Cricket Australia`s umpire selection chairman Mel Johnson is reportedly prepared to offer Darrell Hair a career lifeline if he is dropped from cricket`s elite panel over the Pakistan Test forfeit row.

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Recalled to the Indian one-day side for the first time since April 2005, Dinesh Mongia, the left-hand batsman, says he will not make the same mistakes that cost him his place in the side. With the tri-series in Malaysia, also featuring Australia and West Indies, due to start in early September, Mongia admitted he would curb his aggression and convert good starts into big scores if given the opportunity.

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Cricket Australia has cancelled 1300 Ashes tickets after an investigation into internet auction sales. James Sutherland, the board's CEO, told reporters in Melbourne that people risked being turned away from match venues if they turned up with tickets bought off the web.

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Curtly Ambrose had an outstanding cricket career. An amazing 405 wickets in 98 Test matches and 226 wickets in 176 one-day internationals ranks him among the greatest bowlers in the history of the game.

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Following The Oval row, the Indian board has decided to support moves to dilute the powers of the umpires. Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, affirmed that the power of international umpires should be curtailed following the forfeited Test.

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Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire in the midst of the ball-tampering row, may be considered for a new role next summer as an assessor of first-class umpires in England, a leading British paper reported on Friday.

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The Sri Lankan cricket board has urged the ICC to take away the powers of umpires to forfeit games, instead, they want the match referee to have a greater role.

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India`s cricket coach Greg Chappell has devised a novel method to improve his players` performance: divide the national squad in small pieces.

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Discarded West Indian fast bowler Jermaine Lawson has predicted a Caribbean win in the upcoming tri-nation cricket series, also involving India and Australia, in Malaysia.

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Spin wizard Shane Warne has said he might retire if Australia win back the Ashes urn this summer as he could not think of a better farewell for himself.

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The Mental as Anything song Mr Natural used to belong to Stuart Law as he strode out at the Gabba, but this summer it could be heading Shane Watson's way after he spent the off-season fine-tuning his batting fluency.

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Kevin Pietersen has spoken of the heart-breaking decision to leave South Africa in pursuit of an international career with England.

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A fire believed to have been caused by workers' welding torches caused an estimated 50,000 Australian dollars damage to the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.

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Michael Clarke was widely considered an Australia captain in waiting going into the last Ashes series in England. Now he's no certainty to make the team, with Australia desperate to win back the Ashes.

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The South Africans Herschelle Gibbs and Nicky Boje are likely to travel to India for the Champions Trophy in October, as significant efforts are being made to resolve any legal issues regarding their questioning by Indian police in the match-fixing scandal.

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As a direct fallout of the controversy surrounding the ball-tampering incident and the subsequent forfeiture of the Oval Test between Pakistan and England, the International Cricket Council could decide to take the power of awarding a forfeiture away from the umpire and put that decision in the hands of the match referee.

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Pakistan have asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to hold an inquiry into umpire Darrell Hair's conduct in the Oval Test before captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's disciplinary hearing.

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Australia's cricketers say they are now fully prepared for anything England throw at them in their upcoming Ashes series after completing a five-day survival camp in the country's sub-tropics.

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India will host the first ever Cricket World Cup in Special Olympics, which will be held in Mumbai between November 6 and 13. Nine teams of India, Australia, Bangladesh, England, Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and West Indies will take part in the event that would mark the official launch of cricket as a sport in the Special Olympics.

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Shoaib Akhtar said he was looking forward to playing his part in a "lethal" Pakistan one-day team during their forthcoming series against England.

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At 35, Stuart MacGill is nearing the end of his career and knows he will have limited opportunities over the next year as one-day cricket dominates the playing schedule. During a break in camp at Coolum he spoke to Peter English about his time left in the game, late-career action changes, appreciating Australia's current superstars and the Ashes threat of Kevin Pietersen

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Sachin Tendulkar says that during his childhood, he was extremely naughty and very difficult to handle and his only dream was to wear India's colours.

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Shane Warne has said he wants Australia's next cricket coach to have international playing experience to bring on the country's new generation of players.

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With all tickets available through the public ticketing system for next year's World Cup final sold out, fans hoping to acquire the remainder of the tickets will have to purchase the hospitality and travel packages, the organisers informed yesterday.

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Adam Gilchrist expects more senior Australia players to miss smaller tournaments as their workloads are managed in the lead-up to the World Cup. At the end of the Bangladesh series in April Gilchrist was exhausted and there were serious rumblings that this would be his final international summer, but he has been refreshed by a tour-free winter and had no concrete retirement plans during a gap in the team camp at Coolum.

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Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire at the centre of the ball-tampering controversy, has maintained a defence of his conditional offer of resignation and issued a statement apologising to his friends and supporters.

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Bangladesh announced the following squad for October's ICC Champions Trophy in India on Monday.

Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar (captain), Shahriar Nafees, Khaled Mashud, Tushar Imran, Saqibul Hasan, Mohammed Rafique, Javed Omar, Rajin Saleh, Mohammad Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mehrab Hossain Jr, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel, Shahadat Hossain, Alok Kapali, Farhad Reza, Mushfiqur Rahim.

The Pakistan Cricket Board is pushing for Darrell Hair's removal from the International Cricket Council's (ICC) list of elite umpires before the Champions Trophy in India in October.

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Pakistan responded to the controversies of the last eight days by defeating England in the Twenty20 international on Monday.

Pakistan 148 for 5 (Hafeez 46) beat England 144 for 7 (Trescothick 53, Razzaq 3-30) by five wickets

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Steve Harmison has been ruled out of the Natwest Series as a precaution after not responding to treatment for soreness in his lower back.

