Coach Greg Chappell's association with Indian cricket may be over after next year's World Cup, Australian media reported on Tuesday against the backdrop of the team's early exit from the ongoing Champions Trophy.

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Yuvraj Singh has been officially ruled out of the one-day series in South Africa after medical reports confirmed a ligament tear behind his left knee. Yuvraj - initially named in the touring squad - consulted Dr Anant Joshi, the Indian cricket board's consultant orthopaedic specialist in Mumbai yesterday, who confirmed the news. He will replaced by Dinesh Karthik, the wicketkeeper batsman.

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Scott Styris, who made 101 the last time New Zealand met Australia in a one-day international, is almost certain to miss the Champions Trophy semi-final between the two sides on Wednesday. The New Zealand coach John Bracewell said Styris' recurring back injury was again causing him problems.

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Pat Symcox, the former South Africa offspinner, has announced he will quit as a TV commentator after the South Africa-India series at the end of the year.

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Imagine Australia preparing for a future Ashes series in Dubai or Pakistan holding a training camp ahead of a high-voltage tour in the desert country.

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notices to the Centre, Union Health Ministry and BCCI on a petition opposing the appearance of three Indian cricketers in an advertisement for a liquor company.

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South African wicket-keeper Mark Boucher, who played a crucial role in the team's win over Pakistan last week in the Champions Trophy, has regained his A+ contract.

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Blaming the Pakistan Cricket Board for the doping scandal involving pacers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, a member of the tribunal investigating the matter said the PCB needs to have a counselling system in place to avoid becoming a 'laughing stock' in future.

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Mitchell Johnson should already be pencilled in as Australia's third fast bowler for the first Ashes Test, according to his Queensland captain Jimmy Maher. Maher weighed into the debate after playing against Johnson's main rival for the Ashes spot, Stuart Clark, in a Pura Cup match at the Gabba.

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a tender to sell marketing rights, including those for television and the internet, for six years until 2012.

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After an unlucky fortnight in which he broke a finger and was attacked by a dog, Matthew Hayden's focus will be back on his batting on Saturday with his selection in Queensland's squad for the Ford Ranger Cup clash against Tasmania at Hobart.

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Mohammad Sami, the Pakistan fast bowler, stands a chance of regaining his place in the Pakistan squad for the home series against the West Indies in November after Wasim Bari, the chief selector, stated that Sami would appear in a proposed warm-up game in Lahore before the first Test. Sami has been asked to appear in a 'camp for future players' starting at Lahore from November 1.

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Javed Omar, the Bangladesh opening batsman, has been included among the 23 probables for the home series against Zimbabwe. Omar had been in and out of the one-day side since the tour of Zimbabwe in July, and was excluded from the subsequent tour of Kenya and the Champions Trophy in India.

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One of VVS Laxman's biggest regrets is that he was left out of the team that played the 2003 World Cup. In that tournament, Anil Kumble only played three matches - against Netherlands, and then the crucial games against Pakistan and Australia, while Harbhajan Singh was picked over him regularly. With the one-day team suffering a lengthy slump, having most recently been knocked out of the Champions Trophy, it was thought that the selectors might just go back to the two veterans for the tour of South Africa.

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Australia's one-day squad will undergo few, if any, changes before the World Cup begins in March, according to the captain Ricky Ponting. He said the 14 players in India for the Champions Trophy would be the basis of the line-up, although injuries and form lapses were unpredictable.

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Steve Harmison will be at the top of his form by the time the Ashes begin at the end of November, England bowling coach Kevin Shine has insisted.

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Steve Harmison will be at the top of his form by the time the Ashes begin at the end of November, England bowling coach Kevin Shine has insisted.

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Wasim Jaffer, Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble have been included in India's 16-man one-day international squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa. Ramesh Powar and Rudra Pratap Singh are the men to miss out, while VRV Singh and Dinesh Karthik have been put on stand-by for the injured Ajit Agarkar and Yuvraj Singh. Agarkar's fitness report is expected on November 10, while Yuvraj's verdict is due this evening.

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Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid (capt), Wasim Jaffer, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Mongia, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Irfan Pathan, Yuvraj Singh (Dinesh Karthik on stand-by), Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Ajit Agarkar (VRV Singh on stand-by).

