Sri Lanka v South Africa, 1st Test, Colombo 5th day

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The Supreme Court will also decide whether or not Doordarshan can telecast LIVE, the upcoming cricket tri-series to be played in Sri Lanka next month between India, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

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England Captain Michael Vaughan has admitted that his international career may be over. The 31-year-old speaking to a British tabloid was however still trying to be optimistic saying he hoped one day he would take the field again in an England shirt.

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India will play a tri-series against Australia and the West Indies in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in September this year, the Cricket Board (BCCI) said. "The triseries of seven One-Day Internationals between India, Australia and West Indies [is] scheduled to be played in September this year in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur as part of the newly formatted Neutral Venue Schedule," the BCCI said in a statement here.

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Former England captain Mike Brearley has said that too much cricket was taking a toll on Indian and Pakistani cricketers. He said India and Pakistan played too much international cricket and this was putting both teams under considerable pressure. He said so many matches always took a toll on players’ health and both BCCI and PCB were to be blamed for this.

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Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid, defended the feasibility of 'outward bound training' camp aimed at improving team spirit and bonding among players. Terming the criticism against such camps as 'naïve' and 'far- fetched', Dravid said: "We have used this camp to give people new experiences, new opportunities", adding, " I think the challenge for us is to not just help them grow as cricketers but also as people."

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While the British media could hardly contain their praise of Monty Panesar in the aftermath of the Old Trafford Test, it fell to Duncan Fletcher, England's coach, to pour cold water on the celebrations.

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Having won the presidential race for the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) against heavy odds, Jagmohan Dalmiya today threw the gauntlet at the Indian board (BCCI), asserting that its efforts to malign him would not go 'unchallenged'.

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Anil Kumble, India's veteran legspinner, has admitted that each time he has been left out of the one-day squad, it has hurt him. However, after 16 years at the top level, he added that he is used to such decisions and believed that he has much to offer.

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Sri Lanka will celebrate 25 years of their admittance as a full member to the International Cricket Council (ICC) by honouring the cricketers who played in the inaugural Test match against England in February 1982.

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India will play a tri-series against Australia and the West Indies in Singapore and Malaysia in September, ending weeks of speculation over the venue for the event.Originally, India had agreed to meet West Indies in USA and Canada, and then that was switched to Canada, and even that was subsequently scrapped when venues could not be cleared in time.

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Justin Langer says he has spent his entire career defending his batting place, but he hopes the credit gained over 100 Tests will keep him ahead of Phil Jaques for the Ashes.

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Jagmohan Dalmiya, the former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the International Cricket Council, won a close election and will continue as president of the Cricket Association of Bengal.

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John Wright, the former Indian coach, whose comments on India's selection system have elicited strong responses from former national selectors, has clarified his stance, saying that he had nothing against any of the individuals involved but blamed the system on the whole. Wright also recommended that people read his recently-released book, John Wright's Indian Summers, where these statements were made, before forming any sort of judgement.

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Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, 2nd ODI, Harare

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England v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Old Trafford, 3rd day

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BCCI.tv. That's the name of BCCI's proposed website which is likely to be launched later this year. The site is called .tv because BCCI.com is already with another company. The Board had assigned the task of developing the website to TCN and Sun Microsystems.

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The Intelligence Bureau (IB) headquarters in New Delhi has sent a dossier to Bangalore city police asking them to be vigilant on the security cover for the Indian cricket team which is attending a training camp in Karnataka for the upcoming tri-series against Sri Lanka. The city police has been asked to provide 'Y-category' security to star player Sachin Tendulkar.

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Left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan struggled to leave an impression in the ongoing four-day county match between Worcestershire and Derbyshire.

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While few in the international community believe that Zimbabwe will be in a state to resume playing Test cricket when their self-imposed one-year suspension ends in January, until now the Zimbabwe board has bullishly maintained that they will be back.

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Canada's cricket team had a four-hour practice session at Toronto's Ross Lord Park on Thursday in preparation for their forthcoming home international matches. The first game starts on Saturday (July 29) against Kenya at Maple Leaf CC, King City. This is a four-day game in the ICC Intercontinental Cup competition.

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The International Cricket Council has officially launched the 2007 cricket World Cup logo, mascot and tournament schedule during a function in New Delhi where the World Cup trophy was also unveiled.

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Bangladesh cricket was in turmoil after a national team selector was accused of taking commissions from two national players for a deal with global sportswear company Reebok.

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By virtue of an unbeaten century by V Kohli, India Under-19 boys were sitting pretty on the second day of their four-day match against England Under-19 here yesterday.

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The Champions Trophy is only three months away and the World Cup a little more than seven, but the ICC's thoughts have already turned to the subject that gave it so much adverse media during the last two such tournaments - ambush marketing.

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Brett Lee owns the official ranking as Australia's No.1 bowler, but Troy Cooley, the new pace mentor, believes Glenn McGrath is still the country's best fast man. "Of course he is," Cooley said before watching McGrath in his first formal training session of the season in Brisbane on Wednesday. "He's held that mantle for a while."

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Sourav Ganguly`s county stint appears to be drawing to a disappointing close with the former Indian captain scoring just nine for Northamptonshire in a four-day County championship division two cricket match against Essex.

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After toying with the De Bono lateral thinking theory, the Indian cricketers are now experimenting with a structured `Outward Bound Learning programme` at the Pegasus Institute of Excellence near here. The latest programme, involving dynamic obstacle course like rappelling, water activities and building a tent blindfold, is aimed at increasing the tolerance levels of persons in a fun filled environment.

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All the competing teams in the ICC Champions Trophy, to be hosted by India between October 7 and November 5, have been asked to finalise their 30-member probables list for the tournament and submit the same to the ICC latest by August 8.

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Sanath Jayasuriya has been named in a 14-man squad for the first Test against South Africa starting in Colombo on Thursday.

Sri Lanka squad: Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedara, Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Malinga Bandara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Michael Vandort, Rangana Herath. 

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Indian cricket team is back to work from Tuesday as they attend a conditioning camp in Bangalore for the tri series in Sri Lanka.

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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting wants a showdown with the same England team that won the Ashes last year when the two squads meet again in November.

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Australian paceman Glenn McGrath is scheduled to meet coach John Buchanan in Brisbane tomorrow to map out his return to cricket ahead of the Ashes series.

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Indian captain Rahul Dravid has welcomed the return of Sachin Tendulkar to the squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka after a four-month injury layoff.

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Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has ruled out fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar's return to international cricket before the fourth Test against England."I do not think there are any chances of Shoaib's return to the side for the third Test mainly because there is so little time in between the second and third Tests," he was quoted as saying by The News.

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Liam Plunkett could be ruled out of England's next two Tests and may even miss the remainder of the summer after picking up a side strain bowling for Durham against West Indies A last week.

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CAB President Jagmohan Dalmiya has ridiculed the dissident faction's claim that Eden Gardens would not get any international matches if he remained in power and said the city would host fixtures against Pakistan and Australia next year.

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Munaf Patel is working hard to achieve the elusive 100 miles per hour mark but is not willing to sacrifice his line and length in the process.

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West Bengal Sports Minister Subhash Chakraborty on Monday rejected former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly's allegation that former BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya had leaked Greg Chappell's email to the media.

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Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has said that they will decide on their team for the second Test at Old Trafford only after taking a good look at the pitch. He also felt that the pitch could assist the seamers, meaning that Mushtaq Ahmed, the legspinner, might not play.

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Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, the Pakistan fast bowler, is suffering from inflamed bone symphis and not groin injury as was earlier diagnosed when he was forced to return home before the first Test against England at Lord's got underway.

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Rao Iftikhar Anjum, the Pakistan fast bowler, has returned home mid-way through Pakistan's tour of England after hearing news of his father's death on Sunday.

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West Indies will arive in Pakistan on November 6 to play three Tests and five one-day internationals according to the iternary sent by the Pakistan board (PCB) to the West Indies board (WICB) for approval.

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The first step in Andrew Flintoff's currently hypothetical plan to play Australian club cricket in preparation for the Ashes has been cleared with Cricket Australia saying there are no rules to prevent the move.

