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Monday, August 15, 2011

PCB to decide on Malik, Kaneria on Monday

Lahore: Uncertainty still looms large over former captain Shoaib Malik and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria's future ahead of the Pakistan Cricket Board's integrity committee meeting here on Monday"Malik has submitted some replies and documents regarding questions over a heavy amount found in his accounts. But it is too premature to say whether he would be cleared by the integrity committee or not," a PCB source said.He pointed out that Malik would have to satisfy the committee with his explanation on the 95,000 pounds found in one of his bank accounts."He has submitted some documents but that does not mean he is cleared. There is a retired judge on the committee and he has to be satisfied first," the source said.However, going by recent indications Malik is expected to be cleared by the committee on Monday and could be included in the squad that leaves for Zimbabwe later this month.The selectors have even named the right-handed batsman among the reserves for the tour.Referring to Kaneria, the source said he had filed a petition in the Sindh High Court, which in turn had directed the leg-spinner to submit documents before the PCB to prove his claim that the Essex police have given him a clean chit on a spot-fixing charge in England last year."The court had told him to submit documents to the board but so far we have got nothing fresh from him. Perhaps, he will come with the documents himself," the source said.The next hearing of the court is also scheduled for August 18.The court had ordered Kaneria and his lawyer to submit details of the interview the Essex police conducted with the leg-spinner during the course of the investigations in England.Kaneria has already sent a clearance letter from the Essex police, which has cleared the leg-spinner due to lack of evidence

Cook vaults into third position after career-best knock

Opener Alastair Cook has vaulted into a career-best third position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after a man of the match performance in the Edgbaston Test which turned out to be the cornerstone of England's victory by an innings and 242 runs over India in the third Test which finished on Saturday.Cook, who has been nominated for the Cricketer of the Year and Test Player of the Year awards at the LG ICC Awards 2011, has claimed third position after rocketing eight places following a masterly 294 that came after 772 minutes of occupancy of the crease during which he received 545 balls off which 33 were converted into fours.Cook took a jump of eight places after he was awarded 92 ratings points for a mammoth knock which not only gave him a career-best rating to date of 836 but has also put him just two ratings points behind Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara who currently occupies second position.If Cook displays the same form he showed at Edgbaston in the fourth and last Test of the series, then he is all set to finish the series in second position. The 26-year-old left-hander had entered the series in fifth position but had slipped to 11th place after failures in the Lord's and Trent Bridge Tests in which he scored 12, 1, 2 and 5Cook is not the only England batsman who has moved in the right direction. Kevin Pietersen has gained two places and is now in 13th position after a score of 63, captain Andrew Strauss has earned one position and is now in 34th spot after a knock of 87 and Eoin Morgan has climbed 12 places to 52nd position after scoring his second Test century.The news is not as encouraging for India's batsmen who, except for captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, have slipped in the latest rankings which were released on Sunday morning.Dhoni has moved up four places and is now in 36th position after scores of 77 and 74 not out while Sachin Tendulkar is in fourth position (down by one place), VVS Laxman in 12th (down by three places), Rahul Dravid in 14th (down by three places), Virender Sehwag in 17th (down by seven places) and Gautam Gambhir in 30th (down by three places)Tim Bresnan is the biggest mover in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers. The 26-year-old from Yorkshire has broken into the top 20 for the first time in his career after he jumped nine places to claim 16th position following figures of 4-62 and 1-19 Stuart Broad, who had match figures of 6-81, has also moved up two places to fifth position where he has been joined by team-mate Graeme Swann who has slipped one place after managing only two wickets in the Test which was dominated by the fast bowlers and Cook.James Anderson has strengthened his second position after he broke into the 800-point mark for the first time in his career after figures of 2-69 and 4-85.The 29-year-old Lancastrian earned 13 ratings points for his Edgbaston efforts which means he now trails number-one ranked Dale Steyn of South Africa by 96 ratings points and leads third-ranked Morne Morkel by 52 ratings points.Broad and Bresnan have also achieved career-best rankings in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders which are led by South Africa's Jacques Kallis.Broad has swapped places with Daniel Vettori while Bresnan has jumped four places to ninth position after he backed up his bowling figures of 5-81 with a breezy knock of 53 not out. His batting performance also earned him a career best ranking of 65th in the batting rankings.The Reliance ICC Player Rankings will now be updated after the fourth and last Test between England and India which starts at The Oval from Thursday