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The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) officials have criticised the ICC for not making proper arrangements for the officials to carry out random drug tests on players during the Champions Trophy. Yousef Hasan and Badar Al Saeed, the two officials representing the WADA, said that the ICC had received a list of requirements from the WADA about the facilities that they required, but the ones that it provided were not up to standard.

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Injured Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh is to be examined by Indian cricket board's consultant physician Anant Joshi here today, the cricketer said on arrival last night.

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West Indies player Dwayne Bravo has been found not guilty of breaching the ICC code of conduct during his team's ODI in the champions trophy against England, the ICC said today.

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The Indian team received a major blow ahead of the virtual quarter-final against Australia with Yuvraj Singh, the middle-order batsman, being ruled out of the match after injuring his left knee during a practice session.

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Curator Daljit Singh has denied that the track prepared by him at the PCA stadium had been a batsman's nightmare, claiming it showed even bounce and runs were in the offing if batsmen had applied themselves. "The pitch is showing even bounce and I don't subscribe to those saying it has favoured all the way bowlers only," Singh said here today.

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Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Friday shied away from commenting on Rahul Dravid's captaincy saying every leader had his own style.

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West Indies vs England, 11th Match, ICC Champions Trophy

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From being a bits-and-pieces unit to one of the best One-Day teams, New Zealand reached dizzying heights when they won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2000. And as the first to reach the semi-finals this time around, the Kiwis owe a lot to their inspirational leader. Ten years as skipper, a winning record of about 50 per cent and also the most runs scored as the skipper, Stephen Fleming has led New Zealand admirably.

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India lost the Group A match against West Indies and now must beat world champion Australia to reach the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy. However, that was not the only bad news for Team India. Adding injury to insult, India has suffered a major setback ahead of their crucial game against Australia. Ajit Agarkar has been ruled out of the rest of the tournament due to a hairline fracture in his left thumb.

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Pakistan vs South Africa, 10th Match, ICC Champions Trophy

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The Indian team for the forthcoming tour of South Africa will be selected on October 30 at Mohali. "Selection of Indian team for its South Africa tour will be done at Mohali on October 30," Cricket Board secretary Niranjan Shah told mediapersons here.

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Australia's young pacer Mitchell Johnson on Thursday, admitted that bowling on Indian pitches was challenging, but said he would try to exploit the bounce which the Mohali track offered.

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Australia are preparing for Sunday's key Champions Trophy clash against hosts India by practicing with a wet ball to get used to the late evening dew that drenches the outfield.

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Andrew Flintoff insists that England's cricketers care just as much about one-day cricket as they do about the forthcoming Ashes series, despite a run of feeble performances that has left them on the brink of elimination from the ICC Champions Trophy.

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India were in real danger of being knocked out of the Champions Trophy after a heart-breaking three-wicket defeat at the hands of title holders West Indies who became the second team to qualify for the semi-finals.

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The veteran left-hander struggled with back spasms while batting in the win over Australia last week and will have a late fitness Test in Ahmedabad.

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Pakistan Cricket Board has sought to downplay the raging debate on the influence of Islam on the cricket team, saying its chairman Nasim Ashraf was himself a practicing Muslim and his comments were "misinterpreted".

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After regaining his touch as a batsman, Sachin Tendulkar could now display his bowling skills in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy. Team India Skipper Rahul Dravid said that Tendulkar was bowling in the nets and he was thinking of tossing the ball to him in the tournament.

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Ashley Giles, England's spinner who has been out of action for almost a year, has said that he remains confident that he will be fit enough to play some part in the forthcoming Ashes series.

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India captain Rahul Dravid has told his under-achieving team to raise their performance against a resurgent West Indies in their Champions Trophy match here on Thursday.

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Groundsmen at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here were working out an arrangement to mop up dew from the ground during the four day-night matches of the ICC Champions Trophy to be played here between Oct 25 and Nov 1.

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New Zealand v Pakistan, 8th match, Champions Trophy

New Zealand saw off Pakistan by 51 runs to reach the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy - which also saw Sri Lanka eliminated from the tournament.

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Sourav Ganguly’s captaincy approach has a fan in New Zealand’s Stephen Fleming. “Sourav was an emotional captain and his style was a very confrontational one,” the Kiwi skipper said here on Tuesday.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board has no takers for around 1000 tickets for their team's upcoming matches against New Zealand and South Africa in Mohali in the ongoing Champions Trophy. The Punjab Cricket Association dispatched 1000 tickets of 5000 rupees denomination each to the PCB that they received on Saturday.

