Darrell Hair believes he still has a future as a cricket umpire despite the furor over his decisions in the forfeited Test between England and Pakistan.

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Former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan has called for an apology from umpire Darrell Hair for 'wrongly implicating' Inzamam-ul Haq in the ball tampering row.

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Former England bowler Dominic Cork has been fined and banned for one one-day match next season after being found guilty of abusing a doping control official.

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South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs has said he would not be "distracted" by the interrogation scheduled by the Delhi Police in match-fixing scandal during his India visit to play in the upcoming Champions Trophy.

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Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was banned for four one-day matches on Thursday on charges stemming from ball-tampering allegations - ruling him out of most of next month's Champions Trophy.

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Walter Hadlee, the former New Zealand captain and administrator, has died in Christchurch at the age of 91.

For almost three-quarters of a century he was at the forefront of New Zealand cricket as player, captain, selector and manager, and three of his sons - Sir Richard, Dayle and Barry - went on to play international cricket for New Zealand.

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Controversial Australian umpire Darrell Hair will not officiate in the Champions Trophy in India next month, the International Cricket Council announced here today.

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The BCCI said on Wednesday it would not sign a mandatory International Cricket Council (ICC) agreement required for participation in global events unless certain clauses were amended.

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The International Cricket Council has told Pakistan they can replace captain Inzamam-ul-Haq in next month's Champions Trophy if he is banned at the ICC disciplinary hearing being held in London.

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Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq should learn on Thursday if he will be penalised on charges of ball tampering and bringing the game into disrepute after his team forfeited last month's fourth test against England.

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Glenn McGrath and Ricky Ponting have raised doubts about whether Andrew Flintoff will be able to focus on his batting and bowling while captaining England at the same time during the Ashes series which begins in November. Flintoff was handed the captaincy after Michael Vaughan, the victorious captain in the previous Ashes in 2005, was forced to skip the tour due to a knee injury.

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Allan Border, a Cricket Australia board member, has tipped Shane Watson for the No.6 spot in Australia's batting order ahead of the Ashes. Watson's Test graph has been horizontal largely owing to injury, with three Tests yielding a top score of 31 and two wickets at 61.50, but his recent domestic and one-day international form has left many impressed.

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Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said that world champions Australia are beatable in next month's Champions Trophy as well as in next year's World Cup.

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Before I am seen as someone who doubts India's chances in the World Cup, let us get this clear: I view India, alongside Australia and Pakistan as the three best one-day teams in the world.

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Pakistan officials are confident captain Inzamam-ul-Haq will be cleared of ball-tampering charges at a hearing in London this week while accepting that he is likely to be penalised for bringing the game into disrepute.

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Injured regular skipper Michael Vaughan fears he will never captain England again if Andrew Flintoff spearheads a successful Ashes defence this winter.Vaughan, who will play no part in the series against Australia due to an ongoing knee problem, admitted Flintoff could be given the job permanently if he performs well Down Under.

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Former India captain and stylish middle-order batsman Dilip Vengsarkar will take over the chairman of selectors’ mantle from Kiran More, whose tenure has come to an end.

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Before I am seen as someone who doubts India's chances in the World Cup, let us get this clear: I view India, alongside Australia and Pakistan as the three best one-day teams in the world. It has the potential to go all the way in the next World Cup. Kuala Lumpur was a hiccup, nothing more or less.

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Michael Hussey's phenomenal run of form has moved him to the top of the International Cricket Council rankings for one-day international batsmen for the first time following the DLF Cup in Kuala Lumpur. Meanwhile, India's failure to reach the final of the tri-series has resulted in a two-place slip to No.5 in the ICC Championship table.

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West Indies cricket has been in decline for a decade and even head coach Bennett King, the first foreigner entrusted with leading the side, doesn't know what the future holds.

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Jeff Thomson, the former Australian fast bowler, has said that based on his performance in Malaysia, Mitchell Johnson, the left-arm fast bowler, should be in the reckoning for the Ashes.

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Graeme Smith, South Africa's captain, could return within the next fortnight, according to team coach Mickey Arthur.

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Dean Jones, the former Australia batsman turned commentator, will return to the microphone after being sacked last month for an offensive remark he made while commentating on the 2nd Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa in August.

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Emphasising its ``zero tolerance`` stance on racism, the International Cricket Council has agreed to adopt and implement an amended Anti-Racism Code which allows its member countries to impose a range of punishments on guilty spectators.

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Sourav Ganguly and Test specialists Anil Kumble and Venkatasai Laxman are expected to be named in one of the three squads to be selected here tomorrow for the N K P Salve Challenger Trophy limited overs tournament.

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India's failure to reach the final of the Malaysia tri-series has pushed the team down two places to fifth position while swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni also slips two places to eighth in the latest LG ICC ODI charts.

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Ravi Shastri, the former Indian allrounder-turned-commentator, has stated that Rahul Dravid needed to assert himself more as captain of the team. Shastri came down heavily on India's team management in the wake of their disappointing showing in the recently concluded DLF Cup in Kuala Lumpur.

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Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan captain, left on Sunday for London to appear before an ICC code of conduct hearing later this week on charges of ball tampering and bringing the game into disrepute.

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Australian skipper Ricky Ponting was on cloud nine when his team beat West Indies and lifted the DLF Cup here. "Despite all the experiments, we had a very good result in this tournament," Ponting said, adding: "But this was not our best performance, we've done better in the past and I'm sure we're going to come better prepared for the Champions Trophy."