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Percy Sonn, the ICC's president, has cancelled the executive board meeting to brief the directors about the events of the last week which was scheduled for next weekend. Sonn has spoken to the those concerned in the past few days and is satisfied that they understand the process sufficiently.

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After a week where the focus shifted dramatically from action on the field to action off it, England and Pakistan will face each other for the first time since The Oval Test in Monday's Twenty20 International at Bristol.

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Rahul Dravid on Monday earned rich accolades for his leadership qualities from another Indian captain Ravi Shastri, who not only compares him to Australian legend Steve Waugh but predicts that he will become "even better in the years to come".

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India's top five cricketers will be rated by former international players of the country for the Castrol Indian cricketer of the year award.

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BCCI has shortlisted 16 players for a "rolling camp" ahead of the tri-series in Malaysia for which the national selectors will choose the squad in Mumbai on September 3. .

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Australian captain Ricky Ponting says he wants the best umpires to officiate in Test cricket, irrespective of nationality.

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The West Indies Cricket Board is finalising plans for a four-match limited-overs series against India in late January, an official said on Saturday.

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Darrell Hair said he was encouraged by the ICC to make an offer to quit as an umpire following the Pakistan ball-tampering furore at the oval last week.

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Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has hit back at former match referee Barry Jarman, saying the Australian's charge that South Africans tampered ball under his coaching during a limited overs match against India were a piece of "fiction".

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Coach John Buchanan, who presided over Australia`s world record Test and one-day winning runs, is to step down after next year`s World Cup in West Indies.

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International Cricket Council President Percy Sonn and his predecessors, including India's Jagmohan Dalmiya, have paid tributes to former ICC Chairman and West indies Cricketing great Clyde Walcott who passed away on Saturday, aged 80.

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Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, believes that Darrell Hair's Test career could be over after the controversy of the past week.

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English umpiring great Dickie Bird said revelations that Darrell Hair had requested $500,000 in return for standing down as a Test official had left him feeling "shocked and stunned."

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After withdrawing from the cricket tri-series in Sri Lanka citing security concerns, South Africa is now trying to arrange some matches against an un-named opponent to prepare for the champions trophy to be held in India in October-November.

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Zimbabwe are likely to retain the same side that completed a 3-2 one-day triumph over Bangladesh for their short tour to South Africa next month. Zimbabwe have been slotted in for three one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match in the aftermath of South Africa's withdrawal from the eventually aborted tri-series involving Sri Lanka and India.

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The Australian board has suggested that umpires from England and Australia be allowed to stand during this year's Ashes series. The ICC rules stipulate that all Test matches should have third-country umpires, but the Australians believe that the quality of decision-making will be better if the umpires from the two countries are part of the panel.

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West Indies will play three Tests and five one-day internationals during their tour of Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced yesterday. This will be their first full tour of Pakistan since 1997.

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The Indian squad for the tri-series in Malaysia will undergo a conditioning camp in Bangalore starting on August 30, followed by two practice matches in Chennai before departing for Malaysia.

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Pakistan tour manager Zaheer Abbas insisted his side had won a huge victory after the dramatic revelations here Friday that umpire Darrell Hair had offered to resign in exchange for US$500,000.

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Anil Kumble, who suffered a shoulder injury during his stint with Surrey, has been advised some rest from cricket by team physio John Gloster.

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The International Cricket Council will hold a disciplinary hearing into Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's actions in the fourth test on Sept. 15, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan said on Friday.

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The Indian cricket board today said that if a proposal to include twenty20 cricket comes from the organising committee of the 2010 Commonwealth Games it would be put up before the BCCI AGM.

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Pakistan are likely to call England coach Duncan Fletcher as a witness during the ICC hearing to decide on charges of ball tampering and bringing the game to disrepute against their captain Inzamam-ul-Haq.

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Barry Jarman, the former ICC match referee, has made a startling revelation that he once confiscated a ball from the South African team, which was being coached by Bob Woolmer, because he suspected that it was tampered with. The incident happened during a one-day international against India in 1997.

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Mahela Jayawardene has been retained as Sri Lanka's captain for the Champions Trophy although Marvan Atapattu is included in the 14-man squad. Prasanna Jayawardene, the wicketkeeper, is the only exclusion from the team named for the cancelled one-day triangular series in Colombo.

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Cricket South Africa has announced that it will not be able to send a side to play in England should Pakistan not be able to honour their commitments.

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Darrell Hair offered to resign as a member of the ICC's Elite Umpires Panel in return for a payment of $500,000, Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, told a press conference near Lord's.

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The ICC will announce a new date for the disciplinary hearing of Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul-Haq. The hearing was earlier postponed due to the unavailability of Ranjan Madugalle, the adjudicator.

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The Indian Under-19 team will play two four-day matches and a four-match one-day series on their tour to Pakistan next month, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced yesterday.

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Uttar Pradesh, the Indian domestic Ranji Trophy champions, will play two one-dayers at the newly built Providence Stadium in Guyana in November, the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) confirmed today. The matches will be played on November 7 and 8, before the new Ranji Trophy season commences.

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Vijay Mehra, the former Indian opener, has died of a heart attack in Delhi this morning. He was 68.

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Malcolm Speed, the ICC's chief executive, landed in London late on Thursday night with Pakistan's one-day series against England starting next week still not certain to go ahead.

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Almost 14 years after ball-tampering allegations were levelled against him, Wasim Akram says the world has changed little and while no one bothers to question the English when they get the ball to reverse swing, the Pakistani bowlers continue to be doubted for cheating when they do the same.

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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed is set to arrive in London as the crisis surrounding Pakistan`s tour of England escalates.

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The Ashes series is still three months away, yet Glenn McGrath believes he is fit enough and strong enough to play in the 2009 contest in England. McGrath, now 36, even believes he could still be playing when he's 40.

