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| Criticised by ICC now UPCA starts work on Kanpur cricket pitch
Stung by the ICC's criticism of the Green Park Stadium's pitch here, the
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association is on damage control mode and has already
started preparing the track for the next international match at the venue, an
India-England ODI in November.
As a precautionary measure, the U
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Sunil Gavaskar resigns as Indian Cricket Committee Chairman
Sunil Gavaskar's controversial chairmanship of ICC's Cricket Committee came to
a sudden end today when he announced his resignation from the post, weeks after
he was asked to choose between his media commitments and his role with the games's
world governing body.
The former India captain co
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Bangladesh go into their first of their three one day matches
with South Africa looking to pick up the bits and pieces of what has
been a miserable past four months for the Asian tigers. After being outplayed
by New Zealand down under, more misery was heaped upon the Bangladeshis by a
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Ricky Ponting at top of ICC rankings with career best rating points
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's two unbeaten centuries in
the Chappell-Hadlee Series gave him his career best rating points of 832 even
as he continued his domination at the top of the ICC rankings for the
ODI batsmen, released today.
Ponting not only ensured his team's 2-0 vi
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| Stuart Clark ignored while Shaun Tait returns to Australia ODI squad against NewZealand
Shaun Tait staged a comeback after an injury hiatus but Stuart
Clark failed to make the cut as Australia today announced a 13-member
squad for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one day series starting in Adelaide on
December 14.
"After making a huge impact at the World Cup earlier
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Wasim Jaffer Sourav Ganguly Sachin Tendulkar move up in ICC cricket rankings
India may have been forced to settle for a draw in the second Test against Pakistan
but the trio of Wasim Jaffer, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly
can take heart from the fact that the Kolkata runfeast has pushed them up in the
ICC Players Rankings.
Thanks to his double century in the f
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| Comprehensive series win against pakistan can lift India to top 3 Test cricketing nations
A convincing series triumph over Pakistan in the three-Test cricket series
starting tomorrow would take India to third spot in the ICC Test championship
table.
A 3-0 or 2-0 series win over their arch rivals will lift Anil Kumble's team
above South Africa to third place behind Austral
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Indian Cricket Vice Captain Yuvraj singh fined for showing dissent at umpire decision
Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh was fined 20 per cent of his match fee for
showing dissent at the umpire's decision of giving him out during the fifth and
final cricket one-dayer against Pakistan here.
The punishment was handed down by ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama
following a hearing after
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| ICC warns BCCI to abide by anti racism code and to do fair selection
The International Cricket Council has warned the Indian Board that it must abide
by its anti-racism code and act seriously on the incident of racist crowd behaviour
against Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds in Vadodara.
The BCCI has played down the incident only to irk the Australian tea
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Wi Fi installation hampers International Cricket Council anti corruption officer in Pakistan
The ICC anti-corruption officer for the ongoing Test series between Pakistan
and Australia is having trouble in keeping an eye on the team dressing
rooms here after Wi-Fi wireless connections were installed in the National Stadium.
The ICC anti-corruption regulations don't permit players or
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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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ICC announces match officials for upcoming twenty20 cricket World Cup 2007
The International Cricket Council today announced the names
of nine umpires and three match referees, excluding those who officiated in
the World Cup final, for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup to be held in South
Africa.
A total of 27 matches will be played in the September 11-24 tour
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| Ray Mali believes in leading International Cricket Council as a team
International Cricket Council (ICC) acting President Ray Mali today pledged
his total commitment to the development of the game and said he would like to
lead the world body as a team.
"I am not going to lead it all by myself. I believe in leading ICC
as a team and look forward to eve
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Additional ODIs is a threat to fitness of cricket players
The ICC Cricket Committee has expressed deep concern at the crammed international
calendar, saying "the addition of many ODIs" to the Future Tour
Programme was bound to have a "severe impact" on the standard of the
game and the players' fitness.
"The committee expr
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| South Africa President Thabo Mbeki pays tribute to Percy Sonn
South African President Thabo Mbeki today paid glowing tribute to late
ICC President Percy Sonn, describing him as a "prolific administrator"
who unified cricket.
The 57-year-old Sonn passed away at a health clinic in Cape Town yesterday
following complications after he underwent
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ICC President Percy Sonn passes away
International Cricket Council President Percy Sonn, who was critically
ill for the past few days, died in Cape Town today.