England have worked very hard for the No.1 spot: Strauss

England captain Andrew Strauss Saturday lauded his team for working hard to become World No.1 Test team, replacing India.
England won the third Test by an innings and 242-run loss and took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the four-match series that ended India's 22- month stay at top Getting to No. 1 has been a goal for a long time and it fills me with a lot of pride to know we have completed something very special. We have had to work very had and the guys have put a lot of hard graft to get to No.1,' said Strauss.The England captain was all praise for opening batsman Alastair Cook, who batted for 13 hours, for his career best 294. Strauss (87) and Cook set the tone of the innings with their 186-run opening stand.'It was fantastic to get runs myself and then sit on the sofa and watch Cookie bat for two days. He has amazing concentration and determination, he's in this patch at the moment where he's very clear what his game was and he's an example for us all,' he said.Asked about his decision to bowl, Strauss said: 'It wasn't a massive gamble to bowl first, there was probably less in the wicket than we thought there would be, and by the time we batted the wicket had gone flat. The wickets have been shared around the bowlers and the pressure they have applied has been relentless.Cook, who was adjudged as Man of the Match, said he was pleased with his efforts despite missing out on a deserving triple century.'The work put in over the week off has paid dividends for me. Over the last 12 months scoring big hundreds was what I needed to work at and I'm glad that's happened. You want the attacking middle order players to go at the tiring bowlers later in the day. I am very pleased but it's a huge team effort to bowl a team like that (India) out for less than 250 on a flat wicket in both innings,' he said

Australia beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets

ENGLISH NEWS :

HAMBANTOTA: Australia defeated Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the second one-day international on Sunday to gain a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.Ricky Ponting top-scored with an impressive 90 not out and skipper Michael Clarke made an unbeaten 58 as Australia surpassed Sri Lanka's total of 208 with more than 11 overs to spare
URDU NEWS :
HAMBANTOTA : آسٹریلیا نے دوسرے بین الاقوامی ایک روزہ میں اتوار کو آٹھ وکٹوں سے سری لنکا کو شکست دی series.Ricky پانچ میچ میں 2-0 کی قیادت ایک شاندار 90 سے باہر نہیں اور مائیکل کلارک نے کپتان کے ساتھ سب سے اوپر رنز بنائے پونٹنگ کو حاصل کرنے کے لئے ایک ناقابل شکست بنا دیاآسٹریلیا کے طور پر 58 سے زیادہ 11 رنز کے ساتھ سری لنکا کے 208 کے کل کو پار کرنے کے لئے اسپیئر

Zimbabwe beats Bangladesh by seven wickets

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HARARE: Brian Vitori became the first bowler to take five wickets in each of his first two career one-day internationals as Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the second one-dayer on Sunday to go 2-0 up in the five-match series.Vitori , who was named man-of-the-match after taking 5-30 in the first ODI on Friday that Zimbabwe won by four wickets, claimed 5-20 with another impressive display of swing bowling at Harare Sports ClubThe 21-year-old fast bowler again kept the Bangladesh batsmen off balance, removing Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain and Abdur Razzak to put the hosts in command. Naser Hossain led the Bangladesh batsmen with 63 from 93 deliveries Zimbabwe's chase was led by opening batsman Vusi Sibanda, who top-scored with 67 runs off 96 balls, sharing a crucial 83-run second wicket stand off 110 balls with Hamilton Masakadza (38) after losing captain Brendan Taylor (3) early.
UDRU NEWS :
ہرارے : برائن Vitori نے اتوار کو سب سے پہلے اس کی پہلی دو کیریئر کے ہر ایک کا زمبابوے کو شکست دے بنگلہ دیش کے طور پر ایک روزہ انٹرنیشنل میں دوسرا dayer میں سات وکٹوں سے پانچ وکٹ لے بولر سیریز پانچ میچ میں 2-0 تک بن گئےVitori،.، جنہوں نے پہلے ون ڈے میں جمعہ کو 5-30 لے کہ زمبابوے کو چار وکٹوں سے جیت کے بعد آدمی کے میچ نامزد کیا گیا تھا سوئنگ بولنگ کی ایک اور شاندار ڈسپلے کے ساتھ ہرارے کھیل ClubThe 21 سال میں 5-20 نے دعوی کیا ہےپرانے فاسٹ بولر کو دوبارہ توازن سے بنگلہ دیش کے بلے باز رکھا، تمیم اقبال، Imrul Kayes، Shakib امام حسن، ناصر حسین اور عبد Razzak اتارنے کمانڈ میں میزبان کے سامنے پیش کیا ہے. Naser حسین 63 کے ساتھ 93 گیندوں زمبابوے کا پیچھا بلے باز Vusi Sibanda، جنہوں نے 67 کے ساتھ سب سے اوپر رنز بنائے کھولنے کی قیادت میں کیا گیا تھا کی طرف سے بنگلہ دیش کے بلے بازوں کی قیادت رنز، 96 گیندوں پر اشتراک 83 چلنے والے ایک اہم دوسری وکٹ سے ہیملٹن Masakadza (38) کے ساتھ 110 گیندوں کھڑے کپتان برینڈن ٹیلر (3) ابتدائی کھونے کے بعد.