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West Indies skipper Brian Lara was a dejected man after his team's meek surrender to Australia on Sunday. But surprisingly, he was not too angry with his team. "We did well to reach the final here but in the end, it wasn't enough. We needed to bat well after our bowlers did a good job," Lara said.

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The West Indies will seek a rare title triumph when they cross swords with Australia in the final of the DLF Cup in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, fully aware that the brittle batting line-up needs to put up a far more inspired show.

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India have lost nine of their last 10 encounters against Australia now, and skipper Rahul Dravid had this to say about the dismal statistic: "We really need to work hard on every department of our game. But the positive thing about the series is that our bowling and fielding has been good. Our batting, however, still remains a big concern."

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Controversial umpire Darrell Hair will be officiating during the ICC Champions Trophy. Top sources have confirmed to TOI that Hair is one of the designated eight umpires who will stand in the tournament.

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Having edged out India by 18 runs in a gripping tussle on Friday night, Ricky Ponting was confident of carrying the momentum forward into Sunday's final against West Indies. Despite chopping and changing the side over the four league games, Australia managed to top the standings, and Ponting was determined that the preparation for the Champions Trophy would be completed in the best possible fashion, with victory in the final.

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The final tune-up for the Indian squad before the March-April World Cup would be done through two bilateral series against the West Indies and Sri Lanka in January and February next year.

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Jermaine Lawson, the West Indies fast bowler, appears set to represent Maharashtra as one of their overseas players in the upcoming Indian domestic season. Lawson has been in discussions with officials of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) and is expected to sign a formal contract soon.

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Waqar Younis, Pakistan's bowling coach during The Oval Test, insists he saw no evidence of a tampered ball when he viewed it in the referee's room on the day Darrell Hair ruled the game be forfeited. Waqar's claims in the Sydney Morning Herald came as Ricky Ponting supported Hair's possible appointment at next month's Champions Trophy in India.

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today left former Test captain Zaheer Abbas in an embarrassing position when it decided his presence was not required at the International Cricket Council (ICC) disciplinary hearing on September 27-28 in London.

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A string of substandard performances in the one-dayers has taken its toll on the Indian batsmen with the trio of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and Rahul Dravid slipping several notches in the leaderboard in the latest LG ICC ODI Rankings.

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The hands of Sharad Pawar got strengthened further when a top Indian cricket board functionary said today that the Maratha strongman would be re-elected unopposed as BCCI president at the cricket body's 77th AGM here on September 27 and 28.

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Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly today said he was looking forward to playing in the Challenger Trophy and prove his mettle to the national selectors. "I don't expect to be in Kolkata during the pujas. I will probably be gone for the Challenger," Ganguly said during a function at his restaurant Sourav's.

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Having crossed the first hurdle, a bigger challenge awaits India who has no choice but to win against world champions Australia on Friday to secure a place in the final of the cricket tri-series.

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Indian skipper Rahul Dravid had some words of comfort for the out-of-form Irfan Pathan, saying the Baroda left-hander would continue to remain in the team's scheme of things despite being left out for the tie against West Indies.

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Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on Thursday sought to put India on the back foot ahead of their crucial tri-series match, saying his team was prepared to play their best cricket to secure a place in the final.

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Australia and India face-off in a crunch DLF Cup one-day match on Friday, conscious that whoever loses will take the failure into the Champions Trophy next month. Aside from the psychological boost a win would give, plenty more is at stake for world No.1 Australia.

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Sachin Tendulkar's return to cricket and prolific run scoring is a welcome boost for the game and the West Indies would do well to learn from him, captain Brian Lara says. 

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Australian captain Ricky Ponting has backed controversial umpire Darrell Hair to return to international cricket, saying he was one of the best in the business.

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Young opening batsman Shahriar Nafees has been named Bangladesh's Cricketer of the Year for consistent performances in Tests and One-Day Internationals last season.

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Herschelle Gibbs, the South African opener, will arrive in India for the Champions Trophy a week after his team-mates in order to allow his attorney to accompany him. Gibbs faces questioning by the Indian police for his alleged involvement in the match-fixing scandal during South Africa's tour of India in 2000.

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Controversial umpire Darrell Hair is set to make a remarkable return to international cricket at the Champions Trophy next month, reports said on Wednesday, in a move expected to anger Pakistan.

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India vs West Indies, 5th Match, Kuala Lumpur 

After a pathetic batting display restricted India to a paltry 162, the bowlers responded to the challenge magnificently to skittle out the West Indies for 146 in a must-win encounter.

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South Africa vs Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI, Potchefstroom 

Mark Boucher blasted a 44-ball century as South Africa went on a scoring spree to gain a 171-run win in the third and final one-day international against Zimbabwe.

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For the first time in its colourful history the Board of Control for Cricket in India is selling tickets online. Fans wishing to go to any match in the Champions Trophy - at Mumbai, Mohali, Jaipur or Ahmedabad - can now log on to www.bcci.tv, take a tour of the seating arrangements and pick the seats they want and pay by credit card.

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When Anil Kumble meets his spin twin Venkatapathy Raju next, it may well be the beginning of a new partnership. Raju who will be appointed national selector next week told NDTV that Kumble should find a place in the squad for the World Cup next year.

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Monty Panesar has already shown himself to be a mentally strong cricketer during the early stages of his career. But he is making sure he'll be fully prepared for the tough challenge of playing in front of hostile Australian crowds this winter by talking to a psychologist.

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Though the permutations suggest that India can afford to lose to West Indies and still make Sunday's final, Greg Chappell wasn't prepared to rely on them in the build-up to Wednesday's game. Not having won since the opening match of the Caribbean tour, Chappell reckoned that the remaining two matches represented a great opportunity to get back to the winning ways of last season, when the team had brushed aside the likes of Sri Lanka, Pakistan and England.

