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| Four day test matches and day and night test cricket in the future
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suggested that there could be a possibility
of having four-day test matches from the future in order to protect the future
of the format and enrich it further in order to get the crowds in. Talking to
an Indian magazine, Morgan said, "Another th....
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| Pakistan games of 2011 World Cup not to be played at neutral venue
The ICC has rejected the claims of Pakistan to allow any neutral venue to host
the matches that had been previously allocated to Pakistan for the 2011 World
Cup. These 14 matches will now be shared by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Earlier this year, in the month of April, the ICC had decide....
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| No Indian in ICC World T20 squad while Watson to sit out of warm up
The ICC announced the World T20 XI squad at the completion of the tournament,
but none of the Indian players could make it to the final eleven. This was announced
by the ICC at Lord's on Monday, along with the team for the women's World T20
XI as well.
The captain of the men's team is the win....
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| Indian team to tour West Indies selected
The Indian team to tour West Indies has been announced and although there
have been many changes to it, the same has been on expected lines. India plays
West Indies in four ODIs and one T20I starting from the 26th of June.
Zaheer Khan has been rested because of his shoulder injury that he had ....
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| Kirstein attributes loss to tiredness while Srikkanth blames short bowling
The Indian cricket coach has said that Team India's exit from the ICC World T20
can be majorly attributed to the fatigue and exhaustion that had been brought
about by being continuously on the road.
Team India played a five ODI series against Sri Lanka early this
year before heading off to....
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| Sehwag to be replaced by Dinesh Karthik for ICC World T20
After
days of drama and speculation, Virender Sehwag has been finally declared
unfit to play in the ICC World T20 and has been sent back home. Dinesh Karthik,
a wicket-keeping all-rounder, will be Sehwag's replacement in the tournament.
Sehwag had sustained a shoulder injury during the India....
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| BCCI grants amnesty to ICL players and future of rebel league unsure.
The BCCI has granted amnesty to 79 ICL cricketers, along with 11 former cricketers
and 11 officials who were released from their Indian Cricket League contract.
These cricketers and officials will now undergo a cooling period of one year,
during which they will be eligible to participate in th....
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| Sehwag injury concerns for Team India
India's concerns over the fitness of their strike bowler, Zaheer Khan,
suffered yet another jolt after skipper MS Dhoni declared that he wont be playing
in either of the warm-up games. Additionally, opener Virender Sehwag too,
looks all set to miss out on the opening warm-up on the 1st of June....
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| Alam confident that Pakistan will succeed in World T20
The coach of the Pakistan cricket team, Intikhab Alam, has said
that he is rather pleased with his team's preparation for the ICC World T20 and
thinks that Pakistan has a good chance at winning the tournament. He said that
despite the ups and downs in this latest format of the game, he backed ....
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| Nielsen calls on for greater respect for T20s
Australia's coach, Tim Nielsen has called on the cricketing authorities
to show greater respect to the shortest version of the game, T20, than what they
are at present. Even 2 years after the inaugural World T20 that was held in South
Africa, cricketing tours normally hover around Tests and OD....
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| Champions T20 League expanded from 8 to 12 teams
The inaugural Champions T20 league (that was put off in 2008 due to the terror
attacks in Mumbai) will be held from October 8-23 in India, just after the Champions
Trophy that's to be played in South Africa. Also, there have been a few changes
made in the way the teams would be selected to pla....
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| Glenn McGrath hints that he may not play in IPL 2010
This
year's IPL was prone to this one sight that was unfathomable for the player in
question whilst he was still active in international cricket. Former Australian
bowler and one of the true all-time-greats of the game, Glenn McGrath was
consistently seen to be cooling his heels on the sidel....
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| ICL decides to release 50 cricketers
Players who were associated with the unsanctioned ICL and wanted a release from
their contracts were in for a major relief. The league in a statement made said
that it had decided to release 50 such cricketers who can then be eligible for
selection for their respective countries. Amongst those....
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| Lahore Court order further adds to ICC legal woes
There seems to be absolutely no let up in the pressure that the PCB seems to be
mounting on the ICC. The latest salvo came in the form of a Pakistan Court issuing
a stay order, until June 2, 2009, on the relocation of the World Cup 2011
secretariat from Lahore to Mumbai. Post the attack on the....
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| PCB officials expected to meet Sharad Pawar and Co
Pakistan's aggressive stance, after it was decided that the country wouldn't host
any of the 2011 World Cup matches, continued uninhibited as their Board President
Ijaz Butt met with his counterpart and other officials in Sri Lanka. On
offer were two proposals; Either the Asian Bloc agree to a....
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