Wellington woo Zimbabwe star

Wellington have signed Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor and Surrey skipper Rory Hamilton-Brown as the remaining overseas imports for their domestic Twenty20 cricket campaign.The province's director of cricket Robbie Kerr confirmed the signings this morning.Batsman Taylor will play the full 10-match campaign, starting on December 18, and possibly also some 50-over matches...

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Sanath Jayasuriya blames poor batting for loss against Pakistan – Cricket News Update

Sanath Jayasuriya blames poor batting for loss against Pakistan – Cricket News UpdateFormer Sri Lankan skipper Sanath Jayasuriya blamed poor batting display for his side’s Test and One Day International (ODI) series loss against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Sri Lanka toured UAE with high hopes to deliver against the Men in Green, who are known to be inconsistent...

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Ponting confronts his cricket mortality

Ricky Ponting has conceded he does not have much time left in the game, saying he will quit as soon as he considers himself incapable of improvement, and will not wait for a "tap on the shoulder. However Ponting believes he is not yet ready to retire because he has not felt the same loss of drive common to the greats he once shared a dressing room with.In Ponting's time...

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World Twenty20 plans begin here

Twenty20 might have become the origin of everything that is bad (or good, depending on your affiliation) about cricket, but the international Twenty20 game has had almost no role to play in that development. Consider these stats: we have had 32 Tests so far in 2011 and 139 ODIs - a number inflated by the World Cup, no doubt - but only a piddling 19 Twenty20 internationals....

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Paceman Junaid Khan out of Pakistan's Bangladesh tour

ABU DHABI : Pakistan paceman Junaid Khan was ruled out of the team's tour of Bangladesh after injuring his abdominal muscle during the fifth and final one-day against Sri Lanka here on Wednesday.The 21-year-old left-arm paceman had a MRI scan after he felt pain during his three-over spell in the match, which revealed a partial tear."The scan revealed a partial tear of...

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England eyes 50-over domestic league

LONDON : English cricket is considering replacing its 40-over domestic one-day league with a 50-over tournament to replicate the international game, the ECB said on Wednesday.England are Twenty20 world champions and have risen to the top of the world test rankings but have struggled for years at 50-over one-day cricket."In order to compliment the Team England goal of...

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Tendulkar again falls short of 100th century

MUMBAI : Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar fell short of his 100th international century once again on Friday after being dismissed for 94 in the third and final test against West Indies.Tendulkar, playing his 184th test at his home Wankhede Stadium, has scored 51 centuries in tests and 48 in one-dayers. He recorded his 99th century in March during the 50-over World Cup.He...

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Pakistan eye clean sweep vs SL with T20 win

ABU DHABI : Pakistan will be looking to complete a clean sweep of all three forms of the game against Sri Lanka tonight after their comfortable three-wicket win in the final ODI on Wednesday night.Tonight the two teams meet in a one-off T20 international and, after having won both the Test and ODI series, Pakistan will be starting off as favourites in the game, which...

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Saeed Ajmal ranked number-one ODI bowler in the world

Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has rocketed to the top of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers following an impressive series performance against Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates.Ajmal took 11 wickets at an average of just 16.27 and an economy-rate of less than 4.00 to help his side to a 4-1 series win. That effort won him five places on the latest...

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Five Australia players unavailable for selection for first Test vs New Zealand

Cricket Australia has today advised that Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Johnson, Ryan Harris and Pat Cummins will be unavailable for selection for the first Test against New Zealand starting at the Gabba on 1 December.The squad will be announced tomorrow.Cricket Australia General Manager Team Performance Pat Howard said:"We unfortunately suffered some injuries...

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