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India head into Wednesday's game against West Indies seeking their first one-day win since May 18. It's been a depressing turnaround for a side that played such superb one-day cricket for most of last season, and it will need two very good performances, or some assistance from the weather gods, if they're to avoid an early flight home.

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Captain Brian Lara has voiced confidence in his underperforming West Indies team, who he says are determined to claw their way back up the world rankings. The once-dominant West Indians have faded over the past decade and plunged to eighth in the official rankings.

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Michael Hussey has brushed off talk of wanting to succeed Ricky Ponting as Australian captain, saying he is happy just to be playing in the same side.

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Still aspiring to make a comeback, former Australian ODI specialist Michael Bevan says he is continuing to play domestic cricket in the hope that the selectors will recall him for next year's World Cup.

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England's veteran spinner Ashley Giles will be fully recovered from his hip problem and fit for this winter's Ashes series with the Australians the team's spin bowling coach David Parsons told the BBC on Monday.

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Virender Sehwag has said that he has no problems batting down the order in one-day matches as long as it serves the interest of the team. "I started opening the batting because Sachin Tendulkar was not part of the team," Sehwag told the Times of India. "Now the team management has worked out a new strategy and I am sure we will gain from it.

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South Africa all rounder Jacques Kallis became the first cricketer to reach 8,000 runs and 200 wickets in test and one-day internationals on Monday. In the second ODI against Zimbabwe, Kallis scored 26 and took 2-22 in South Africa's six-wicket win at Buffalo Park.

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West Indies' three-wicket win against Australia means that they have assured themselves of a place in the final of the DLF Cup. With two matches to go, the battle is between Australia and India to nail the second spot. Here's a look at what India and Australia need to do to join West Indies.

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A shock West Indies win over Australia tonight put India in a do-or-die situation, requiring it to win both its remaining matches against these two teams to make it to the final of the cricket tri-series.

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Australian bowling sensation Mitchell Johnson on Monday said taking the coveted wickets of cricket greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara had raised his hopes of taking part in this year's Ashes series.

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A Pakistani judge who held a long inquiry into match-fixing allegations against the Pakistan team has expressed surprise at the appointment of leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed as assistant coach for the Champions Trophy.

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South Africa vs Zimbabwe, 2nd ODI, East London

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Sourav Ganguly's problems seem to be never ending. Even as the former Indian skipper desperately awaits a recall to Indian cricket team, major differences have cropped up with the main sponsor of his cricket academy launched with much fanfare last year.

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Barbados are setting up a satellite laboratory of the World Anti-Doping Agency to perform drug tests for the 2007 cricket World Cup, an official said on Sunday.

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Australia vs West Indies, 4th Match, Kuala Lumpur

The West Indies survived a typical middle order collapse to pull off a shock three-wicket victory against Australia in a round-robin league match and confirmed their place in the Tri-series Final.

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Zaheer Khan's two-wicket effort went in vain as Worcestershire lost their Pro40 division two match to Surrey by 13 runs at county ground, new road.

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Former Zimbabwean cricket captain Tatenda Taibu wants to return to the international scene as a South African player. The self-exiled 23-year-old cricketer reiterated that he would not return to his home country and would love to play for neighbouring South Africa.

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All remaining matches of the DLF Cup tri-series in Kuala Lumpur will now start an hour before schedule, to avoid rain delays during the evenings as much as possible, Malaysia Cricket Association said on Sunday.

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Michael Hussey will lead Australia against the West Indies on Monday even as the weather threatens to derail the DLF Cup tri-series. Kuala Lumpur was picked as a neutral venue for this Champions Trophy warm-up but monsoonal downpours, usual at this time of year, have wreaked havoc, with two of the three games so far disrupted by rain.

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The Malaysian Cricket Board has decided to offer huge discounts on ticket prices to woo the crowds to the stadium for the ongoing tri-series being played at the Kinrara Oval here. The tickets for the covered stands of the stadium had been priced at a whopping 222 ringetts (Rs. 2804 approx) while it was 122 R (Rs. 1,541 approx) for the uncovered stands. The high priced tickets were blamed for the nearly empty stadiums witnessed during the first two ODIs.

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Pakistan's new manager Talat Ali rates Pakistan as joint favourites for next month's Champions Trophy alongside world champions Australia.

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India vs Australia, 3rd Match, Kuala Lumpur

The third onedayer between India and Australia in Kuala Lumpur was called off due to rains. Both teams were given two points each. Chasing a revised victory target of 170 in 29 overs, India were 35 for 5 in 8 overs when rains stopped play again in their DLF Cup Tri series one-day cricket match against Australia in Kuala Lumpur.

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Former president of Indian cricket board A C Muthiah has been elected chairman of the six-member committee which will choose the next president of the International Cricket Council in 2007.

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Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has surpassed flamboyant Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh to be at the top of the one-day international batting chart in the latest Maruti Suzuki Cricket Ratings. Symonds garnered 129 points to push Yuvraj, who has 127 points, down to the second spot.

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Glenn McGrath is keen to renew his rivalry with Sachin Tendulkar, but the top Indian sought to play it down on the eve of the their clash in the DLF Cup cricket tri-series.

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Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq on Friday hit back at critics finding fault with his leadership during the England Tour and said there was a lobby which lost no opportunity to show him in poor light.

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Javed Miandad's verbal attack on PCB for sacking team manager Zaheer Abbas has prompted a strong response from cricket authorities who said the former Pakistan captain's comments had done great damage to the image of the board.

