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MUMBAI (Reuters): Opening batsman Virender Sehwag and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan returned to India’s limited overs squad for the Sri Lanka tour but Sachin Tendulkar made himself unavailable, the country’s cricket board said on Wednesday. Sehwag, Zaheer and fast bowler Umesh Yadav were rested during the four-nation Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March, which Pakistan ...
- Australia take charge after restricting India (Category: Business)
- Tendulkar returns to India’s ODI squad for Tri-series (Category: Business)
- Dhoni warns against India ‘panic’ at Oval (Category: Business)
- Tendulkar wait continues but India takes command (Category: Business)
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 ...
- CA to undergo independent scrutiny (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Five Tigers win CA contracts (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- CA pays out overdue T20 prizemoney (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- ICC, CA play down umpiring error during India-Sri Lanka match (Category: Business)
The former England captain called for the IPL to be expanded into an Asian league Former England captain Tony Greig has urged India to accept the “spirit of cricket is more important than generating billions of dollars”. Former England captain Tony Greig India is cricket’s economic powerhouse, driving the finance of the global ...
- Tony Greig and the Ten Sports Team stay at Ranna212 (Category: Business)
- Emerald sponsors Tony Greig and young Aussies (Category: Business)
- Test notebook: Tony Greig's Sri Lanka plugs reach a new level (Category: Breaking News)
- Robert I. Greig (Category: USA, South Dakota)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday that more than 100,000 tickets for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 to be staged between 18 September and 7 October have already been sold and the majority has gone to the Sri Lankan market. Commenting on the ticket sales, Upekha Nell
- Second phase of ticket sales for ICC World T20 Cup ends on high note (Category: Business)
- Tickets for ICC WT20 final sold out (Category: Business)
- Final phase of ICC World T20 tickets opens today (Category: Business)
- More Than 100,000 Tickets Already Sold For ICC World Twenty20 In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO: India’s limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka starting next month has been revised with the first one-dayer now scheduled for July 21, Sri Lanka Cricket said. The five-match one-day series, followed by a Twenty20 international, was originally due to start on July 22, but was amended
- Pakistan cricket team to tour Sri Lanka in June (Category: Business)
- Pakistan cricket team’s Sri Lanka tour itinerary (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, India in turmoil (Category: Breaking News)
- Stats: Kohli's superb feat in ODIs (Category: Breaking News)
committee. The fourth edition of the club Twenty20 tournament will ...
- Kevin Pietersen misses World T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka in group ‘C’ of T20 World cup (Category: Breaking News)
- WC Preview: Sri Lanka v Canada (Category: Breaking News)
- Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen lead South Africa’s demolition of Bangladesh (Category: Breaking News)
Cricket’s chief executives on Monday backed the mandatory use of video umpires in Tests and one-day internationals, a year after they were made optional at the request of powerful India. The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) chief executives’ committee said independent tests had proved the reliability of the Decision Review System (DRS), which incorporates ball-tracking and ....
- DRS no longer mandatory, says ICC (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to host World T20 2012 (Category: Sports)
- DRS Out Of Sri Lanka – Australia Series Due To Cost Cutting By SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- New ICC boss defends technology U-turn (Category: Business)
REUTERS: Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has declared himself available for the Black Caps’ World Twenty20 campaign a year after bowing out of cricket’s shorter formats to prolong his test career. The 33-year-old all rounder played his last Twenty20 international in May 2010
- Kevin Pietersen misses World T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka tour will help prepare for World T20: Dhoni (Category: Business)
- Twenty20 can peacefully coexist with Test, one-day cricket: Warne (Category: Business)
- Dhoni excited to face ‘intelligent’ new skipper Bailey in T20 series against Oz (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka will look to improve their dismal Test record over the past year when they take on a self-destructing Pakistan side in a three-match series from Friday. The Sri Lankans have won just two of their last 14 Tests and lost six, but remain a force on home soil where they drew a two-match ...
- Pakistan v Sri Lanka scorecard (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka wins first test series since 2009 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan win Sri Lanka series as 3rd Test drawn (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket: Pakistan win Sri Lanka series after third Test drawn (Category: Breaking News)
West Indies star Chris Gayle has declared himself fit for Tuesday’s second one-day international (ODI) against England at The Oval. But the tourists will be without Darren Bravo after the batsman was ruled out of the remainder of the tour with a groin injury. Gayle had been due to make his long awaited return to ...
