane Watson will be available for the second tour game in Worcester from July 1.

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Islamabad, June 25 (ANI): Showering praise on the Pakistan cricket team for winning the ICC Twenty20 World Championship, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced a reward of 10 million rupees for the players

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The son of former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer said Thursday captain Younus Khan's decision to dedicate the World Twenty20 title to his late father was very sweet and lovely.

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Melbourne, June 25 (ANI): Australian all rounder Shane Watson is almost certain to not play in the first Ashes Test, after medical scans confirmed a tear in his thigh muscle.The injury-plagued all rounder will not be sent home, but his Ashes prospects have declined as he sat out for county game against Sussex.

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Australia fast bowler Brett Lee insists there is still time for him to become even quicker as he bids to regain his place ahead of next month's first Ashes Test.And he is adamant that, at the age of 32, he remains a "pure fast bowler".

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Former Australia fast bowler Jeff Thomson believes swing bowling could help England in their quest to regain the Ashes.Four years ago in England the ability of Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones to move the ball late at sharp pace played a key role in Australia's 2-1 Ashes series loss.

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Wayward Australian allrounder Andrew Symonds was not included in the Queensland squad for the 2009-10 Australian season when it was announced by Queensland Cricket on Thursday.

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India start their campaign on Friday to put the bad memory of their failure in the World Twenty20 behind them, when they face West Indies in the first One-day International of the four match series.

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Adam Gilchrist has called on cricket's rulers to do all they can to get Twenty20 into the Olympic Games programme.The former Australia wicket-keeper/batsman is convinced the short format is the ideal way to spread the game around the globe to non-traditional cricket countries and that the Olympics is the perfect setting for the achievement of that ambition.

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Sussex's South African debutant seamer Pepler Sandri continued to be a thorn in Australia's side on the first day of their Ashes tour opener here on Wednesday.

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Colombo, June 24 (ANI): While the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is persuading the International Cricket Council (ICC) to overturn its decision of not allowing any World Cup matches in Pakistan, the Sri Lankan Cricket Committee (SLCC) has said that the other three host nations also want that Pakistan should not get any World Cup games.

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Sydney, June 24(ANI): Former Australian cricket captain Allan Border has named Australia’s best players to have played against England in the past 30 years in July’s special Ashes issue of Alpha magazine.Border, who made his Test debut 30 years ago, was the skipper of the 1989 Australian team to tour England, and the ensuing 4-0 thumping set the tone for a 16-year Aussie dominance that lasted until 2005.

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Peshawar, June 24 (ANI): Pakistan speedster Umar Gul has said that reverse swing is an ‘art’ and critised the foreign teams, who had leveled ball tampering charges on their Asian counterparts.Gul said western teams lacked skill and ability to reverse swing the cricket ball, and that is why they always accused Asian fast bowlers of foulplay.

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Wicketkeeper-batsman Morris Ouma was on Wednesday named new Kenyan cricket captain to lead the team in the opening match of the ICC Intercontinental Cup against holders Ireland next month.The Cricket Kenya (CK) selectors have overlooked all-rounder Thomas Odoyo, who was expected to step-up from the vice-captaincy to replace the retiring former skipper Steve Tikolo.

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Former Australia wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist is wary of the threat posed by Andrew Flintoff ahead of the upcoming Ashes series - but only if the England all-rounder is fully fit.

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Australia all-rounder Shane Watson's latest injury is not as bad as first feared, team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said Wednesday.

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Brisbane, June 24(ANI): Three weeks after being sent home from the Twenty20 World Cup following indiscipline charges, Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds successfully held on to a self-imposed booze ban before playing for Wynnum-Manly in an All-Stars rugby match in Brisbane.

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Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that he is prepared to call up a batting replacement to the Ashes squad because of Shane Watson’s knee injury.The injury-hit all rounder was ruled out of the four-day tour match starting on Wednesday against Sussex in Hove after undergoing scans on his knee on Tuesday.

