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Australia to Visit Pakistan Twice After Postponing Cricket T...

Australia's cricket team will travel to Pakistan twice over the next two years to make up for postponing a tour last month because of security concerns. Pakistan will host Australia in five one-day matches and a Twenty20 international in [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Second IPL players' auction next week: Modi

The Cricket Board-floated Indian Premier League will conduct a second players' auction next week to enable franchises, that have money left after the initial auction held on February 20, from the $5 million cap, supplement their player base [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2008 | Comments : 0

ICC approves shorter World Cup in 2011

The International Cricket Council (ICC) cleared the way on Tuesday for a shorter 2011 World Cup. The ICC board decided on a 14-team format, reduced from 16 after the 2007 edition in West Indies was heavily criticised for being too long and [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Australia top seeds for 2008 Champions Trophy

Holders Australia are the top seeds for the ICC Champions Trophy to be staged in Pakistan this September, the International Cricket Council said on Thursday. Australia, also the one-day World Cup champions, are grouped with India, former w [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Australia postpone cricket tour to Pakistan

Cricket Australia announced the decision following discussions with the Pakistan Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council. No date has yet been set for a rearranged tour to take place.    Postponed: Australia will no [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket: India conquer Australia in one-day tri-series

India has ended their tour of Australia on a high - winning the one-day tri-series in a tense second final in Brisbane. The hero of the Indian batting effort was again Sachin Tendulkar. Two days after his first one day on Australian soil, [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

UK says backs ban on Zimbabwe cricket tour

Britain said on Tuesday it would support a ban on a tour next year by the Zimbabwe cricket team in protest at President Robert Mugabe's rule, but the decision was up to the sport's authorities. The BBC's Inside Sport programme said the gov [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Australia serious about Twenty20 match

 Australia have dismissed suggestions they are treating Tuesday's Twenty20 international against New Zealand merely as a bit of fun.The Australians are going into the match without their captain Ricky Ponting and opening batsman Matthe [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

2011 cricket World Cup format may be changed

Bangalore: The format of the 2011 cricket World Cup, to be held in Asia, might undergo some changes and more number of matches may be played than the 2007 tournament held in the West Indies.Niranjan Shah, secretary of the Board of Control f [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Australian cricket chief hails Murali

Australia's cricket chief Tuesday brushed aside criticism of Sri Lanka's record-breaking spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, saying he should be hailed for his "great feats". Muralitharan, who broke Australian Shane Warne's world record [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

Cricket: England draw Sri Lanka tour opener

England drew their first match of the Sri Lanka tour on Thursday after gaining useful batting practice at the Colombo Cricket Club.The tourists, replying to Sri Lanka Cricket XI's mammoth 500-5 piled over the first two days of the practice [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2007 | Comments : 0

Cricket on amid Pakistani crisis

Pakistan's eagerly awaited cricket tour of India has begun against the backdrop of political uncertainty back at home.The two sides are competing in a series of five one-day internationals in Guwahati, in north-eastern India.The two teams w [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Pakistan captain Malik promises exciting cricket against Ind...

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik promised Thursday to play exciting cricket during a six-week tour of India."Playing India is always exciting, we all love to play India," Malik told reporters after the Pakistan team arrived in India [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2007 | Comments : 0