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Spin-king Shane Warne today defended Australia's ageing top-order batsmen and the form of fast bowler Glenn McGrath ahead of next month's Ashes series against England.

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Expressing his reservations on using glue to fix pitches, Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has said the International Cricket Council must be careful about the use of artificial substances in final preparation of wickets at the highest level.

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Sri Lanka v South Africa, 7th match, Champions Trophy

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Sri Lanka face South Africa in the first of the three One Day Internationals to be played at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad on October 24.

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Chandigarh: Many players in the current Pakistani cricket team seem to be big fans of Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan. "I watched the movie Don and liked it very much. My father and Shahrukh's father also enjoyed good relations," Pakistan captain Younis Khan said the other day.

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First it was Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar in Malaysia. Then it was Kevin Pietersen and figures of 3 for 40 in a fine performance against England on Saturday. Now Mitchell Johnson has re-set his sights on bowling at 150kph as his promising international career develops quickly.

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The table tennis ball bounced past, blissfully uncontested, as I was still rejoicing in the magnificence of following through on a fearsome smash, utterly convinced that the point was already mine.

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With the World Cup less than five months away, Barbados is gearing up to play host to plenty of cricket fans. The latest initiative is to have 14 cruise ships docked at its port, of which six will serve as permanent floating hotels to make up for the lack of conventional hotel rooms.

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Geoff Boycott has called on Duncan Fletcher to be sacked as England coach less than a month before the start of the Ashes. Boycott's comments came in the aftermath of England's defeat by Australia in the Champions Trophy. He said that Fletcher, who has been in the job for seven years, had reached the end of his shelf-life.

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Pakistan Cricket Board has been accused of violating the International Cricket Council's anti-doping code in publicly exposing the names of pace duo Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif before their guilt was established.

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A Pakistan Cricket Board-appointed drug tribunal has formally chargesheeted bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif after conducting its first hearing in Lahore.

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Ricky Ponting insists Damien Martyn is under no pressure to hold the Test spot he won back in South Africa for the Ashes. Martyn was dropped after England won the 2005 series, but he made a strong point against them with a smooth 78 that ended any chance of another defeat in the Champions Trophy game on Saturday

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The largest national security crackdown in Australia's sporting history is underway to protect this year's Ashes series against England from the threat of terrorism, cricket authorities said Sunday.

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Sri Lanka's star batsman Sanath Jayasuriya managed to take time off from his team's tour of India for the ongoing Champions Trophy to see his new-born son here. "It's a great feeling and I was keen to get back home to see the baby," Jayasuriya told reporters on Sunday as he prepared to depart after seeing his wife and son, both of whom were doing well.

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The minnows meet again. Bangladesh will host Zimbabwe in a five-match one-day series starting in November, the Bangladesh board announced on Sunday.

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With a renewed apetite for runs after a long injury lay-off, Sachin Tendulkar today went full blast at the Indian team nets unleashing a wide range of sweetly-timed strokes.

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South Africa on Sunday, attacked the Brabourne Stadium pitch in Mumbai once again, saying one-day cricket could not afford a track that behaved so differently in the two sessions.

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The ICC on Sunday announced a shortlist for its annual cricket awards in Mumbai. The awards ceremony will take place on November 3. The surprise decision was the naming of Pakistan player Mohammad Asif who is facing drug abuse charges.

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Injured West Indies captain Brian Lara was fighting to get fit for Thursday's Champions Trophy encounter against India although the team management was expecting the batting superstar to recover in time for the crucial match.

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India has gone up one place in the latest LG ICC ODI championship table following its win over England in the ICC Champions Trophy. India are now at the fourth place with 112 points. Also on 112 points are New Zealand, who have been ranked fifth as per the latest ICC rankings released yesterday.

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Australia v England, 6th Match, Champions Trophy 

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The Australia-West Indies game at the Brabourne stadium on Wednesday produced the best game of the tournament but there are still concerns about the pitch at Mumbai.

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Mired in controversies, Pakistan Cricket Board yesterday gagged disgraced fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif from speaking on the dope scandal. "We have told them to avoid making any unneccessary statements in the press as their case is subjudice and it will only damage their credibility," Saleem Altaf, Director Cricket Operations told reporters.

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Australian captain Ricky Ponting has warned his world beaters to shed their lethargy after the Champions Trophy exploded with three successive shock results. "We were outplayed," said Ponting as world champions Australia crashed to a 10-run defeat at the hands of the West Indies at the Brabourne stadium here on Wednesday night.

