Afghanistan's fairytale story in the world of cricket continued on Saturday as they defeated hosts United Arab Emirates to reach their first major finals, the World Twenty20 finals in the West Indies which runs from April 30 to May 16.

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Four teams including Afghanistan can still book one of two places in the ICC World Twenty20 finals in the West Indies in two months time after the qualifiers were thrown wide open on Friday.

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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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Host nations at the 2011 World Cup in Asia are set to be allowed to play quarter and semi-final matches on their own soil, according to plans submitted to the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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Mumbai, Oct 14 (IANS) The 2011 Cricket World Cup final will be played in Mumbai and one of the semi-finals at Mohali in Punjab.Two other matches will also be played at Mohali's Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium.

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Bangladesh will host the opening ceremony of the 2011 Cricket World Cup Feb 17.The Central Organising Committee (COC) of the World Cup met here Wednesday and also decided that the inaugural match of the World Cup will be held in Bangladesh Feb 19. The full schedule of the tournament will be released Nov 9.

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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sri Lanka's explosive batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan have both been nominated in three different categories of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Awards 2009.

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David Hussey smashed his first one-day international century as Australia began life without the Ashes by cruising to a 189-run win against Scotland in a 50-over clash at Edinburgh on Friday.

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David Hussey smashed his first one-day international century as Australia began life without the Ashes by scoring 345 all out in Friday's one-day international against Scotland in Edinburgh.

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Australia''s touring squad has arrived in Edinburgh for Friday''s one-day tour match against Scotland.

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Turn and trickery, rather than raw pace, are proving match-winners at the World Twenty20 as slow bowlers put the brakes on the game's big hitters.

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South Africa captain Graeme Smith said his side had "sent a message" after their crushing 130-run win over Scotland at the ICC World Twenty20.

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AB de Villiers's 79 not out provided the platform for South Africa to crush Scotland by 130 runs in the Proteas' opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Oval here on Sunday.

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AB de Villiers's unbeaten 79 saw South Africa to an impressive total of 211 for five against minnows Scotland in their ICC Twenty20 World Cup clash at the Oval here on Sunday.

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Scotland captain Gavin Hailton won the toss and elected to field against South Africa in their Group D ICC World Twenty20 match at the Oval on Sunday.Scotland made two changes to the side that lost to New Zealand by seven wickets in a seven overs per side match on Saturday.

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Scotland set New Zealand 90 to win in their opening ICC Group D world Twenty20 match at the Oval here on Saturday.In a match reduced by rain to seven overs per side, the minnows made 89 for four thanks to big-hitting from Ryan Watson, Navdeep Poonia and Kyle Coetzer.

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South Africa begin their quest to win the ICC World Twenty20 title against Scotland at the Oval on Sunday determined to shed their reputation as one-day 'chokers'.

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New Zealand stand-in captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and elected to field against Scotland in their Group D ICC World Twenty20 opener at the Oval here on Saturday.

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Rain delayed the scheduled 10:00am local time (0900GMT) start of the Group D ICC World Twenty20 match between New Zealand and Scotland at the Oval here on Saturday.

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New Zealand's World Twenty20 opener against Scotland at the Oval on Saturday promises to be a low key affair - and that is, you suspect, just the way the Black Caps want it.

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Left-arm spinner Pieter Seelaar took three wickets as the Netherlands beat Scotland by seven wickets in their ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match at the Oval here on Wednesday.

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Netherlands captain Jeroen Smits won the toss and elected to field against Scotland in their ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match at the Oval here on Wednesday.

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Kevin Pietersen hit an unbeaten 53 to steer England to an unconvincing six-wicket win over Scotland with six balls remaining at Trent Bridge here on Tuesday in a World Twenty20 warm-up.

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Scotland come into the World Twenty20 desperate to be, at the very least, competitive against the likes of Group C rivals South Africa and New Zealand after some worrying recent results.

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The future of international cricket's controversial umpiring referral system will be up for discussion when a group of leading administrators gathers here at Lord's.

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The Afghanistan cricket dreamers are at it again. Not satisfied with a meteoric rise from fifth-division non-entities to the verge of World Cup qualification within one year, they have adjusted their sights to facing the likes of Australia and Pakistan at one-day level.

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Ireland outplayed Canada in the 2011 Cricket World Cup Qualifier feature match here on Monday while fairytale contenders Afghanistan lost again.Undefeated knocks by Kevin O'Brien (89) and Eoin Morgan (84) steered pre-tournament favourites Ireland to a six-wicket triumph over Canada at Willowmoore Park.

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Resurgent Kenya halted the victory roll of giantkillers Afghanistan Saturday with a 107-run win in the 2011 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

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Giantkillers Afghanistan claimed another 2011 Cricket World Cup Qualifier victim Thursday with a 60-run triumph over Bermuda in Potchefstroom.

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Disgruntled opening batsman Riffatullah Momand Tuesday mulled his future -- whether to wait four years to become eligible to play for Afghanistan or revive his career in Pakistan.

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A cricket match between Scotland and England looks set to be played as England prepare for the summer ICC World Twenty20 competition, the England and Wales Cricket board said on Wednesday.

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International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman David Morgan said here Thursday that, for all its problems, "world cricket has probably never been healthier."And the Welshman added five-day Tests had nothing to fear from the growing popularity of Twenty20, the shortest form of major international cricket.

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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has told Test match referees and umpires to come down hard on slow over-rates and verbal abuse.

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A top Bangladesh cricket official Tuesday rejected accusations from Pakistan that it failed to offer its support in the row over the rescheduled Champions Trophy.

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Concerned by dwindling spectator interest in Test matches, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday said it was looking into ways to jazz up the long version of the game.

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The International Cricket Council said Wednesday it had decided to reschedule the Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan, postponed this year amid security concerns, to next September.

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When veteran Chinese leader Zhou Enlai was asked in the early 1970s what he thought of the impact of the French Revolution of 1789, he replied: "It is too early to say."

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England's seam attack limited Scotland to 156 for 9 in a one-day international here on Monday - but rain forced the match to be abandoned with England 10 for 0 in reply.

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