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India has expressed concerns over the awkward bounce in the pitch for the match against West Indies in the cricket tri-series here at the Kinrara Oval. "We have expressed our concerns informally. It is not an official complaint," an official of the Indian team told reporters on condition of anonymity.

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Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain, is trying to get in touch with Shane Warne to seek an explanation for some of the quotes attributed to him in an article that appeared in The Sun, the British tabloid. The newspaper quotes Warne wondering out loud about the efficacy of John Buchanan, Australia's coach.

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The ICC has approved the renovation work at Kingston's Sabina Park, and the local organisers had expressed confidence that it would be completed by the November 30 deadline. The ground will host the inaugural match of the 2007 World Cup between hosts West Indies and Pakistan on March 13.

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Mushtaq Ahmed, the former Pakistan legspinner, has been named as assistant coach of Pakistan for the Champions Trophy according to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

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Brian Lara paid tribute to Sachin Tendulkar's "genius" after the master blaster's superb unbeaten 141 in his first match in six months since a shoulder injury.

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Sachin Tendulkar today said his unbeaten 141 against the West Indies in the DLF Cup tri-series here showed he was not finished as a batsman as yet. "Cricket has been my life, I am living a dream," the 33-year-old Indian star said after hitting his 40th one-day hundred, which went in vain as the West Indies were declared winners on Duckworth-Lewis method following a rain disruption.

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Australian captain Ricky Ponting faces possible suspension from a test if he challenges an umpire's authority again, following his outburst in the tri-series match against West Indies in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.

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A three-member team from the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday expressed satisfaction regarding the condition of the pitch and other facilities at Motera stadium, which is one of the venues to host the ICC Champions Trophy.

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India vs West Indies, 2nd Match, Kuala Lumpur

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Pakistan Cricket Board could have a new paid selection committee in place by early next month after the proposal was approved at a recent meeting of the board's ad-hoc committee.

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South African cricket captain Graeme Smith is smitten by Bollywood and says that he watches Hindi movies whenever he is in India. Smith met some Bollywood actors and actresses filming scenes for the movie 'Cash' in cape town.

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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed is heading to China next week, excited at the prospects for the game in a country where interest is growing rapidly. It will be Speed's first visit to the world's most populous country. He will be accompanied by Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan who has been appointed to chair a "Committee to Evaluate China."

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Jacques Kallis has promised his side will show no mercy to Zimbabwe in their forthcoming three-match ODI series, due to begin at Goodyear Park in Bloemfontein on Friday.

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ICC cricket world cup 2007 Managing Director and CEO, Chris Dehring, believes scepticism regarding the Caribbean's ability to host international cricket's showpiece is misplaced.

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Michael Brown, Cricket Australia's acting chief executive, has described Ricky Ponting's latest breach of the ICC code of conduct during his side's DLF cup win against the West Indies as "unacceptable." Brown did concede, however, that he was heartened by Ponting's apology to Asad Rauf, the umpire, his team and the public.

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Andrew Flintoff has insisted England can dispel the injury doubts over several players, himself included, and retain the ashes under his captaincy in Australia.

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Former selectors -- Yashpal Sharma and Gopal Sharma -- have hit back at outgoing selection committee chairman Kiran More for suggesting that they had insisted on picking players of their choice before the home series against Sri Lanka last year.

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With so much cricket played these days it is often difficult to keep track of who is who and what they are doing. In this weekly feature Cricinfo will take a look at one player who is making the news, whether at the highest level or as an aspiring talent, and tell you what they are all about. This week, it's the turn of Michael Yardy, the Sussex allrounder who has made an instant impact in England's one-day team.

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Pakistan great Imran Khan has blamed captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and coach Bob Woolmer for the team's inability to find a reliable pair of openers, which he felt was to be blamed for its disastrous showing in the Test series against England.

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After the false start in Sri Lanka, India's season should finally get underway in the soothing surroundings of the Kinrara Oval on Thursday afternoon. A decent crowd, consisting mainly of expatriate Indians, is expected to watch the game, though anything would be an improvement on the few dozen kids and handful of others that witnessed a gripping contest between Australia and West Indies.

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Brian Lara had spoken after Tuesday's game of West Indies having a psychological edge over an Indian side that they beat 4-1 two months ago, but Chanderpaul was a little more cautious when it came to assessing the opposition. "Every win will help us, because we've been down and will have to get our confidence back," he said. "We all know what Sachin [Tendulkar] can do," he added, aware that the game's most successful batsman hadn't toured the Caribbean.

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Yashpal Sharma and Gopal Sharma, two former Indian selectors, have reacted sharply to the recent statements of Kiran More, the outgoing chairman of the national selection committee. More had implied that the decision to include Sourav Ganguly in the Test squad for the home series against Sri Lanka in November 2005 was pre-planned by three of the five selectors.

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Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has ruled out a return to Zimbabwe colours for next year's World Cup because of to his contractual commitment to Warwickshire.

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With less than three weeks to go before his tenure as Indian chairman of selectors comes to an end, Kiran More has criticised the voting system in the selection process, and admitted that the sacking of Sourav Ganguly as captain was the toughest decision in his four-year career.

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Batting great Javed Miandad yesterday lashed out at the Pakistan Cricket Board for sacking Zaheer Abbas as team manager, saying such a step suggested that he was to be held responsible for the Oval Test fiasco.

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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting was fined 100 per cent of his match fee on Tuesday for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his country's 78 run victory over the West Indies in the first one day international of the DLF Cup.

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Andrew Flintoff has insisted England can dispel the injury doubts over several players, himself included, and retain the Ashes under his captaincy in Australia.

