View Article  Pakistan MPs recommend life ban for Asif

Pakistan's Senate sports committee Tuesday recommended that troubled fast bowler Mohammad Asif be banned from cricket for life over his detention in Dubai last year for opium possession.

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View Article  Pakistan cricket finances hammered by canceled tours: official

Pakistan cricket is on the verge of bankruptcy and needs concrete efforts to restore its coffers after Australia and India cancelled their tours, a top official said on Tuesday.

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View Article  India to tour Sri Lanka next month

India will play five one-dayers and a Twenty20 international against hosts Sri Lanka next month to help fill the gap created by its cancelled tour of Pakistan, officials said Tuesday

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View Article  New Zealand claim series over West Indies in wet decider

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  Hayden Australia's greatest opener, says Langer

Justin Langer said Tuesday he rates his long-time Test batting partner Matthew Hayden as Australian cricket's greatest opening batsman.Australian cricket celebrated Hayden's trailblazing 103-Test career after the imposing left-hander officially announced his retirement at a press conference.

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View Article  West Indies set New Zealand 294-run target

An imperial display by Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul carried the West Indies to 293 for nine in the deciding one-day cricket international against New Zealand here Tuesday.With Gayle blasting 135, his 19th ODI century, and Chanderpaul out for 94, the pair put on 170 in just 26 overs for the third wicket, and the New Zealand bowlers were powerless to stop the onslaught.

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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  Sri Lanka to host India tour

Sri Lanka will host India for a five-match one day international series in addition to a Twenty20 game before heading off for a tour of Pakistan, officials said Tuesday.N Sirinivasan, secretary to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told reporters the tour would take place between the end of January and early February.

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View Article  Aussie batsman Hayden expected to announce retirement - reports

Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden has called a press conference on Tuesday where he is expected to announce his retirement from international cricket, reports said.

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