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Melbourne, June 24 (ANI): West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo will be unveiled today as Victoria’s first international cricket signing, contracted for next summer’s domestic Twenty20 competition.Bravo will join the Bushrangers in between international commitments, and will help Victoria in its quest to avenge last season’s loss to NSW in the Twenty20 final through his lusty hitting and clever medium pace.

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England’s fast bowler Stuart Broad wants to help his team regain Ashes, in order to stop his dad Chris from talking about his triumph against Australia 22 years ago.Broad has grown up knowing all about the glory of winning the Ashes, because his father keeps telling him, The Sun reports.

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Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has commended new teenage pace sensation, Mohammad Aamir, for his brilliant show in the ICC Twenty 20 Championship, but said that the young speedster needs to put on some weight to survive the tough world of international cricket.

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Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has said that the thumping win against the New Zealand in the ‘super eight’ match of the ICC Twenty20 World Championship was the turning point of the tournament for his team.Akmal, who emerged as one of Pakistan’s star performers during the championship, said that it was captain Younus Khan and the team management, who motivated him and asked him to open the batting after initial hiccups in the tournament.

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Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam has attributed his team’s title win in the ICC Twenty20 World Championship to team spirit and unity.Talking to media persons just after returning from England, Alam praised all the players for their fine show throughout the tournament, and said that the win would help change the country’s image in the world.

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London, June 24 (ANI): Former Australian vice captain Adam Gilchrist, who was acknowledged as the greatest wicketkeeper-batsman in the history of the game, has said that he struggled to regain confidence in his batting after the battering he took from Andrew Flintoff four years ago, and “the seeds of doubt” that were planted in his mind took 12 months to settle down.

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Simon Katich's 44 not out helped Australia to 90 for two at lunch in the first day of their four-day tour opener against Sussex here on Wednesday.

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India will pose a manifest of problems for hosts West Indies in their forthcoming four match one-day series claimed West Indies' flamboyant captain Chris Gayle on Tuesday.

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Sydney, June 23 (ANI): Former Australian star, Mark Waugh, has expressed confidence in the Australian squad ahead of the historic Ashes series, saying that Australia is well placed to retain the trophy in England.“Australia take a good form line from South Africa, winning the series over there. I think Australia will probably win the series,” Fox Sports quoted Waugh, as saying.

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Melbourne, June 23 (ANI): The Ashes prospects of injury-plagued Australian all rounder Shane Watson have become bleak after he was too sore to train with the team in England today.Medical staff is monitoring Watson closely, after he complained of general stiffness and was confined to the team rooms during a training session at Brighton.

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Lahore, June 23 (ANI): With Pakistan pocketing the ICC World Twenty20 Championship, speculations are rife that Pakistani players would once again feature in the Indian Premier League (IPL).Several IPL franchises, who had signed Pakistani players for their respective teams, are hoping that the players would return for the third season of the IPL in 2010, after heightened tension between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack, forced the players to sit out of the cricket extravaganza this year.

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Police whisked Pakistan's Twenty20 World Cup-winning team away from jubilant fans at Lahore airport on Tuesday amid continuing security fears in the city.The squad were rushed from another terminal, bypassing hundreds of fans who wanted to greet the players with music and garlands.

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Fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has been named Bangladesh's new captain for an upcoming tour of the West Indies, the country's cricket board announced on Tuesday.The 26-year-old paceman replaced Mohammad Ashraful, who was removed on Monday after the team's first-round exit from the recent World Twenty20 in England.

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Karachi, June 23 (ANI): Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi’s father, Sahibzada Fazl-ur Rehman is over the moon, after his son’s stupendous all-round performance helped Pakistan win the ICC Twenty20 Championship.Ecstatic over the team’s brilliant performance to beat  the favorites Sri Lanka in the final of the tournament at Lord’s, Rehman said his son has given him the best gift on father’s day.“I am the proudest of all the Pakistani fathers because my son has given me the best gift on father''s day,” The Dawn quoted Rehman, as saying.

