View Article  New Zealand win toss, bowl first in crucial West Indies ODI

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first in the winner-takes-all fifth and final one-day cricket international against the West Indies here Tuesday.After 34 days of the West Indies tour, the two sides are deadlocked with the two Tests drawn, the two Twenty20 matches shared one-all and the one-day series locked at one-all after two games were abandoned because of rain.

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View Article  Coach Ford is Key man for England

Kent captain Robert Key believes his county's former South Africa coach Graham Ford should be given the England job following the sacking of Peter Moores.Kevin Pietersen had to resign the England captaincy last Wednesday as Moores was forced out after what the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said was an "irretrievable breakdown" in their relationship.

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View Article  Pakistan rely on pace for Sri Lanka one-dayers

Pakistan Monday included six pacemen in their 15-man squad for the first of three one-day internationals to be played against Sri Lanka later this monthShoaib Akhtar, who missed all three matches in Pakistan's one-day series in Abu Dhabi in November due to injury, is back in form to lead the pace attack with Umar Gul, Sohail Tanveer, Yasir Arafat, Sohail Khan and Rao Iftikhar.

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View Article  Record-breaking Mendis, Kulasekara bowl SLanka to win

Ajantha Mendis became the fastest bowler to complete 50 wickets in one-day internationals as Sri Lanka crushed Zimbabwe by 130 runs in a triangular series match here Monday.

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View Article  Mathews lifts Sri Lanka with unbeaten 52

Angelo Mathews hit a maiden half-century to help Sri Lanka post a competitive 210-6 against Zimbabwe in a triangular one-day series match here on Monday.

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View Article  West Indies tour fate rests on final match

The fate of the rain-disrupted one-day international series between New Zealand and the West Indies rests on the fifth and final match in Napier on Tuesday and neither team is lacking motivation.

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View Article  Pietersen threatened to quit in India - Amiss

Kevin Pietersen first threatened to resign as England captain in India before Christmas, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) vice-chairman Dennis Amiss has said.

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View Article  Zimbabwe put Sri Lanka in to bat

Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya elected to field after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in a triangular one-day series match here on Monday.Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 38 runs in the opening match on Saturday. Each team will play two league games before the top two qualify for the final here on Friday.

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