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New Zealand Cricket to decide on IPL five next week

New Zealand Cricket will take a decision next week on whether to allow the five players who have joined the Indian Premier League to miss the start of the England tour. Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills, Brendon McCullum, Jacob Oram and Ross Tay [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 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

Australia cancel Pakistan cricket tour

Australia have pulled out of their cricket tour of Pakistan because of concerns over security.Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson was angered by the decison to call off the tour.  The announcement was made Tuesday just hours after t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 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

Kenya: Cricket - CK Settles for Andy Kirsten As Coach

The hunt for a national team coach to replace the former West Indies star, Roger Harper, is now over as Cricket Kenya executive committee endorsed the hiring of Andy Kirsten of South Africa during their meeting held at the Ruaraka Sports Cl [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Purists fume as IPL shifts crickets powerbase to India, Twen...

NEW DELHI - The massive spending on the new Indian Premier League shows the power base of the game has shifted very firmly to the subcontinent and the Twenty20 game, and the game's traditionalists are not happy. Cricket's old guard attacke [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2008 | Comments : 1

Cricket Australia worried about player backlash

A team source last night said Pakistan had asked that next month's tour be delayed until April -- in the hope violence subsides after this week's national elections. The Pakistan Cricket Board wants the three Tests to go ahead but is happy [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Australia win toss and bat first against Sri Lanka

 Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in their tri-series one-day international against Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Sri Lanka retained the same side that played in Tuesday's washed out match against In [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

India elect to bat in Twenty20 v Australia

 India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the Twenty20 international against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. World champions India have rested Sachin Tendulkar from their side for the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Australians hold Perth meeting on spirit of cricket

The Australian team held a round-table discussion on the spirit of cricket on Sunday night, the first such meeting after the ill-tempered Sydney Test against India. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that leadership consultant Ray McLean, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2008 | Comments : 0