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has concluded an investigation into reports of serious problems during the recent tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya.

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Andrew Symonds has returned to full fitness after off-season wrist surgery and hopes to use the two upcoming one-day tournaments to press his claims for an Ashes Test spot. Australia's selectors trialled Symonds for most of last season as they searched for an all-round answer to Andrew Flintoff, but despite a couple of bright bursts he was dropped for both matches in Bangladesh.

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Andrew Flintoff is willing to cope with lasting pain in his left ankle if it means he can continue playing cricket and have a chance of leading England in Australia. He is confident of being fit for the Ashes but realistic enough to know he may never be pain-free.

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Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has dismissed as "baseless" reports in a leading British newspaper that there was a rift between him and Inzamam-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain. And though he admitted he had considered resigning in the immediate aftermath of the Oval Test, he told Cricinfo that "was no longer the case."

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The ECB has made contingency plans to play against an International XI should Pakistan pull out of Monday's Twenty20 International at Bristol. It is also in discussions with a major nation, believed to be South Africa, with a view to replacing Pakistan for the NatWest Series if the need arises.

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Bob Woolmer is on the verge of resigning as Pakistan coach, according to a report in today's Daily Telegraph. The article also says that Zaheer Abbas, the team manager, too is prepared to walk at the end of the series.

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Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, has said that they would "jump at the chance" to play a one-day series against England if the current ball-tampering dispute puts Pakistan's participation in the five-match series in doubt.

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New South Wales are looking to expand their international coaching contingent by attempting to lure Waqar Younis to the SCG. Waqar is currently working with the Pakistan squad in England and is contracted to the country until the World Cup, but David Gilbert, the Cricket New South Wales chief executive, said he was interested in signing him as the state's bowling coach.

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Australia would never follow Pakistan's lead and refuse to play out a Test match, according to the coach John Buchanan. "We have never done it in the past and I can't see any reason why we would want to do it in the future," he told AAP.

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With 200 days to go before the start of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, all 12 stadiums in the region are looking in good shape - except one. There are great doubts over the readiness of the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago, and officials have put authorities there on notice.

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Anil Kumble's short stint with Surrey is already over after he injured his shoulder. Kumble has been diagnosed with tendonitis in his right shoulder, which can only recover with rest, and so he will fly home this Friday, just five weeks after he arrived in Kennington.

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The Indian squads for the tri-series in Malaysia and the Champions Trophy will be named on September 3 in Mumbai. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) stated that the squad for the tri-series in September could consist of 15 players while for the Champions Trophy in October, the provisional 30-member squad will be pruned to 14, as per the ICC's guidelines.

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Uncapped Leicestershire pace bowler Stuart Broad has been called up by England for the forthcoming one-day series against Pakistan.

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Pakistan's one-day series in England is set to take place as planned after captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's disciplinary hearing was postponed.

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Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne, the leading wicket taker in Test cricket, has denied author Paul Barry's claim that the latter had bedded 1000 women. The denial from the Aussie bowling great came almost a week after news reports quoted Paul Barry's biography on him suggesting so.

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In case Pakistan quits the tour in a huff, the PCB will be subjected to a fine that compensates England for their losses, or around one million pounds, whichever is the greater.

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Former Pakistan cricketer Wasim Raja died today of heart attack while playing for Surrey over 50s at High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, a website reported. Raja was 54.

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Pakistan's captain Inzamam-ul-Haq issued a stark warning to cricket chiefs on Tuesday: Clear me of ball tampering or the tour of England is finished.

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Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has called for the abolition of Law 42.3, which governs the condition of the ball and which was the centre of the controversy surrounding the forfeiture of the Oval Test.

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England need to win the upcoming Ashes series by the unlikely margin of three clear Tests to replace Australia at the head of the International Cricket Council Test championship table, the global governing body has announced.

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Inzamam-ul-Haq's disciplinary hearing, originally set for Friday, has had to be postponed because of a family illness suffered by the ICC's chief match referee, Ranjan Madugalle, according to a BBC report.

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The International Cricket Council has refused a request from Pakistan to stop umpire Darrell Hair from standing in future matches involving their team.

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In the eye of the ball-tampering controversy involving Pakistan, Australian umpire Darrell Hair has virtually dismissed allegations of racial bias levelled against him and was prepared to accept if the Friday enquiry proves anything against him.

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Pakistan have appointed a top legal team from DLA Piper to represent Inzamam-ul-Haq at the ICC hearing in London this Friday. The lawyers will be fronted by Mark Gay, a renowned sports lawyer who has made his name in high-profile cases including ones involving tennis player Greg Rusedski and footballer Rio Ferdinand.

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It is true that Pakistani bowlers have been the most accomplished at getting reverse swing, but it is also true that many of them have been caught tampering. For instance, Waqar Younis was caught on camera and banned for one ODI game for ball tampering. That case further lends support to the theory that reverse swing and tampering go hand in glove.

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Impressed with left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan's performance this season, county side Worcestershire are keen to retain the Indian bowler in their squad for the 2007 season.

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Percept has acquired three tenders floated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) totalling about Rs 75 crore (around US$ 16 million). The BCCI had invited tenders for the official provider of the Indian team's formal wear and accessories, the board's ratings and awards, and the ground rights for the tri-series against West Indies and Australia in Kuala Lumpur next month, and the marketing company bagged the rights in all three areas.

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India's preparation for the tri-series against Australia and West Indies in Malaysia is likely to include a few practice matches in Chennai, the Indian board (BCCI) has said.

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Matthew Hayden and Glenn McGrath will make their one-day international returns after long absences during the mini-tour of Malaysia next month. Hayden has been picked in the 18-man squad for the first time since he was dropped after last year's England tour while McGrath is back from his self-imposed break to look after his wife Jane, who was re-diagnosed with cancer in January.

