A Pakistani appeals committee on Wednesday temporarily upheld a five-year ban imposed on fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar but said he was free to play cricket outside the country.

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Record-breaking Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan said Wednesday he plans to team up with Indian counterpart Anil Kumble to coach spinners when he retires from international cricket.

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James Marshall began on Tuesday his bid to fill the hole in New Zealand's batting order left by the retirement of former captain Stephen Fleming ahead of the tourists' Test series with England.

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England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke dismissed on Tuesday talk of a city franchise system being introduced for domestic Twenty20 cricket.

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Test batsman Robert Key will captain the England Lions, as the national 'A' side is now known, against New Zealand in a four-day tour match at Hampshire's Rose Bowl ground next week, it was announced here Tuesday.

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Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has tendered an unconditional apology to a tribunal hearing his appeal against a five-year ban, the tribunal head said Tuesday.

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Kent captain Robert Key bolstered his hopes of an England recall on Monday by scoring his third hundred against New Zealand as the Black Caps struggled on the opening day of their initial first-class tour match at Canterbury.

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Monday that its 2008 annual meeting in June and July will take place in Dubai, where the global governing body has its headquarters.

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Controversial Australian cricket umpire Darrell Hair is set to return to international cricket after being appointed to stand in the second Test between England and New Zealand which will be his first taste of international action since 2006.

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India spinner Harbhajan Singh was handed an 11-match ban from a domestic Twenty20 tournament on Monday after being found guilty of slapping national team-mate Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.

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Former ICC chairman Malcolm Gray has condemned as "disgraceful" Malcolm Speed's removal as head of cricket's world governing body, reports said Monday.

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Aaron Redmond staked his claim for a place in the New Zealand Test team with a solid 72 in the opening match of their English tour against the MCC at Arundel on Sunday.

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England could be stripped of the lucrative World Twenty20 championship if Zimbabwe Cricket Union chairman Peter Chingoka is denied a visa for the event, International Cricket Council (ICC) president-elect David Morgan warned on Sunday.

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India spinner Harbhajan Singh was facing a lengthy ban from cricket on Sunday after being accused of slapping national team-mate Shanthakumaran Sreesanth during a domestic Twenty20 match.

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International Cricket Council (ICC) president-elect David Morgan has insisted the decision to have chief executive Malcolm Speed step down from his post ahead of schedule had not been imposed upon the Australian.

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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed is to step down several months early from his position over the issue of Zimbabwe, it was announced Friday.

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England reject Matthew Hoggard bolstered his bid for a Test recall by taking six for 57, his best County Championship figures for five years, as Yorkshire dominated Hampshire on the third day of their First Division clash at Headingley on Friday.

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New Zealand have given a go-ahead to a three-match one-day series against Pakistan agreeing to the hosts' proposal, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Friday.

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Northamptonshire captain Nicky Boje starred with both bat and ball as the former South Africa spinner's side took charge against Warwickshire on Thursday's second day of four in the latest round of matches in England's County Championship.

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Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns will captain MCC in the opening match of the Black Caps tour of England in Arundel on Sunday.Hard-hitting, pace bowling all-rounder Cairns, 37, who retired from international cricket two years ago after playing 62 Tests and 215 one-dayers, is one of three New Zealanders in the MCC side.

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The longest-serving current international cricketer Sachin Tendulkar turned 35 on Thursday, feeling as excited and enthusiastic about the game as he did on debut 19 years ago.

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Andrew Flintoff was out for a golden duck batting for Lancashire in their County Championship match against Somerset at Old Trafford here Thursday.

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Andrew Flintoff is ready to go for next month's first Test against New Zealand according to former England opening batsman Marcus Trescothick.

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England captain Michael Vaughan's quest for form ahead of the upcoming Test series against New Zealand suffered another setback Wednesday when he was out for 19 against Hampshire in Yorkshire's County Championship opener at Headingley.

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South Africa great Shaun Pollock is to join Durham for the English county's Twenty20 Cup campaign this season, the north-east side announced Wednesday.

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England have named three uncapped players in their squad for the upcoming matches against New Zealand and South Africa and handed batsman Robert Key a recall three years after his last international appearance.

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Australia will visit Pakistan twice in the next two years to replace a March-April tour that was axed over security concerns, Cricket Australia and the Pakistan Cricket Board said Monday.

