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Cricket Betting: Tim Bresnan ruled out of tour against Pakis...

Tim Bresnan was ruled out of England’s Test series in the United Arab Emirates against Pakistan, and cricket betting fans wonder what kind of impact this could have on the game. Cricket betting fans were concerned when they learned [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

England tour a bad dream: Srikkanth

Selection committee chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth, whose tenure has been extended by the BCCI, feels the England tour was a "bad dream" and it is time for Indian cricket to move on. "I'm thankful to the BCCI for ext [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

India blind team to tour Pakistan

India will arrive in Pakistan and play three back-to-back Twenty20s from November 18 to 20 in Lahore. These matches will be followed by the two teams contesting the three 50-over games from November 22 to 26 in Islamabad. The Pakistan [...]

Posted On : Aug, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Afridi leaves English county tournament half- way

Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, has returned home from England to look after his ailing father. Afridi was representing Hampshire County in England, but he had to rush back home because of his father's critical condi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Shahid Afridi pulls out of Pakistan's cricket tour of Irelan...

The Pakistan Cricket Board says Shahid Afridi has pulled out of this month's two-match limited-overs tour against Ireland due to an illness to his father. PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said Wednesday that Afridi has joined his ailing fa [...]

Posted On : May, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Sri Lanka reject Pakistan tour offer

"We have refused to tour Pakistan," a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) spokesman said by telephone. "We are concerned about the security and that's why we said no to them." Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had been hopeful o [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Sri Lankans win tour opener against Andrew Strauss's Middles...

Sri Lanka beat an under-strength Middlesex side by four wickets on Monday, their determination to play the Sri Lankan way overcoming a chaotic start to a tour beset by absentees and late arrivals. Without excessive contrivance, Tillakara [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Afridi says never wanted to tour West Indies

Pakistan’s captain in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals, Shahid Khan Afridi said Sunday that he never wanted to tour West Indies but only went there on insistence of fans and former cricketers. He was talking to [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Pakistan sends SA from T/20 World Cup tournament

Defending champions Pakistan is through to the semifinals of the 2010 ICC World Twenty/20 Championship following their 11-run win over South Africa at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St. Lucia on Monday. Pakistan needed a victory to [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Liposuction rules Shoaib out of tour

Shoaib Akhtar's dramatic attempt to lose weight through liposuction has cost the Pakistan fast bowler any chance he had of playing cricket against Australia this summer. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has ruled out the return of [...]

Posted On : Nov, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Aussie relief over full-strength Windies' tour

Australian cricket was relieved to learn a full-strength West Indies touring squad would be heading here later this month, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday. Reinstated captain Chris Gayle and fellow senior players, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

NZ 'may halt' Harare cricket tour

New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key has hinted his government may prevent the country's cricket team from touring Zimbabwe later this year. Mr Key said that aside from political reasons there could also be safety and health risks to the p [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

India expands NZ tour to three tests

India will play an expanded three-test series in New Zealand in March and April in a bid to fill some of the void following its cancelled tour to Pakistan. A test at Napier from March 26-30, added between the scheduled first test at We [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

India to play extended NZ tour

Reuters-India's Yuvraj Singh punishes a bad ball WATCH the video (0:40) New Zealand Cricket and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced an extended schedule for India's cricket tour to New Zealand, which will now inc [...]