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Today, The PCB has announced that Pakistan will play three Tests against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah in the UAE starting from October 18. The first three ODI macthes will be held in Dubai and the fourth ODI will be played in Sharjah in November and the only T20 international match will be played in Abu Dhabi on November 25. The PCB chief operating officer, Subhan Ahmad said in the Dawn " We had a choice of neutral venues but we opted for UAE because it allows us to manage things smoothly. " The third Test of the series will of Test cricket will be played in Sharjah .

New Zealand will play two T20, three ODI and one Test match against Zimbabwe in October. The tour will begin on October 15 in Harare Zimbabwe. The Kiwis will play a two-day warm-up game in Bulawayo before the one-off Test match on November 1. After the tour from Zimbabwe, New Zealand will play against Australia on December 1 in Brisbane for a two-Test series.

Australian batsman and former Captain Ricky Ponting has expressed his desire to become a selector , stating that the I always fights to get a place but it could not happened during my captaincy, but now after applying the recommendation of the Committee Captain Michael Clarke has been assigned the responsibility of the selector, which will prove good enough for the team. Ponting Said " I know that 10-15 years ago, Captain and coach to the selection Committee took place in how much protest and this will benefit a lot. "

Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding said that t20 format is cruising on the future of test cricket and the Cricket Board is responsible for this Situation. He said I fears for future of test cricket . This format will be played over the next five years and the interest of test cricket will not be the same and its bad for the Cricket. Holding said test cricket is a threat to Twenty20 , it is not good for cricket because in this format you cannot produce good cricketers. Holding said you will get a million Dollars for playing six weeks cricket in India. I blame Cricket Board for this Situation.

Pakistan's former Captain Shahid Afridi , advised to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to appoint specialist coaches . Afridi said the Pakistan team needs an excellent Manager, under which coaches should work on bowling, fielding and batting. He added instead of assistant coach, PCB should also appoint manager.

London, Thursday, August 25, 2011 Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni , is to be honoured by De Montfort University (DMU) degree of doctor of law. University of Leicestershire, DMU will give an Honorary Doctorate degree at a ceremony on August 29. Before that India will play the one-day practice match against the Leicestershire on Monday 29 August. Professor Dominic Shellard, Vice-Chancellor of DMU said " I'm glad that De Montfort University (DMU) has decided to present Doctorate degree to the captain of World Cup-winning team. " He said " I congratulate to the University for selecting him. "

Melbourne, Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Former Australian umpire Darrell Hair raise doubts against Indian off-spinner Harbhajan singh's bowling action. Hair also claimed that Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan had suspicious action in 1995 at MCG . According to " Daily Telegraph " in the new book of hair " The Best Interests Of The Game " has been claimed that four months ago during the World Cup 2011, were many bowlers did suspicious action. Hair said I saw Harbhajan, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Hafeez, Johan Botha and Abdur Razzaq's action was quite suspicious.

Colombo, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Sri Lanka's fast bowler Lasith malinga has became the first bowler in the world who accomplished the three hat-trick in one-day international. Malinga did historic hat-trick on Monday against Australia's fifth and final ODI. Malinga took the wickets of Mitchell Johnson (1), John Hastings (0) and Xavier Doherty (0) in 46th over of an innings. Malinga , did the same against kenya in march 2011 at the same stadium. He also did the hat-trick against South Africa in year 2007.

4th Test, The Oval (Day 5): England 591-6 vs India 300 & 283 After all England beat India by an innings and eight runs in the 4th and final test match. This was England's first whitewash against India since 1974 and finished with a memorable series as the top Test team in the world. England presented with Test mace after series victory against India with 4-0 whitewash.

Waqar Younis has resigned as a coach for pakistan team because of personal reasons that his and his wife's health. His last and final assignment with pakistan team will be the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. Waqar Younis said at press conference " I have tendered my resignation to the [Pakistan Cricket] board last week and the tour to Zimbabwe will be my last. " " I only told the players on Saturday morning, and they were shocked because until today the matter was between me and the PCB, but I am sure that this young team will do well in future ." Nadeem Sarwar , PCB spokesman said: " The PCB has accepted his resignation and understands his personal reasons. His tenure was good and we wish him the best in his future ." The PCB did not yet confirm the replacement for Waqar. The Zimbabwe tour will begin on August 28 and it includes one practice game, one Test match, three ODIs and two T20 internationals.

