View Article  Australia salute England for keeper gesture

Australia coach Tim Nielsen hailed England's sportsmanship in allowing them to bring in reserve wicket-keeper Graham Manou for his Test debut here at Edgbaston on Thursday.

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View Article  PCB chairman admits out of court World Cup settlement

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said that the matters of World Cup 2011 hosting would be settled next month.

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View Article  Australia's Watson lands opening blows

Shane Watson marked his maiden Test as an opener by batting through to the rain-affected close of the first day of the third match of the Ashes series here at Edgbaston on Thursday.

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View Article  Sourav to debut in cricket administration, Dalmiya unchallenged

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly's induction into cricket administration will be the lone point of interest in an otherwise routine annual general elections of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Friday with veteran Jagmohan Dalmiya set

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View Article  Sri Lanka's Muralitharan announces Test retirement

Sri Lanka's world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan said Thursday he will quit Test cricket next year, but continue to play limited-overs cricket.

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View Article  PCB says no to hosting of World Cup games at a neutral venue

Pakistan have given up the demand of hosting its quota of 2011 World Cup games at a neutral venue, the country's cricket chief Ijaz Butt said Thursday.

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View Article  PCB asks cricketers to refrain from giving interviews

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent reminders to its centrally-contracted players to refrain from giving media interviews without prior permission.

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View Article  Hameed eager to make IPL appearance

Pakistan top order batsman Yasir Hameed is eagerly waiting to participate in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) next season.

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View Article  No play before lunch in third Ashes Test

Rain meant there was no play before lunch on the first day of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston here on Thursday.

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View Article  Australia win toss, bat at drenched Edgbaston

Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against England in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston here on Thursday.

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View Article  Hayden defends KPs decision to play in IPL

Former Australian opener Mathew Hayden has defended England batsman Kevin Pietersen for playing in the Indian Premier League during an Ashes year despite his subsequent injury problems.

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View Article  I will lead the team in my own style: Afridi

Newly appointed captain of the Pakistan Twenty20 squad, Shahid Afridi has said that he will lead the side his own style.

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View Article  Prove match fitness, secure place in national squad: Chief selector to Akhtar

Pakistan chief selector Iqbal Qasim has asked Shoaib Akhtar to prove his match fitness to regain his place in the national squad.

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View Article  Sri Lanka down Pakistan in first one-dayer

Seamers Thilan Thushara and Nuwan Kulasekera ripped through Pakistan's top order as Sri Lanka won the first one-day international by 36 runs here on Thursday.

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View Article  England ditch plans for second T20 event

Next season's English county cricket programme will feature just one Twenty20 competition after officials confirmed Thursday that plans for a second Twenty20 event had been scrapped.Instead the season will feature the four-day County Championship tournament, the P20 event and a revamped Sunday League one-day competition.

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View Article  Sri Lanka fight back to 232-9 against Pakistan

Sri Lanka recovered from a top-order failure to post a competitive 232-9 in the first one-day international against Pakistan here on Thursday.The hosts had slipped to 131-6 by the 34th over after Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and elected to field in overcast conditions at the Rangiri International Stadium.

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View Article  Sri Lanka recover in first Pakistan one-dayer

Sri Lanka recovered from a top-order failure to post a competitive 232-9 in the first one-day international against Pakistan here on Thursday.The hosts had slipped to 131-6 by the 34th over after Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and elected to field in overcast conditions at the Rangiri International Stadium.

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View Article  Third Ashes Test start delayed

Fresh rain here Thursday seemed set to further delay the start of the third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Edgaston.Heavy rain on Wednesday had left the outfield unfit for play in the opinion of umpires Rudi Koertzen and Aleem Dar.

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View Article  Twenty20 Champions League fixtures announced

Royal Challengers from India will meet South Africa's Cape Cobras in the first match of the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League, organisers said on Thursday.

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View Article  Hughes confirms Test axe on Twitter page

Australia batsman Phillip Hughes announced Thursday he'd been dropped from the side to play England in the third Ashes Test on his own Twitter page.Hughes was dropped after a run of low scores and struggles against short-pitched fast bowling during the first two Tests of the series.

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View Article  Durham gets Ashes Test as ECB unveil fixtures

Durham's Riverside ground will host its first Ashes Test in 2013, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday.But the board have yet to confirm that north London venue Lord's, the self-styled 'home of cricket' will stage a Test against Australia in four years' time.

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View Article  Ponting says no question of dropping Johnson

Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said there was no question of dropping left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson from the team for the third Test against England, and added he and the selectors had never discuss

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View Article  PCB restricts player interviews after Akhtar flap

Pakistan's cricketers have been banned from giving media interviews without official permission, an official said Thursday following controversial remarks by paceman Shoaib Akhtar.

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View Article  Pakistan ask Sri Lanka to bat in first one-dayer

Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and sent Sri Lanka in to bat in the first one-day international of the five-match series here on Thursday:

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View Article  Aussie opener Hughes out for Third Test: report

Opening batsman Phil Hughes has been dropped from the Australian side and replaced by Shane Watson for the third Ashes Test against England, a report said on Thursday.

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