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Sydney, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 Australia fast bowler Brett Lee believes that Michael Clarke will prove to be a successful captain and believes Former captain Ricky Ponting can play a major role for the team as well as for the Young Players in the Team. Brett Lee, said to the local newspaper in the interview - there is no doubt that Clarke has a good understanding of cricket.he also proved himself while he was Vice-captain of the team. I believe that he will do great work for Australian cricket . Its Not that he became suddenly the candidate of this post,from the last several years he was in monitoring of Ricky Ponting and he was also in the position of vice-captain. Lee said - He understand well the game and team players. He has the respect of team members, So he can play a greater role for the team

Great spin bowler Shane Warne will be included in the ten great players whose bronze statue will be placed out of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Indian Premier League fourth season Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne during the competition has announced his retirement from cricket. 41 years, Warne is reported today on Twitter, " just finished measurement sitting for my statue at the mighty MCG"   Louis Laumen has drawn ten players including Donald Bradman and Dennis Lillee . Warne retired from Test cricket in 2007, he was at that time the world record 145 Test and 708 wickets

New Zealand Players Association has threatened that if last year's Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament prize money owed was not paid soon so his players will not play in the tournament in October. Association chief Heath Mills said after the eight months conclusion of the competition the prize money, close to USD 200,000 , is still pending by the organisers.Mills said the players have lost faith in the tournament. It is an embarrassing situation.

England's great all-rounder Ian Botham's bat will be auctioned next month that he used in the 1981 Ashes series in which he scored 149 not out. It is expected to be sold for £ 2500.

IPL 4 Champions: Chennai Super Kings IPL 4 Final Maximum sixes Award - Murali Vjay IPL 4 Runners Up: Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 4 Third Place: Mumbai Indians IPL 4 Rising Star of the Year: Iqbal Abdulla IPL 4 Best Individual Performance: Paul Valthaty IPL 4 Orange Cap: Chris Gayle IPL 4 Vodafone Star of the Match - MS Dhoni IPL 4 Purple Cap Award: Lasith Malinga IPL 4 Kingfisher Fair Play Award: Chennai Super Kings IPL 4 Maximum Catches in the Tournament: Kieron Pollard IPL 4 Golden Player Award: Chris Gayle IPL 4 Best Pitch and Outfield: Punjab Cricket Association (Mohali) IPL 4 Best inning – Paul Valthaty 119* Runs IPL 4 Final Man of the Match: Murali Vijay IPL 4 Final Karbonn Kamaal Catch - MS Dhoni

Explosive batsman Chris Gayle was out for zero in the final but even many of his best innings in the tournament for his better performance in IPL4, this Caribbean batsmen got " Golden Player Award " of the IPL season 4 Chris Gayle Is the Man of The Series, Tournament and Golden Player Award of this Season of IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Gayle scored 608 runs with the help of two centuries in 12 matches is the highest in the tournament. thus he got a Orange Cap. He received prize money of one million rupees each for the man of the tournament and for Orange Cap. Mumbai Indians fast bowler Malinga received one million for taking the 28 wickets and the Purple Cap Award.

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the second time IPL champions. After beating the royal challengers banglore by 58 runs, Dhoni said both victory are special,the last time we struggled to reach the semifinals but this time we had reached playoff with ease. He said i am also happy that we have also got Fairplay Award . People say that you will have to play hard cricket but we also showed that you can win with Fair Play. Dhoni said in the final Vijay and Michael Hussey got a good start and R. Ashwin's bowling has become easier to win. Vijay and Hussey made 159 runs for the first wicket and while  Ashwin took three wickets. Chennai's captain, praised his bowlers, especially Ashwin. Ashwin bowled really well. He have the best spell, while only two fielders are out of thirty-yard line. Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Daniel Vettori admitted that the toss played a major role but it also disappointed with the performance of his bowlers.

Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament is considered to be a full of endless wealth. IPL is in its final stage and on the night of 28 may the winner will decide. IPL winning team will get prize money of Rs 6 crore and the runners-up will get 3 crore and third-placed team will get prize money of Rs 1 crore 75 lakh .

Indian Cricket Team has been announced for the West Indies Tour. Suresh Raina is the captain of the ODI team and Harbhajan Singh is the vice-captain in west indies tour. Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh will not tour to the West Indies. TamilNadu opener Abhinav Mukund is the new face in the team. Suresh Raina has been appointed captain for ODI series because of Gambhir's shoulder injury and will not be available in the entire tour. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been made vice-captain. Yuvraj Singh will not be available for the whole tour because of lung infection. In ODI and Twenty20 squad, Shikhar Dhawan and Manoj Tiwari have been selected in place of Gambhir and Yuvraj.Indian team Tour will start from 4th June. Test squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), VVS Laxman (vice-captain),Murali Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, S. Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, S. Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel...

Excellent performance for quite some time by Team India's new poster boy Virat Kohli has become a talented young batsman in ODI and Twenty20 format. Now He is ready to prove himself in Test Cricket Matches Indeed. Playing with Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL4, the 22-year-old Kohli said " since from childhood to play Test cricket is my goal.Just to see that when I get a chance, but Test cricket is my goal. "In 2008, Kohli started his international career to represented team India with 54 one-day matches So far, He has done a great performance in the IPL4 . Kohli Said: "I want to play more cricket. My goal is to get a place in the Test team and I am striving for the same. "