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Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 5th match, Champions Trophy

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If the ICC were hoping Pakistan's problems with Darrell Hair may quietly slip away with a new chairman in place, they might want to think again. Dr Nasim Ashraf, who replaced Shaharyar Khan as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman less than two weeks ago, told reporters in Karachi unequivocally that Pakistan does not want Hair officiating in their matches.

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Pakistan's victory against Sri Lanka in the Champions Trophy has lifted the mood of the country's cricket fans and even President Pervez Musharraf could not resist calling the team in India to congratulate the players personally.

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Ricky Ponting has given Kevin Pietersen a huge boost on the eve of the Ashes by saying he could be the game's next superstar. Ponting, who is not known for pumping up the opposition, made the claim in his upcoming Captain's Diary and also said Pietersen was in a group of batsmen alongside Virender Sehwag and Adam Gilchrist who "play without fear".

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Young fast bowler Mohammad Asif, caught for a doping offence, has pleaded innocence and appealed to the Pakistan Cricket Board for his 'B' sample test to establish the fact before taking a final decision.

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The Phagwara unit of Shiv Sena On Tuesday threatened to disrupt the Champions Trophy match between Pakistan and New Zealand to be played on October 25 at Mohali to protest against the "direct involvement" of Pakistan in various terrorist activities in India.

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In Jaipur, prior to India's victory against England in an ICC Champions Trophy cricket match earlier this week, 38,000 fans led by star batsman Sachin Tendulkar took part in a global, Guinness record-making feat.

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Australia v West Indies, 4th match, Champions Trophy

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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Match, Champions Trophy

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The Technical Committee of the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 has approved Yasir Arafat and Abdul Rehman as replacement players in Pakistan’s ICC Champions Trophy squad following the withdrawal of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif after the Pakistan Cricket Board announced the latter duo had failed a drugs test for a banned substance.

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Unperturbed by the criticism of carrying out experiments, team India coach Greg Chappell has asserted that he would continue with his style of functioning. Defending the promotion of Irfan Pathan in the batting order, the former Australian captain said the Baroda player is a great asset for the team.

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The ICC on Monday said it would try and extend the umpiring career of Darrell Hair and his future appointments would be a key agenda at its executive board meeting in Mumbai on November 3-4. "He is one of the top umpires. Hopefully we can find a way for him to continue," ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said at a media conference here.

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With the latest doping controversy, Pakistan cricket seems to be stumbling from one crisis to another in recent months. An unprecedented forced forfeiture of a test match at the Oval in August was the trigger for a spate of untoward incidents that hit the cricketing establishment of the neighbouring nation like thunderbolts from the blue skies.

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New Zealand vs South Africa, 2nd Match, Mumbai

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Indian police have made little headway in a probe into a 2000 match-fixing scam due a problem in translating taped conversations in Afrikaans, a report said Sunday. In 2000, police in New Delhi had filed a case against Proteas cricketers, including then captain Hansie Cronje, and middlemen for allegedly accepting money to influence the outcome of matches.

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West Indies will miss the services of Corey Collymore in their first super eight league match against Australia on October 18 as the ace seamer left for home today to be with his wife Dionne for the birth of their first child.

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New Zealand suffered a major setback today when their pace spearhead Shane Bond was ruled out of their first Champions Trophy cricket match against South Africa here.

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Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday said that the variable bounce in the wicket prompted him to stay put in the middle by cutting down on his shots during India's run chase against England in their opening ICC Champions Trophy tie in Jaipur.

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India vs England, 1st Match, Jaipur

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India hope to end a recent dismal run in one-day internationals when they open their Champions Trophy campaign against a confident England here on Sunday. Rahul Dravid's Indians suffered a 4-1 defeat in the West Indies in May and won just one of their four matches in a triangular series in Kuala Lumpur last month, leaving their fans wondering when the slump would end.

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Sri Lanka opener Upul Tharanga and his West Indies' counterpart Chris Gayle head their respective team's batting in the Champions' Trophy preliminary on Saturday to decide the group leader. Tharanga has been in exceptional form, cracking centuries against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, who have been eliminated from the main draw.

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England spinner Ashley Giles has defended his strategy of bowling down the leg side, saying it was just an attacking way of taking wickets. The 33-year-old left-arm spinner said it was wrong to term his leg-side line as negative.

