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Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will be eligible to play in the fifth and final one-day international against South Africa on Oct. 29, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday.The board’s disciplinary committee on Thursday imposed a 13-match ban and 3.4 million rupees ($56,000) fine on Shoaib for four misconduct charges, including hitting team [...]

Big three rested for Challenger series : Selectors

India’s top three cricketers – Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid – will not take part in the upcoming NKP Salve Challenger Trophy with the selectors deciding to rest them in view of the busy schedule ahead. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and Irfan Pathan have also been rested from the tournament to be [...]

Symonds racially abused in India say Australian cricket officials

Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds was racially abused with monkey chants during his side’s one-day win over India in Vadodara, Cricket Australia said Friday.Cricket Australia said the national side’s only black player complained about the noises made by some sections of the crowd as he fielded near the boundary during Thursday’s victory.
A Cricket Australia spokesman said [...]

Symonds racially abused in India say Australian cricket officials

Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds was racially abused with monkey chants during his side’s one-day win over India in Vadodara, Cricket Australia said Friday.Cricket Australia said the national side’s only black player complained about the noises made by some sections of the crowd as he fielded near the boundary during Thursday’s victory.
A Cricket Australia spokesman said [...]

Arlan Konwar quits ICL, returns to BCCI fold

Assam spinner Arlan Konwar, who had signed for rebel Indian Cricket League, on Thursday announced his return to the fold of BCCI.
“I had signed up for Rs 60 lakh for two years with the ICL with a hope that I will get a chance to play alongside greats such as Shane Warne and Glen Mcgrath, [...]

Kevin Pietersen is desperate for a break in play

The morning after what Kevin Pietersen described as the best one-day performance since he joined the squad three years ago seemed a strange time to be talking about a rest from international duty. But this thorniest of issues has been thrust back on to the agenda by Hugh Morris only a week into his new [...]

Mills: Players told don’t sign IPL contracts

Heath Mills has slammed the Indian Premier League contracts placed under the noses of Daniel Vettori and Scott Styris as “the worst contracts I’ve seen in professional sport”.
The New Zealand pair were announced by the IPL as new signings this week but Mills, the New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association boss, revealed yesterday that only [...]

Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar fined and suspended for 13 international matches

 The Pakistan Cricket Board has suspended fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for 13 international matches for four breaches of discipline that included hitting teammate Mohammed Asif with a bat in South Africa last month.Akhtar was also fined 3.4 million rupees (C$84,510), Shafqat Naghmi, the board’s chief operating officer and chairman of the disciplinary committee, said after [...]

Twenty20 World Cup Win The Best Day In My Cricketing Life, Says Indian Spinner Harbhajan Singh

India spinner Harbhajan Singh has revealed that winning the inaugural World Twenty20 tournament in South Africa was the best cricketing experience of his career.
Reflecting on his part in India’s triumph, Harbhajan tells the November issue of The Wisden Cricketer magazine, “I couldn’t ask to be part of anything better. The game is going to be [...]

Cook’s work of art as England seal historic series win

Alastair Coook, battling to prove he belongs in the one-day arena, inched England painstakingly to a rare sub-continental triumph yesterday when he ensured they could again win ugly in the most trying of conditions.
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder then England will look back on this understated but hugely creditable venture as [...]