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After celebrating the unorthodox and immensely popular face of modern cricket last year through their campaign andlsquo;Change the game,andrsquo; Pepsi, one of the global sponsors of the ICC World Twenty20 2012, is all set to change the way the sport is viewed by millions of cricket crazy fans

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No home advantage, no points for familiarity with the conditions, no guesses for who could win it. ESPNCricinfo: There was a time when the subcontinent was mystery, assigned dark and exotic shades. It was the land of the unknown, rendered even more so by inventive prose. You got the feeling that visiting teams were waiting ...

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; news conference ahead of the World Twenty20 cricket series in Colombo on ...

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ESPNCricinfo: Mohammad Ashraful has pointed to Bangladesh’s intensive preparation across three continents as their biggest asset as they head into the ICC World Twenty20. They have played a quarter of all their Twenty20 internationals this year, as well as two competitions where they played

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Kevin Pietersen will be at September’s World Twenty20 – not as a player but as part of ESPN STAR Sports’ team of television presenters. The news comes soon after it was confirmed that Pietersen would not play the World T20 for England following his spat with the ECB and his team

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New Delhi :  Sports broadcasting major, ESPN STAR Sports on Sunday said it has bagged multi-year broadcast rights for exclusive coverage of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) in India. The first edition of the T20 league will be played in August 2012. No financial details were disclosed. The multi-year deal includes a minimum of ...

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India will look to start the new season on a winning note when they clash with on-form Sri Lanka in a one-day series starting in Hambantota on Saturday. India’s cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (R) and Sri Lanka’s captain Mahela Jayawardene talk before a news conference ahead of their One Day International (ODI) cricket series ...

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New Delhi, (AFP): An Indian court will hear accusations of indecency against US pop star Katy Perry and Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan over their dancing at a cricket event, media reported on Wednesday. Madras High Court, in southern India, ordered a hearing on the accusations on 31 July, although the pair will not be required ...

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The wait for fans in India and Pakistan to see the two countries face each other in a bilateral series is set to end. The BCCI confirmed today that Pakistan will tour India for three One-Day Internationals and two Twenty20 matches in December – January. This will be the first bilateral series

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SYDNEY (Reuters):Australia will play Afghanistan for the first time next month in what is likely to be a one-day international in the United Arab Emirates, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Monday. Full details of the match, including the format, have yet to be finalised, CA said in a news release, but the Australians view the ...

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KARACHI: Buoyed up after his match-winning show in Pakistan’s Twenty20 clash against Sri Lanka in Hambantota on Sunday night, Shahid Afridi is eyeing similar outings in the five-match One-day International series getting underway in Kandy from June 7. Playing his 50th Twenty20 International

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Gurgaon (IANS): India’s cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Thursday said Team India was open to play against arch-rivals Pakistan if the two boards agree to have a bilateral series in India. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf, who was invited to watch the IPL final between the Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight ...

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Islamabad, (ANI): Pakistan cricket head coach Dav Whatmore has said victory in the upcoming Sri Lanka team is the foremost thing on their minds. “Victory is foremost in our minds, but planning, tactics and skill execution will decide whether we are victorious or not. We will go there with our eyes wide open expecting a ...

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Reuters: Pakistan officials are hoping this month’s mini home series against Bangladesh will finally convince neighbouring India to renew bilateral cricket ties between the two Asian cricket powerhouses. Bangladesh will become the first foreign team to play full internationals in Pakistan since March 2009 when Sri Lankan cricketers and officials were attacked by gunmen in ...

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MUMBAI (Reuters): India batting great and former skipper Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from international cricket on Friday, saying it was the right time to “move on” and make way for the next generation of players. The 39-year-old second highest run scorer in test history announced his decision at a news conference in Bangalore with ...

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Port of Spain, March 5 (IANS) West Indies cricketer Runako Morton was killed in a car crash here Sunday night. The 33-year-old, one of the few cricketers to emerge from the island of Nevis, lost control of the car he was driving and hit a pole, according to reports. He died on the spot. Morton ...

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PERTH (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hinted he will quit test cricket if he decides to lead India in their World Cup defence in Australia and New Zealand in 2015. Dhoni, who led the cricket-obsessed nation to 50-overs World Cup triumph last April, said it was still too early to decide if he would ...

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SYDNEY (Reuters) :Shane Warne is set to return to cricket in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash competition less than six months after announcing his retirement, local media reported on Friday. The 42-year-old leg-spinning great said he was bringing an end to his professional career

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Butt and Asif convicted of “spot fixing”, Amir admitted charges No-balls bowled at pre-agreed times in return for cash Former Pakistan captain Butt and Asif face jail term LONDON (Reuters): Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were found guilty on Tuesday of taking bribes to fix part of a test match against England in ...

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London,(AFP): Pakistan cricketers were ready to throw one-day internationals and Twenty20s in a bid to undermine then-captain Shahid Afridi and make “a hell of a lot of money”, a London court heard on Tuesday. Mazhar Majeed, an agent for several Pakistan players, told an undercover reporter last year that the players wanted Afridi replaced by ...

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Reuters: Three Pakistan cricketers, driven by greed, betrayed their team mates and the sport of cricket itself by taking bribes to fix incidents during a test match against England last year, a London court heard on Wednesday. The plot was orchestrated by Pakistan captain Salman Butt and his agent Mazhar Majeed and involved the team's ...

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COLOMBO, Sept 29 (Reuters) : Australian Geoff Marsh said he was keen to extend his two-year contract as Sri Lanka coach after taking over the job on Thursday. "If Sri Lanka Cricket wants me to extend my contract till the 2015 World Cup its open from my end for discussions," Marsh told reporters. Sri Lanka’s ...

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Reuters: England piled more misery on India with a thrilling six-wicket victory in a one-off Twenty20 match at Old Trafford on Wednesday. After losing the test series 4-0, India started brightly in the shortest version of the game and racked up 165 all out, only to see England reach their target

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