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The batting heroics of Gautam Gambhir (64) and S Badrinath (63) went in vain as India A suffered a humiliating seven-wicket loss at the hands of New Zealand A in their first ODI of the Top End series.

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Stylish left-handed batsman Dinesh Mongia, who has been recalled to the national team for Sri Lanka tri-series after a long gap, feels that time has arrived when the role of all-rounders in a team performance will be crucial.

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Bangladesh's cricketers landed in Harare after a grueling 31-hour trip from Dhaka which included a 12-hour stopover in Doha and a second stop in Nairobi. They have five days to acclimatise before the first ODI in Harare.

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Shoaib Akhtar has vowed to bowl faster than ever if he recovers in time for the third Test against England at Headingley on August 4.

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England are considering arranging more matches to allow their injured players, and Andrew Flintoff in particular, to get match-fit before the winter's Ashes series.

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If you have any left after the injuries and absences that have ravaged England and Pakistan, spare a thought also for Sussex. Fighting for room at the top of the County Championship, they are resigned to be without the cheery - and startlingly effective - presence of Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for the season.

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It is such a pity that of all people, Sanjay Manjrekar, who would have made an excellent diplomat had he not played cricket, should open another can of worms at a time when peace reigned in Indian cricket. His allegation that Sachin Tendulkar faked injuries was downright careless and totally unbecoming of a man of his stature. Perhaps, the Media should now demand that Manjrekar provide proof to substantiate his charges.

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Steve Waugh says England have lost their edge after winning the Ashes. England, who face the Aussies again this winter, have won only two of 10 Tests since, losing 2-0 in Pakistan and drawing 1-1 with Sri Lanka and India.

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South Africa have been boosted by the news experienced all-rounder Shaun Pollock will link up with them in Sri Lanka well ahead of the second Test.

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Jagmohan Dalmiya doesn't believe in going down without a fight. Even as he was feeling the heat from Sourav Ganguly's superbly timed e-mail in the run-up to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) polls, he claimed that it was all a well-orchestrated move from Mohali to alienate and neutralise him.

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Indian women, for the first time in the history of the country's cricket, will be wearing the 'BCCI' logo on their attire when they tour Ireland and England.

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Ian Botham and Andrew Flintoff both made unexpected appearances during a testimonial match for Liam Botham at The Rose Bowl. While neither man actually played, both took turns to umpire.

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Former first-class cricketer Nasir Wasti died in a traffic accident, on the night between Friday (July 21) and Saturday, in a collision between a car he was travelling in and a trailer on the Super Highway in Karachi.

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New Zealand will run an expanded Twenty20 competition in 2006-07. A round-robin format will operate next season, with matches starting on January 11 and finishing with a final on February 3.

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Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar may just not play the ongoing Test series against England as he needs time to recuperate from serious injury problems, said Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach. Talking to The News here, Woolmer said Shoaib "would be lucky if he makes it to the fourth Test" at The Oval next month.

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Andrew Strauss will remain captain for the remainder of England's Test series against Pakistan as Andrew Flintoff prepares to undergo ankle surgery this week. But England's chairman of selectors David Graveney said on Sunday he was confident all-rounder Flintoff would be fit for the Ashes starting in November.

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A cricket team from Nepal is due to arrive here next month for a three-match series against National Cricket Academy. A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman said that the Nepal team would play two matches in Karachi and one Hyderabad in preparations for the ACC Trophy to be held at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia later next month.

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Justin Langer has rejected claims from the national selector Merv Hughes that the team is too friendly with its English rivals heading into the Ashes. Hughes believes Australia's close relationships with some players may have contributed to their shock 2-1 defeat last year.

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There was a sense of the inevitability in the selection of Jamie Dalrymple. With the grave absence of Andrew Flintoff the selectors would ideally like to field 15 men on Thursday: an extra slipper; a No. 6 capable of destroying Pakistan's sometimes brittle confidence and a bullish fast bowler whose every step throws fear into batsman.

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Ashwell Prince's appointment as South Africa's first black captain is either the most important and significant moment in the game's history in this country or utterly irrelevant, depending on your viewpoint.

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"Not again. Not now...my hope is that common sense will prevail all around." That was the comment yesterday by Grenada's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, in responding to reports of the latest dispute to surface between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

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Jamie Dalrymple has been added to the England squad for the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford starting on Thursday. Andrew Strauss will continue to lead the side in the absence of Andrew Flintoff, who has been ruled out for the next three months with an ankle injury.

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Ashish Nehra, the left-arm fast bowler, will not attend the fitness camp in Bangalore between July 25 and August 1 as he is playing club cricket in England. Kiran More, the chairman of selectors, felt that he should continue playing in England to gain match practice in his recovery bid from a back injury.

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The New Zealand players and their board might be heading for a showdown over disagreements regarding their contracts during ICC-governed tournaments. A clause in the contract requires the players to renounce their individual sponsorship deals when it clashes with the official sponsors of tournaments like the World Cup and the Champions Trophy, but the players are reluctant to toe the line.

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Lakshmipathy Balaji, the Indian fast bowler, is making encouraging progress with his recovery from a back injury, according to John Gloster, the Indian team physio. Balaji, who has now actively resumed his fitness training, said that his back had healed well and confirmed that he would attend the fitness camp in Bangalore starting on July 25 with the rest of the Indian squad.

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The tri-series in Sri Lanka will form a key part of India's preparations for the World Cup, former Test cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said. "The host nation and South Africa were on a high following impressive performances recently. As such, it will be a good test for the Indians in preparation of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies," Manjrekar said while launching Ten Sports' 'Eleven to Lanka' contest at a South Mumbai mall.

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Former Pakistan captain and Punjab coach Intikhab Alam backed Dinesh Mongia's inclusion for the tri-series, saying the southpaw could prove more than handy with his gentle left-arm spin.

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Andrew Flintoff is to see a specialist on Saturday after suffering fresh problems with his left ankle.

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Bodapati Sumanath missed the century by three-runs but successfully led Indian colts to a one-wicket win in the nail-biting third and final one-day match against England Under-19 team to clean sweep the series 3-0 in Cardiff.

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Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar may just not play the ongoing Test series against England as he needs time to recuperate from serious injury problems, said Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach.

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Pakistan's participation in a tri-nation cricket series in Abu Dhabi in September this year appears to be a non-starter due to money problems.

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Sourav Ganguly`s disappointing stint with the Nortahmptonshire suffered further setback as he sustained an injury on his chin on the second day of the warm-up cricket match against Pakistan XI.

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Jacques Rudolph feels that the conditions in Sri Lanka fit his batting style "like a glove" and is confident of cementing his spot in the South African team in the absence of Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis. Rudolph was included in the squad to tour Sri Lanka because Smith pulled out after undergoing surgery for an ankle injury.

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Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has said that Shoaib Akhtar's participation in the third Test at Headingley is unlikely and added that he was also doubtful for the fourth Test at The Oval on August 17.

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Sourav Ganguly today raised a banner of revolt against his long-time mentor Jagmohan Dalmiya, accusing the former cricket board chief of "playing" with his career.

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England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is doubtful for next week's second Test against Pakistan after experiencing discomfort in his injured left ankle while bowling yesterday.

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The tri-series in Sri Lanka will form a key part of India`s preparations for the World Cup, former Test cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said here yesterday.

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In a reversal of sorts, Sourav Ganguly has launched an attack against his long-time mentor Jagmohan Dalmiya, accusing the former cricket board chief of "playing" with his career.

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Shoaib Akhtar is on course to be fit for the third Test against England, at Headingley, after recovering from the stress fracture to his ankle that has ruled him out of the early part of the tour.

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The selection of Dinesh Mongia, who last played for India in April 2005 (which feels like another era already) for the Sri Lanka tri-series has raised plenty of questions.

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Canada has declined to host the proposed one-day series between India and the West Indies in September. Lalit Modi, the BCCI vice-president, has disclosed that the Indian board received confirmation from the Canada Cricket Association (CCA) of their unwillingness to host the series this year.

