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NEWS UPDATE : Asian Cricket Third Sri Lanka-Pakistan ODI abandoned due to rain COLOMBO: The third One-day International between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was abandoned due to rain here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday. The umpires made this decision after consulting ... Australia want to master all forms of game: Clarke SYDNEY: Australia's limited-overs tour of England and Ireland represents the start of a two-year campaign to make them the top nation in all three forms of the game, captain Michael Clarke said ... Bopara glad to be back for England SOUTHAMPTON, England: Ravi Bopara is eager to make up for lost times as he tries to revive his ... South Africa name unchanged squad for England series JOHANNESBURG: South Africa have kept faith with a winning formula by naming an unchanged squad for the three-Test series in England starting next month, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on ...


Thursday, April 21, 2011

Australia want a 10-team World Cup

2:12 AM  Unknown  

KARACHI:Australia, co-hosts of the 2015 World Cup, want the event to be contested by the 10 teams that are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and will present that position when the ICC reconsiders the tournament format at its annual conference in Hong Kong in June.The initial decision to allow cricket’s 10 full member nations to take their places...

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SLC names 16-man Test squad for England tour

2:09 AM  Unknown  

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named a 16-man squad for the upcoming Test series in England on Wednesday.The squad, to be led by Tillakaratne Dilshan, features four pacemen, one all-rounder, two wicketkeepers and three spinners, apart from a strong middle-order.Injured all-rounder Angelo Mathews is still not fit to play and has not been named in the squad.Sri Lanka is to play three...

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PCB tightens agent rules for cricketers

2:06 AM  Unknown  

Updated at: 1849 PST,  Wednesday, April 20, 2011LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday released a new set of tighter regulations for the registration of players' agents in light of last year's spot-fixing scandal. The Board said in future approved agents needed to have clearance from the police and the cricket board of the country the agent lives in....

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