Zaheer Khan , Fast bowler out of the England Seires due to ankle injury. Last monday he had a surgery of his injury and now he is recovering well. He was injured in the first test at lords after bowling only 13.3 overs. RP Singh has been involved in the team in place of Zaheer khan.

Today, Ireland announced a 14-man squad for the ODI against England in Dublin on August 25. Ireland squad : William Porterfield (captain), Trent Johnston, Alex Cusack, Nigel Jones, George Dockrell, John Mooney, Kevin O'Brien , Ed Joyce, Niall O'Brien, Paul Stirling, Albert van der Merwe, Boyd Rankin, Andrew White and Gary Wilson.

Former Australian Captain Ricky Ponting said that after seeing his performance in the current ODI series against Sri Lanka, He stopped thinking for retirement from international cricket. After winning the second ODI match against Sri Lanka from eight wickets, Ponting said " I scored 90 runs not out and I got a man of the match. I think my game has been improved after quitting the captaincy and so far I performed well against Sri Lanka. " He said " I got a chance to practice more of which my batting and fielding has improved " Ponting said " I feel fresh and I hope that similar situation will be in the rest of the match. "

Karachi, Monday, August 15, 2011 Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has decided to take retirement from all types of competitive cricket. The senior batsmen, closest sources said Yousuf has decided not to participate in any local or local cricket competitions, because Yousuf is quite unhappy with the situations after being dropped out from the list of contracted players by the PCB .

Birmingham, Saturday, August 13, 2011 England here on Saturday on the third test against India won the test match and the series lead by 3-0 with an innings and 242 runs, and became the world's number one team in the ICC test Championship after 32 years. Andrew Strauss's team begun the series at the third place in Rankings. England in Lords 196, in Trent bridge 319 runs and now in Edgbaston after the big bang win, england team accomplished the mission of becoming number one in test. Haroon Lorgat , the ICC chief executive led the praises for England and Wales Cricket Board including Andrew Strauss's team. The Icc ranking table will be updated after the 4th and final test match of series in oval on August 22. If England win the 4th test, then india ranking will drop to 117 points. If india wins the 4th test or draw, then india will intact at No.2

Neil McCallum , The Scottish batsman, has decided to retire from One Day International cricket after match against Hampshire on Sunday. McCallum said he could no longer devote enough time for the Cricket. In 2000, He represented Scotland. He took part in the World Cup 2007. McCallum, 33, a career best 181 against Netherlands in World Cup 2007. McCallum said, " It has not been an easy decision to retire this weekend, but I believe the time is right ."

These days if we talk about sports, Cricket comes at the top of the list in everybody's mind. It has evolved eventually with the passage of time. Even though different nations have different national sports, but the enthusiasm and craze for Cricket is beyond the imaginations. In this game, there is everything; name, fame and money. As in betting, a person who wins gets huge amount of money, similarly, person or team who plays well in the cricket match earns a lot of money. Moreover, Cricket is no less than gambling these days. As we see in IPL matches, the players are given huge price for making them part of the particular teams. There are various sites which provide the provision for speculations. So Cricket and other sport game goes hand in hand. Both provides fun and in turn gives a lot of profits to the lucky ones. The Cricket is a game which is enjoyed by everyone; players, spectators, investors and people of all ages.

Shaun Tait, Australian fast bowler will play for Dolphins , the Durban based franchise in Pro20 domestic Twenty20 competition. The 28-year-old, Tait retired from Tests and ODIs, but he represented in IPL for Rajasthan Royals. Tait said " Having played last year in Durban during the Champions Trophy, I know that I am really looking forward to getting back and bowling at a ground that definitely suits me ". " I am genuinely excited to be given this opportunity and am looking forward to playing my part with the Dolphins in seeing them taste success ". Jesse Chellan , The CEO of Kwa-Zulu Natal Cricket Union (KZNCU) and Dolphins is quite delighted to have Shaun for the Pro20 competition. Tait also has a contract in KFC T20 Big Bash League for the Melbourne Renegades.

Darren Bravo, A left-handed batsman of the West Indies Cricket Team has joined Nottinghamshire in England. He is expected to play his debut CB40 match on Friday against Glamorgan at Trent Bridge. In his Test Career, Bravo has an average of 39.84 in just eight test matches with six half centuries. In his One-Day International record, he has an average of 33.45 in 28 matches with five fifties.