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City Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee today filed his nomination for the post of President of Cricket Association of Bengal as West Bengal Sports Minister Subhas Chakraborty admitted his failure to persuade sitting CAB chief Jagmohan Dalmiya not to contest the July 30 polls.

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Indian captain Rahul Dravid today said he was happy with the selection of the team for the cricket tri-series starting in Sri Lanka next month.

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Pakistan vice-captain Younis Khan handed his team a boost ahead of next week's second Test against England when he returned to action after a knee injury. Khan, 28, missed the drawn first Test at lord's last week but was back on the field for his country's four-day match against Northamptonshire, which began today.

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The future of Bermuda's prestigious 20-20 Cricket Classic is in doubt after revelations that it lost around $700,000 this year. The Royal Gazette reported that the tournament cost the organisers - the Get Fit Foundation - $2.6 million to stage but only produced receipts of $1.9 million.

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Ashwell Prince, South Africa's stand-in captain, has singled out Muttiah Muralitharan as the biggest threat to his team as they prepare for their two-Test series against Sri Lanka. Of his 635 Test wickets, Muralitharan has taken 82 against South Africa from 13 Tests at an average of 23.34. More than half of them (47) have been taken in Sri Lanka from seven Tests.

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The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) has issued a release stating that it is greatly concerned about recent decisions taken with regard to Dwayne Bravo and Brian Lara.

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Pakistan are looking increasingly likely to turn to Mushtaq Ahmed for the second Test against England at Old Trafford starting on 27 July.

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India has leapfrogged New Zealand into fourth place in the annual update of the ICC ODI championship table.Rahul Dravid's team, which has gained one place, now finds itself just two points behind third-placed Pakistan while the Kiwis are a further two points behind.

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The chances of the proposed one-day series between India and West Indies in Canada in September going ahead is growing increasingly unlikely after it emerged that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) had entered into a deal with its Indian counterparts without consulting its players.

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India's ace leg spinner Anil Kumble has set himself the target of claiming 600 test scalps after becoming the fourth most successful bowler in the world.The master spinner took his total to 533 as he moved ahead of West Indies legend Courtney Walsh (519) during India's recent Test series victory in the Caribbean.

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Dav Whatmore, Bangladesh's coach, is confident that his side will beat Zimbabwe in the forthcoming five-ODI series which kicks off in Harare on July 29.

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Tom Moody, the coach of Sri Lanka, believes his side's recent success in England was a stepping stone towards achieving greater goals in the future. After a difficult, inconsistent six months Sri Lanka, under the inspirational Mahela Jayawardene, exceeded expectations and played with the natural flair that was traditionally their strength and Moody was quick to single out the team's journey.

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Bangladesh have called up Abdur Razzak, the young left-arm spinner, for the upcoming tours of Zimbabwe and Kenya. Impressive performances for Bangladesh A in Zimbabwe recently were the main reason for his selection, said Faruk Ahmed, Bangladesh's chairman of selectors.

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Younis Khan, the Pakistan vice-captain, returns from injury to lead his side in their four-day tour match against Northamptonshire. Younis, 28, was ruled out of the first Test at Lord's with a prolonged knee niggle but will captain in place of Inzamam-ul-Haq as an injury-hit Pakistan rest key players ahead of the second Test beginning July 27 at Old Trafford.

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Almost every chopping-and-dropping exercise by the management had Ajit Agarkar's head rolling, but the Mumbai pacer doesn't crib and says he is ready to live a life full of twists and turns.

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The Indian squad for the August 14-29 One-day competition in Sri Lanka, which also involves South Africa, would be announced on Thursday in Mumbai. Indian selectors may make a few changes in the side in order to take their opponents by surprise, selection committee chairman Kiran More has indicated.

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Tax authorities in Pakistani have challenged their British counterpart's right to tax Pakistani cricketers under the convention of the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Fiscal Evasion.

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India's new pace spearhead S Sreesanth says Sri Lanka's current form would make the upcoming cricket tri-series in the emerald isle a highly challenging affair The 22-year-old bowler also said India's own good ODI form over the last six months, barring the blip in West Indies, would go on to make the August 14-29 series quite thrilling.

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Fidel Edwards has set his sight on becoming the first West Indies bowler to smash the 100mph barrier and admitted he likes nothing better than spying fear in a batsman's eyes.

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South Africa, led by their first black captain Ashwell Prince, arrived in Sri Lanka today for their brief two-Test series and a tri-series with India.

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What a month it is turning out to be for India and Indian cricket. First there were celebrations when India defied recent history to win their first series in the West Indies after 35 years. Then the acceptance of twenty20 format by the Indian board, and then came the news of full and final recovery of the living god of the Indian cricket. To cap it, the World Cup final in 2011 will also be held in India.

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Indian selectors might ring in a few changes in the side for the tri-series in Sri Lanka in order to take their opponents by surprise, Selection Committee Chairman Kiran More has indicated.

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New Surrey signing Anil Kumble is targeting promotion with his new side, while he is also relishing the prospect of being in a three-pronged spin attack.

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Arjuna Ranatunga, the former Sri Lanka captain, has slammed Jeevan Kumaratunga, the sports minister, for the delay in naming a committee to oversee cricket in Sri Lanka.

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A scintillating all-around effort by Indian U-19 team outsmarted their English counterparts as the visitors posted a convincing 41-run win in the opening ODI at Derby.

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The anti-Dalmiya faction in the Cricket Association of Bengal today moved the Calcutta High Court seeking expeditious hearing of its suit before a lower court for appointment of an independent observer for the forthcoming CAB elections.

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The subject of the number of overseas players in English cricket has been argued over for years, but the recent influx of players under the Kolpak ruling has taken the debate onto a new level. The number of South Africans playing county and club cricket has never been higher, and most benefit from having British passports through parents or grandparents.

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A 16-member Zimbabwe squad left for South Africa today to prepare for the upcoming five-match series against Bangladesh that gets underway next Saturday. The side is captained by offspinner Prosper Utseya and contains four players who are yet to represent the country on the international scene - left-hand batsman Friday Kasteni, opening bat Tinotenda Mawoyo, wicketkeeper Tafadzwa Mufambisi and pace bowler Admire Manyumwa.

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Gerald Majola, the South African board's chief executive, has labeled the coming international season as one that will define South African cricket. According to Majola, the calendar year would highlight the value of the decision to cut the number of teams in the top domestic competition from 11 to six.

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Duncan Fletcher, the England coach, is confident his faith in Liam Plunkett will be rewarded by him emerging into an international-class allrounder. Thrust into international cricket during England's tour of Pakistan in November 2005, Plunkett impressed with an innings of 56 in his second one-day international at Lahore. Since then, he has struggled to score and critics have questioned his ability as a lower-order batsman.

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Darren Gough has taken a swipe at England's selectors, claiming that they have overlooked his claims for a place in the one-day squad because he missed last winter's tours. Initially, Gough, 36, withdrew in order to spend more time with his family, but he subsequently appeared on - and won - the BBC's celebrity talent show Strictly Come Dancing.

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The International Cricket Council has written to the Pakistan board expressing concerns over the facilities at Peshawar's Arbab Niaz Stadium. Abbas Zaidi, the PCB director board operations, said that the ICC was unhappy with the fracas that occurred during the first ODI between Pakistan and India earlier this year.

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Former India paceman Javagal Srinath will start his innings as an ICC Match Referee in the two-match Test series between Sri Lanka and South Africa beginning later this month.

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The Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) is unhappy with the BCCI's decision to host the 2011 World Cup final at a new stadium in Delhi because it takes the honour of hosting the event away from the Ferozeshah Kotla. The Ferozeshah Kotla is one of the first grounds in India to host a one-day international way back in 1982.

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Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar arrived in England on Monday to train with the English county Warwickshire. Currently out of the Pakistan squad with an ankle stress fracture, Shoaib would play a couple of club matches for Warwickshire.

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Harbhajan Singh said on Tuesday that the Twenty-20 format of cricket would prove to be the ultimate test for spinners. He said though the format was an exciting one, the slam-bang version of the game would be nothing short of nightmare for bowlers like him as it is tailor-made for strokemakers.