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On the eve of England's first match of the Champions Trophy, Geoff Boycott, the former England batsman turned commentator, has virtually written off their chances in the tournament due to a spate of injury woes. England have been without their first-choice captain, Michael Vaughan, who hasn't held a bat since his last operation in July, as well as Simon Jones and Ashley Giles, while Marcus Trescothick was the latest to pull out with a stress-related illness.

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Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 5th Qualifying Match, Jaipur

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The West Indies cricket team arrived here on Thursday for their final encounter in the qualifying round of the Champions Trophy where they would take on Sri Lanka on Saturday at the Brabourne Stadium. Although both the teams have already qualified for the main round, but the outcome will decide which team tops the preliminary round.

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The Technical Committee of the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 has approved Gary Brent as a replacement player for Terry Duffin in Zimbabwe’s squad, ahead of its final match in the ICC Champions Trophy 2006.

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“We have noted the inflammatory and provocative comments of Mr Lalit Modi in the Indian media today. “The comments are a cause of disappointment to us as they serve only to distract from the ICC Champions Trophy, the prestige of which Mr Modi says he wishes to enhance.

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Current and past players are divided over how friendly the Australian team should be towards England in this year's Ashes cricket series, reports said. Former Test stars Merv Hughes, Allan Border and Mark Waugh have urged Ricky Ponting's team to put friendships on hold when the much-anticipated five-Test series begins in Brisbane on November 23.

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Mark Gillespie, the rookie New Zealand fast bowler, is optimistic about his abilities to contribute in tight situations during his side's Champions Trophy campaign. Touted as a potential at-the-death bowler, Gillespie has been picked as cover in an injury-prone New Zealand side and has expressed an appetite for a challenge.

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It has been less than a week since the ICC Champions Trophy cricket jamboree rolled into town with the qualifying event and after four matches, it is amply evident that Bangladesh and Zimbabwe just don’t belong in the big league. Sri Lanka and the West Indies have expectedly become the two sides to join the other six in the main draw.

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Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi has said that the recent turmoil at home would not affect the team's campaign in the Champions Trophy tournament in India.

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Jaipur: West Indian captain Brian Lara said his side would not take the foot off the gas and would go all out for a win when they take on Sri Lanka in the final qualifying game of the ICC Champions Trophy.

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Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul Haq is arriving in India for the Champions Trophy cricket tournament but to play a role off the field. The grizzly and gentle Inzamam will closely follow and commentate on the performance of Pakistan and other teams for an Indian television network a day before the main round of Champions Trophy gets underway on Sunday.

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Former captain Kapil Dev on Wednesday expressed his disapproval of the policy of continuous experimentation with the composition and strategies of the Indian team, saying Indian players performed better when their place in the side was secure. "Indians are not very comfortable with uncertainty. They need to be sure of their spot in the team to instill confidence in them," the world cup-winning captain said.

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The new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board has indicated that the powers enjoyed by cricketers and some officials in the board would be cut down to ensure there is discipline all around. Dr. Nasim Ashraf, a government advisor on human development who took over as PCB chairman last week from Shaharyar Khan, said he would not compromise on discipline.

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In an unexpected turn of events, Lalit Modi, the vice-president of the Indian board (BCCI) and the chairman of its marketing committee, has accused the ICC of trying to force its Members' Participation Agreement (MPA) and its sale of media rights onto India and other ICC members - two issues that the BCCI is convinced are inter-linked.

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Despite boasting of one of the world's topmost fast bowlers in Shane Bond, New Zealand all rounder Scott Styris feels that spinners would play a key role in the success of his team in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament.

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South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday morning along with his lawyer Peter Whelan and will be questioned by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on Thursday about the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal. The batsman is in India for the first time after the scandal surfaced in 2000.

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Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin, who has been banned for life by the Indian cricket board for his alleged role in the match-fixing scandal that rocked the game in 2000, has been sent an invitation by the BCCI for a function to inaugurate its new headquarters here on November 4.

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Downplaying his reported misconduct with some senior players of Indian cricket team during a Challenger Trophy match in Chennai recently, medium pacer S Sreesanth said such things were part of the game and need not be blown up.

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CRPF personnel will be deployed at the Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur to provide fool-proof security cover to the touring teams during the Champions Trophy cricket tournament.