Sonn, 57, was admitted to the Durbanville clinic in Cape Town on Monday after
developing complications from a colon surgery.
A former president of the South African cr
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| International Cricket Council examine rules to find President
The International Cricket Council officials have been forced to look into their
constitution and regulations to find out who will automatically succeed President,
Percy Sonn who has fallen seriously ill in Cape Town.
According to South African newspapers his personal assistant George Hector
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Inzamam advices Pakistan players to avoid brushes with officials
Concerned about Pakistani players getting frequent reprimands for their on-field
conduct, former captain Inzamam ul Haq has advised his teammates to avoid
getting into skirmishes with match officials and rival cricketers.
Referring to the reprimand issued to pacer Mohammad Asif during the re
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| India to play cricket tri series in Bangladesh in 2008 2009
India have agreed to play a tri-series in Bangladesh with Pakistan
as the third side in 2008 or 2009.
The matter was discussed at a meeting between the BCCI top brass and
their counterparts in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) here last night.
"We have agreed to play the tri-series in
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SA offers neutral host of Australia Zimbabwe cricket series
Cricket South Africa (CSA) said it's ready to be the "neutral host"
in case Australia and Zimbabwe agree to go ahead with their controversial
one day series.
The three-match ODI series runs the risk of being scrapped altogether after
the Australian government banned its cricketer
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| Umpires named for India-Bangadesh cricket Odi series
Ashoka De Silva of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh's Enamul Huq
and Nadir Shah will officiate in three-match one day cricket series
between India and Bangladesh beginning from May 10.
Shah will stand with neutral umpire De Silva in the first match at Mirpur while
Huq will join him for the last tw
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Even the umpires were tired of CWC length said Umpire Aleem Dar
Players were not the only ones tired and bored of the long-drawn Cricket World
Cup, umpires were left equally exhausted by the tournament's length, said
Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar.
Dar,
who stood in the finals of the mega-event which ended last week, felt the World
Cup was pretty well-orga
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| ICC policy of neutral umpires questioned for WC 07
The International Cricket Council has drawn flak from former cricketers Darren Lehmann of Australia and England all rounder Derek Pringle
for considering umpires' nationality over their "excellence" in big
games like World Cup final.
The duo believe the ICC must move beyond parochi
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BCCI threatens no-confidence motion against ICC
The Indian Cricket Board has slammed the International Cricket Council
for the World Cup final fiasco and threatened to bring a no-confidence
motion against its office-bearers, who have become "more and more bureaucratic".
In a scathing reaction to the goof-up in the World Cup fin
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| ICC apologises for farcical final, won't blacklist officials
International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has apologised
for the farcical end to Saturday's World Cup final but ruled out blacklisting
the erring officials.
"It was an unnecessary error, a fundamental error. It was made under difficult
circumstances at the end of the
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni drops two places in ICC rankings
Indian cricketers continued their free fall in the ICC ODI Rankings
with stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni dropping two places to eighth and skipper
Rahul Dravid slipping one spot to 14th in the latest list.
The other Indians in the list also dropped down with Yuvraj
Singh barely maintaining h
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| Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan, undergo dope test
Indian captain Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan were subjected to dope test
after the team had suffered a humiliating five-wicket defeat at the hands of Bangladesh
in a group B match.
The two players were picked for dope tests from the Indian
team according to International Cricket Council's
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Pakistan protest against ICC's 'speak in English' diktat
Pakistan has protested against the International Cricket Council's instructions
to its players to speak in English at the post-match presentation ceremonies during
the World Cup.The Pakistan team's media manager, Pervez Mir said that the
ICC had not stopped the players from speaking in Urdu at
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| ICC to Pakistan team: Avoid holding press conferences in Urdu
The International Cricket Council has asked the Pakistan team management
to avoid holding press conferences in the Urdu language as it consumes a lot of
time.A source in the Pakistan team based in Kingston disclosed that media
manager Pervez Mir and manager Talat Ali had been told to hold thei
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ICC summons Umar Gul, Rana for random dope test
Pakistan pacer Rana Naved ul Hasan and Umar Gul were summoned by
the International Cricket Council (ICC) for random dope test after their
opening World Cup match against the West Indies.ICC had summoned Umer Gul and
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for a random dope test after the World Cup opening
match
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