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Stuart MacGill, who picked up a knee injury during Australia's five-day boot camp in the Queensland bush recently, feels the problem may interfere in his Ashes preparations.

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Andrew Flintoff looks set to captain England for the defence of the Ashes in Australia later this year. His selection ahead of rival Andrew Strauss for both the Ashes and next month's ICC Champions Trophy has been widely tipped by Tuesday's newspapers.

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Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq today described his team's performance in the series against England as "unsatisfactory" and said his players needed to improve their fielding to be able to win one-day matches consistently.

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Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire at the centre of the Oval controversy last month, has hit out at suggestions that his decisions which led to the forfeiture of the Test were hasty, and, even worse, motivated by racism. In a detailed interview in The Mail on Sunday, Hair said he was forced to intervene because he absolutely had to, and that there were no other extraneous factors which influenced his decision-making.

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Australia vs West Indies, 1st Match, Kuala Lumpur 

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The cash-rich Indian Cricket Board today said all stadiums across India will have floodlights in the next one year for which it had already sanctioned Rs 1,600 crore.

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Australia have only agreed to play in the Malaysian tri-series because of the million-dollar cash carrot dangled by India, Australian Cricketers' Association chief Paul Marsh has said.

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Kevin Curran, the Zimbabwe coach, has revealed Zimbabwe are planning to return to Test cricket in November 2007, following their withdrawal at the start of this year. Zimbabwe have arrived in South Africa for a three-match ODI series as preparation for the Champions Trophy.

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The players have put in their final pitches and now all they can do is wait. They don't have long, England's Ashes squad will be announced at 3pm on Tuesday afternoon, at The Oval, a year to the day since the urn was reclaimed.

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The three teams taking part in the DLF Cup will be hoping that history doesn't repeat itself. The last time they played each other in a three-cornered contest, way back in 1991-92, Australia went on to beat India in the World Series final.

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Paceman Glenn McGrath returns to action for Australia on Tuesday raring to go after eight months away from the game. The 37-year-old has been caring for his ill wife since January but faces West Indies in the Kuala Lumpur tri-series.

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India have moved to third place in the ICC ODI team rankings, thanks to Pakistan`s drawn series against England. England won the last two matches to hold Pakistan 2-2 and that cost the visitors a series victory as well as their third place in the ranking ladder.

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Ramnaresh Sarwan, the West Indies vice-captain, feels the Caribbean cricketers are beginning to gel as a team, and it is beginning to show in the results column, especially in one-day internationals.

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Much ado about Dhoni The Indian media got their knickers in a twist over Dhoni's absence from the shortlist for the 2006 ICC awards. Not without reason, it might be said. OK, perhaps he didn't qualify for the Master-of-the-Universe category but he surely

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The Indian board which is funding the Malaysia tri-series categorises it as an "off-shore project". "We have financed the tri-series 100 per cent," Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, told reporters. "The floodlights are up [at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur], the pitch is fine, just a couple of things are remaining."

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Simon Katich and Phil Jaques will get the first chance to audition for an opening berth after Matthew Hayden was omitted for match one of the tri-series in Malaysia on Tuesday. Ricky Ponting also confirmed Glenn McGrath would make his international return against West Indies in Kuala Lumpur after nine months away due to his wife Jane's illness.

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Yuvraj Singh has been ruled out of the first one-dayer of the DLF Cup cricket tri-series due to illness. "Yuvraj is sick, he may play later in the series," a member of the team's support staff after the morning practice session here today.

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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif plans to seek the support of leading Indian players to raise funds for his ambitious cricket academy here. The academy, launched four years back, functions in a residential area of the city on land allocated to Latif by the city government on long-term lease for a nominal rent.

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The Indian board is likely to use the services of Rudi Webster, the renowned sports psychologist, to help the team prepare for next year's World Cup.

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In an unprecedented move in English cricket, Duncan Fletcher yesterday confirmed that James Anderson and Liam Plunkett - both of whom have been injured this season - could play in the final round of Championship matches for counties other than their own to assess their fitness ahead of England's tour of Australia.

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Michael Vaughan is planning to be in Australia throughout England's Ashes campaign this November, even though it is almost certain he will play no part. Speaking to The Sunday Times Vaughan revealed he plans to fly out to Australia the week before the first Test which starts on November 23 at Brisbane.

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Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan captain, termed Inzamam-ul-Haq as the right person to lead the side in the next year's World Cup in the West Indies.

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Muttiah Muralitharan attributes his recent good form to the abuse that he faced during VB series in Australia this January. "If there is one thing that maybe has helped me this year it was the experience I had in Australia," Murali told Bigstarcricket website.

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Brian Lara advised his players to be "focussed mentally and physically" as they prepare for the next 18 months of cricket.

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Greg Chappell, India's coach, has confirmed that Sachin Tendulkar is "fully fit and in good spirits" ahead of the DLF Cup in Malaysia, a tri-series involving West Indies and Australia that's set to begin on September 12.

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England v Pakistan, 5th ODI, Edgbaston

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Pakistan's Champions Trophy squad will set up a week-long training camp in Jaipur ahead of the mini-World Cup to be held from October 7 to November 5. A Pakistan Cricket Board source said the team management was of the opinion that the players deserved a proper break after the hectic series in England and so a regular training camp at home was not necessary.

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Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag have heaped praise on Indian team cricket analyst S Ramakrishnan, saying his analytical software have helped rectify technical flaws and fine-tune their game.

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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says he'll use the Tri-Series limited-over series with India and West Indies to experiment with lineup combinations. The series comes ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy and next year's World Cup.