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Darrell Hair will fight any attempts to sideline him as a result of Sunday's ball-tampering row. There has been speculation that the four Asian Test nations will try to push him out of the game, but Hair said: "If other people have issues they want to use to force me out it will be an interesting battle."

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While the debate rages about the rights and wrongs of actions on the fourth day at The Oval, the attention will soon turn to the future and what will happen to the various parties in the days ahead. Here is Cricinfo's take on what to expect

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Inzamam-ul-Haq has confirmed that the Pakistani stance on their forfeited Test at The Oval is a matter of honour, after the match ball was changed by Umpire Darrell Hair midway through the afternoon session.

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Sachin Tendulkar, no matter wherever he plays, has the wishes of billions of his fans who swear by his name. But the most special wishes are something which he carry in his kit bag and those are from his kids.

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Last Monday's car bomb blast here may have prompted South Africa to pack their bags and return home but Mumbai, which was rocked by serial bomb blasts on July 11, runs no such risk and none of the participating countries have any security apprehension for the September-October Champions Trophy, says ICC President Percy Sonn.

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John Buchanan has joined Ricky Ponting in warning Monty Panesar of a torrid time with the spectators during the Ashes this year but Cricket Australia (CA) has warned the crowds against going over-board, saying that it would take a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of racial abuse.

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The Indian board has decided to help the Malaysian Cricket Association with installing floodlights at the Kinrara Oval, a ground which will stage the forthcoming tri-series between Australia, India and West Indies. The tournament is scheduled to be held between September 12 to 24.

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Matthew Hayden's year out of the one-day side has not diminished his desire to win back his spot during the jammed lead-up to the World Cup. And Hayden, who is prepared to use his Test platform to re-confirm his limited-overs qualifications, has rated Monty Panesar as a low priority for Australia's batsmen in the Ashes.

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Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been retained in Pakistan's 16-member one-day squad for the five-match series against England after recovering sufficiently from his elbow injury. Shahid Yousuf, the 20-year old right-handed batsman from Sialkot, is the only new face in the squad.

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The fourth Test between England and Pakistan has been forfeited in favour of England, after an extraordinary day of rumour, speculation, and high farce that brought the game to the brink of one of the biggest crisis in recent memory. The decision was finally made at 10pm London time, in a makeshift press conference hall in the bowels of the Oval pavilion. It was the first such forfeiture in 129 years of Test cricket.

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Accepting the offer made by the Sri Lankan Cricket Board to cancel the ill-fated cricket series between the two countries, the BCCI has decided to call off the series and will be played at a later date. The Indian team will be returning home on Monday.

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The Indian cricket team will have the opportunity to play a few more ODIs in January-February, 2007 at home in the run-up to the World Cup in the West Indies following BCCI's decision to play two bilateral series instead of one tri-nation rubber.

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The Indian cricket board today expressed surprise at news reports in Australia suggesting it had mutually agreed with national team coach Greg Chappell not to renew his contract after the World Cup in March-April, 2007.

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Pacer Irfan Pathan climbed to the number one spot of the one-day bowling charts as Asian cricketers topped all individual rankings in Tests and one-dayers in the latest Maruti Suzuki cricket ratings.

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Zaheer Khan played his part in capturing one wicket in the four-day county match between Worcestershire and Leicestershire which headed towards an interesting finish in the final day at grace road here.

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India will not host a tri-series featuring West Indies and Sri Lanka in 2007 as originally planned, and will instead play separate bilateral series against both teams. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that India would play a maximum of eight to ten one-dayers in January as a build-up to the World Cup.

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Greg Chappell has brushed aside suggestions that he could be the man to coach Australia's national team once John Buchanan's successful tenure ends after the World Cup in May 2007. Chappell's current contract with the Indian team also expires around the same time, but he insisted that there had been no approach from Cricket Australia, or any word from the Indian board that his deal would not be extended.

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has invited Percy Sonn, the ICC president, to spend a few days in Colombo and assess for himself the security arrangements that are in place for touring teams. Sonn, a former president of Cricket South Africa, is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on August 20 and spend about four days as the guest of Sri Lanka Cricket.

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Sachin Tendulkar's indulgence in friendly banter with his teammates is well-known. It often comes through in the practice sessions when he picks up the ball and has a go, literally and figuratively, at the batsman.

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The constant experimentation in the Indian team has not found favour with former Test cricketer Chetan Chauhan who felt that frequent changes bred insecurity among the players.

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For the first time ever, the International Cricket Council will recognise the achievements of women cricketers at this year's ICC Awards slated to be held in Mumbai on October 23.

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The seven-city tour of the cup that will be presented to the winners of the ICC Champions Trophy kicked off in Chandigarh on Thursday. Mohali is one of the four venues that is hosting the champions trophy and this is where the trophy for the mini world cup began its tour.

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England batsmen, tormented for a decade by the relentless line and length of Glenn McGrath, were subjected on Thursday to a Pakistani version of the great Australian strike bowler.

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South African legislators today flayed Australian commentator Dean Jones' racist remark on Hashim Amla, describing it as a sign of growing discrimination and stereotyping.

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South Africa`s decision to pull out of the tri-series in Sri Lanka has not found favour with most of the countrymen who described the players as fearful "sissies" (girls). Many people called up radio stations around the country to complain that the players were under no threat and should have stayed back to play in the tri-nation series.

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Flamboyant left-handed batsman Yuvraj Singh said on Thursday that he would be happy to play at his favourite no 5 spot in team India`s batting line-up. With skipper Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Irfan Pathan and Virender Sehwag likely to occupy the top four positions in the batting order, there is every likelihood that the Punjab batsman may get back his favourite number five spot.

