Hamilton, Feb 2: Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal believes that the ever-improving minnows can challenge the New Zealand team in the tour, which begins with a Twenty20 match here on Wednesday.

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Former England bowling coach Ottis Gibson will take over as head coach of the West Indies in time for the home series against Zimbabwe later this month, a cricket official here said.

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Wellington, Feb 2: Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons expects his team to perform well during their New Zealand tour and be far more assertive this time around.In 2007-08, Bangladesh had moments to savour, but not enough and were outplayed 3-0 in the ODI series and comfortably in both tests.

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Wellington, Feb 2: New Zealand is looking to whitewash Bangladesh in all forms of cricket during their tour and also to use the series to prepare for Australia, who will be here next month.Bangladesh is in New Zealand to play one Twenty20 match, three one-day internationals and one test.

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Sydney, Feb 2: New South Wales all-rounder Steve Smith is set to make his international debut in Friday’s Twenty20 match against Pakistan.Smith, along with Travis Birt and Dirk Nannes, are the new names in the Australian T20 squad.

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Melbourne, Feb. 2: Twenty20 pacer Dirk Nannes has rejected Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi''s claims that every international side indulges in ball tampering, and insists bowlers can be effective without breaking cricket''s laws.

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Melbourne, Feb.2 : Pink cricket balls were used in Futures League fixtures in Adelaide and Brisbane on Tuesday, with a white ball used in a second XI match in Melbourne.The trials are aimed at finding a non-red ball suitable for Test matches at night.

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Melbourne, Feb.2 : Australia’s chairman of selectors, Andrew Hilditch, has urged Twenty20 captain Michael Clarke to transfer his batting form in the traditional formats into the shortest version.Clarke was arguably his country''s best Test batsman in 2009, with 1,042 runs for the calendar year, and his career averages of 50.19 in Tests and 42.65 in one-day internationals mark his prowess in both forms.

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Wellington, Feb.2: New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori says his domain is on the cricket field and he won''t be running the team on a day-to-day basis.Rejecting talk of player power within the Black Caps, the NZPA quoted Vettori as saying: "On the field is my domain and the manager and coaches look after everything else."

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Melbourne, Feb 2 : Skipper Ricky Ponting had tipped a year ago that the latest bowling discovery Ryan Harris will excel after an eight-season first-class apprenticeship with South Australia and the Bulls."I'm not surprised by it. When we first saw him 12 months ago everyone could see that he had great talent to bowl decent pace and swing the new ball,” he said.

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Canberra (Australia), Feb.2 : West Indian captain Chris Gayle has asked for improved security during his team's match against the Prime Minister''s XI at the Manuka Oval here on Thursday.

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Islamabad, Feb.2 : Pakistan Defence ChaudhryAhmed Mukhtar has reportedly suggested to Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt, who is his close relative, to resign from the post amidst increasing demand for his sacking in the wake of Pakistan’s disastrous Australia tour.

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Islamabad, Feb.2 :  In view of Pakistan’s horrendous tour Down Under, former captain Rameez Raja has called for an overhaul of the national cricket team.“The way I see it, you need to carry out a comprehensive surgery to set things right because the team performed very poorly in Australia. It is time to think long-term and on modern lines in Pakistan cricket. Because in Australia we never looked like winning at any stage,” Raja said.

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Sydney, Feb.2 : A seething Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has demanded that the authorities make an example of the invader, who cannoned into Pakistan''s Khalid Latif at the WACA ground a couple of days ago.Ponting said he would have hauled his side off the field if an Australian player had been assaulted during a match featuring two pitch invasions.

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Lahore, Feb.2 :  Pakistan chief selector Iqbal Qasim, who resigned from the post after the team’s 5-0 whitewash in the one-day international series against Australia, has turned down Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt’s request to continue on the post.

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Perth, Feb.2: It what clearly highlights fissures in the Pakistan cricket team and the lack of support for captain Mohammed Yousuf, all-rounder Shoaib Malik has appreciated the way Shahid Afridi led the squad in the fifth and last one-day international against Australia, saying the skipper should always lead by example on the field.

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Islamabad, Feb.2 : Troubled Pakistani T20 captain Shahid Afridi has invited more worries for himself  by claiming that every team in the world is involved in ball-tampering.

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Lahore, Feb.2 : Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has criticized Shahid Afridi for his shameful act during the fifth and final one-day international against Australia in Perth on Sunday, and said the all-rounder is fortunate to have escaped with just a two-match ban after ball-tampering charges.

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