Sri Lanka to coach banned spinner Senanayake

Colombo: Sri Lanka`s cricket authorities decided Sunday to send off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake for intense coaching after the International Cricket Council (ICC) ruled his bowling action illegal and banned him from international matches.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said the coaching team was being asked to study reports from the ICC and take corrective action.

Binny's 78 saves first Test for India

Stuart Binny struck a match-saving 78 on his debut as India overcame some anxious moments to manage a draw in the first cricket Test against England here Sunday.

India were in deep trouble midway into the morning session as Virat Kohli (8), Ajinkya Rahane (24) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (11) were dismissed in quick succession with the visiting side 145 runs ahead and just four second innings wicket in hand.

Miandad rubbishes PCB plans of hosting T20 league in Dubai

Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad has rubbished the plans of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to hold its inaugural premier league T20 tournament early next year in Dubai.

India face pace conundrum in English test

It is the first time in over two decades that India will tour England without Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. The last time India were in England for a four-Test series in 2011, they were beaten 0-4 despite Rahul Dravid scoring three Test centuries.

Williamson shifts focus to T20s

Now that the three-match Test series is over, both New Zealand and West Indies are to shift focus towards the Twenty20 matches - the first of which gets underway on Saturday.

Narine looking forward to bowling with Badree and Santokie

West Indies spinner Sunil Narine, who was the pivotal in Kolkata Knight Riders' success in IPL 7, will returnto action against New Zealand when the two teams face each other in the first Twenty20 encounter on Saturday

Ahmed Shezad Hits a Huge Six on Dayle Steyn Repeat

Sethi's decisions against constitution: Miandad

KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain and ex-Director General Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Javed Miandad has questioned the legality of the decisions taken by PCB Chairman Najam Sethi regarding appointment of team officials.
“His appointment is for a short tenure. So Mr Sethi cannot take decisions like the two-year appointment of various officials of the national team,” Miandad told APP on Monday.

Kolkata Hit Back to Limit Royals to 170/6

Rajasthan Royals lost a bit of steam in the middle overs, but still managed to set a challenging target of 171 for Kolkata Knight Riders in their first IPL 7 match at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera on Monday.

Moin to serve as chief selector and manager: PCB

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former captain and coach Moin Khan as chief selector and Zaheer Abbas as adviser to the chairman.
Khan was the coach and Abbas was the batting consultant of the teams which recently could not defend its Asia Cup title and also could not make it to the semifinals of World Twenty20.
The PCB says in a statement on Monday that Khan will also be the team manager, with permission from his employer, Pakistan International Airlines.

Blow to Delhi, KP Out; Karthik to Lead

Delhi Daredevils suffered a big jolt ahead of their IPL campaign as captain Kevin Pietersen was Wednesday ruled out of their opening match against Royal Challengers Bangalore Thursday due to a finger injury.     
Pietersen, who was bought by Daredevils for USD 1.5 million (Rs 9 crore), had sustained an injury on his right hand little finger during fielding drills with Surrey at The Oval last month.  

I cannot work with players punished for fixing: Latif

KARACHI: Former Pakistan cricket captain Rashid Latif said on Tuesday he turned down the job of national chief selector because he could not work with ex-players tainted by corruption.
The 45-year-old, who famously blew the whistle on match-fixing in 1994 and 1995, last week refused to take up the chief selector's post with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Corruption, match-fixing and spot-fixing allegations have dogged Pakistani cricket for two decades and Latif said he could not work with tarnished ex-pros.
“I have my principles, which do not allow me to work with players who were punished for match-fixing in the past,” Latif told AFP.

Six Pakistan-India series on the cards

Pakistan is hoping to play at least six series against India as part of a deal apparently struck at the recently concluded International Cricket Council (ICC) Board Meeting, a report by Cricinfo says.
Pakistan cricket chief Najam Sethi said on Friday his country will get eight years of series, including archrivals India, earning $300 million, after agreeing to the revamp of the game's governing body.
Pakistan had opposed changes to the International Cricket Council (ICC) which hand the majority of powers and revenues to the “big three” of international cricket, India, Australia and England.
The suggested reforms were approved by majority (eight out of 10 countries in favour) at the ICC Board meeting in February, during which Pakistan and Sri Lanka abstained from voting.

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In-form Pakistan are seeking to build on their recent thrilling one-day triumph in South Africa when they take on dangerous but rusty Sri Lanka in a five-match series starting in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.

Ashes 2013-14: Michael Clarke wants 5-0 Australia whitewash

Australia captain Michael Clarke says he is aiming to whitewash England and eventually become the best team in the world following their Ashes success.
Australia won the Ashes for the first time since 2007 with a 150-run victory in the third Test in Perth that put them 3-0 up with two matches to play.