The Schedule of 2011 World Cup will be announced by International Cricket Council (ICC) on November 9th 2009. ICC also announced that Bangladesh will host the opening ceremony on February 17 2011 and the World Cup 2011 will start on February 19 2011. ICC had set the Central Organizing Committee (COC) that has decided...
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ICC World T20 XI: Indian Players find No place
Indian cricketers have failed to find a place in the World Twenty20 squad released by ICC in London on Monday. The squad consists of four Pakistan, three Sri Lanka, three South Africa and two West Indies players. Member of Team India, who failed miserably in the T20 world championship, could not find a place...
Indian Team for West Indies Tour
After Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan, Suresh Raina was not considered for the West Indies tour because of a thumb injury and Irfan Pathan was left out of the squad announced by BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan. Ashish Nehra made a comeback after four years as national selectors on Wednesday announced a 16-member squad for...
Modi said IPL will be expanded to 10 Teams by 2011
Lalit Modi, the Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Premier League said the eight-team tournament will be expanded to 10 teams in 2011. Mr. Modi also said the IPL will be back in India next year and the cramped International Cricket Council (ICC) schedule does not leave any room for the possibility of a...
No World Cup in Pakistan – ICC
International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday said Pakistan would not host 2011 World Cup matches because of security concerns. After ICC’s announcement Pakistan’s future as an international cricket destination hits a dead end just two years before the World Cup is to be played in the sub-continent. The decision to strip Pakistan of World...
Aussies Slip to 3rd place
The World Cup champions Australia slipped to third place in the one-day rankings on Wednesday, their lowest since the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced ratings in October 2002. On Monday Australia collapsed to their seventh defeat in nine matches against top-ranked South Africa this year and now lies third in the rankings behind India....
Laxman, Gambir on top 20
Indian batsman VVS Laxman returned to the top-20 of the ICC Rankings, up six places to 15th in the latest list, after playing on the match-saving hundred against the Kiwis in second test at Napier. In the rankings for Test bowlers, Indian pacer Ishant Sharma’s 3-95 in the drawn match helped him leapfrog Jacques...
Bucknor Retires
The 62-year-old Jamaican, who stood in a record 128 Tests, ended his 20-year career with the final Test between South Africa and Australia at Newlands in Cape Town. “His endurance is testament to discipline and consistency – two characteristics to which all in cricket should aspire,” said Haroon Lorgat, the ICC’s chief executive. “On...