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ydney, June 23 (ANI): New South Wales is planning to target Pakistani batsman Shahid Afridi as its foreign import for next season’s domestic Twenty20 competition.NSW will approach Afridi to join their team with the intention of qualifying him for the lucrative Champions League Twenty20 tournament in 2010, but he could also be used in the Sheffield Shield.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting said fast bowler Brett Lee was "jumping out of his skin" in his quest to get back in the Test side ahead of the Ashes series in England.

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London, June 23 (ANI): Ahead of making his Ashes debut, English batsman Ravi Bopara has warned the Aussies not to waste their breath trying to sledge him.England''''s No 3 was tickled by Oz legend Shane Warne labelling him vain, and claiming he is “too worried about how he looks” on the field.

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London, June 23 (ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that he loves Leicester, where his team has been based after their early exit from the Twenty20 World Cup.The skipper further said that Australian players are perfectly prepared for their Ashes tour.

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London, June 22 (IANS) No Indian player found a place in the World Twenty20 men's team while Rumeli Dhar was the only one from the country to feature in the women's team, announced by a select group of experts chosen by International Cricket Council (ICC) Monday.

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Sydney, June 22 (IANS) Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie feels that Brett Lee can become a formidable force against England in the Ashes series if he can get his length right."The key to Brett's success is the length he bowls. When he gets his length right he is one of the toughest propositions to face in world cricket but when he misses his length, as has been shown, he can go a little bit," Gillespie was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Sydney, June 22 (IANS) In its attempt to pioneer day-night Tests, Cricket Australia (CA) will set a mock Test with different coloured balls under lights.
CA's operations manager Michael Brown said that it would be a controlled experiment during which players would be invited at the Melbourne Cricket Guard (MCG) or the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to face coloured balls under lights and Channel Nine will see how it looks on camera.

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Sydney, June 22 (IANS) Andrew Symonds swapped the green and gold jersey of the Australia cricket team for the green and red of Wynnum-Manly to fulfil his dream of playing a senior rugby league match. Symonds has been stripped of his central contract by Cricket Australia (CA) and now the Queenslander is free to play rugby which was deemed too risky for his physical well-being when he was a contracted player.

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Bangladeshi cricket authorities on Monday sacked the national team captain, an official said, 10 days after returning home to fans angry at an early exit from the World Twenty20 tournament.

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Johannesburg, June 22 (IANS) South Africa may have fallen short of winning the World Twenty20, but coach Mickey Arthur believes they have sorted out the problem of bowling at death.South Africa finally seem to be getting to grips with "death bowling" which has been an ongoing problem in both the 20 overs and 50 overs format for the side. This is particularly relevant looking ahead to the Proteas' next challenge, the Champions Trophy in South Africa at home in September.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting said on Monday it was no shock to him that Michael Vaughan had been left out of England's 16-man Ashes training squad announced earlier in the day.

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As Pakistan continued to celebrate its World Twenty20 triumph Monday, former cricket greats voiced hopes that the victory could help restore the strife-torn nation's place in international cricket.

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Four members of the victorious Pakistan team that beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in Sunday's final of the World Twenty20 were named in the team of the tournament announced by the ICC here on Monday.

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Islamabad, June 22 (DPA) Jubilations are rare these days in Pakistan as suicide bombers roam around looking for targets, but the nation's victory in the Twenty20 World Cup provided the sad nation with an opportunity to celebrate.

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World Twenty20 champions Pakistan on Monday unveiled the 15-man squad to tour Sri Lanka next week, including in the line-up pardoned rebel Indian league players Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq.

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Former captain Michael Vaughan was left out Monday of England's Ashes training camp squad.Vaughan has not played for England since resigning as captain following last year's third Test against South Africa at Edgbaston, although he has often stressed how he he wants to play in the upcoming Ashes.

