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India should also be stripped off World Cup matches: Dr.Shah...

The President of Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) Dr.Muhammad Ali Shah said on Monday that India should also should be stripped off from holding of 2011 Cricket World Cup matches. “India is also facing security problems and tha [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Pakistan Cricket Board revises World Twenty20 probables

The Pakistan Cricket Board revised the list of 30 probables for World Twenty20 on Tuesday only a day after naming three suspended players from the unauthorized Indian Cricket League. All-rounder Abdul Razzaq, batsman Imran Nazir and fast bo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

India name 30 probables for Twenty20 Worlds

Defending champions India named a preliminary 30-man squad on Saturday for the World Twenty20 championships to be held in England in June. India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Gautam Gambhir, Murali Vijay, Ajinky [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

WI's Marshall sets world record for sixes

West Indies batsman Xavier Marshall set a new world record for the most number of sixes in a one-day international innings after the batsman blasted 12 in an unbeaten 157 to help West Indies defeat Canada in a triangular tournament encounte [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Venue vote may split world cricket

The ICC Champions Trophy may be under threat if the Asian bloc insists that Pakistan hosts the premier event as scheduled in September.Teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and England are likely to refuse to attend despite likely [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Turbulence in Pak a blow to world cricket

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar Monday filed a fresh appeal against a ban for indiscipline just weeks after the punishment was reduced from five years to 18 months, his lawyer said. The 32-year-old paceman was banned for five years by [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

ICC World Cricket League : Dawn of a new era for Afghanistan...

A few years ago, any talk of Afghanistan playing in the ICC Cricket World Cup would have been laughable. But not any more. Thanks to the World Cricket League, which is part of the ICC development programme, Afghanistan has a chance of appea [...]

Posted On : May, 20 2008 | Comments : 2

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

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

Twenty 20 Cricket World Cup

This year sees the first ever Twenty 20 cricket World Cup. The latest version of the ancient game of cricket is aimed at attracting a younger audience and the World Cup will see 12 national teams competing.Twenty 20 was first introduced in [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2007 | Comments : 0

Kallis: Cricket world stunned

Johannesburg - South African cricket has made a huge statement by leaving Jacques Kallis out of the squad for the Twenty20 world championships, says Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist."It's a big call," Gilchrist said on Tuesd [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

World Cup nightmare still haunts Inzamam

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is still coming to terms with the sudden death of coach Bob Woolmer during the World Cup and his country's dismal showing in the Caribbean.The batsman retired from one-day internationals and reli [...]

Posted On : Jul, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

World Cup profits to wipe out West Indies board deficit

Profits from this year's World Cup will wipe out the financial deficit of the host West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), tournament organisers said.The March-April event, staged in the Caribbean for the first time, netted $32 million (16 [...]

Posted On : Jul, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

World cup duration to be reduced

A unanimous agreement among the individual boards of the 10 full members of the cricketing world that the World Cup, matches should not exceed, five weeks is quiet, significant and appears to be a good move. Citing this year’s Cricket [...]