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Bangladesh vs West Indies, 4th Qualifying Match, Jaipur

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The first two qualifying matches of the Champions Trophy here at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium may not have captured the imagination of fans but Sunday's group match between India and England has already drawn a lot of excitement. Supporters, apart from wanting India to come out with flying colours against the Englishmen on October 15, are hoping for a dhamaka from MS Dhoni.

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In a small victory for the BCCI in its ongoing battles with the ICC, the Indian Board has managed to get the ICC Awards postponed from October 23 to November 3.The ICC had to give in because the Indian team and the Pakistani team will be celebrating Diwali and Eid at that time.

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A recent statement by BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi has made sure that the Indian cricket board and the International Cricket Council (ICC) are clearly on the warpath. The BCCI Vice President, who reportedly fought with the ICC over the scheduling of a Champions Trophy game in Jaipur on diwali, is clearly angry about a variety of issues.

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James Anderson, the England fast bowler, believes his prior experience in India has helped him become a better bowler ahead of the Champions Trophy. "Things seemed to come together for me here earlier in the year," he told BBC Sport. "I developed a couple of balls, cutters and things, I didn't have before. Now I can use them with confidence."

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Former Pakistani skipper Wasim Akram today said that the Younis Khan episode would affect the morale of the Pakistani team in the ongoing Champions Trophy.

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Sri Lanka have entered the main draw of the ICC Champions Trophy by convincingly beating Zimbabwe by 144 runs at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera here on Tuesday.

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Paceman Michael Kasprowicz says he is troubled by a back injury and will miss the start of the Australian domestic season and is unlikely to return before the November 23 first Ashes Test against England.

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A technicality has dented Inzamam-ul-Haq's chances of playing in the ICC Champions Trophy even if his team Pakistan made it into the final of the elite tournament.

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A nationalist Hindu group vowed to "go to any extent" to prevent the Pakistan cricket team from playing in the Champions Trophy tournament.The New Delhi chapter of the right-wing Shiv Sena group said it would not allow Pakistan to play their first league match in the northern city of Mohali on October 25, citing the deadly train attacks in Mumbai in July.

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Mushtaq Ahmed has said that said he is "hurt and angry" after being sacked as Pakistan's assistant coach just hours before the team left for the Champions Trophy in India.

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"We are totally confident in the security precautions Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association take on our behalf," Ponting said in a statement released in India, where the team is about to play in the Champions Trophy tournament.

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West Indies vs Zimbabwe, 2nd Qualifying Match, Ahmedabad

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Harbhajan Singh has apologized to the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) for wearing his hair down in an advertisement. Harbhajan had come in for some heavy criticism from the SGPC for the advertisement.

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In a startling turn of events Younis Khan has been reinstated as captain of Pakistan following the resignation of Shaharyar Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman late last night. A local TV channel has quoted PCB sources as saying that Younis has become captain and that Mushtaq Ahmed, the recently appointed assistant coach, has been sacked.

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Upul Tharanga cracked a fluent century to find his way into the record books as Sri Lanka launched their ICC Champions Trophy campaign with a scrappy 37-run victory over Bangladesh in a qualifying match here tonight. He created a commendable record by becoming the first batsman in ODI history to score five centuries in his first 30 appearances.

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In the week that Glenn McGrath accused Monty Panesar of being "soft" for seeking help from a psychologist, Greg Chappell, India's coach, has singled out the role of Rudi Webster, the noted sports psychologist, in giving the national side a better perspective from which to achieve their goals.

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South African captain Graeme Smith said that his team was one of the favourites to lift the Champions Trophy and that his players were raring to go. "We are ranked second in the world and there is no shying away from the fact that we are one of the top teams," Smith told reporters here on Friday.

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Shaharyar Khan has resigned as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, following an acrimonious two-month period which began with the Oval debacle in August, and culminated in Younis Khan's departure as captain yesterday. Dr Naseem Ashraf, a government adviser and a member of the board's ad-hoc committee, is set to take over the role.

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This is a story of two wicket-keeper/batsman, both 21, fighting for the same spot in Team India.The two youngsters are Dinesh Karthik and Parthiv Patel who have a combined experience of 29 Tests and 17 One-Dayers.They are doing all they can to challnege Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the spot of the wicket-keeper in Team India.

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Geoff Marsh, the former Australian opener, feels that for Simon Katich to remain in the one-day team and play the sheet-anchor role, he must rotate the strike and build partnerships.

