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| Team India look to keep England cricketers under the hammer
Having returned to their winning ways, India will look to plug the loopholes
and sustain the momentum against England in the third cricket one-day international
here tomorrow.
The Indians bounced back from a crushing 104-run loss in the first ODI to post
a narrow but hugely morale-boosting....
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| West Bengal Sports Minister says ICL can use Eden Gardens Kolkata
The Indian Cricket League today received support from an unexpected quarter
with West Bengal Sports Minister Subhash Chakraborty saying the
multi-million dollar breakaway league would be allowed to use the Eden Gardens
and other grounds.
The Minister said all the grounds belonging to the s....
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| Former England batsman Mark Butcher gets Indian Cricket League offer
Former England batsman Mark Butcher has been offered a lucrative
deal to captain a side in the Indian Cricket League, while Ireland wicketkeeper
Niall O'Brien and Warwickshire all-rounder Neil Carter also confirmed receiving
offers to play in the rebel league.
According to a report in 'The....
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| Dinesh Mongia and Reetinder Singh Sodhi still want to play for india
Even after joining the breakaway Indian Cricket League (ICL), 'rebel' Punjab players
Dinesh Mongia and Reetinder Singh Sodhi dream of donning the Team
India colours again.
Though BCCI has made it clear that players who have defected to the rebel league
would not be considered for the natio....
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| Cricket Board clarifies stand to pay dues to League players
Despite its ongoing tussle with the Indian Cricket League, BCCI will not
stop payment of past dues to the players who have joined the ICL and all such
pending amounts till the 2006-07 season will be cleared.
A media release issued to this effect by BCCI's Chief Administrative
Officer, Pro....
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| Pakistan practice under Geoff Lawson and rugby trainer David Dwyer
Pakistani cricketers today got first taste of working under new coach Geoff Lawson
and rugby trainer David Dwyer in the conditioning camp in Lahore
ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Dwyer, who has worked previously as a trainer with state and club rugby teams
in New South Wales and Singapor....
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| Chris Harris joins ICL Chris Cairns Nathan Astle to follow
Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Harris has joined the Indian
Cricket League (ICL) and two of his ex-teammates, Chris Carins and Nathan Astle,
would soon follow him, media reports claimed today.
According to NZTV, Harris, the Kiwi one day specialist, has turned down a new
provincial co....
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| ICC not to intervene as it is cricket board internal matter
With the tussle between the BCCI and the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL)
intensifying in the last few days, the International Cricket Council (ICC) today
maintained that it was an "internal matter" of the Indian Board and
there was no need for any interference at this stage.
Th....
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| Geoff Lawson says absence of Mohammad Yousuf will be felt
Pakistan's new coach Geoff Lawson has said experienced middle-order batsman
Mohammad Yousuf's absence would be felt after he decided to join the rebel Indian
Cricket League.
"He (Yousuf) is a great player and his absence will surely be felt,"
Lawson said at his first news confere....
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| Rahul Dravid says It is disappointing performance all round
Defending his decision to field first, captain Rahul Dravid has said India
were done in because of their "all round disappointing performance"
while England played "a perfect one-day game" in the one-day
cricket series opener.
Indian bowlers struggled to take wicket....
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| Team India elect to field in first ODI against England at Southampton
Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field against England
with the skies overcast for the first cricket one-dayer here today.
India have left out Ramesh Powar and Robin Uthappa from their
playing XI.
Teams: India: Rahul Dravid (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav
Ganguly....
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| Geoff Lawson not bothered about senior Pakistani players joining ICL
New Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson said his enthusiasm has not been
dampened by the fact that some senior players have joined the Indian Cricket
League.
Lawson said he felt happy for players like Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf,
Abdul Razzaq and Imran Farhat who aligned with the ICL.
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| Legendary Kapil Dev sacked as National Cricket Academy Chairman
Taking a tough stand, the BCCI today sacked Kapil Dev as Chairman
of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for aligning with the rebel Indian Cricket
League (ICL) and also barred the defecting players from playing in international
and domestic tournaments.
The decision to terminate the servic....
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| Indian Cricket League players excited about new prospect
Rubbing shoulders with Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq would have otherwise
remained a unfulfilled dream for many players in the domestic circuit, but after
joining the Indian Cricket League, the likes of Kaushik Reddy are
waiting for their day in the sun.
The Hyderabad Ranji players who....
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| Bihar players protest in front of cricket control board office
Eight Ranji players belonging to Bihar Players Association today protested in
front of the BCCI office demanding that Bihar be allowed to take part in the domestic
cricket season.
The cricketers sat on a hunger strike at the BCCI headquarters where its Working
Committee meeting was on, but....
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