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Sourav Ganguly is back in form after a dismal run in the English county championships a couple of months back. The former captain scored a sparkling 72 for Bengal against Mumbai in their three-day match of the Moin-Ud-Dowla Gold Cup in Hyderabad.

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Pakistan cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, who already faces disciplinary charges resulting from a ball-tampering ruling, was at the center of another controversy when he claimed a catch that wasn't.

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India's senior batsmen got into top form ahead of the tri-series in Malaysia but Suresh Raina had an injury scare after being hit on jaw in a warm-up match here on Friday.

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Indian skipper Rahul Dravid on Friday launched Sportsmechanics India Private Limited, a company which will apply the latest sport technologies to meaningfully utilise the talents of experienced sportspersons.

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Former Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu is currently back in Zimbabwe on a brief stopover before proceeding to South Africa where he is set to sign up for a franchise side in the next few weeks.

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Tom Moody has insisted that he will honour his contract as Sri Lanka's coach despite security concerns for foreign nationals in the volatile region. Escalated violence in Sri Lanka, where a three-decade-old separatist ethnic conflict has claimed more then 60,000 lives, forced Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's website to issue warnings of kidnapping for ransom, but Moody remained focused on his job.

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Ricky Ponting has backed Simon Katich to open the innings with the explosive Adam Gilchrist in next month's ICC Champions Trophy in India. Though Gilchrist has been rested for the Malaysia tri-series, Ponting has indicated that Katich, who beat nearest rivals Phil Jaques, Mark Cosgrove and Matthew Hayden to a Champions Trophy berth, is favourite to partner him when he returns.

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The Indian board (BCCI) has introduced three new umpires for one-day internationals at home. Amish Saheba of Gujarat, Suresh Shastri of Mumbai and GA Pratap Kumar of Andhra Pradesh will replace K Hariharan, I Sivaram and AV Jayaprakash in the panel for a three-year term with immediate effect, MP Pandove, the BCCI join secretary, announced.

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The West Indies will defend their Champions Trophy title with the same players that will play in the tri-series in Malaysia against India and Australia. "The team that is going to Malaysia was picked for the ICC tournament and these are the players who will go on for the Champions Trophy, barring injury. This is the team which will go on to defend the Champions Trophy," skipper Brian Lara told Jamaica Observer.

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Left-hander Suresh Raina was injured on Friday during a practice match organized for the Indian cricket team before it leaves for the tri-series in Malaysia. The Uttar Pradesh batsman got hit when he deflected an Ajit Agarkar full-toss on to his cheek and started bleeding on the field.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India has named three umpires for the ICC Elite Panel. There is, so far, not a single Indian in the current 10-member Elite Panel. Besides S Venkataraghavan, the former Indian offspinner, no other Indian umpire has ever figured in the Elite Panel.

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New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have appointed Don Neely, a noted historian and administrator, to succeed John Reed as their next president. At the conclusion of the board's Annual General Meeting in Wellington, it was also announced that NZC had completed its four year financial cycle with a surplus of $217,779 (US$ 140,000 approx).

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Mark Taylor, the former Test captain, will chair the five-man committee that will recommend the coach to follow John Buchanan's seven-year reign. Buchanan will walk away after the World Cup in April and Tim Nielsen, the current Centre of Excellence mentor, and Tom Moody, the former Australia allrounder and current Sri Lanka coach, are the early favourites.

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) experts will review a new construction schedule before announcing a final decision in about two weeks as to whether the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba will be used for the World Cup next year.

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England captain Andrew Strauss is confident that Marcus Trescothick will recover from a stress-related illness in time for the Ashes series in Australia. Trescothick has pulled out of next month's Champions Trophy one-day tournament in India after saying the illness had dogged him since he returned home for family reasons from the tour of India in March.

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Nicky Boje won't need to worry about interrogation by the Delhi Police. He has been left out of the South African squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in India in November-December. While Boje failed to find a place, Herschelle Gibbs was included in the 14-member squad announced by the South African selectors today.

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Closed-circuit TV cameras will form part of the fool-proof security apparatus which would be put in place for the high-profile ICC Champions Trophy to be hosted at four centres in the country in October-November.

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Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid on Thursday said the players were unanimous in their opinion that individual members as well as the team as a whole needed to improve in the fielding department.

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India would seek to avenge its one-day series loss to the West Indies when the two teams meet in the upcoming cricket tri-series in Malaysia, captain Rahul Dravid said on Thursday. "We haven`t done well against the West Indies in the last series. This is a good chance for us to correct that", Dravid said about the tri-series, also involving Australia.

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When you're a cricket-starved nation as New Zealand presently is, a mundane thing like the announcement of the side for the Champions Trophy is seized upon like manna from heaven. John Bracewell and his selectors haven't disappointed either, throwing one bolter into the mix and sprinkling the squad with enough intrigue to keep followers interested.

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Sourav Ganguly admitted to being disappointed after he was overlooked for the Champions Trophy but reiterated his commitment to find his way back into the national squad.

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Shahriar Nafees, the Bangladesh opening batsman, has been nominated for the ICC's Emerging-Player-of-the-Year award to be announced on October 23 in Mumbai.

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The hearing over the alleged ball tampering incident that led to the forfeiture of the fourth Test between England and Pakistan Test at The Oval will take place on September 27 and 28. Malcolm Speed, chief executive of the International Cricket Council, announced this in Mumbai on Thursday at a function to launch the Champions Trophy.

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The International Cricket Council is closely monitoring the statements and columns of Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq and has even obtained services of an Urdu language translator for the purpose.

