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Nottingham, Saturday, 30 July 2011 India's medium-pacer Praveen Kumar , was fined 20 per cent of his match fee for abusing the umpire in the first day of the second Test against England . This happened in England's first innings during 18th over. Praveen appeal lbw strongly against England's star batsman Kevin Pietersen but the appeal was rejected by the South African umpire Marais Erasmus . Praveen angry to blows with the umpire. ICC has been fined 20 percent of his match fee.

Pakistani selectors announced Pakistan Playing Squad for Zimbabwe tour and included three Fresh players in the squad on Thursday. The selectors decided to take rest for leading pace bowlers Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Tanvir Ahmed & Spinner Abdul Rehman for the Zimbabwe tour includes just one Test, three ODI's and a T20 match. Selectors have recalled Fast bowlers Sohail Tanvir and Sohail Khan and retained Junaid Khan and Aizaz Cheema. Cheema was dropped after being declared unfit in previous tour of the West Indies. Chief selector Mohsin Khan said " We have decided to give the players who have done well in domestic cricket a chance to play in the national to see how they adjust to the top level. " Khan made clear that senior players had been rested for the coming tour against Sri Lanka and England later in the year. Batsman Rameez Raja jr and leg spinner Yasir Shah and opener Imran Farhat has been recalled. Pakistan Squad: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Imran...

Batsman Wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu to play his first appearance after being in the Zimbabwe XI squad for the three day warm up match starting on Saturday against Bangladesh. Taibu was suffered a thumb injury during pre-season training in world cup 2011. He is one of the most experienced players in the Zimbabwean Cricket team and his return would be a major boost for his team. Alistair Campbell The chairman of selectors said: “ Obviously it’s good that Taibu is back in the Squad with full fitness and he’ll be looking forward to playing well."

Shoaib Akhtar Former Pakistan fast bowler, will be seen in action later this week during an invitational T20 event in Singapore.The T20 event is being organized at the Singapore cricket club . Imran Farhat , Pakistan opener and some other Pakistani players to take part in the T20 event that will also feature leading players from various countries. Shoaib Akhtar who announced his retirement after the World Cup 2011 reported tiff with the Pakistan team management over disciplinary issues. Shoaib Akhtar had said in June that he wanted to focus more on his business rather than cricket that is why he had also pulled out of the SPL (Sri Lanka Premier League)2011.

Today here in Sydney Cricket Australia launched the upcoming KFC T20 Big Bash League in a sparkling night. All eight franchises unveiled their uniforms and captains for the Big Bash Twenty 20 League The captains are: * Brisbane Heat – James Hopes * Adelaide Strikers – Michael Klinger * Hobart Hurricanes – Tim Paine * Melbourne Stars - Cameron White * Melbourne Renegades – Andrew McDonald * Perth Scorchers – Marcus North * Sydney Thunder – David Warner * Sydney Sixers – Brad Haddin KFC Big Bash Twenty 20 League competition will begin on 16 December with a clash between the Brisbane Heat and the Sydney Sixers at the SCG The semi finals will be held on January 21 (1st vs 4th) and January 22 (2nd vs3rd) and the very first KFC T20 Big Bash League final will held on January 28 .

Andrew Strauss , England cricket Team captain believes his side will become the world number one in Test cricket. After beating India by 196 runs at Lords in 1st Test, Now England has 1-0 lead in the 4 Test match series. According to the Daily Telegraph Strauss was quoted as saying " To be number one you have to grab your opportunities and I think we did that very well in this game, It's the first of a four-match series but we've demonstrated that when we play well we're a match for anyone. Now we just have to play well again." He added " We are aware that this is just the opening salvo in the series, but Lord's is a hard wicket as the game goes on and the performance was outstanding "

Sydney July 26, 2011 Today on Tuesday Australia announced the following squad for 3 Tests Match Series against Sri Lanka in September. Squad - Michael Clarke (Captain), Ricky Ponting, Michael Beer, Brad Haddin, Shane Watson, Ryan Harris, Trent Copeland, Michael Hussey, Phillip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, Nathan Lyon, Peter Siddle, Usman Khawaja, James Pattinson.

London, Monday, July 25, 2011 Former England captain Nasser Hussain described Indian cricket team as the tired players. He said that the England team can win the current test series against India Hussain, said it seemed clear that the India team was very tired and for this reason England team beat them in the series.

Former Australian Test opener Matthew Hayden signs with Brisbane Heat in Big Bash Twenty20 League In 2009 Hayden was retired from international cricket with 103-Test in his career, he played last in the 2010 for Chennai SuperKings in Indian Premier League. Darren Lehmann coach of Brisbane Heat said " the 39-year-old was ready to return and make a splash in this summer's revamped domestic Twenty20 competition. " Lehmann said that Hayden was happy to do to take part in the Big Bash Twenty20 League . One of the most explosive batsmen in international cricket, Hayden played only nine Twenty20 internationals for Australia in his career. His averaged 43.80 with 10 centuries and 36 half centuries in a 161-match ODI career. He will likely form an opening partnership with Brendon McCullum New Zealand international player. The Big Bash Twenty20 League begins in late December.

London, Wednesday, July 23, 2011 Rahul dravid on Saturday here at Lords against England at 1st test became the second batsmen for most runs in test cricket and the way he left behind Australia Ricky Ponting . Dravid Scored 12364 in his test carrer so far. While Sachin's name are recorded on it the first in test cricket