ICC announces public ballot process for CWC tickets

Updated at: 0925 PST,  Monday, February 28, 2011 The ICC today announced the process for the public sale of tickets for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-finals in Colombo and Mohali on 29 and 30 March, respectively and the final to be held at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2 April. When the tickets were initially programmed to go on sale on 21 February the demand...

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Qualifying begins for World Twenty20

Updated at: 0925 PST,  Monday, February 28, 2011 While Associate nations ponder a future that may not include being part of the World Cup, some of the game's least well-known nations take their first steps towards what they hope can ultimately be a place at the expanded 2012 World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.Although the 2015 World Cup is set to be trimmed to 10 teams this...

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Butt, Amir file appeals against bans

Updated at: 0925 PST,  Monday, February 28, 2011 Butt, Amir file appeals against bans Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir have filed appeals against their bans from the game with the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland.Butt and Amir, along with Mohammad Asif, were found guilty of orchestrating three pre-planned, deliberate no-balls during the Lord's...

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Zimbabwe win toss, bat against Canada

Updated at: 0903 PST,  Monday, February 28, 2011 NAGPUR: Zimbabwe skipper Elton Chigumbura won the toss and decided to bat in the World Cup Group A game against Canada on Monday.Both sides lost their opening matches, Zimbabwe going down by seven wickets to Australia here while Canada suffered a 210-run mauling in Sri Lanka. Zimbabwe Elton Chigumbura (capt),...

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Afridi, his team fined for slow over rate

Updated at: 1848 PST,  Sunday, February 27, 2011 NEW DELHI: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has been fined 20 percent of his match fee and his team mates will lose 10 percent for their slow over rate in Saturday's 11-run win against Sri Lanka, the ICC said on Sunday.Match referee Chris Broad imposed the fine after Pakistan were one over short of their target at the...

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High-scoring India-England match tied

Updated at: 2213 PST,  Sunday, February 27, 2011 BANGALORE: India and England tied a thrilling World Cup clash here on Sunday in a high-scoring match which yielded 676 runs and was adorned by blistering centuries from Sachin Tendulkar and Andrew Strauss here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.Chasing a huge target of 339 runs, England finished on 338 for eight...

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India plunder 338 against hapless England

Updated at: 1802 PST,  Sunday, February 27, 2011 BANGALORE: Indian batsmen ruthlessly punished England bowlers to amass 338 runs in 49.5 overs in their crucial Group B match of the ICC World Cup here at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.Winning the toss, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to bat first on an easy batting wicket.Virender Sehwag and Sachin...

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Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka need Murali and Malinga to hit ground running

Updated at: 1652 PST,  Sunday, February 27, 2011 COLOMBO: If Sri Lanka are to have any chance of becoming the only Asian team to win two World Cups in the sub-continent, they need their two chief weapons, Lasith Malinga and Muttiah Muralitharan, to find their form -- fast.The co-hosts were one of the pre-tournament favourites to win the showpiece but Saturday's 11-run...

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Tendulkar smashes 47th ODI century

Updated at: 1643 PST,  Sunday, February 27, 2011 BANGALORE: Sachin Tendulkar smashed 47th century in his One-day International career, while playing against England in a Group B match of the ICC Cricket World Cup here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.Tendulkar who had made 28 against Bangladesh in the opening match of the tournament, completed the much awaited...

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India win toss, bat against England

Updated at: 1343 PST,  Sunday, February 27, 2011 BANGALORE: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the toss and elected to bat against England in their crucial Group B match of the ICC World Cup here at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.India made one change from the team that beat fellow co-hosts Bangladesh by 87 runs in Dhaka, bringing in leg-spinner Piyush...

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