Indian Fast Bowler Zaheer Khan, South africa's Great batsman AB de Villiers, Fantastic Player Of south africa Hashim Amla, Perfect All Rounder of Australia Shane Watson, Popular batsman of England Jonathan Trott and Right arm Off Spinner plus Right handed Batsmen Graeme Swann have been nominated in the three top categories for the ICC's annual awards 2011. These above six players are feature in the list of nominees for the Cricketer of the year, ODI player of the year and Test player of the year. These players were selected on the basis of their performances between a period of August 11, 2010 to August 2, 2011. This time awards ceremony will be held in London , United Kingdom on September 12, 2011 . The Nominations are: Cricketer of the year : Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Kumar Sangakkara, Andrew Strauss, Graeme Swann, Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Tremlett, Jonathan Trott, Za

Chris Tremlett , England's fast bowler has been ruled out in the third test match against india in Birmingham because of a back injury. England and Wales Cricket Board ( ECB ) said that he will continue with treatment and is to be expected that he will be available in the fourth and final test in oval.

Lasith Malinga and star opener Upul Tharanga have been included in Sri Lanka one-day Squad to the 16-member team against Australia Malinga and tharanga have been selected in the team to getting started of five matches ODI Series against Australia on wednesday. Malinga was not the part of two T20due to his back injury but now after recovering from injury, he has been selected to the ODI squad. Sri Lanka Squad : Tillakaratne Dilshan (captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews (vice-captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Upul Tharanga, Lasith Malinga, Chamara Silva, Jeevan Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Ajantha Mendis, Thisara Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath.

Zaheer Khan has been out from rest of the tour due to muscle stretch and from his ankle injury. RP Singh soon added to the team to replace zaheer khan. The BCCI said in a statement, "Zaheer Khan's injured his right foot and right ankle muscle. He has to undergo intensive surgery. So, RP Singh soon added to the team in place of zaheer khan." According to the statement, "It takes 14 to 16 weeks to completely overcome from his injury, so that Zaheer wil not be the part of a current test series and the Twenty20 international and one-day series against England."

Rahul dravid announces retirement from ODI and Twenty-20 Formats after the series against England. He said he wanted to retire from ODI and T20s shorter forms and concentrate on Test cricket. Dravid made two hudred against England in the last two tests, after nearly two years dravid make a comeback in ODI and T20 Format in the team announced on Saturday. 38-year-old Dravid, played his last One day match against West Indies in 2009 Champions Trophy in Johannesburg.

Injured batsman Jonathan Trott has been replaced by England's most exciting all-rounder Ravi Bopara in the third test against India. while off-spinner Graeme Swann have been announced fit for the match. England Third Test squad : Andrew Strauss (captain), Ravi Bopara, Jimmy Anderson, Tim Bresnan, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Eoin Morgan, Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen, Steven Finn, Graeme Swann, Matt Prior and Chris Tremlett.

Experienced Rahul dravid has made a comeback in ODI team after two years, while battling from Poor form Harbhajan Singh could not make their place in T20 and ODI squad against England. Yuvraj Singh is also out of the entire Series due to his injury. Karnataka fast bowler Vinay Kumar and wicket-keeper batsman Parthiv Patel has been selected in the 16-member team. Fast bowler S. sreesanth , left arm spinner pragyan Ojha and Allrounder Yusuf Pathan could not make their place in the Squad. Ashwin and Amit Mishra as the two spinners got their place in the squad. India team, to play T20 match against england in Manchester on 30 August. India Team : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Virender sehwag (Vice-Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rahul dravid, Suresh Raina, Munaf Patel, parthiv Patel, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan and Vinay Kumar.

Paul Collingwood, Former England T20 Captain has signed a three years contract with Durham . Collingwood was retired from test cricket at the end of the Ashes in Austrralia this year and he had been approach from Derbyshire in July. After returned to Durham he said he was happy to stay at his home club where he played his first-class debut match 15 years ago. Collingwood said: " I'm a Durham lad through and through and I've really enjoyed being back in the dressing room with the guys. The club is ambitious and the quality of the team shows how committed we are to winning more silverware over the coming years and I want to be part of that - bringing more sporting success back to the North East. " The Durham coach, Geoff Cook said, " We are delighted that Paul has decided to commit his future to Durham - he is a fantastic player with a great attitude and a real desire for the club to continue to move forward. He has consistently produced match-winning pe

Indian Star Cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh were approached to buy a car racing team in the proposed i1 Super Series which begins from December 18. The base price of a team will be USD 5 million . Nine teams, with two-two cars each, will compete in the races that will take place in seven cities of Asia. The CEO of event promoters Machdar Motorsports , M Darshan has today said in a press conference " Cricket and Bollywood stars and a few top industrialists have already shown a keen interest to own the nine Indian city-based franchise teams. Cricketers Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh have been approached. " Great batsman Tendulkar himself is a big fan of formula 1 and recently sachin sold his ferrari to a surat city based businessmam.