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Veteran spinner Mushtaq Ahmed could be in line for a shock recall to Pakistan's injury-hit squad for the second Test against England at Old Trafford next week. The 36-year-old hasn't played for Pakistan for three years but is the leading wicket-taker in county cricket this year, with 53 for Sussex.

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Pakistan Cricket Board today said it was committed to take part in ICC Champions Trophy in India despite July 11 bomb blasts in Mumbai.

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Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has been fined Zim$130 million (£700) after using an offshore account to pay for the purchase of cricket balls from Pakistan. A magistrates court in Harare was told that the board paid £12,000 to Ishan Sports in breach of the country's Exchange Control Regulations.

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Pakistan now has two players in the top five of the Test batting rankings following the drawn first Test against England at Lord's. Inzamam-ul-Haq has climbed one place to third in the list after twin half-centuries and he has been joined in the top five by Mohammad Yousuf, who made 202, his second successive Test double hundred against England.

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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is faced with a severe shortage of funds and its only short-term saviour appears to be the hosting of the 2007 World Cup.

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Ashwell Prince, recently announced as South African captain for the Test series in Sri Lanka, says his style of captaincy is a world apart from the man he replaced.

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Sachin Tendulkar has been declared fit to play in the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka, the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) said today.

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BCCI on Sunday dropped its opposition to the game's Twenty-20 version, deciding to participate in the inaugural World Cup in South Africa in 2007.

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The final of the 2011 World Cup will be played here at a state-of-the-art stadium to be built on the banks of river Yamuna at a cost of about Rs.5 billion.

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Describing the recent West Indies tour as a fantastic experience, Indian pace bowler S Sreesanth termed Brian Lara's wicket in the second innings of the fourth Test as his best dismissal so far.

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Sri Lankan batsman Marvan Atapattu has been ruled out of the upcoming cricket Test series against South Africa as well as the tri-series involving India after he failed to recover form a back injury.

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Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan on Sunday said his team was keen to avenge its drubbing on Indian soil last year in the upcoming one-day cricket tri-series in Colombo.

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Pace spearhead Glenn McGrath has decided to make his international comeback at the Champions Trophy in India later this year as he believes it will be a good preparation for the following Ashes series.

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New Zealand Cricket's six major associations have announced their list of 12 contracted players for the 2006-07 domestic season.

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Kensington Oval, which will host the 2007 World Cup final, will be ready ahead of schedule according to its redevelopers. The stadium was demolished last year and redevelopment began to increase seating capacity from 16,000 to 28,000.

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Pakistan went into the opening Test here at Lord's without three of their key players and it remains uncertain whether the injured trio would be fit in time for the second match at Old Trafford later this month.

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Australia confirmed its participation in the ICC Champions Trophy in India in October, allaying fears that teams might pull out due to security reasons due to the recent bomb blasts in Mumbai.

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Mushtaq Mohammad, the former Pakistan captain, has rejected claims made by Allan Border, the former Australian captain and current national selector, that Mushtaq offered him $1million to lose in fifth Ashes Test at Edgbaston in 1993.

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The annual general meeting and elections of the Sri Lanka board which were scheduled for July 15 have been cancelled. This means that the Interim Committee will continue to be in charge of cricket in Sri Lanka.

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Shoaib Akhtar, the Pakistan fast bowler, will train with Warwickshire as he recovers from a stress fracture of the ankle that ruled him out of the initial part of Pakistan's tour of England.

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During the post-mortem after West Indies rolled over on that infamous tour of South Africa in 1998, scandalous accusations abounded of a team unwilling to take the field, of disunity and selfishness. In defence of Brian Lara, selector Joey Carew described him as a learning captain. Lara said the same.

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The Indian cricket board has dismissed concerns that teams might pull out of the Champions Trophy after Tuesday's bombings on Mumbai trains that killed at least 186 people. Mumbai is one of four host cities for the Oct. 7 to Nov. 5 event.

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Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday described the three-month lay-off as the toughest phase of his 17-year long career.But he did say that rushing back into competitive cricket wouldn't have been the right thing to do.Tendulkar said, though, that his return to international cricket would depend on his performance in the fitness tests he is made to undergo.

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The ICC has responded to Martin Crowe's comments in his recent Spirit of Cricket Lecture at Lord's by saying that it is dealing with the issue of suspect bowling actions more effectively than ever. In his address, Crowe criticised the new 15-degree law and said that all bent arms should be banned.

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All matches in the upcoming tri-series featuring hosts Sri Lanka, South Africa and India will be played in Colombo, the BCCI confirmed today. The first two matches will be day/night fixtures at the R Premadasa Stadium while the next two will be played at the Sinhalese Sports Club.

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Mohammad Asif on Wednesday became the latest Pakistan player to be ruled out of the first Test against England at Lord's.

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The class of 2006 has emulated India's class of 1971 and defeated the West Indies in the West Indies, but unlike Sunil Gavaskar's 774-run cornerstone which fashioned victory 35 years ago, the current lot were served by team effort, with many players putting their hand up to be counted at various stages.

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West Indies captain Brian Lara had almost threatened to quit at the end of the series against India because of a difference of opinion with the selectors.However, now it is the chief selector who has quit instead.

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New Zealand great Martin Crowe launched a thinly-disguised attack on Muttiah Muralitharan here Tuesday as he called on officials to make sure 'chuckers' were "chucked out" of cricket.

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Sourav Ganguly and Dinesh Mongia's Lacklustre performances could not hamper their county sides' chances as Northamptinshire and Leicestershire on Tuesday recorded huge wins against their respective opponents and entered the quarterfinals of the Tewnty-20 cup.

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Ashwell Prince, recently appointed South African captain in place of the injured Graeme Smith, understands that his first assignment is not short of challenges. With Smith, Jacques Kallis and Shaun Pollock missing in action, Prince has singled out July 27, the first day of the Colombo Test against Sri Lanka, as a day of reckoning.

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Indian captain Rahul Dravid, who scored 496 runs in the just-concluded series in the West Indies, continues to occupy the second position in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings.

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A series between England and Pakistan rarely passes off without incident. In the past there has been Mike Gatting's finger-wagging at Faisalabad, Aaqib Javed's bouncers at Old Trafford and Saqlain Mushtaq's missed no-balls at the same ground. More recently Shahid Afridi showed his dancing skills in the middle of the pitch last winter. That series ended 2-0 to a committed and talented Pakistan team as England's Ashes hangover began to set in. The rematch is shaping up to be a tasty encounter.

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Shoaib Akhtar won't be around until the final Test at the earliest and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan will miss the whole tour. Are Pakistan's bowling resources looking thin? Not nearly as thin as England's did during their one-day thrashing against Sri Lanka.

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According to John Buchanan, Australia's coach, the national selectors want Shane Watson to prove himself of holding down the No.6 slot in Tests. After Watson smashed an unbeaten 161 against Pakistan A in Darwin during the ongoing Top End Series, Buchanan added that the time was ripe for the young allrounder.

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The recent bombings in Mumbai have raised concerns about the possibility of teams pulling out of the Champions Trophy, which will take place in India during October and November. Mumbai is one of four cities set to host matches.

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Discarded Test batsman Craig McMillan made 108 for New Zealand as it reached 332 batting first in its four-day match against India ‘A’ in a four-day match in Australia's Top End Cricket Series. India was 208 for six in reply at stumps.

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England batsman Alastair Cook admits a series win over Pakistan would be the perfect send-off ahead of the Ashes series this winter.

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New Zealand great Martin Crowe has attacked the International Cricket Council for being too lenient on bowlers with suspect actions. The ICC introduced a new law two years ago allowing a 15 degree straightening margin into bowlers' actions.

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Key England bowler Matthew Hoggard has raised hopes he might be fit to face Pakistan in the first Test at Lord's starting on Thursday

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Batsmen from both sides made merry on the second day of the Top End series encounter between Australia A and Pakistan A at Darwin. Australia's overnight batsmen Shane Watson and Brad Haddin went on to score centuries to take the score over 500, and after the declaration Pakistan began confidently, led by former international Mohammad Hafeez, who scored a fluent unbeaten 86.