- Sri Lanka put shackles on Gayle (Category: Breaking News)
- Chris Gayle pulls out of Lanka Premier League (LPL), franchise confirms (Category: Breaking News)
- Chris Gayle pulls out of Lanka Premier League (LPL), franchise confirms (Category: Breaking News)
- Chris Gayle pulls out of Lanka Premier League (LPL), franchise confirms (Category: Breaking News)
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket team will be playing five One-day matches and two Twenty20 matches in Sri Lanka from the third week of July. According to sources, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) was initially interested in playing a full-fledged series against India, including a short Test series
- Sri Lanka-Pakistan ODIs to have reserve days (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand and Sri Lanka take Twenty20 to Florida (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand and Sri Lanka take Twenty20 to Florida (Category: Breaking News)
- New Zealand and Sri Lanka take Twenty20 to Florida (Category: Breaking News)
(ANI): The controversy surrounding the application of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in the game of cricket at the international level refuses to die down. Though, it is well known that Indian cricketers have expressed serious doubts about the UDRS, and often objected to its use in international fixtures, other countries such as Australia ...
- ICC set to take up India’s UDRS rejection (Category: Business)
- Lankan lawyer to sue ICC over referral system (Category: Breaking News)
- Make UDRS mandatory - Kumar Sangakkara (Category: Sports)
- India rejects ICC’s proposed reforms (Category: Business)
Chris Gayle is set to put more than a year in the international wilderness behind him when West Indies face England in the opening match of their one-day series at Southampton on Saturday. Gayle has an impressive one-day record, with over 8,000 runs in 228 ODIS including 19 hundreds at an average of nearly 40. ...
- West Indies ready to welcome back Gayle (Category: Business)
- Sammy open to Gayle return during England Tests (Category: Business)
- Gayle back for West Indies after 14-month absence (Category: Business)
- Gayle told to retract to end cricket exile (Category: Business)
Test and one-day cricket captain Michael Clarke is demanding his limited-overs team lift and says the tour of England and Ireland represents the start of a two-year campaign to make Australia the top nation in all three forms of the game. Australia head the one-day ratings, but are third in the Test standings and fifth ...
- Australia not sacrificing T20 or one-day cricket for Tests: Clarke (Category: Business)
- ICC should make call on Decision Review System: Clarke (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka aim to put Aussies in a spin (Category: Business)
- Clarke stunned as England thrash Australia (Category: Business)
Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has hit back at suggestions of bias over the ICC’s plan to retain the Duckworth-Lewis method of deciding interrupted matches instead of adopting an alternative system from India. V. Jayadevan, who devised the alternative VJD method, has written to International Cricket Council (ICC) president Sharad Pawar to criticise last week’s decision. ...
- MCC says putting off Test Championship a setback (Category: Business)
- Cricket-ICC chief happy with 50-over format (Category: Business)
- ICC chief executive Lorgat to step down in June 2012 (Category: Business)
- Lorgat likely to join Sri Lanka Cricket as consultant (Category: Business)
DUBAI, (Reuters): Umpire Billy Doctrove, who along with Australian Darrell Hair was at the centre of the controversial Oval test which Pakistan forfeited against England in 2006, has announced his retirement. The West Indian was due to umpire Thursday’s one-dayer between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Pallekele but withdrew because of a family bereavement and ...
- ICC elite panel umpire Billy Doctrove retires (Category: Breaking News)
- Madugalle, Mahanama, Dharmasena, de Silva for World Cup (Category: Sports)
- Du Plessis clinches series for South Africa (Category: Business)
- Pakistan hoping for ‘fresh start’ against England (Category: Business)
;s best Twenty20 players. Malinga, was selected as the Event ...
- ICC announce Lasith Malinga as event ambassador for World T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Malinga named ICC ambassador for T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC named Malinga is the event ambassador for T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Lasith Malinga, event ambassador for the ICC World Twenty20 (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Hard-hitting batsman Chris Gayle has been recalled to the West Indies squad for this month’s one-day international series in England after ending a long-running feud with the board. The former captain has not played for the team for more than 14 months but agreed to end his exile after meeting the board and resolving ...
- West Indies wins toss and bats against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka put shackles on Gayle (Category: Breaking News)
- Gayle hits 333 as Windies dominate Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Gayle back for Big Bash (Category: Western Australia)
Reuters: Left-arm pace bowler Sohail Tanvir has been retained in the Pakistan squad for the one-day international series in Sri Lanka. Tanvir, 27, was part of the Twenty20 squad that played two matches in Sri Lanka and will stay on for the five one-day internationals this month. “Since Tanvir
- Pakistan retain Tanvir for Sri Lanka one-dayers (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket-Pakistan retain Tanvir for Sri Lanka one-dayers (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan retains Tanvir for Sri Lanka ODIs (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan restrict Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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
- Afridi carries Pakistan hopes at World Twenty20 – Hafeez (Category: Business)
- Pakistan drops Malik, bring in Afridi (Category: Business)
- Pakistan seeks Twenty20 win against Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Pakistan recall Afridi, Razzaq to one-day squad (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Lanka tour will help prepare for World T20: Dhoni (Category: Business)
- Refreshed India seek revival in new season (Category: Business)
- Afridi carries Pakistan hopes at World Twenty20 – Hafeez (Category: Business)
- Asian players dominate ICC one-day team of the year (Category: Business)
Reuters: England batsman Kevin Pietersen has retired from all forms of limited over international cricket with immediate effect, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Thursday. The 31-year-old, who will continue to play tests, cited the increasing demands of international cricket on his body for his decision to quit one-dayers. “After a great deal ...
