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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 ...


Friday, January 13, 2012

India 73 for 4 at lunch against Australia

  PERTH: India were 73 for four at lunch after being sent in to bat on the first day of the third Test against Australia at the WACA Ground on Friday.Virat Kohli was unbeaten on 10 and V.V.S Laxman was on four. (AFP) ...

Poor team spirit blamed for Sri Lanka loss

  COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan minister slammed the country's cricket team on Thursday, blaming poor team spirit for its humiliating 258-run thrashing by South Africa, the island's worst one-day international defeat. Government spokesman and Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said he was "horrified" when Sri Lanka were dismissed for 43 runs at Boland Park in Paarl on...

English cricketer pleads guilty to corruption

  LONDON: An English county cricketer pleaded guilty on Thursday to a corruption charge linked to his bowling in a 40-over one-day game.Mervyn Westfield, 23, who played for Essex, admitted accepting or obtaining a corrupt payment to bowl in a way that would allow the scoring of runs, during a hearing at the Old Bailey in London.The court heard he had agreed to...

MCC wants India included in review system

  CAPE TOWN: The MCC World Cricket Committee said Tuesday it was wrong that the decision review system (DRS) was not used in matches involving India. Following a two-day meeting here, the committee, consisting of leading former and current players, urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to ensure uniformity in the implementation of the DRS. Chairman...

Misbah wants spot-fixing scandal forgotten

  DUBAI: Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul Haq on Tuesday stressed the need for forgetting the 2010 spot-fixing scandal when his team take on England in the first of three Tests here next week. The Pakistan captain got the first taste of how the series -- the first between the two countries since the scandal -- will be seen during his press conference after...

Wasim Akram fears a 4-0 rout for India

  NEW DELHI: India have looked so "seriously out of sorts" in Australia that Pakistan great Wasim Akram fears a 4-0 hiding for Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men. India trail 2-0 in the four-match series, having lost the first Test in Melbourne by 122 runs and the second in Sydney by an innings and 68 runs. Akram, who had predicted that India would lose the first...

Amir could still have international career: PCB

  KARACHI: Teenage Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir, serving six-months in jail for spot-fixing elements of a test match, could still have a future in international cricket, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf said.Amir, 19, was detained for six months in a young offenders institution after he admitted bowling two intentional no-balls in the Lord's test...

New challenge for De Villiers as SA captain

  PAARL, South Africa: AB de Villiers takes on a new challenge when he captains South Africa in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka at Boland Park on Wednesday. De Villiers was appointed captain of South Africa's one-day and Twenty20 teams when Gary Kirsten was named coach last June, but a hand injury kept him out of matches against Australia....

Broad, Davies give England hard earned win

  DUBAI: Steve Davies and Stuart Broad shared a resolute seventh stand of 61 to help an unimpressive England to win the three-day tour opener against ICC Combined XI by three wickets here on Monday. It was a case of second batting failure for the tourists as, chasing 261 to win, England owed the win to captain Andrew Strauss (78), Ian Bell (39) and Jonathan...

Bangladesh team's visit to revive international cricket: Zaka

HYDERABAD: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Boarad (PCB) Zaka Ashraf has expressed the hope for a revival of the international cricket after the anticipated visit of Bangladesh cricket team in April this year.He said this while addressing a press conference here on Sunday at the golden jubilee celebration of Niaz Stadium.A T-20 match between Patron's XI and Chairman' XI was...

Jailed Asif appeals over seven-year fixing ban

  LONDON: Jailed Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against his seven-year ban for spot-fixing, the 29-year-old's lawyers confirmed on Saturday.Asif's legal team told the Press Association they have also filed an appeal against his criminal conviction to the Court of Appeal.Asif, former Test skipper Salman...

Spot-fixing scandal is no more on our minds: Misbah

  LAHORE: Captain Misbah-ul Haq insisted on Saturday that Pakistan had thoroughly dispelled all thoughts of the spot-fixing scandal that engulfed his side, ahead of the series against England. It was against the same opposition, in August 2010, that a British tabloid exposed the scheme that ended in jail terms for Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and...

Asif appeals against ICC ban

LONDON: Convicted Pakistani fast bowler Muhammad Asif has, through his lawyers, lodged a formal appeal against his International Cricket Council (ICC) ban in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) based in Lausanne, Switzerland.Savita Sukul, the Principal of SJS Solicitors, confirmed to The News that her firm has submitted the formal appeal against the ICC seven-year...

Top security promised for Bangladesh squad

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket authorities have received assurances from the government that top-level security will be provided to Bangladesh during their April tour of the country. International cricket has been suspended in Pakistan since terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009 left eight people dead and wounded seven visiting players and...