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Wicketkeepers are a persecuted breed. Like umpires, they tend only to be noticed when they err, and increasingly both are judged on criteria that should be beyond their remit - that microscopically thin inside-edge, for instance, or in Chris Read's case, a perceived fallibility in front of, not behind, the stumps.

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An annual review of the Test rankings published by the International Cricket Council has allowed Pakistan to take England's second spot in the ladder. The teams begin a Test series on Thursday at Lord's with Pakistan on a seven-point lead over their hosts and some 10 points behind Australia.

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Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, currently on the comeback trail after a shoulder surgery, would return to the Indian side soon, former physio of the team Andrew Leipus said on Wednesday.

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Shaharyar Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ruled out fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar's comeback before the fourth Test at The Oval next month, saying that he still needs time to get match fit.

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Joey Carew will no longer be a selector for West Indies cricket. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) convenor of selectors submitted a letter to the regional body on Monday advising them of his withdrawal from the post he has occupied, on and off, over the last 20 years.

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Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul-Haq says he contemplated retirement after being dropped from the national side soon after the 2003 world cup but the tug of cricket made him change his mind. Inzamam said his career was in shambles around the time of last World Cup in South Africa as he struggled to make runs, and compounding his poor form was a lack of fitness.

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Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner, is looking forward to playing a major role in the four-Test series against England starting at Lord's on Thursday.

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A bitter battle to control Sri Lanka's cricket establishment has wrecked the schedule for next month's limited-overs tri-series against India and South Africa. The dispute, generated by upcoming elections at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), revolves around holding the first four matches of the August 14-29 tri-series in the central town of Dambulla.

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A solid batting performance took New Zealand 'A' to a comfortable 257 for four on the opening day of their four-day top end series match against India 'A' at Darwin yesterday. Half-centuries by Test players Michael Papps (69), Mathew Sinclair (76) and Craig McMillan (unbeaten 62) ensured that their team took advantage after winning the toss at the gardens oval.

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Captaincy is no longer on the agenda of Sourav Ganguly but making a comeback to the national squad certainly is, reveals the former India skipper who is also planning to write a tell-all book on his controversy-ridden cricket career.

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Brian Lara has said he may consider extending his playing career to the end of the next England tour which begins in May 2007. It was widely thought that the West Indian would retire from international cricket after next year's World Cup which takes place in the Caribbean, but today's news has quashed the speculation.

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Graeme Smith has been ruled out of South Africa's tour of Sri Lanka meaning that Ashwell Prince will become the country's first black captain. Smith tore ligaments in his right ankle when he slipped while running on Saturday in Knysna. After an X-ray and a scan as well as a consultation with the team physiotherapist Shane Jabaar, Smith was diagnosed with two torn ligaments. Jabaar said: "He will undergo a further stress X-ray later today with an ankle specialist to determine the full extent of his injury and the treatment required".

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And then there was one. England's four-pronged pace quartet, the same awesome foursome that briefly threatened to rule the world last summer, has dwindled away almost to vanishing point. Simon Jones is crocked, seemingly for evermore; Andrew Flintoff is itching to return to the fray but is wisely being held back by a cautious management; while Matthew Hoggard's hand injury at Canterbury is quite simply the final straw.

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Indian captain Rahul Dravid welcomed Sachin Tendulkar's return to fitness after watching him make an unbeaten half-century in a charity match in London. Tendulkar, who is recovering from shoulder surgery, made 50 not out for an International XI against Pakistan at the Oval in a Twenty20 Earthquake Relief match that raised funds for the victims of last October's destruction in Pakistan. Tendulkar opened with Brian Lara, putting on 72 for the first wicket, faced 26 balls, hitting eight fours and a six and showing little discomfort from his injury

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Mohan de SIlva, the opposition candidate standing for elections to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has said that Dambulla will remain the venue for the tri-series against India and South Africa, if he becomes the president.

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Australia's selectors are mulling over the best strategy for getting leading fast bowler Glenn McGrath fit for the Ashes series starting in November. The 36-year-old missed tours of South Africa and Bangladesh this year to help his wife Jane recover from cancer, but with her health improving he is now ready to step up his bid to face England.

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Gordon Templeton, a former sports producer and presenter, has been appointed as the new media liaison officer of the South African team. He replaces Moabi Litheko, who resigned in February to join the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

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When a new player enters the England dressing-room - a near-weekly event this year - he is issued with certain things. Shirts, sweaters, caps, hats, a helmet, a busy schedule of practice and PR, endless branded training kit, and (surely) a manual containing the approved answers to every question he might be asked by the media. It's a dream come true. They've got a lot of good players.

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Rahul Dravid says India should join the rest of the world in playing Twenty20 domestic cricket but has warned against playing too much internationally.

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Kevin Pietersen urged his side's inexperienced pace attack to make a good impression against Pakistan in the first Test at Lord's starting Thursday. With Andrew Flintoff pulling out, England have had another injury scare to their main strike bowler Matthew Hoggard, who is doubtful due to a hand injury. England's bowlers had a tough time against Sri Lanka in the ODIs, as Liam Plunkett and Sajid Mahmood struggled to contain the batsmen and get the breakthroughs.

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Former England captain Mike Atherton has lauded Rahul Dravid's performance during India's recent tour of the Caribbean but believes that the tour showed West Indies captain Brian Lara in a poor light.

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Mohammad Asif has a 50% chance of playing the opening Test against England at Lord's on Thursday. "Asif is in pain but he is being treated by experts and might get fit for the first Test," said Zaheer. While Asif remains doubtful to make the playing eleven at Lord's, Mohammad Sami and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal are fully fit.

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Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria will fulfil a childhood dream when he plays the first Test against England at Lord's on Thursday. At 25, Kaneria remains crucial to Pakistan's hopes of maintaining their proud record in England, where they have not lost a series since 1982.

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Meticulous planning by the England backroom team headed by coach Duncan Fletcher formed the basis of England's stunning Ashes triumph over Australia. However, almost from the moment Michal Vaughan's team left the Oval for celebrations which seemed to stretch out for days, England have lurched from one mini-crisis to another.

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Supreme Court restrains Prasar Bharati from interfering with the channel's exclusive telecast rights of forthcoming tri-series, ICC Champions trophy.

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Audacity, self-belief and an ability to improvise bordering on genius combine to make Kevin Pietersen the most exciting batsman currently strutting the world stage. In an age of increasingly dizzy run rates there are no shortages of pretenders to Pietersen's unofficial title.

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Harbhajan Singh today predicted a significant role for slow bowlers in the World Cup to be held next year in the Caribbean where he said the pitches had become spinner-friendly. "During our tour of the Caribbean, most of the pitches were slow and especially in the test series, during the second innings the ball kept low and ultimately the batsmen were beaten," he told reporters here today.

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The three-match one-day international series between Kenya and Bangladesh, originally set for Nairobi later this month, has been postponed by a further three weeks due to lack of sponsors, according to Kenya's cricket officials.

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Simon Jones, the England fast bowler, hasn't ruled himself out of playing in this winter's Ashes in Australia, despite undergoing serious knee surgery last month.

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Inzamam-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi both struck powerful cameos as Pakistan beat an International XI side in a charity match at The Oval, despite 50 from Sachin Tendulkar. Rain and gloom reduced the Twenty20 clash to a ten-over-a-side encounter but a 20,000-plus crowd were entertained by the glittering array of stars on show and raised £250,000 for survivors of last October's earthquake in Pakistan.

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The Australian chairman of selectors, Andrew Hilditch, has admitted his concern over selecting Glenn McGrath for the ICC Champions Trophy in October in India, while playing down suggestions of Australia trampling over England in the Ashes.

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It is in cricket a rivalry unique. It does not rely on the conventional ingredients that form the undercurrent of most traditional rivalries: geography, religion, a tainted historical antecedent. Yet it has been as fractious, as heated, as packed with history, incident, drama, plots and sub-plots as any.

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Matthew Hoggard will spend time in an oxygen chamber in a bid to get himself fit for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's on Thursday, having had six stitches inserted in his right hand following a freak injury at Canterbury on Saturday.