Zimbabwe win toss, put Bangladesh into bat in 2nd ODI

ENGLISH NEWS:
HARARE: Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor won the toss and elected to field in the second one-day international against Bangladesh at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday.Bangladesh have lost three matches in a row since arriving - a three-day warmup, the one-off Test match and the first of five ODIs on Friday. Their new coach Stuart Law believes it is partly down to him not yet being fully familiar with the players. "But we will come out firing today(Sunay)he told The problem has been inconsistency and lack of commitment, according to captain Shakib Al Hassan. Bangladesh made one change, dropping Sohrawardi Shuvo after one appearance, and replacing him with all-round off-spinner Nazir Hossain, who is making his ODI debut.This will be Tamim Iqbal's 100th ODI appearance for Bangladesh, on the ground he made his debut six years ago. He has had an unsuccessful run here so far and will therefore be doubly determined to play well. Zimbabwe remain unchanged. TeamsZimbabwe: Brendan Taylor (captain), Vusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza, Craig Ervine, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Foster Mtizwa, Elton Chigumbura, Ray Price, Prosper Utseya, Chrisopher Mpofu, Brian Vitori.Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hassan (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Shahriar Nafeez, Nazir Hossain.Umpires: Kumar Dharmasina (SL) and Russell Tiffin (ZIM), TV Umpire: Owen Chirombe (ZIM).Match referee:: Roshan Mahanama (SL)
URDU NEWS :
ہرارے : زمبابوے کے کپتان برینڈن ٹیلر ٹاس جیت اور Sunday.Bangladesh پر ہرارے اسپورٹس کلب میں بنگلہ دیش کے خلاف دوسرے ایک روزہ بین الاقوامی میدان میں منتخب پہنچنے کے بعد سے ایک صف میں تین میچوں کو کھو دیا ہے -- ایک تین روزہ warmup، ایکبند جمعہ کو ٹیسٹ میچ اور پانچ ون ڈے انٹرنیشنل میچوں کے پہلے. اپنے نئے کوچ اسٹیورٹ قانون کا خیال ہے کہ یہ اس سے جزوی طور پر نیچے ہے کھلاڑیوں کے ساتھ پوری طرح واقف ابھی تک نہیں کیا جا رہا ہے. لیکن ہم آج آئے فائرنگ گا (Sunay) انہوں نے بتایا کہ مسئلہ inconsistency اور عزم کی کمی ہے، کپتان Shakib القاعدہ بنگلہ دیش. حسن کے مطابق ایک تبدیلی کی ہے، ایک ظہور کے بعد Sohrawardi Shuvo گر رہی ہے، اور سب کے گول کے ساتھ اس کی جگہ اسپنر نذیر حسین، جنہوں نے اپنے ون ڈے debut.This کر رہا ہے تمیم اقبال نے بنگلہ دیش کے لیے 100th ون ڈے ظہور ہو جائے گا، وہ زمین پر ان کی پہلی چھ سال پہلے وہ ایک ناکام یہاں اب تک بھاگنا پڑا ہے اور اسی وجہ سے دوگنا ہو جائے گا تعین. اچھا کھیلتے زمبابوے میں کوئی تبدیلی نہیں رہ TeamsZimbabwe :.. برینڈن ٹیلر (کپتان)، Vusi Sibanda، ہیملٹن Masakadza، کریگ Ervine، Tatenda (ہفتہ) Taibu، فوسٹر Mtizwa، ایلٹن Chigumbura، رے پرائس، Utseya خوشحال، Chrisopher Mpofu، برائن Vitori.Bangladesh : Shakib امام (کپتان) حسن، تمیم اقبال، Imrul Kayes، محمد اشرفل، Mushfiqur (ہفتہ) رحیم، Mahmudullah، عبد Razzak، Shafiul اسلام، Rubel حسین، شہریار Nafeez، نذیر Hossain.Umpires : کمار Dharmasina (ایل) اور رسل ٹفن (ZIM)، ٹی وی امپائر :. وون (ZIM) Chirombe میچ ریفری : روشن (سری لنکن Mahanama)