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New Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has vowed that his side's chances in the upcoming Champions Trophy will not be affected by Younis Khan's controversial refusal to lead the team. Younis shocked Pakistan on Thursday when he suddenly stepped down as stand-in skipper for the banned Inzamam-ul-Haq, saying that he did not want to be a "dummy captain".

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In an apparent attempt to put pressure on the BCCI, the ICC today offered to hold direct talks with the Indian players and allay any apprehension they might have on the Members' Participation Aggreement (MPA).

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A good showing in the ICC Champions Trophy will push Team India to the coveted place of top three in the LG ICC ODI Rankings behind Australia and South Africa.

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Just two days before the Champions Trophy kicks off at Mohali, the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) has said it will not sign the Host Venue Agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC) unless given definite assurance of compensation for losses incurred.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board has, as expected, rejected a claim for compensation totaling around £800,000 lodged by the ECB in relation to the abandonment of the Oval Test in August.

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Lakshmipathy Balaji, the right-arm fast bowler, has been included in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy. He will replace Sreesanth who has been sidelined because of a toe injury, the Times of India reported.

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Wicketkeeper batsman Parthiv Patel is hopeful of making a comeback into the national cricket team and said that putting a consistent performance both with the gloves and the bat was the key to it.

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Zimbabwe have the ability to surprise any opponent and would be looking to win at least one of the two qualifying matches of the ICC Champions Trophy. Kevin said though Zimbabwe were going into tournament as "underdogs," his young team had enough firepower to topple either Sri Lanka or West Indies to stay in the hunt.

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Billy Doctrove, the "other" umpire at the centre of Pakistan's forfeited Test match at The Oval, has been omitted from next week's ICC Champions Trophy in India, along with his elite panel colleague, Darrell Hair.

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Epyllion Group, a leading textile manufacturer, will sponsor the Bangladesh team for the Champions Trophy in India, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officially announced yesterday.

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Defending champions West Indies and 2002 joint-winners Sri Lanka consider themselves strong contenders to win the Champions Trophy - provided they qualify for it. The International Cricket Council's mega-event which features the 10 Test-playing nations for the only time outside the World Cup starts in India on Saturday in a new, more competitive format.

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Injured England captain Michael Vaughan said on Thursday he was hopeful of being fit to play a part in the Ashes series this winter. The 31-year-old guided England to victory over Australia in 2005 but has not played Test cricket this year due to a knee injury.

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Malcolm Speed, the ICC's chief executive, has backed Darrell Hair in the aftermath of the Oval Code of Conduct hearing and said that he wants him to stand again in international matches.

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Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg will host the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa next year. The 12-nation tournament will be staged between September 21 and 30.

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Younis Khan on Thursday refused to lead the Pakistan cricket team in the upcoming Champions Trophy just two days before their departure to India. "I don't want to be a dummy captain and the reason why I have refused the captaincy will be revealed afterward," Younis told reporters at a press conference in Lahore.

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If it's cricket in Chennai, how can the rains be far away? The last four international matches here have been affected by rain and the organisers of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy had hoped it would be different this time around.

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Cricket fans across the country are disappointed at not being able to see the Challenger Trophy because it's on the newly launched sports channel NEO Sports. The BCCI though insists that the new channel needs to have some time to sort out its distribution but the fans don't quite see it that way.

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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has asked Pakistan to compensate it for the loss of revenues in the cancelled fourth Test at the Oval in August, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman said on Wednesday. The spokesman said a meeting of the PCB`s AD-Hoc committee would contest the claim.

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Shiv Sena is threatening to disrupt this month's Champions Trophy if Pakistan is allowed to play any of their matches in India. Shiv Sena, a force in Mumbai's political structure, is opposed to India having cricket links with Pakistan and in the past has dug up pitches ahead of Test matches and ransacked the cricket board's office in protest.

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) warned the Indian cricket board on Wednesday its refusal to sign a commercial document for global events could jeopardise its joint World Cup planned for 2011.

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Herschelle Gibbs will meet with Indian police to be questioned over his involvement in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal when he arrives ahead of the Champions Trophy.

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The Indian media on Wednesday predicted the end of Sourav Ganguly's cricket career after the former captain failed miserably in a trial one-day series. The left-hander, making a last-ditch attempt to regain his place in the Indian team, made 24 and three in the two matches he played in the domestic Challenger series in Chennai over the last three days.