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Left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan's all-round performance helped Worcestershire post a three-wicket win over Somerset in a Twenty20 cup cricket match at county ground, new road. Opening the bowling, Zaheer yesterday delivered the early blow on Somerset by claiming opening bat M J Wood for a duck when the visitors' total was only one.

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Pakistan have called up uncapped left arm pacer Samiullah Niazi before the first Test against England due to a series of injury problems. Chief selector Wasim Bari said on Monday that the touring team management had asked for Niazi to be sent to England immediately.

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Former India Test player Maninder Singh has criticised national team coach Greg Chappell for being "fickle minded".

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The England chairman of selectors David Graveney has given his backing to Geraint Jones, the England wicketkeeper, ahead of the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's on Thursday.

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Coach Bob Woolmer says Pakistan's acrimonious draw with England A will fire them up ahead of Thursday's first Test at Lord's.

Woolmer was upset that the home side batted into the third day of the rain-affected match, keeping the tourists in the field at Canterbury for 173 overs.

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Naved-ul-Hasan, the Pakistan fast bowler, has been ruled out of the Test series against England owing to his groin injury. With two other key members, Mohammad Sami and Mohammad Asif, already in doubt for the first Test at Lord's from July 13, Pakistan's fast-bowling options ahead of the series have been further depleted.

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The Stanford 20/20 kicks off in Antigua on Tuesday. It is the first major private venture - if you exclude the controversial rebel tours of South Africa in the 1980s - since Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket turned the established game on its head in 1977. Even the millions poured into that pall by comparison with the $28 million invested by American billionaire Alan Stanford.

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Former Australia batsman Darren Lehmann was reprimanded by Yorkshire on Saturday for making "an obscene gesture" in a Twenty20 match against local rivals Lancashire. The incident occurred immediately after the 36-year-old Lehmann had caught Lancashire batsman Paul Horton in Friday's game.

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Cricket's world governing body International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to assist its member countries to look into the issues of player workload and the volume of cricket being played through a comprehensive research project focusing on those subjects. ICC Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed said that the two words that concern some of the players were "burnout and saturation".

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Pakistan's final first-class match before next week's first Test against England petered out into a ludicrous draw with England A on the final day. The tourists, set an improbable 507 in a minimum of 46 overs for victory - a run-rate of 11 an over - finished on 154 for two in their second innings.

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Misbah-ul-Haq scored an unbeaten 107 on Sunday to lead Pakistan 'A' over New Zealand 'A' by 60 runs in a Twenty20 cricket international in Australia's Top End series. Pakistan made 164 for five batting first and New Zealand was bowled out for 104 in 16.4 overs in reply.

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Inc. Managing Director and CEO Chris Dehring has lauded the unprecendented security and immigration initiatives agreed to by the Prime Ministers of CARICOM for next year's World Cup. An Interpol team will be in the Caribbean from January next year as part of a USD 13-million security system being put in place by regional governments for the event.

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 Irfan Pathan believes his rough patch is only temporary and he will be back to his best sooner than later. The left-arm paceman could take only six wickets at the cost of 177 runs in the five one-dayers and returned a modest two for 93 in the only Test he played at St. Lucia during the recent tour of West Indies.

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Yuvraj Singh may not have turned waves in India's just concluded tour of Caribbean but his exploits in the limited over version games he played so far this year were enough to place him at the top among Indian batsmen in the best players' list. Yuvraj, who won three man-of-the-series awards on the trot - against South Africa (joint honour with Jacques Kallis), Pakistan and England - before the series against the West Indies, has 795 runs at a superb average of 61.15 from 17 ODI matches.

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In an unprecedented move, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is seeking to appoint at least three non-member directors at a special meeting of directors in Barbados next Thursday.

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Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Sami, the Pakistan fast bowlers, have both sustained injuries to put their participation in the first Test against England on Thursday in doubt.

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England are increasingly confident that Andrew Flintoff will be available for the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford which gets underway on July 27. Flintoff missed out on England's calamitous one-day series against Sri Lanka and has undergone extensive rehabilitation on his injured ankle, spending time at Bovey Castle in Dartmoor with the England physio Dave Roberts.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has agreed to Sri Lanka Cricket's (SLC) request that all matches of the forthcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka be played in Colombo. The series, with South Africa as the third team, was scheduled in Colombo and Dambula, but internal wrangling forced a change in matters.

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Ian Bell, the Warwickshire batsman, has earned a recall to the England squad for the first Test against Pakistan at Lord's on Thursday. Steve Harmison has also been named in a 13-man squad announced this morning which includes five fast bowlers and one spinner, Monty Panesar.

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Zaheer Khan once again made an impact with the ball for Worcestershire but Sourav Ganguly and Dinesh Mongia had minor roles to play in victories by their respective county sides in Twenty-20 Cup English Cricket Championship matches on Friday.

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In an effort to cut down on the boredom factor, the International Cricket Council has approved early termination of Test matches on the last afternoon if no clear result is possible. The Chief Executives' Committee approved the recommendation that in a Test match where, on the last afternoon, it is clear no result is possible, play can be called off any time once a minimum of 75 overs have been completed. Previous regulations allowed for stumps to be drawn after 30 minutes of the final hour had elapsed.

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The ICC is to launch a comprehensive research project into the contentious issue of player burnout, according to their chief executive, Malcolm Speed. Speaking at the ICC's annual Business Forum at Lord's on Friday, Speed said: "Two words that concern some of our stakeholders are `burnout' and `saturation'. They are highly emotive words [and] they are too often used in the absence of facts and evidence."

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Led by their spinners, India A recorded their second win of the Top End Series, easing past Australia A in a low-scoring match at Darwin. Tejinder Pal Singh, Piyush Chawla and Ravi Jadeja combined superbly to restrict the Australians to just 213, and though the Indians stuttered in pursuit, Venugopal Rao, the captain, steadied the nerves scoring 55 off 81 balls as India eased home with four wickets and eight balls to spare.

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India will host the finals of the 2011 World Cup while Bangladesh will host the opening ceremony. This was decided in London following a meeting between the respective boards. In April, the ICC awarded the hosting rights to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

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The proposed series of one-day matches between India and West Indies planned for North America is back on, although all the games are now likely to take place in Canada and not in the USA as originally intended. It is reported from Canada that a deal was done between the Indian board (BCCI) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) when their respective chairmen met during the ICC executive meeting at Lord's this week.

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England's selectors are set to reveal Sunday how they will cope without star all-rounder Andrew Flintoff when the squad for next week's first Test against Pakistan at Lord's is announced. Flintoff may be their preferred choice as captain for the defence of the Ashes in Australia later this year, with Michael Vaughan ruled out after knee surgery, but a recurrence of the 28-year-old Lancashire hero's longstanding left ankle problem means his run of 35 successive England Tests is about to end. In that time Flintoff has had a major impact on England's fortunes, scoring 2,011 Test runs at an average of 38.67 and taking 136 wickets at 26.26 apiece.

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Percy Sonn was installed as International Cricket Council (ICC) president on Friday and predicted the next 12 months would be extremely important for the game's future. "During that time we will be negotiating the sale of our commercial and broadcast rights for the next eight years to 2015," the 56-year-old South African told the ICC's Business Forum at Lord's after taking over from Pakistani Ehsan Mani.

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India's Test series victory in West Indies was one of the high points of Anil Kumble's 16-year international career, the leg spinner said on Friday. Kumble took six second-innings wickets as the touring side won the fourth and final Test in Jamaica by 49 runs to clinch a 1-0 series triumph on Sunday, India's first in the Caribbean for 35 years.

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Brian Lara remains quite uncertain about representing Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) in the inaugural Stanford 20/20 Tournament beginning on Monday in Antigua.

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John Buchanan, the Australia coach, has warned his players not to get too complacent in the Ashes later this year against an England side hampered by injury worries to key players. His comments follow the news of Michael Vaughan pulling out of the tour due to a knee injury.

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If West Indies captain Brian Lara wants firepower, he can ask Wes Hall and Charlie Griffith for their opinion. Both these fast bowling legends would advise him that he could look in the direction of Jermaine Lawson, the talented Jamaican fast bowler.