- Pietersen says Twenty20 and IPL are cricket’s future instead of ‘dull’ ODIs (Category: Business)
- Pietersen woes continue with golden duck (Category: Business)
- Pietersen left out of tour to India (Category: Business)
- Pietersen wants to dominate world cricket (Category: Business)
DUBAI: Hosts Sri Lanka will swing into ICC World Twenty20 mood as they take on Pakistan in a two-match international series with both teams looking to move up the ICC T20 Championship table. Sri Lanka, which will host ICC World Twenty20, will need to win the series, which starts on Friday, 2-0 if it is ...
- Pak, Lanka target improved rankings ahead of T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- “SLPL is an ideal opportunity before Australian series”: Misbah-ul-Haq (Category: Business)
- Australia loses top ODI spot to England after annual update (Category: Business)
- ICC committee proposes World Twenty20 expansion (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has decided against playing for Middlesex in English county cricket’s Twenty20 competition the county’s managing director Angus Fraser announced on Monday. The 28-year-old paceman, whose unusual ‘slingshot’ action makes him difficult
- Ore. father accused of trying to give away the kids (Category: USA, Washington)
- Jana Aragalaya now ‘Frontline Socialist Party’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Bayliss feels for Marsh as Dilshan quits (Category: Business)
- Heshan comes second in heats but fails to qualify for next round (Category: Business)
COLOMBO: Pakistan are hoping to build on their impressive record over the past year when they take the field during the full tour of Sri Lanka starting later this week. “The task here is to win, but the longer goal is to take Pakistan high up in the rankings in all three formats,” Pakistan coach ...
- Pakistan face Sri Lanka in Davis Cup opener (Category: Business)
- We handled pressure better in series: Mahela (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka, Pakistan upbeat on successful Colombo finale (Category: Business)
- Pak starts planning for Sri Lanka series (Category: Business)
The scandal-prone Indian Premier League (IPL) remains cricket’s most divisive tournament, but some thrilling action in front of packed houses has put immediate doubts over its future to rest. When the gawdy Twenty20 event’s fifth edition started last month, flagging crowds and signs
- England jealous of Indian Premier League: Pietersen (Category: Business)
- David Hussey defends IPL after fixing claims (Category: Business)
- ICC rules out window for IPL (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka eager to host IPL matches (Category: Business)
London,(IANS):The International Cricket Council (ICC) cricket committee will be meeting at the Lord’s in London for its two-day annual conference starting Wednesday to re-consider the legality of switch-hit shot to retain a fair balance between bat and ball. In May 2009, the ICC Cricket Committee endorsed the view of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the ...
- ICC Cricket Committee to hold two-day meeting at Lord’s (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka to host World T20 2012 (Category: Sports)
- ICC Cricket Committee concludes two-day meeting at Lord’s (Category: Sports)
- Lorgat defends decision to back Duckworth-Lewis (Category: Business)
West Indies captain Darren Sammy left the door open for former skipper Chris Gayle to return in the remainder of the Test series against England after the tourists’ defeat in the opener at Lord’s. West Indies went down to a five-wicket loss here on Monday to fall 1-0 behind in the three-match series. They did ...
- West Indies ready to welcome back Gayle (Category: Business)
- West Indies wins toss and bats against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Darren Bravo, Russell return for World T20 (Category: Business)
- West Indies 115-1 in first Sri Lanka test (Category: Breaking News)
Australian cricketing legend Adam Gilchrist will shelf the batting pads and stow away the ‘keeper gloves, after announcing over the weekend that he has played his last game of professional cricket, reports cricinfo.com. The big-hitting fan favourite will reportedly reassess his playing future after his team, the Kings XI Punjab, lost to the Dehli Daredevils ...
- Oz legend Gilchrist gives England lesson in how to stay No.1 (Category: Business)
- 'Hurt Locker' team forgotten (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Little battler Alex fills us with pride (Category: South Australia)
- Mahela and Dilshan attract highest reserve price at IPL (Category: Sports)
Kings XI Punjab acting captain David Hussey on Wednesday defended his team’s integrity after two players from his side were suspended amid allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier League. Kings XI Punjab batsman David Hussey (L) celebrates his half century (50 Runs) in the IPL Twenty20
- 2009 IPL auction was rigged, claims Lalit Modi (Category: Business)
- Five IPL cricketers suspended on corruption allegations (Category: Business)
- Some foreign IPL stars unpaid, says union (Category: Business)
- 19 Lankans among 144 up for grabs for IPL 5 auction (Category: Business)
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