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Misbah-ul Haq led Pakistan's charge in guiding the home team to a comfortable 102-run win in the one-off Twenty20 international at the National Stadium here on Sunday. The 33-year-old scored a career-best 87 to lift Pakistan to their record Twenty20 total of 203-5 in 20 overs before the home bowlers folded the Bangladesh innings to 101 in 16 overs.

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Misbah-ul Haq smashed a career-best 87 to lift Pakistan to a record 203-5 against Bangladesh in the inaugural Twenty20 international played at National Stadium here on Sunday.

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Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and decided to bat in the inaugural Twenty20 international against Bangladesh at National Stadium here on Sunday.Pakistan, who blanked the tourists 5-0 in the one-day series, dropped Mohammad Yousuf, Naumanullah and Mohammad Asif for their first ever home Twenty20 match.

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Former England coach Duncan Fletcher claimed on Sunday that three of the heroes from the Ashes winning series of 2005 would find it hard to get back into the England side.

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England will play four Tests against India when they host the series in 2011, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Sunday.

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Opener Salman Butt smashed a record-breaking century to help Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 150 runs in the fifth and final day-night international here on Saturday for a 5-0 series whitewash.

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Opener Salman Butt hit an attractive century to lift Pakistan to 329-9 in 50 overs in the fifth and final day-night international at National Stadium here on Saturday.

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Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and decided to bat in the fifth day-night international against Bangladesh at National Stadium here on Saturday.

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England are set to be offered 100 million dollars (50 million pounds) to play five Twenty20 matches against a West Indies all-star side, according to reports here on Saturday.

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Pakistan on Friday dropped experienced batsman Mohammad Yousuf for their first ever home Twenty20 international, against Bangladesh.

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Agence France-Presse (AFP) and other top news agencies have said they will not cover cricket's inaugural Indian Premier League, which starts Friday, due to curbs on the distribution of photographs.

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Kevin Pietersen has insisted England players' interest in appearing in the Indian Premier League is not a sign of disloyalty but something "anyone in their right mind" would consider seriously.

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Andrew Flintoff's bid to be fit in time for next month's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's received a boost Thursday as the England all-rounder got through 28 overs for Lancashire in the first innings of their County Championship opener against Surrey at The Oval.

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Bangladesh's misery at slumping to their fourth defeat in four one-dayers against Pakistan was compounded on Thursday when they were fined for a slow over-rate and then saw opener Shahriar Nafees reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct.

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England are "very likely" to compete in the Stanford Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke disclosed on Thursday.

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Lahore, Faisalabad and now Multan. Pakistan has done it everywhere. They crushed Bangladesh by 7 wickets and went 4-0 in the series while both the teams are yet to meet at Karachi.Pakistan made two changes as Umar Gul and Mohammad Asif came in for Sohail Tanvir and Iftikhar Rao; for Bangladesh, Zunaid Siddiqui replaced Shariar Nafees. This time, Mohammad Ashraful won the toss on yet another decent-looking pitch and chose to bat first. Looking at Bangladeshs batting performance in the last ODI, they were expected to put on a taxing total but it never happened.

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England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who hasn't played Test cricket for over a year, took a step back on the way to international recognition with a wicket for Lancashire on the opening day of the 2008 County Championship on Wednesday.

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Shakib Al Hasan's fighting hundred went in vain as Pakistan downed Bangladesh by seven wickets in the fourth day-night international at Multan Stadium here on Wednesday.

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Left-hander Shakib Al Hasan hit a fighting hundred to lift Bangladesh's flagging innings to 210 in the fourth day-night international against Pakistan here on Wednesday.

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The International Cricket Council is investigating the wicket used in the final Test between India and South Africa in Kanpur, which was criticised following the tourists' collapse, a top official said on Wednesday.

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Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful won the toss and decided to bat in the fourth day-night international against Pakistan at Multan Stadium here on Wednesday.

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Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday pulled out of the Olympic torch relay to avoid aggravating a groin injury, a source close to him said.

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The only scheduled ODI match at St. Lucia this year yielded no result. The game was hit by rain many a time and was finally called off as it got heavier and heavier. The hard work done by the Lankans in batting went in vain and the hosts captured the 3-match ODI series 2-0.
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West Indies won the three-match One Day International series with Sri Lanka 2-0 after rain washed out the final match at the Beausejour Stadium here Tuesday.