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Sourav Ganguly celebrates his 34th birthday today. Prince of Kolkata has been a dedicated, loyal and reliable servant to Indian cricket and a crowd favourite for a decade and a half, but now it seems the international career of the former Indian skipper may be over. It seems a shame that a player who has been such an asset to the national side for so long will have to go out in an ignominious manner and not on his own terms.

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Having impressed as fill-in seamer on the recent tour of the West Indies, young fast bowler Vikram Rajvir Singh is hoping his place in Team India will become a permanent one in the days to come.

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Robert Key gave the England selectors a timely reminder of his ability by scoring an unbeaten century against Pakistan for England A here Thursday. On a day when England captain Michael Vaughan was ruled out of the Ashes series after knee surgery, A team skipper Key's 128 not out was the centrepiece of the hosts' 268 for three on the opening day of this four-day fixture - Pakistan's final first-class match before next week's first Test at Lord's.

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Australian bowler Shaun Tait on Friday predicted England will severely miss injured captain Michael Vaughan during the Ashes and suggested the skipper's role would burden his replacement Andrew Flintoff. Vaughan was this week ruled out of the upcoming Ashes tour in Australia, where England will attempt to defend the trophy they won last September for the first time in 18 years.

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The future of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's hairstyles is now in the hands of a hair care product once famous for using another dashing wicket-keeper Farookh Engineer. With the country not getting enough of Dhoni's hairstyle, the company has given the sportsman every possible hairstyle - straight, flicked and even curled.

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Andrew Flintoff is sizing up a Twenty20 outing for Lancashire as he continues to regain fitness in time for second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford later this month.

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Percy Sonn, who has today taken over as ICC president from Ehsan Mani, has accepted an invitation from Zimbabwe Cricket to visit the country and see for himself the state the game is in there.

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Slowly but surely the preparations for next year's World Cup in the West Indies are falling into place. A significant deal has been struck between ten members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to enable tourists to move between the islands without stopping for passport processing.

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Mushtaq Mohammad, often regarded as Pakistan's best cricket captain, has revealed in his autobiography "Inside Out" how his team had "doctored the ball" in the Melbourne victory of 1979 when Sarfraz Nawaz claimed 9-86, and that Pakistani cricketers were involved in something akin to match-fixing when they poorly lost to Bangladesh during the 1999 World Cup.

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Dashing wicketkeeper-batsman, M S Dhoni, is celebrating his 25th birthday today. Dhoni who is one of the best wicketkeeper batsman India has had in recent times was voted as the MTV Youth Icon this year. He joined the ranks of industrialist, Anil Ambani, filmstar Shah Rukh Khan, who have been the Youth Icons in the previous years.

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Sachin Tendulkar scored his third century in four matches for Lashings as he and Aravinda de Silva formed the backbone of the 26-run victory against Taunton School Invitational XI. Tendulkar, who had scored 155, 147 and 98 in earlier games, smashed 101 off just 68 balls before retiring. He added 186 for the second wicket with Aravinda de Silva, who remained unbeaten on 100, as Lashings piled up 223 in 30 overs.

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The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has condemned the arbitrary tactics followed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) by adopting a resolution during its working committee meeting here yesterday.

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Pakistan`s injured speedster Shoaib Akhtar will play in a few local games this month before making his international comeback. A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official was quoted by The News as saying that Shoaib could be asked to play "some matches locally" as early as next week, provided scans of his injured ankle showed substantial progress.

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The PCB is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. Board`s Director (Operations) Salim Altaf has reportedly appointed Mohsin Sheikh, a Pakistani expatriate settled in Australia and an unknown figure in Pakistan`s cricketing circles, as consultant/ advisor to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) on a two-year contract.

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Three Indian team members, pacemen Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel and off spinner Ramesh Powar, returned here today from the West Indies.Team's support staff, biomechanic Ian Frazer, trainer Greg King and masseur Ramesh Mane also came along with them via London.

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Shaun Tait, the South Australian fast bowler, has been instructed by Dennis Lillee and Troy Cooley, Australia's bowling coach, to remain more upright at the crease. Lillee and Cooley counseled Tait to get in closer to the stumps at delivery stride, so that he can maximise his swing.

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Mark Ramprakash is no stranger to being on the receiving end of taunts from spectators. Last week at Lord's he was jeered by Middlesex supporters still bitter about his acrimonious departure from the county, and at The Rose Bowl on Thursday he was again targeted by Hampshire fans.

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Jacob Oram, the New Zealand allrounder, doesn't want to think about a worst-case scenario as he recovers from his latest back injury. Despite a sequence of bowling-related injuries, Oram maintained that he was far from becoming a specialist batsman as he concentrated on his rehabilitation ahead of the summer season.

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Joey Carew, the West Indies chief selector, has described Brian Lara's reaction, following the 1-0 Test series loss to India, as "unnecessary". On Sunday, at the end of the fourth Test in Jamaica, Lara complained bitterly about team selection and the state of the pitches in the region. Lara, who publicly expressed dissatisfaction with the teams chosen throughout the four-Test series, revealed that he only discovered he was selector a day before the start of the final Test, an appointment he claimed had been ratified since May 28.

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Ben Hilfenhaus, the Tasmania fast bowler, will replace Mitchell Johnson for the match against India A on Saturday at the TIO Stadium in Darwin. Cullen Bailey, the South Australia legspinner, has also been included in the squad.

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While England were being pasted 5-0 by Sri Lanka you could have forgiven one man for allowing himself a wry smile. But England's forgotten man, Surrey allrounder Rikki Clarke, is having none of it. "No, obviously I'd like to be playing for England," he says. "I'm also an England fan, I want them to do well."

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After making history in the Caribbean, a few members of the Indian cricket team returned home. Uttar Pradesh batsman Suresh Raina and Punjab pacer VRV Singh arrived in Delhi on Friday and more members of Team India are expected to land in Mumbai later in the day.

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If England's Ashes triumph in 2005 was a masterpiece of forward planning allied to extreme good fortune, then the return series in Australia is developing into the complete mirror-image. Luck has clearly deserted the English since last September, but to judge by today's convoluted captaincy conundrum, so too has the management's judgment.

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After the world-record pasting they received two days ago, this was a spirited display from Netherlands, but Sri Lanka were again barely stretched as they finally brought they tour to a close with a 55-run win at Amstelveen. Sri Lanka again impressed with the bat - if not quite in the same way as Tuesday - racking up over 300 as each of the top order enjoyed one final hit before heading home.

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International Cricket Council has rejected the proposal to allow players three appeals per inning to the third umpire during the high-profile Champions Trophy to be held in India later this year.

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The appointments committee of Cricket South Africa and the United Cricket Board of South Africa have announced the names of members appointed to serve on the national first-class umpires panel, the emerging umpires panel as well as the match referees panel for the forthcoming season.

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India A turned in a sound allround performance to humble Pakistan A by 130 runs in their limited-overs match in the Top End Series in Darwin. Opener Gautham Gambhir led the assault for India with an undefeated 142 which propelled them to 313. His 147-run opening stand with Robin Uthappa (72) laid the foundation for a big score. Rohit Sharma (47*) joined Gambhir after captain Venugopal Rao was dismissed, and the pair added 121 in the last 15 overs.

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Sachin Tendulkar struck his third hundred for the celebrity Lashings Cricket Club to steer his side to a 26-run victory over a Taunton School Invitation XI. Tendulkar's 101, after which he chose to retire, helped Lashings World XI put on 223 for three in 30 overs.

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Pakistan Vice-Captain Younis Khan has backed Mohammad Asif to fill the gap left by injured pacemen Shoaib Akhtar and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan in their forthcoming Test series with England. And he offered hefty praise to Asif, saying the 23-year-old fast-medium bowler reminds him of Australia's Glenn McGrath.

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Speedster Shoaib Akhtar may have to feature in local games next week to test his match fitness before making himself available for the ensuing Test cricket series against England Shoaib, who is recuperating from stress fracture, would be asked by the Pakistan Cricket Board to play if his latest scan report on the injured ankle shows substantial progress.