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The International Cricket Council said forensic Tests may be conducted on the ball used in the controversial Oval Test to ensure a fair hearing for Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq. "A forensic test is being suggested," ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed told reporters on Wednesday. "The laws of cricket are clear on what constitutes changing the condition of the ball.

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Michael Hussey insists he is not trying to gain Ricky Ponting's job despite his rapid elevation to the side's vice-captaincy for the short tour of Malaysia. Hussey started playing Test cricket barely a year ago and has been outstanding in both forms of the game while displaying impeccable leadership skills.

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New Zealand's selectors face a nervous wait over the fitness of Scott Styris before next month's Champions Trophy, but they are confident he can recover and named him in their 14-man squad. Styris missed his last match for Middlesex with a back injury and John Bracewell, the coach, said he was expected to return next week.

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No play will be possible at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba for the warm-up matches of the World Cup 2007. But CEO of the local organising committee (LOC), Anand Daniel, stated that this country will still host those matches which will be shifted to either the National Cricket Centre in Balmain, Couva or the UWI ground in St Augustine.

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Pakistan announced a 14-man squad for next month's Champions Trophy in India, retaining Inzamam-ul Haq as captain. Inzamam is set to face an International Cricket Council (ICC) code of conduct hearing at the end of this month and faces a possible suspension.

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Bennett King, the West Indies coach, believes the DLF Cup against India and Australia in Malaysia provides ideal preparation for his side as they aim to defend the ICC Champions Trophy crown they won in England in 2004.

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What have baseball-style throws, golf balls, baseball bats and gym-style mats got to do with cricket? On the surface, not a lot, but India's elite cricketers have made use of all of the above at various times during the innovative training camp that will come to a close tomorrow as the team gears up for cricket's most arduous challenge - contests against Australia (and West Indies), albeit in the neutral environs of Kuala Lumpur.

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Pakistan were spared of another controversy on Tuesday after the ICC match referee for their third one-dayer against England cleared them of any suspicion of ball tampering.

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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) have formally brought an end to the impasse that has plagued regional cricket for almost two years, with the signing of agreements relating to their outstanding issues.

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Kiran More, whose high-profile and controversial four-year term as chairman of selectors comes to an end later this month, has said that, contrary to popular perception, he was not anti-Ganguly and believed Ganguly could still make a comeback into the national side.

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Jagmohan Dalmiya, the former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), filed an appeal before the Kolkata High Court challenging a city court order that rejected his application seeking fresh copies of documents and a time extension to reply to the present board management over allegations of misappropriation of funds.

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England's Champions Trophy preparations, already weakened by injuries, has received another blow with news that Marcus Trescothick will miss the tournament after receiving specialist medical advice.

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Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting and Mahela Jayawardene have been nominated in four categories for the annual ICC awards. The three Test captains from India, Australia and Sri Lanka dominated the nominations, including the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for the cricketer of the year.

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The ICC have suggested that forensic tests may be conducted on the ball used in the controversial Oval Test to ensure a fair hearing for the Pakistan captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq, which is due to take place at the end of September.

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Shane Warne, the eternal bad boy of cricket, has blamed the game for ruining his personal life. The highest wicket-taker in the world says cricket had been "very, very good" to him but he has had to make a lot of sacrifices along the way.

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Zee Sports will telecast live the tri-nation series in Malaysia featuring India Australia and West Indies, starting September 12. The channel will also be conducting a live studio show -Cricket Cafe- from the Kinrara Oval stadium in Kuala Lumpur.

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Shoaib Akhtar found himself at the centre of a controversial incident during the third match of Pakistan's one-day series against England at the rose bowl here Tuesday. Barely more than two weeks after the unprecedented conclusion to The Oval Test, pictures from host broadcaster Sky Television appeared to show the fast bowler flicking at the ball with his left thumb as he returned to his mark.

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If you went solely by the amount of column inches and television soundbites he generated in his absence, you wouldn't think Shoaib Akhtar hadn't played a game for Pakistan for a few days shy of seven months.

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The success of Glenn McGrath's international return over the next two months will have a strong impact on who bats at No. 6 in the first Ashes Test, according to Ricky Ponting. McGrath leaves this week for his first action since withdrawing from the team in January with the team balance for the England series hinging on his lanky shoulders.

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Scott Styris, the New Zealand allrounder, is doubtful for the Champions Trophy in India next month after injuring his back while playing for Middlesex against Yorkshire. New Zealand are due to name their 14-member squad for the tournament tomorrow.

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Marlon Samuels, the middle-order batsman, passed a fitness test, paving the way for his inclusion to the West Indies squad for the upcoming Tri-Series in Malaysia.

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Micky Arthur, South Africa's coach, has said his team were not taking the three limited-overs matches against Zimbabwe lightly and that match practice was crucial ahead of the Champions Trophy. "I expect Zimbabwe to be very competitive but we are going to focus on our own performance," Arthur said. "One could use these fixtures as practice matches but we would rather ensure that our combinations and match-plans are in place for India."

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The ICC has granted England dispensation to delay naming their Champions Trophy squad until after the NatWest Series against Pakistan. The original deadline was this Thursday (September 7) but England now have an extra three days to evaluate their plans.

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Several spectators were injured when a fence collapsed at India's training camp in Bangalore. Dozens of fans had gathered to watch the Indians train, but as numbers grew the barbed-wire fence gave way, injuring as many as half-a-dozen of them. None were seriously hurt.

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Ken Gordon, the president of the West Indies cricket board, has came under heavy fire from Michael Holding, the legendary West Indian fast bowler. Holding's criticism comes in the wake his resignation from the cricket committee of the board after expressing unhappiness with a few of their policies.

