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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.