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Pakistan captain Younis Khan drew a parallel between his team’s Twenty20 World Cup triumph at Lords’ with Imran Khan’s 1992 World Cup victory.“I''m the second Khan,” Younus said, addressing a post victory press conference.Pakistan team’s fight back story in the 16-day Twenty20 championship mirrors that of 1992 team led by Imran Khan, who famously urged his players to fight “as if you were a cornered tiger.”

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London, June 22 (ANI): After lifting this year’s Twenty20 World Cup at Lord''s, Pakistan’s triumphant captain Younus Khan made an emotional appeal to all teams to tour his turbulent nation in a bid to revive cricket in the sports mad country."I think it (the win) was a gift for all our nation. Everybody must come to Pakistan, we need a home test series. How can we attract the youngsters? Players must come to Pakistan," Sky News quoted Khan, as saying.

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Pakistan Monday announced their 15-man squad for the tour of Sri Lanka starting next week.Pakistan, who won the second edition of the World Twenty20 in London on Sunday, will play three Tests, five one-day internationals and a one twenty20 match on the tour starting next week.

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Pakistan's swashbuckling all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Monday became the toast of the troubled nation after his performance with both bat and ball lifted his team to World Twenty20 success.

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Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara put aside the hype over Twenty20 on Monday and declared that Test cricket remains the pinnacle of the sport.

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Pakistan captain Younus Khan urged the international cricket community to return to the troubled Asian nation after leading his side to victory in the World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka.

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New Zealand captain Aimee Watkins said England were "leaps and bounds" ahead in women's cricket after the hosts won their second straight major final to lift the World Twenty20 trophy here at Lord's

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Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan was on Sunday named as the player of the tournament at the World Twenty20 despite being dismissed for nought in the eight-wicket final defeat to Pakistan.

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Residents in Indian-ruled Kashmir Sunday fired crackers in the region's main city after Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win the World Twenty20 championship, witnesses said.

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Pakistan captain Younus Khan announced his retirement from T20 internationals after leading his side to victory in the 2009 Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka at Lord's here on Sunday.

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Pakistan superstar Shahid Afridi was hailed as 'awesome' on Sunday after the mercurial all-rounder led his country to the World Twenty20 title.

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Pakistan won their first major title in 17 years when they stunned Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the World Twenty20 final at a sell-out Lord's here on Sunday.

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Abdul Razzaq claimed three wickets as a fired-up Pakistan restricted Sri Lanka to 138-6 in the World Twenty20 final at Lord's here on Sunday.

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan is set to discover on Monday if he is in line for a Test recall against Australia when the selectors name an extended squad for an Ashes training camp.

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The International Cricket Council will debate Pakistan's future as a World Cup host later this week after talks failed between South Asian co-hosts for the 2011 event.

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England quick Katherine Brunt took three wickets as New Zealand were bowled out for just 85 in the women's World Twenty20 final at Lord's here on Sunday.

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West Indies have named a 13-man squad without Fidel Edwards for the first two one-day internationals against India this coming Friday and Sunday at Sabina Park in Kingston.

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England captain Charlotte Edwards won the toss and elected to field against New Zealand in the women's World Twenty20 final at Lord's here on Sunday.

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Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara believes Pakistan's major asset ahead of Sunday's World Twenty20 final is their penchant for unpredictability.

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India have arrived in the Caribbean promising to put the bad memory of their failure in the Twenty20 World Cup behind them.

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New Zealand hope playing at Lord's will inspire them to victory against England in the women's World Twenty20 final here on Sunday.

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Pakistan cricket chiefs said on Saturday they will restart legal proceedings against the International Cricket Council after talks over hosting World Cup matches in 2011 broke down.

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A trio of Australian officials will umpire the World Twenty20 final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Lord's on Sunday, the International Cricket Council announced here on Saturday.

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Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam has urged his team not to falter at the last step as it takes on Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20 final at Lord's on Sunday.

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Pakistan and Sri Lanka playing in the World Twenty20 final on Sunday will send a strong message to the world that cricket cannot be brought down by terrorism, former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja said.