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Stuart Clark, the Australian fast bowler, will not figure in Australia's campaign for the Champions Trophy. Cricket Australia announced that Clark had sustained a thigh injury while playing club cricket at home.

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Andrew Flintoff, the England captain, has admitted that he is eagerly awaiting his return to the England side for the Champions Trophy. Flintoff has shaken off the effects of surgery on his left ankle which kept him sidelined for most of the English summer.

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Dav Whatmore, the Bangladesh coach, has said that his side is under no illusion about their chances in Champions Trophy and would instead like to use the tournament to prepare a side for the future.

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Scott Styris has been declared fit for the Champions Trophy that starts in India in October after recovering from a back injury that forced him to return early from his stint at Middlesex during the 2006 county season.

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Warning country`s top cricketers about their poor on-field behaviour in the past, Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland has asked the players to amend their ways as they prepare to head off to India on Friday to take part in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament.

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Sourav Ganguly`s chances of returning to the national team took a knock today after he was left out of the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup tie. Baroda pacer Zaheer Khan got the nod ahead of Tamil Nadu`s Laxmipathy Balaji in the 14-member Rest side that will be led by Mumbai opener Wasim Jaffer against Ranji Trophy champions Uttar Pradesh at Nagpur from October 9 to 13.

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After maintaining for long that cricket did not need the Twenty20 format, the BCCI has surprisingly expressed its interest in hosting the 2013 Twenty20 world championship.

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India Red reached the final of the Challenger Trophy with a 39 run win over India Green on Tuesday. Chasing 318 to win, India Green could manage only 278 runs. Parthiv Patel waged a lonely battle. He top scored for India Green with 69 and P Chawla made 55 not out.

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Overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of fans here, Sachin Tendulkar yesterday said the support and wishes of team India admirers meant a lot to him. Sachin, who is here playing for India Blue in the Challenger Series for N K P Salve Trophy, visited an Adidas showroom to present personally autographed 22 yard cricket shoes of the company to the winners of 'earn your stripes' challenge.

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The West Indies cricket team yesterday heaved a huge sigh of relief after KFC stepped in as their team sponsors for the Champions Trophy.

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Makhaya Ntini has been named one of South Africa's Five Cricketers of the Year for a record fifth time. Dale Steyn, Hashim Amla, Ashwell Prince and Mark Boucher are the others rewarded for their efforts over the last 12 months by the SA Cricket Annual.

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Disparaging remarks by television commentators on Sky Sports on alleged ball tampering by the Pakistan team in the Oval Test left captain Inzamam-ul-Haq furious and prompted the team to revolt against the umpires decision.

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Trinidad opening bat Lendl Simmons is the only new entrant in the 15-member West Indies Test squad for the forthcoming tour of Pakistan next month.

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Faisal Iqbal has been chosen to replace Inzamam-ul-Haq in the 14-man Pakistan squad for the Champions Trophy in India. Iqbal had been widely expected to edge out, among others, Shahid Yousuf and Asim Kamal, for a position in the middle order, made available after Inzamam was banned for four ODIs by the ICC for bringing the game into disrepute. ICC acceptance of the selection is now pending.

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Cricket board president Sharad Pawar Yesterday said India's most successful skipper Sourav Ganguly can make a comeback to the national team if he performed well in the ongoing Challenger Series and coming domestic season.

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Sri Lanka's stylish batsman and wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara says he may not be a treat to watch when compared to the other more swashbuckling batsmen in the world.

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Being a co-host for the 2011 World Cup cricket, the BCCI has adopted a scheme under which any state association building an international stadium will get financial support of Rs 25 crore from the cash-rich board.

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Sachin Tendulkar smashed a masterly 139 as India Blues inflict a humiliating 266 run defeat on India Greens in the Three-Team Round-Robin Challenger Series day/night cricket tournament for the NKP Salve Trophy here tonight.

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Virender Sehwag's ankle injury was not a cause for worry, chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar said here today. "We have another two weeks to go for our first match in the champions trophy and it is not a worry. Sehwag's fitness condition will known by tomorrow evening," Vengsarkar said.

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Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer on Monday urged his young side to learn to live without banned captain Inzamam-ul-Haq at this month's Champions Trophy. "Obviously losing Inzamam is a big loss, both as a player and as captain, but in a way at some stage Pakistan will have to learn to live without Inzamam," Woolmer told mediapersons.

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