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International Cricket Council has rejected the proposal to allow players three appeals per inning to the third umpire during the high-profile Champions Trophy to be held in India later this year.

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Michael Vaughan is definitely out of this year's Ashes, according to BBC reports. Vaughan had a fourth operation on his knee earlier this week, and surgery showed that it was more damaged than had been believed. The ECB are expected to issue a full statement later on today.

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Young talent from four Test countries - Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa - will be on display in the 12-day Emerging Players tournament beginning July 10 at Brisbane's Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence (CBCE). The CBCE side, which has players from the Australian Institute of Sport's cricket programme, apart from three overseas players - Pinal Shah, Gaurav Dhiman and Kshemal Waingankar - on scholarship from India, will play the teams from the other three countries. The teams will play six Twenty20 games and 14 fifty-over matches from July 10 to July 21.

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Pakistan's Rana Naved-ul-Hasan will miss the first Test against England at Lord's after his coach Bob Woolmer confirmed that he wasn't ready to submit the player to a proposed fitness test at Canterbury.

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The Dolphins have decided to pull out of the Duleep Trophy, India's first-class zonal tournament, as the dates of their tour will be too close to the beginning of the South African domestic season. "The timing of the matches don't suit the South African fixture list, so the Dolphins will not be going to India," Logan Naidoo, the president of the KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union, told SuperCricket.

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Sachin Tendulkar continued with his good form to score an impressive 98 to help lashings World XI post a 92-run victory over Middleton Cricket Club at West Sussex.Tendulkar, who was appearing for Lashings for the third time, top-scored and helped his side post a challenging 274 for 7 in stipulated 40 overs after being put in to bat.

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India may have won its first series in the Caribbean for 35 years, beating the West Indies 1-0 over four matches, but it has not stopped Rahul Dravid's side slipping down the Test Championship table.

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It has taken Anil Kumble 16 years to be part of a team that won a series outside the subcontinent. And no wonder the veteran leggie rates this win in the West Indies as the highlight of his long career."I think the 2003-04 Australia series and this one probably as really significant. This one more so, because we won the series," said Kumble.

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Every time the West Indies manage to save a Test or an ODI, cricket pundits are prone to talk about guts and determination. But when they fail miserably (as happens more often), there is talk of the days of glory in the 1980s and a lot of moaning about inadequate replacements for the stars of those years. The dependency on Brian Lara for runs has not disappeared. And whenever he fires, the rest of the team seems able to score. If he falls cheaply, more often than not the rest follow suit.

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World beaters Australia will be seen in a "revolutionary" new green and gold uniform when the new season starts in 2007, Cricket Australia announced yesterday. The look and feel of the new uniform is inspired by the most revered item in Australian cricket, the baggy green.

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Andrew Strauss will skipper England for the opening Test against Pakistan at Lord's next week, the ECB has confirmed.Chairman of selectors David Graveney said Strauss is highly capable of leading the national team but added that he will be replaced by Andrew Flintoff when the Lancastrian recovers from an ankle injury.

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Sri Lanka today set a new one-day world record by piling up a total of 443-9 in a mismatch against the Netherlands in Amstelveen. Sanath Jayasuriya hit 157 off 104 balls and Tillakaratne Dilshan finished 117 not out as they beat South Africa`s 438-9 against Australia in March.

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Let's get history out of the way first. India overcame a 20-year-old bogey on Sunday by beating West Indies to claim their first Test series win outside the sub-continent since they beat England in 1986. Correction, they actually did that last year, but does a win over Zimbabwe count? Those who might wonder what the fuss is all about miss the point. It is a big deal.

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Sri Lanka should re-negotiate the 2011 cricket World Cup itinerary to ensure it hosts at least one of the two semifinals, a former top cricket official said on Monday. Sri Lanka has been allotted only a few preliminary matches of the tournament to be jointly hosted by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, said Mohan de Silva, former president of Sri Lanka Cricket.

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England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is hoping to return to action in the not too distant future.But he has admitted that he is unlikely to be available for next week's first Test against Pakistan at Lord's. Flintoff has not played since the final game of the recent series against Sri Lanka because of ankle trouble.

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West Bengal Sports Minister Subhas Chakraborty today came out in support of beleaguered Jagmohan Dalmiya, accusing BCCI of levelling baseless allegations of financial misappropriations against the former cricket board chief.

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England captain Michael Vaughan on Tuesday underwent an operation on his troublesome right knee. Vaughan’s hopes of returning in time to take part at some stage in next winter's Ashes rest on the outcome of surgery.

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The Top End series, involving the A teams from four countries - hosts Australia, Pakistan, India and New Zealand - kicks off on Wednesday. The matches will all be played at Darwin and Cairns. Australia left Chris Rogers and Cullen Bailey out of their final 12 for the opening match against New Zealand A at Darwin on Wednesday. As predicted, Brad Haddin was named as captain with Brad Hodge as his vice-captain.

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The Indian cricket board today congratulated Rahul Dravid and his team for scripting a historic 1-0 series win over the West Indies in the Caribbean. "Mr. Sharad Pawar, President and Mr. Niranjan Shah, Hon. Secretary of BCCI has congratulated Rahul Dravid and all the team members for their excellent victory in the Test match V/S West Indies after a very very long time," the board said in a press release.

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The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking direction to the BCCI to approach the ICC for rescheduling the cricket world cup to be held in the West Indies between March 13 and April 25, 2007 as the dates coincided with examination season in India.

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"Awesome" - Greg Chappell couldn't have summed up Rahul Dravid's batting in the final Test any better. Speaking to the media a day after India's triumph, Chappell highlighted Dravid's efforts as key to their success and felt that it was tough to find a better innings to inspire the others in the team.

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Sachin Tendulkar has been added to a star-studded World XI which will take on Pakistan in a charity Twenty20 match at the Oval on July 10.Tendulkar will join his skipper Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, fresh from India's Test series victory in the West Indies, as well as some other superstars of world cricket such as Brian Lara and Muttiah Muralitharan.

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Indian skipper Rahul Dravid swept away the batting honours in the just-concluded four-Test series against West Indies, aggregating 496 runs at a superb average of 82.66.Dravid, who hit one century and four 50's from seven innings, was the highest run getter on either sides.

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Ajit Wadekar, the former captain of India, who led the side to a series victory in West Indies in 1970-71, congratulated Rahul Dravid and the Indian team on winning the series at Kingston.

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Brian Lara dropped a bombshell last night. He might be about to throw in the towel as West Indies captain - again. Frustrated by the turn of events since his appointment as captain for a third time, Lara revealed he would be reviewing his position in the coming days.

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Bangladesh have named Saqibul Hasan and Forhad Reza, two young allrounders, in their 15-man squad for the tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya following outstanding performances with the youth teams over the past year.

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When Sri Lanka arrived in England after a difficult, inconsistent six months the pre-tour talk was all about a "learning experience". The team management hoped young players would develop and the team would be "competitive". However, these expectations were far exceeded.

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As only the second USA Under-15 Championship ever to be held in the USA, the tournament presented the Cricket Academy of California with its first major opportunity to show how it would execute the controversial three year contract it had signed with the USA Cricket Association (USACA) to conduct junior cricket in the USA.

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Charlie Robertson, one of Zimbabwe's senior administrators and the head of the group of provincial chairman, has called on the ICC to send in a group of neutral observers to see for themselves what he described as "the complete joke" that cricket has become in Zimbabwe.

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England's credibility as a one-day side took a further blow after their 5-0 thumping to Sri Lanka, dropping to the eighth spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings. This was England's third successive ODI series loss, which cost them a further six points to drop below West Indies .

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"Things are going pretty well." That was the assessment of International Cricket Council (ICC) pitch & field consultant Andy Atkinson after his tour of four of the venues to be used for the World Cup 2007 matches to be hosted in Trinidad.

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Ian Botham has insisted Andrew Flintoff should captain England during their Ashes defence in Australia later this year, and said there was "no one else" for the job if Michael Vaughan was unfit.

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Looking back at the first day must have been tough for Rahul Dravid. He'd played what he termed "one of the most challenging innings" but seen his side fold for 200.

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