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Pakistan and Sri Lanka, two teams linked by tragedy, will contest the World Twenty20 final at Lord's on Sunday.Six policemen and two civilians were killed, and seven Sri Lankan squad members injured, when militants launched a gun and grenade assault on their team bus as they travelled to a Test match in Lahore on March 3.

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Shahid Afridi is desperate not to end up on the losing side for the third time in a row when he turns out for Pakistan in the World Twenty20 final at Lord's on Sunday.

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West Indian captain Chris Gayle is not losing heart after the semi-final loss in the World Twenty20 and has vowed to bounce back in the upcoming one-day series against India.The West Indies exited from the tournament on Friday after a stinging 57-run defeat by Sri Lanka at the Oval, but Gayle said he was proud that his team had reached the semi-finals.

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Sri Lanka have been fined for a slow over-rate during their 57-run win over West Indies in Friday's World Twenty20 semi-final at the Oval, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced here Saturday.

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Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara hailed Tillekaratne Dilshan as a "pioneer" on Friday after the opener hit an unbeaten 96 to lead his side past West Indies and into the World Twenty20 final.Sri Lanka cruised to a comfortable 57-run win at the Oval and will now take on Pakistan in the final at Lord's on Sunday.

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Tillekaratne Dilshan's 96 not out was the centrepiece of Sri Lanka's 158 for five against the West Indies in Friday's World Twenty20 semi-final here at the Oval.

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West Indies captain Chris Gayle won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in their World Twenty20 semi-final at the Oval here on Friday.

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Claire Taylor's unbeaten 76 saw England into the final of the women's World Twenty20 as they beat arch-rivals Australia by eight wickets at the Oval here on Friday.

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England pace bowler Simon Jones insists he will not retire despite being told he won't play this year.

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Australia are capable of retaining the Ashes against England despite losing in the opening round of the ongoing World Twenty20 championship, legendary captain Steve Waugh said here on Friday.

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Ricky Ponting has warned England he is determined to erase the bitter memories of his last Ashes tour by leading Australia to victory over the old enemy.

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Pakistanis rejoiced Friday as their cricket team beat South Africa and booked a place in the World Twenty20 final, bringing rare joy in a nation used to sombre news of bomb blasts and Taliban violence.

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Skipper Aimee Watkins led New Zealand into the final of the women's World Twenty20 with a rousing 52-run win over India here on Thursday.

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Simon Katich admits he is desperate to erase the bitter memories of his last Ashes tour as the Australia batsman bids to make the most of an unexpected return to England.

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West Indies captain Chris Gayle expects India to be back to their best when the teams meet in the Caribbean for a one-day series starting next week.

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South African captain Graeme Smith will not let his team be branded chokers anymore despite failing to make the final of the World Twenty20 here.

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Pakistan captain Younus Khan wants his team to win the World Twenty20 title to bring joy to the millions in his volatile country starved of big-time cricket.

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Shahid Afridi shone with bat and ball as Pakistan dumped South Africa by seven runs to storm into the World Twenty20 final here on Thursday.

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Shahid Afridi hit 51 off 34 balls as Pakistan made a challenging 149-4 in the World Twenty20 semi-final against South Africa at Trent Bridge here on Thursday.

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Unorthodox Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis insisted Thursday ahead of the World Twenty20 semi-final with the West Indies that no batsman has figured me out yet.

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Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the World Twenty20 semi-final at Trent Bridge here on Thursday.

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West Indies captain Chris Gayle said he had learned a lot of good points from working under John Buchanan after it was announced the Australian had parted company with the Kolkata Knight Riders.

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Australia batsman David Hussey signed a short-term deal with English county Nottinghamshire on Thursday.

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Shane Warne believes England batsman Ravi Bopara will flop in the forthcoming Ashes series because he is more concerned with style than substance.

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England pace bowler Simon Jones has suffered a further blow to his hopes of a comeback after having fluid drained from his troublesome knee.