The Queensland wicketkeeper and 29 years old, Chris Hartley has signed with the Brisbane Heat in the KFC Big Bash Twenty20 League Brisbane Heat squad so far Chris Hartley, Ben Cutting, Chris Lynn, Peter Forrest, Daniel Christian, Nick Buchanan, Ryan Harris, Ryan Broad, Michael Neser, Chris Swan, Nathan Hauritz, James Hopes, Matthew Hayden , Brendon McCullum and Daniel Vettori

London, Thursday, 4 August 2011 Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff believes the current England team lead by Andrew Strauss is much better than the 2005 Ashes-winning Michael Vaughan' s team. Flintoff was the England hero in 2005 Ashes-winning and his victory is considered the greatest achievement of recent times. Flintoff said the current team is playing better in every department. He said, " This is a better side than the one we had in 2005. The strength of it and the depth is incredible. In 2005 we had 11 players who had a memorable few weeks and played at their best for a period, but we never played together again ." Flintoff who retired due to injuries since the Ashes in 2009 said that the current team is very strong. He said, " this team is very strong. We've seen them replace players without blinking and it has made no difference to the performance and that has been happening for a while now. They are the best in the world. Not just in r

India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh will not play third Test due to injury. Batsman Virat Kohli and left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has been called in the third Test match. In the absence of Harbhajan, leg-spinner Amit Mishra or Pragyan Ojha might get a chance in the third Test. Indian team management has reported today that it takes 10 to 12 days to recover from Harbhajan's injury. Harbhajan has been battling from poor form at this time. In addition, due to a shoulder injury of Virender Sehwag, who missed the first two Tests. He will play in the third Test. India's hopes now pinned on Virender Sehwag.

Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha to play for English county Surrey to gain experience in the lean domestic season. Ojha has been granted permission by the BCCI to play for English county Surrey and his debut for Surrey against Northamptonshire on 15 August. Ojha said " With not much cricket around for me at the moment, I thought it would be best if I could utilise the time by playing some county cricket in England.It will be a huge challenge for me to play on pitches in England that are not spinner-friendly. I am really looking forward to gaining experience in those conditions " In England Ojha has represented India in the World Twenty20 in 2009.

The former India Test spinner Murali Kartik will delay to take a decision on his Somerset future untill the end of the season – when he will take into consideration both his physical condition & his family. Murali Kartik plays for Pune Warriors in IPL, and for Railways in the Ranji Trophy. Kartik said : " Even after the IPL, I hardly had any time, and within five days I was here playing a game. I haven't thought about it yet, but I will go back and immediately get into another season, so I have to look at things. "I also have to consider my family equations. My wife doesn't seem very happy to lock her house every year and come back, but that's one of those things we will have to take into account. "But I have absolutely enjoyed it here – the fact I am playing for a side which is up there with the best in the country, and the fact you don't have easy days, is why you are playing cricket. "You want to be competitive at all times

Kolkata, 2 Aug 2011 Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly 's restaurant "Sourav's The Food Pavilion" in the posh Park Street has shut down. The five-storeyed restaurant-cum-lounge bar was launched in 2004. Acoording to sources the restaurant had to close due to loss in business while other nearby outlets were earning good. Ganguly's elder brother Snehasish said, however it was a commercial decision because they were both quite busy and had no time for restaurant.

Sri Lanka's Fast Bowler Lasith Malinga's ruled out from the two Twenty20 international matches against Australia due to back injury. Australia's Twenty20 squad will arrive in Sri Lanka on Sunday. Match will be played on 6 and 8th of August. After then, The five-match ODI series will be start from 10th of August. Sri Lanka's Twenty20 squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews (vice captain), Dinesh Chandimal, Dilruwan Perera, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Dhammika Prasad, Ajantha Mendis, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chamara Silva, Rangana Herath and Shaminda Eranga.