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Australian veteran Darren Lehmann will stage a shock comeback in the Indian Premier League after answering a call from former teammate Shane Warne, a report said Wednesday.

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England captain Michael Vaughan has made it clear he wants star all-rounder Andrew Flintoff back in international cricket as soon as possible, ideally during the upcoming series against New Zealand.

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Kevin Pietersen is encouraged the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have met with Allen Stanford, the Texan billionaire behind the domestic Stanford Twenty20 competition in the West Indies.

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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Tuesday it had held talks with Allen Stanford, the Texan billionaire behind the Stanford Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies, with regard to developing its own domestic Twenty20 competition.

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Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons urged captain Mohammad Ashraful to start firing and help the tourists achieve a consolation win in the fourth day-night international here on Wednesday.

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Michael Vaughan has said it is "naive" to think England players will not be involved in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at some point in the near future.Last week Giles Clarke, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), ruled out centrally contracted England players from taking part in next year's IPL as he wanted to make sure that everything possible was done to keep them fresh for the 2009 home Ashes series against Australia.

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A key member of a Pakistani senate committee on sports has said a five-year ban of controversial paceman Shoaib Akhtar was unjustified.

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Former Pakistan bowling great Wasim Akram has warned that the Indian Premier League could seriously damage international cricket if the game's governing body fails to intervene.

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Australia on Tuesday called up paceman Doug Bollinger for the Test squad to tour the West Indies next month after Ben Hilfenhaus was ruled out with a back injury.Chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said Hilfenhaus had been diagnosed with a recurrence of a stress fracture to the lower back and needed a few months rest.

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England fast bowler Stephen Harmison has insisted he still has an international future, regardless of his growing band of critics.The 29-year-old quick was dropped after a wretchedly wayward performance in the first Test of England's recent tour of New Zealand and now faces a battle to regain his place.

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Allen Stanford, the Texan billionaire behind the Stanford Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies, is to hold talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) here on Tuesday with regard to the creation of an English Premier League, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.

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Pakistan named paceman Mohammad Asif in a 16-man squad for the fourth one-day international against Bangladesh after a five-month lay-off due to injury.

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South Africa skipper Graeme Smith paid tribute to India's bowlers after the hosts enjoyed an eight-wicket victory on the third day to square the series 1-1 in the third and final Test.

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New Zealand's cricket authorities have discarded four batsmen from their roster of 20 contracted players, following poor batting performances by the Test side in recent series.

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Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 23 runs and confirmed the 5-match series by getting a 3-0 lead. Second time in the series, Pakistan made a score of 300-plus at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore and they clinched a win on both the occasions, but the difference remains in the margin. Pakistan had mauled Bangladesh by 152 runs (D/L) in the first ODI at the same venue but todays match was a thriller. Bangladeshi team didnt surrender till the end and lost like true soldiers.

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Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 3rd One Day International, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Pakistan rode on brilliant hundreds by openers Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal to outlast Bangladesh by 23 runs and win the third day-night international at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Sunday.

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Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag triggered South Africa's collapse on an awkward pitch to help India square the series with an eight-wicket win in the third and final Test here on Sunday.

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The Indian team finally managed to restore its self-respect and won the third Test match at Kanpur and leveled the Test series 1-1. The host team was under tremendous pressure after a dreadful loss at Ahmedabad and a series loss at home would mean massive disillusionment for the Indian supporters which could affect the multi-million venture, IPL, as well. But the Indian players were, perhaps, well aware of the consequences and they exhibited a professional approach to beat South Africa by 8 wickets on day 3.

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India vs South Africa, 3rd Test Match, Green Park, Kanpur

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and opted to bat in the third day-night international against Bangladesh at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Sunday.

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Part-time spinner Virender Sehwag grabbed two vital wickets in three overs to boost India's hopes of winning the third and final Test against South Africa here on Sunday.

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West Indies coach John Dyson heaped praise on his side Sunday for clinching their One-day International series against Sri Lanka with a game to spare.Sri Lanka ran into the rampant pair of Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels, and lost the rain-marred match by seven wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis Method on Saturday at Queen's Park Oval.

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Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh shared two early wickets to put South Africa under pressure on the third day of the final Test against India here on Sunday.

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The Queens Park Oval proved extremely auspicious for West Indies as they c