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John Buchanan has tipped Glenn McGrath to regain his opening bowling duties for the Ashes due to the magnificent "aura" he has created throughout his career.

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In order to implement strict anti-doping measures for the ICC Champions Trophy in India, the ICC has requested for an isolated room at each of the four venues - Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Mohali. The ICC is expected to conduct tests on random urine samples of the players participating in the tournament in October and November.

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Following their withdrawal from the tri-series involving Sri Lanka and India, South Africa have agreed to host Zimbabwe for two one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match in mid-September. The matches will be the only preparation for both sides ahead of October's Champions Trophy in India.

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India and Sri Lanka will play a three-match bilateral series starting Friday in Colombo.The three matches will be played on August 18, 20 and 22. The Sri Lanka Cricket Board had earlier proposed a five-match bilateral series but the Indians were keen to play only three matches. All the matches will be held at the Sinhalese Sports Club, which has better drainage facilities as compared to the R Premadasa Stadium. All three games will be day matches.

The Indian Cricket Board will take a tough stand on cricketers' "counterfeit clothing" and accessories by keeping a strict vigil on those who are involved in it.

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Former Pakistan skipper Intikhab Alam today demanded the scalp of incumbent Inzamam-ul-Haq, saying it was time to hand over the reins to a more enthusiastic` Younis Khan.

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Disapproving former Indian coach John Wright's reference to a dressing room incident involving Virender Sehwag in his book, cricketing legend Kapil Dev today said there was no point in making the matter public three years after it happenned.

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According to a report in an Australian newspaper, Indian coach Greg Chappell might take over as the next Australian coach. The current Australian coach John Buchanan’s contract is slated to end after the 2007 World Cup.

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The Executive Board of the International Cricket Council is scheduled to meet in Mumbai in November ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy final to be held at the Brabourne Stadium here.

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Andrew Strauss said the England 'back-up' players who have shone in the absence of last year's injured Ashes stars could strengthen their case for a place in the side for November's opener against Australia during the final Test against Pakistan at The Oval this week.

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The Indian cricket board has made a profit of Rs 33 crore in the last financial year with a chunk of its income coming from media rights allocation.BCCI treasurer N Srinivasan today told mediapersons that the board's income over expenditure has been 29 crore more than the Rs 4 crore in 2004-05.

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Rahul Dravid has said that India's decision to remain in Sri Lanka following a bomb blast in Colombo on Monday was based on the assurances of safety given to them by the Sri Lankan government. While South Africa have pulled out of the Unitech Cup, India are staying back and will contest a three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka beginning on Friday.

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Pakistan's fast bowler, Mohammad Asif, is set for a recall when the fourth and final Test gets underway at The Oval tomorrow, as the team management prepares to ring the changes once again. "Maybe Asif will play," Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan's captain, told reporters during a practice session at The Oval. "He is bowling well and he's played two or three games in Pakistan, so he's 100% fit."

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India to play 3 matches with Sri Lanka. India to play Sri Lanka on 18th 20th and 22th August. All India vs Sri Lanka matches will be day matches.

The tri-nation cricket series today collapsed with the South African team pulling out of the tournament citing security concerns.

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Sri Lanka v India, 1st ODI, Colombo, Unitech Cup

Sad news for all the cricket lovers, the match has been called off due to bad ground conditions.With the sun playing hide-and-seek the conditions have not improved to expectations.Some wet patches in the outfield and the bowlers' run-up needed further drying. All is not lost though, a reserve day is in place tomorrow and weather permitting, play will start at 14:30 local time.

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Kenya v Bangladesh, 3rd ODI, Nairobi

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Craig McMillan, the middle-order batsman, has been left out of the 30-man squad for the Champions Trophy to be played in India from October.

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Murali Kartik, the Indian left-arm spinner, has been contracted by Lancashire as its second overseas professional, after Nathan Astle, for the remainder this season. Kartik, who was out of competitive cricket for six months due to a shoulder injury, signed the contract with the county on August 14 and will leave for Lancashire on August 21.

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Anant Wagesh Kanmadikar, former secretary of Indian board and the doyen of Madhya Pradesh cricket, passed away on August 15 at 2.00pm following a massive heart attack. Kanmadikar, 82, served as secretary from 1980 to 1985 and earlier served as a joint secretary between 1975 and 1980. He also served as the vice president of BCCI and as chairman of Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association. He is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter.

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Kuala Lumpur will host all the matches of a tri-series involving Australia, India and West Indies next month. Singapore was also being considered as a venue, but Cricket Australia confirmed the seven games would be played in Malaysia as the teams prepare for the Champions Trophy in India in October.

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The South African team has decided to remain in Sri Lanka till an independent security evaluation judges whether it's safe for them to stay or not. Following yesterday's bomb blast in the heart of Colombo, barely 2 kms from where they were staying, the South Africans had wanted to pull out of the triangular series and head home. They were awaiting former ICC approval in this regard, when pressure from different quarters forced them to review their decision.

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The Indian board's marketing committee approved sponsorship bids concerning India's formal wear and accessories, BCCI Ratings and Awards, and the board's web portal, but rejected the bid on ground rights for the tri-series to be played in Singapore and Malaysia in September.

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Even in a society in thrall to the cult of the celebrity, the emergence of Monty Panesar from obscurity to the heady heights of joint favourite for the BBC sports personality of the year is astounding.

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Shahriyar Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, is hoping one of England's greatest glovemen can help faltering wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal regain his form behind the stumps. 

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Andrew Flintoff has insisted his recovery from an ankle injury is progressing well as he backed himself to return to England's starting line-up in the first Ashes Test.

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Duncan Fletcher's Ashes diary has become required reading for the Australians as they study England's tactics in an attempt to win back the Ashes. John Buchanan said in the Sydney Morning Herald Fletcher's Ashes Regained: the coach's story was "a valuable piece of information".