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The colour of the traditional baggy green cap will be used on Australia's one-day uniforms this summer, but another icon tone has been dumped to allow the change. Gold shirts and trousers have been sent to the opportunity shops after a sun-fading reign as the dominant hue in home series fashion.

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Darren Gough's international career is all but over. In his eyes, there is still a faint hope of making the squad for the Champions Trophy, to be announced on Thursday, but it's hard for anyone else to see a way back from the shin injury which has ruled him out of the last three one-dayers against Pakistan. Cricket's leading huffer and puffer has finally run into the buffers.

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Sport marketing company Nimbus Communications have said it had struck a deal with Rupert Murdoch's Star to distribute its new 24-hour cricket channel in India.

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Graham Onions, the Durham bowler, wants to force his way into England's Champions Trophy plans after earning a shock call-up into their one-day squad. Onions has replaced Darren Gough for the remainder of the limited over series against Pakistan after Gough was ruled out with shin problems.

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The domestic first-class champions from India and Pakistan will clash in a four-day cricket match later this month, the Indian board confirmed today.

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With the term of Kiran More, chairman of the national selection committee, having unofficially come to an end, the race for the next leader has already begun. According to insiders, former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar is the most likely choice to take over this tricky mantle in the year of the World Cup.

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The 15-nation Caribbean Community will offer a regional visa to ease travel for cricket fans island-hopping for the 2007 World Cup Cricket, an official said Monday.

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England go into Tuesday's third one-dayer against Pakistan hoping to level the five-match series and end a terrible run in limited-overs games.

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The England Cricket Board (ECB) have announced details of the national team's home series against West Indies and India next year.

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Indian Cricket team coach Greg Chappell on Monday said he was confident of paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth’s comeback to the national team.

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The International Cricket Council issued a "final warning" to Pakistan Cricket Board and captain Inzamam-ul Haq for making "unnecessary and inappropriate" public comments in the wake of the Oval Test fiasco.

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Stuart MacGill has missed New South Wales training with a knee injury suffered during Australia's five-day boot camp in the Queensland bush. In the post-mortem of the adventure the players complained only of aches and pains, but more than a week after the drills finished MacGill did not participate in a state session.

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Habibul Bashar will lead Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy to be held in India after national selectors confirmed his inclusion in the 14-member squad for the tournament.

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Star allrounder Andrew Flintoff could return to lead England's campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in India in October-November, but there is a possibility he may play only as a batsman.

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Pakistan have named match referee Mike Procter as one of their witnesses in the ICC disciplinary hearing of skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq on the twin charges of ball tampering and bringing the game into disrepute scheduled for the end of this month.

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Glenn McGrath has got his wish to prepare for the Ashes by playing in the Champions Trophy after he was named in Australia's 14-man squad today. McGrath, who has not appeared since January due to his wife's illness, said throughout the winter he preferred joining his team-mates in India in October to returning via the Pura Cup and after serious discussions the selectors have finally agreed.]

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It's the season of joy in Kerala. But medium-pacer S Sreesanth is in no mood to enjoy the Onam festivities this week. News that he, and not RP Singh as was widely being expected, was dropped from the Champions Trophy side came as a big blow to the youngster who was beginning to make his mark in the fast lane.

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Cricket history is replete with improbable comebacks but the national cricket selectors may have written finish to Sourav Ganguly's long and chequered career today by ignoring him for the ICC Champions Trophy.

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Darren Gough has been ruled out of the remainder of the Natwest Series due to an injured left shin. Graham Onions, the Durham pace bowler, who is in England's Champions Trophy 30 has been called up as a replacement and will join the squad on Monday.

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India and Pakistan could play in North America once again, in a one-day series after the World Cup in 2007. "We are keen to play India at those offshore venues where there are a large number of a Pakistani and Indian expatriates," Shaharyar Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan board, told Press Trust of India. "Canada and the United States are ideal locations in this regard."

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Anil Kumble and Sreesanth, the fast bowler, have been left out of the Champions Trophy squad. RP Singh, on the back of his recent performance for India A in Australia, has been included in the 14-man squad.

Squad for Champions Trophy
Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Munaf Patel, RP Singh, Ramesh Powar, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Mongia.

Squad for Malaysia tri-series
Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Munaf Patel, RP Singh, Ramesh Powar, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Mongia, S Sreesanth.

The ECB have announced England's international schedule for the 2007 season, in which they host West Indies for four Tests and India for three.

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India's preparations for next year's World Cup have already begun and every aspect of the game is being discussed in detail, vice-captain Virender Sehwag said here today

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Former Indian team physio Andrew Leipus dismissed any doubts about Sachin Tendulkar's fitness, saying the batsman makes himself available for selection only when he is completely sure of his fitness.

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Cricketer turned TV commentator Sanjay Manjrekar says tampering of a cricket ball can be done without being caught on any of the numerous television cameras shooting the on-field action.

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Former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya has moved an application before a city court claiming that the documents supplied by the Indian cricket board on the PILCOM account controversy were not legible.

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Six South African grounds will compete to be one of the three venues for the Twenty20 World Championship in 2007. The decision will be made by the newly-formed Policy Committee which met for the first time on Wednesday after the ICC limited the number of grounds to three.

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Shane Bond, the New Zealand fast bowler, and Sreesanth, one of India's recent finds, both denied that ball tampering was a common practice in first-class or international cricket.

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The Indian board today launched its official ratings for international and domestic cricket, including women and juniors, but preferred to keep the prize money on offer a secret till close to the planned annual awards function in April 2007 at Mumbai.

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