Dhoni suspended for one ODI after India is fined for second minor over-rate offence

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been suspended for one match after his side was fined for a second minor over-rate offence within a year during the seventh match of the three-nation series against Australia in Brisbane on Sunday. The India side was ruled to be two overs short of its target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration. As...

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Malaysia and Singapore make it two out of two

Malaysia and Singapore secured its second victories of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League (WCL Div. 5) tournament in Singapore today after the teams beat Cayman Islands and Guernsey respectively. Bahrain picked up its first victory of the tournament after it defeated Argentina by 65 runs at the Kallang Ground on a cooler day in Singapore. Esteban MacDermott's side...

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Whatmore to take charge of Pakistan: PCB source

KARACHI: Australian Dav Whatmore will replace the Pakistan team's interim coach Mohsin Khan after their one-day series against England ends this month, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) source told Reuters on Sunday.The source said Whatmore would take charge as head coach for the Asia Cup tournament in Bangladesh next month."It has been decided to release Mohsin from...

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Cricket: Misbah credits England after Pakistan’s defeat

 DUABI: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq heaped praise on England for their superb comeback to clinch the one-day series after being routed in the preceding Tests, saying they showed character and discipline. England thumped Pakistan by nine wickets in the third match here on Saturday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead, leaving the fourth and final match here...

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Cricket: Pakistan lose 3rd ODI by 9 wkts and series to England

DUBAI: Pakistan lost three matches in a row after making clean sweep in three-Test series against England, who won the third One-day International by nine wickets remaining here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.The victory gave England an unassailable 3-0 win in the series, with the fourth and final One-day International to be played on the...

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Cricket: Levi powers Proteas to win over Kiwis

HAMILTON: South Africa's Richard Levi rewrote the record books with a magnificent unbeaten 117 as the Proteas crushed New Zealand by eight wickets in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday. Levi's 45-ball century was the fastest ever in T20 internationals and included the most sixes, with 13, in a performance which had spectators at the sold out Seddon Park...

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Cricket: Australia cruise to 110 run win over India

BRISBANE: Australia cruised to a 110 run win over India in their one-day international tri-series match in Brisbane on Sunday. After blasting 288 for five in their innings, the Australians ripped through the Indian top order to leave the visitors in disarray at 36 for four. India struggled on but were never in the hunt, finishing 178 all out with skipper M.S....

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Cricket: Rajshahi record exciting win over Chittagong

CHITTAGONG: Duronto Rajshahi recorded a thrilling nine-run victory over Chittagong Kings in a low-scoring match in the 16th Twenty20 fixture of the Bangladesh Premier League here on Saturday.Playing on home ground, Chittagong could not achieve an easy target of 127 and were collapsed for 117 runs in the 20 overs.Their main scorers were Shamsur Rahman (24) and Nasir...

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Cricket: PCB seeks evidence as Kaneria leads Sindh

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket bosses will ask British authorities for the full judgment and evidence in a spot-fixing case that implicated leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, officials said Saturday. Kaneria's Essex teammate in England, Mervyn Westfield, was sentenced to four months in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to taking money to bowl badly in a 2009 match between...

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Cricket: Umar, Afridi hit fifties to lift Pakistan in 3rd ODI

DUBAI: Half-centuries from Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal helped Pakistan to a challenging 222 runs in the allotted 20 overs against England in the third One-day International here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.After captain Misbah-ul-Haq won his first toss in the four-match series and chose to bat, Pakistan were looking in trouble as they...

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Cricket: Khulna beat Sylhet by 2 runs in nail-biting finish

CHITTAGONG: Khulna Royal Bengals snatched a thrilling two-run victory against Sylhet Royals in the 15th Twent20 match of the Bangladesh Premier League here at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Saturday.Chasing 172, Sylhet needed 11 runs in the final over to win for the first time in the tournament but it could make only eight runs losing two more wickets to finish...

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English cricketer jailed over spot-fixing scam

LONDON: An English cricketer who claimed to have been lured into a spot-fixing scandal by Pakistan international Danish Kaneria was on Friday jailed for four months. Former Essex player Mervyn Westfield had admitted receiving #6,000 ($9,200) to bowl badly so that 12 runs would be scored in the first over of a 40-over match between Durham and Essex in September 2009....

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