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Brett Lee has warmed up for the Ashes series by telling his opponents the best is yet to come. Over the past year Lee has assumed the attack leader's responsibilities in both forms of the game and he will be a key weapon against England this summer.

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Already 2-0 down in the series, Pakistan's squad has resembled an airport departure lounge (minus the delays) in the last few days, with comings and goings in all directions. But when all the heads have been counted, the team is set to unveil its fourth opening partnership in as many matches on Thursday , as they seek to salvage some pride in the final Test at The Oval.

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A sobbing Virender Sehwag, an incensed Indian team and an angry Sourav Ganguly, the captain, demanding an apology from coach John Wright. This was the tense scene in the Indian dressing-room at The Oval in 2002 after Wright hd held Sehwag by the collar and "barked" at him for throwing away his wicket in a NatWest Trophy match against Sri Lanka in England.

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Mohammad Asif and Rana Naved have left to join the Pakistan team in England before the fourth Test at The Oval but it isn't clear whether they will play in the Test. Wasim Bari, the chief selector, said that the decision was entirely up to the team management.

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Sri Lanka vs South Africa , 1st Match , Colombo

The first match of the Unitech Cup, between Sri Lanka and South Africa, has been called off. The match was supposed to have been replayed on Tuesday after wet weather caused the game to be abandoned on Monday, but despite the weather clearing up, the match won't go ahead due to the bomb blast in Colombo on Monday. According to Sri Lankan officials, the game has been temporarily postponed, and will instead be played at a later date if South Africa agree to stay on in the island.

An eagerly awaited contest between three of the teams expected to excel at next year's World Cup is now in danger of being thwarted by more than the monsoon rains after a bomb blast in central Colombo killed seven and injured 17 an hour before the tournament had been scheduled to get underway at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

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Piyush Chawla, the legspinner, has been appointed captain of the India Under-19 team for the tour of Pakistan next month.

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The Indian board has decided to telecast some domestic cricket matches live from the 2006-07 season. "At least 70 days of domestic cricket will be shown live on television," Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, said. "We will choose the important matches which would be broadcast."

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A South African judge has ruled that pilot negligence led to a 2002 plane crash which killed Hansie Cronje, whose career ended after a match-fixing scandal. The two pilots who also perished in the crash failed to follow procedures for a "missed landing approach", Cape Town High Court judge Siraj Desai said at the conclusion of an inquest into the crash.

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The cricket board's marketing committee will meet on Monday in Chennai to declare the winners of the bids it has received for the Indian team's formal wear and accessories for a four-year period commencing this September.

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Team India's whole-hearted support and its keenness to get Irfan Pathan back to his best came through when the Baroda seamer bowled an extended spell during the practice session in Colombo yesterday.

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Injured South African pace spearheads Makhaya Ntini and Shaun Pollock may miss the opening match of the tri-series cricket tournament against Sri Lanka at the Premadasa Stadium here today.

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The only warm-up game that South Africa were scheduled to play against Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI in Colombo ahead of the first match of the tri-series on August 14 was washed out due to heavy rains continuing from the night before.

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Organisers of the cricket World Cup to be held in the Caribbean have got a thumbs up from the ICC with chief executive Malcolm Speed expressing satisfaction with the preparations for the mega event scheduled for February-March next year.

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Perth's cricket pitch, once regarded as the fastest in Australia, will not be at its fearsome best for Australia's Ashes series against England in December, the ground curator said.

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Adam Gilchrist, the Australian wicketkeeper, says he is looking at remaining in cricket beyond next year's World Cup in the Caribbean.

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The Australian cricket team's plans to have a short 'jungle-camp' ahead of the Ashes has raised doubts from within with Shane Warne questioning the rationale behind the concept and its timing.

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Former India paceman Javagal Srinath said it was time to stop speculations over the inclusion of former captain Sourav Ganguly in the 30-strong probables list for the October 7-November 5 Champions Trophy tournament.

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Coach Duncan Fletcher looks set to keep faith with the captaincy of Andrew Strauss after leading England to their first success since last year's Ashes against Pakistan this week.

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Bangladehi opener Nafees Iqbal and seamer Tapash Baishya are among eight players earning recalls to a 30-man provisional squad for this year's ICC Champions Trophy in India, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Thursday.

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Israel and Lebanon may not have much to do with the gentlemen's game--cricket--but the recent development between the two countries is having a negative impact on the preparations for the upcoming ICC World Cup in the West Indies in 2007.

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While Sushil Nadkarni has been the talk of the country's cricket community in the last several months, a certain Niraj Shah from the same Houston Cricket League has been emerging from Sushil's shadow, to develop into one of the finest allrounders in the country.

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Javagal Srinath, the former India fast bowler, reckons that Irfan Pathan's temporary loss of form is "not a cause for concern and that he should be persisted with." Srinath asserted that, given his age and talent, Pathan will bounce back and is still a worthwhile investment.

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England's injured captain, Michael Vaughan, has backed his side to retain the Ashes this winter, whether or not he is deemed fit enough to take part in the series.

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The first elections under the new provincial set-up in Zimbabwe took place on Thursday, with Zimbabwe Cricket interim board member, Cyprian Mandenge, assuming the chairmanship of the Harare Metropolitan Province, which was formed out of the ashes of the old Mashonaland Cricket Association.

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Sharad Pawar, the president of the Indian board (BCCI), has said that Sourav Ganguly's selection in India's list of probables for the Champions Trophy was based on merit, adding that the decision wasn't influenced by politcs.

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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) have again committed themselves to a new dispensation of cooperation, after settling their latest pay dispute. The two sides have also pledged to work together to dispose of all outstanding matters (including retainer contracts) no later than August 31.