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West Indies are confident of chasing nearly any total in this event; Sri Lanka believe there is no score they can't defend. Clearly, something will have to give in their World Twenty20 semi-final.

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South Africa are confident they can handle Umar Gul's reverse swing when they clash with Pakistan in the World Twenty20 semi-final on Thursday.

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West Indies wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin believes it is imperative they dominate Sri Lanka's unusual spin attack if they are to win Friday's World Twenty20 semi-final at the Oval.

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Injury-prone England pace bowler Simon Jones has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to a knee injury, his county Worcestershire confirmed on Thursday.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni's India hope a one-day series in the West Indies later this month will help them recover from a dismal campaign in the World Twenty20.

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South Africa pace bowler Nantie Hayward is in line to make his Derbyshire debut after being given the visa that allows him to play for the English county.

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India's cricket selectors on Wednesday rested key players Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan for the limited-overs tour of West Indies starting later this month.

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After Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene had reversed-swept him off the back of the bat during their World Twenty20 Super Eights win over New Zealand at Trent Bridge on Tuesday, Jacob Oram smiled.

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An intriguing battle is on the cards when favourites South Africa clash with buoyant Pakistan in the semi-final of the World Twenty20 here on Thursday.

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Sri Lanka expect the spinners to pick up another rich haul when they take on the West Indies in the World Twenty20 semi-final at the Oval on Friday.

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Brad Haddin cut a largely anonymous figure in England four years ago but he is now set to be centre stage when the Ashes get underway next month.

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Pakistan captain Younus Khan has said his side would love to win the World Twenty20 as a tribute to their former coach Bob Woolmer.

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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted his highly-regarded batsmen had flopped after the defending champions lost their third successive World Twenty20 Super Eights match on Tuesday.

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Favourites South Africa struggled against India's bowling attack to manage just 130-5 in the last Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 here on Tuesday.

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Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara saluted beguiling spinner Ajantha Mendis on Tuesday after his side reached the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a 48-run win over New Zealand.

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England are set to announce an extended squad as they prepare for the forthcoming Ashes series against Australia.

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Skipper Kumar Sangakkara hit 35 to anchor Sri Lanka to 158-5 against New Zealand in a must-win Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 at Trent Bridge on Tuesday.

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Pakistan's cricket board said Tuesday they had appointed Wasim Bari as interim chief selector to pick the team for next month's series against Sri Lanka after Abdul Qadir quit the post.

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Sri Lanka's captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in a crucial group F Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 here on Tuesday.

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A team of Aboriginal cricketers sets off for Britain on Saturday, following in the footsteps of a pioneering indigenous side recognised as the first to represent Australia in any sporting code.

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board Tuesday lifted its ban on players who had defected to the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), allowing them to rejoin domestic cricket.

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Paul Collingwood said England's morale would not be damaged ahead of the Ashes by their World Twenty20 Super Eights exit at the hands of the West Indies.

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West Indies captain Chris Gayle was a happy man as his side atoned in part for their disaster tour of England by going through to the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 at the hosts' expense.

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Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday received sound backing from the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, who refused to blame him for his team's shock ouster from the World Twenty20.

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Pakistan captain Younus Khan said the additional scrutiny his team had been placed under at the World Twenty20 because of ball-tampering allegations was embarrassing.

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Pakistan could earn more than 10 million dollars even if they don't host a single match in cricket's World Cup in 2011, the sport's governing body has indicated.

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India's coach Gary Kirsten pointed fingers at the cash-rich Indian Premier League for his team's ouster from the World Twenty20, saying it had left the players tired.

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New Zealand hope they can benefit from inside knowledge on Sri Lanka's mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis in their crucial World Twenty20 clash at Trent Bridge on Tuesday.

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Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul steered the West Indies into the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 at England's expense as they beat the hosts by five wickets on the Duckworth/Lewis method here Monday.

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Pakistan ended Ireland's slim hopes of qualifying for the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a 39-run victory at the Oval here on Monday.

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