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  • Banned Pak cricketer Mohd Asif yet to give consent to PCBs anti-corruption rehab program

    Pakistan's banned fast-bowler, Mohammad Asif, is yet to give his consent with regards to taking part in the anti-corruption rehabilitation program of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Following the Court of Arbitration's (CAS) decision to reject appeals of Asif and Salman Butt against their bans, the International Cricket Council (ICC) urged them to take part in a rehabilitation process, and ...

  • BCCI probe chief assures Delhi Police of all cooperation in investigations

    BCCI chief probe officer, Ravi Sawani met the Delhi police Commissioner and assured of all cooperation in the cricket scam investigation and requests the Indian Franchise, to which the players belong to file a police report on Monday. Board of Control for Cricket in India's chief probe officer, Ravi Sawani met Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar and assured him of all cooperation in the ...

  • PCB chief assures complete cooperation to curb cricket corruption

    Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has assured that the board will put its best efforts to eradicate cricket corruption. A preliminary report by police in India has proved that Karachi is one of the hubs for corrupt practices in the game, apart from Mumbai, Delhi and Dubai, the Dawn reports. Ashraf claimed that PCB will extend its support to any country wanting to curb ...

  • Pak media says team to experience lack of warmth in Champions Trophy with Guls absence

    Pakistan cricketer Umar Gul's absence from the ICC Champions Trophy squad due to the knee surgery is a big blow for Pakistan given his love for major tournaments, English conditions and, lately, digging his team out of trouble with the bat, according to the Pakistani media. According to The Dawn, although Gul's form has always been patchy and his wickets record inconsistent but it is his ...

  • Irish cricketers could be heading to Pakistan Irish cricketers could be heading to Pakistan

    Ireland has given hope of reviving international cricket in Pakistan after it reportedly agreed to consider visiting the country to reciprocate Pakistan's one-day international (ODI) tour of Ireland. At a time when all the Test playing nations have written-off touring Pakistan, the International Cricket Council's (ICC) associate member Cricket Ireland (CI) gave a positive response on that ...

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  • Kenilworth Cricket Club fights back after $27k theft

    KENILWORTH cricketers have reached deep into their own pockets after a $27,000 theft threatened to destroy the historic club. The cricket club, based on Greenhill Rd in the south parklands for more than 100 years, was on the verge of folding after its former treasurer, Christine Jean Hamann, 33, of Rostrevor, stole the money over a three-year period to feed a gambling habit. Kenilworth's new ...

  • Pietersen may not be fit for Ashes series

    Bowling coach David Saker says Kevin Pietersen is facing a race against time to be fit for the Ashes series.England's star batsman has been out of action since March with a knee injury and has already been ruled out of his country's home Test series against New Zealand and the ICC Champions Trophy.It was thought the 32-year-old - who has scored 7,499 runs in 94 Test matches - would be ...

  • Mind-blowing skills make James Anderson best in the world

    Jimmy Anderson was described yesterday as the most skilful fast bowler in the world. If it is a verdict at odds with the official ratings, does not strictly tally with the bald statistics and would elicit howls of outrage from the supporters of at least two South Africans, it is also a proposition to be seriously ...

  • Dubai teen Shorye Chopra scores a hat-trick of cricket awards

    Dubai 16-year-old Shorye Chopra, left, accepts an award as top junior cricketer and a handshake from former Pakistan international player Zaheer Abbas, centre, as Shyam Bhatia looks ...

  • Doubts over KP Ashes return

    Kevin Pietersen and England are still unsure whether he will be fully recovered from his knee injury in time for the start of this summer's Ashes.Pietersen has not played cricket since pulling out of the Auckland Test against New Zealand in March with bone bruising behind his right knee - an injury he first suffered during a training week in Queenstown before that three-match series. ...

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