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Inzamam-ul-Haq has appealed to Pakistani fans and supporters to stick with the national side despite their 2-0 series loss to England this week. It was their first since early 2005 in Australia and their first in England since 1982, and the criticism has been harsh from fans and former players.

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Jagmohan Dalmiya has received some breathing space in the issue regarding allegedly unexplained sections in the accounts regarding the PILCOM (Pakistan-India-Lanka Committee) case as a Kolkata court directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India to postpone the disciplinary committee hearing from August 15 to August 22.

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Monty Panesar, England's very popular left-arm spinner, has rated the ball that bowled Younis Khan in the second innings of the Headingley Test as his "best ball in Test cricket".

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Munaf Patel, the Indian fast bowler, has acknowledged the rapid change in his lifestyle since stepping into international cricket. After having his mobile number changed and his house in the tiny village of Ikhar in Gujarat hounded by the media, Munaf, 23, admitted that he was learning to deal with fame.

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John Buchanan believes his Ashes opponents have improved as a team unit since Andrew Flintoff's injury-enforced absence. Buchanan has been impressed with the way England's players have not sat back and looked to their stars to perform in consecutive Test wins over Pakistan.

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Allan Border believes Dean Jones has already been punished enough for his on-air description of South Africa's Hashim Amla as a "terrorist". Border, who captained Jones throughout his career, said his former team-mate was responsible for breaking down barriers in the 1980s when there was "angst between the Australians, Pakistanis and Indians".

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Rahul Dravid sent out an ominous signal to Sri Lanka, saying his young team were better prepared to reverse their dismal record there. Dravid, India's captain, said his teammates had worked hard on some of the problem areas which should stand them in good stead for the tri-series which includes South Africa and begins on Monday.

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Sachin Tendulkar is close to regaining full fitness ahead of the triangular one-day series in Sri Lanka, according to India's coach, Greg Chappell. "We are confident he will be, if not fully fit, so close to it that it will be satisfactory for everyone," Chappell told reporters before the team's departure for Colombo. "His fitness is improving everyday."

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South Africa are facing an injury crisis ahead of the one-day tri-series against Sri Lanka and India on Monday, with three of their leading cricketers, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock and the captain, Mark Boucher, all nursing injuries.

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Sri Lankans can't wait to welcome back a fit-again Sachin Tendulkar as India arrive here to play a tri-series also featuring South Africa. Tendulkar, arguably the most prolific batsmen in history with 35 Test and 39 one-day centuries, returns to the Indian team after being out of action since March due to shoulder surgery.

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Darren Gough is back in the reckoning for one final World Cup appearance, after being named in England's 30-man provisional squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in October.

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Duncan Fletcher has indicated that Andrew Strauss could well be in contention for the England captaincy in this winter's Ashes, after bouncing back from a 5-0 drubbing in the one-dayers against Sri Lanka to secure the team's first Test series victory for 11 months with back-to-back wins against Pakistan.

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Australia's former Test captain, Steve Waugh, says his wife Lynette is making good progress in her recovery from surgery to remove a blood clot from her brain.

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Desmond Haynes, the former West Indies opening batsman, is no longer a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) director. And Ricky Craig, whose services as chief executive officer of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) ended in controversial circumstances less than a year ago, is now a member of the local board.

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Since bursting on to the international stage with a magic ball to dismiss Michael Vaughan at Port Elizabeth in December 2004, Dale Steyn, despite the odd blip, has revealed himself to be one of cricket's most exciting raw talents, bowling with pace and hostility in all conditions.

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Duncan Fletcher, the England coach, has called Monty Panesar the best finger spinner in the world after Panesar produced another impressive display against Pakistan.

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Legendary all-rounder Imran Khan has said Inzamam-ul-Haq should have shown more effort and helped Pakistan avoid defeat in the third cricket Test against England this week.

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World Cup organisers are confident that the tournament will not witness any disputes between rival telecom companies Cable and Wireless and Digicel. Cable and Wireless is one of the official sponsors of the tournament and were the official sponsors of the West Indies team before Digicel took over in 2005.

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`Javed Omar, the Bangladesh opener, and Alok Kapali, the allrounder, have been excluded from Bangladesh's squad for the three one-day internationals against Kenya beginning on August 12 at Nairobi.

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An Australian side will play in Zimbabwe for the first time since the farcical tour of 2004, with the Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence squad leaving for a tour of southern Africa on Wednesday. The senior squad's controversial trip to Zimbabwe two years ago began with protests over the country's human rights record - Stuart MacGill refused to go on moral grounds - and descended further into chaos when the Test series was cancelled due to local player disputes.

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Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian captain, has been named among the 30 probables for the Champions Trophy to be held in India in October. Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman have also been included.

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England v Pakistan, 3rd Test, 5th day Headingley

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Sri Lanka v South Africa, 2nd Test, 5th day, Colombo

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Andrew Strauss believes England are slight favourites to win the third Test against Pakistan on Tuesday and clinch the series. "I would make us just favourites," the England captain told a news conference after the fourth day at Headingley. Strauss scored a century in England's second innings of 345 to set Pakistan 323 to win on the final day.

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Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria revealed the secret to getting Kevin Pietersen out after dismissing the flamboyant England batsman cheaply on the fourth day of the third Test on Monday -- call him a chicken, then bowl him the perfect googly.

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Former captain Sourav Ganguly is likely to be left out for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy when the national selectors meet here tomorrow to decide on the probables for the elite event to be held in India in October-November.

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Pakistan A and junior cricket teams are to tour England within the next couple of years as both cricket boards have agreed in principle on the exchange of visits. Shaharyar Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), said that he had reached an understanding with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on the exchange of cricket tours at the junior level.

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The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have reached an agreement on player match fees for the upcoming tri-series in Singapore and Malaysia. The agreement ends the dispute between the two parties, which had earlier threatened West Indies' participation in the tournament.

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Dean Jones, the former Australia Test batsman turned TV commentator, has been sacked by his employers, Ten Sports, after being heard calling Hashim Amla a 'terrorist' on live television during the fourth day's play between Sri Lanka and South Africa at Colombo.

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The Indian selectors, acting on the advice of the captain and coach, will decide on Wednesday about the number of players to be included in the preliminary list to be submitted to the ICC for the Champions Trophy in October.

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Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif and all rounder Mohammad Hafeez will reinforce the touring squad in England before the fourth Test at the Oval starting on Aug. 17, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said on Sunday.

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England's Ian Bell put his success against Pakistan down to improving his mental approach and his body language rather than his batting technique on Saturday. "Being more positive in the one-dayers (against Sri Lanka) was a real help to me," the 24-year-old told a news conference at Headingley after scoring a third century in successive Tests on the second day of the third Test

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Pakistan cricket team manager Zaheer Abbas has said that star pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar and speedster Mohammad Asif would prove their fitness in a two day match against West Indies A.

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Glenn McGrath's return was today given official green flag with the fast bowler being among Australia's initial squad of 30 for the ICC Champions Trophy to be played in India in October-November. McGrath took a sabbatical to be with his wife who underwent treatment for a cancer earlier this year.

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Matthew Hayden has been given the news he is still in contention for a one-day return after being picked in Australia's initial 30-man squad for the Champions Trophy in India in October. Hayden has not played a limited-overs match for his country since last year's tour of England, but he has been named alongside the opening batting incumbents Adam Gilchrist and Simon Katich for the World Cup warm-up.

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Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh , 5th ODI , Harare

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The Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) has plans to invite foreign players to play for the state this season though Ajay Shirke, the MCA president, denied media reports that Australian players like Matthew Hayden and Stuart MacGill had been considered for contracts.

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Former captain Marvan Atapattu has been included in Sri Lanka's 15-man squad for a limited-overs tri-series against India and South Africa starting later this month.

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Swashbuckling batsman-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was all praise for the recently concluded physical conditioning camp for the Indian squad held on the outskirts of Bangalore at an army training centre.

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Muttiah Muralitharan continued to gallop towards Shane Warne for the highest wicket tally as he reached the milestone of 650 scalps on the opening day of the second cricket Test against South Africa here today.

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Sachin Tendulkar`s role as a fielder would be restricted as he cannot do long distance throwing in the first few matches on his return to the Indian team from a shoulder operation, coach Greg Chappell said on Friday.

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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif will rejoin the team in England before the fourth Test at The Oval after passing a fitness test conducted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has accepted the invitation from the Indian board (BCCI) to participate in the tri-nation series in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in September and selected a squad of 14 players. However, the WICB bypassed the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) and issued match/tour contracts directly to selected players.

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Greg Chappell is back in India after a short holiday in the United States where he spent some time away from the game to celebrate the birth of a grandchild. Well rested, he has plenty of work on his hands as India take on a rampant Sri Lanka in their backyard in a one-day tri-series starting mid-August.

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Zimbabwe are unlikely to return to the Test arena until November 2007 according to an informed source. The Zimbabwe board were allowed to withdraw from Test cricket at their own request in January after months of internal infighting had left them severely weakened.

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Pakistan's injury concerns surrounding their pace attack have not eased in time for the third Test against England, but the trio of Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan could return before the end of the tour.

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Three days is all it took for England's summer to take on an entirely new complexion. Their performance at Old Trafford displayed all the qualities of ruthlessness and aggression that had been lacking in previous performances.

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New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has sought further information before agreeing to replace West Indies in a one-day tri-series in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur next month. With West Indies' participation in the tournament up in the air, the Indian board had requested New Zealand and Sri Lanka to be on standby.

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India is likely to host a tri-series involving Sri Lanka and the West Indies before the World Cup. The proposed tournament will be scheduled after India's tour of South Africa which commences in December, the Indian board confirmed.

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Sourav Ganguly, cold-shouldered since returning from Pakistan in January, is likely to be considered when the selectors pick 30 probables for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy in India. According to sources in the BCCI, the 34-year-old former Indian captain is likely to get a call-up when the list is finalised.

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In what has been a resoundingly bad week for Pakistan, the merest sliver of hope has emerged with the news that Mohammad Asif has started bowling again.

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Virender Sehwag, who showed signs of being back to his rollicking best on the recent tour of the Caribbean, was confident that India would head to Sri Lanka and set right their recent record of underachievement on the island. India head into a triangular featuring the hosts and South Africa which starts on August 14, and Sehwag insisted that nothing less than victory would do.

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Virender Sehwag and Greg King, the trainer, expressed satisfaction at the end of the first camp in Bangalore, with both men reckoning that the team was in good shape as it geared up for its first assignment of the season in Sri Lanka in a fortnight's time.

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New Zealand Cricket (NZC) will receive NZ$406,000 as compensation from the government for the cancelled tour by Zimbabwe. The tour, originally planned for December, was called off after the government refused to grant visas to the Zimbabwe players, due to human rights violations in the country.

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The ICC delegation of Percy Sonn, the president, and Malcolm Speed, the chief executive, told journalists in Harare that they will hand-over their findings to the ICC board which will announce a resolution on Zimbabwe's future in the near future. Speed has been in Zimbabwe since last Thursday and he was joined by Sonn at the weekend.

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The Indian board has asked New Zealand and Sri Lanka to be on standby to replace West Indies should the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) not reach agreement with its players over participation in the scheduled tri-series, in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, during September.

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