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xx Bangladesh's Raqibul Hasan retires
Today at 05:30:22 PM by Blwe_torch
Bangladesh's Raqibul Hasan retires


DHAKA: In a shock move, Bangladesh's young middle order batsman Raqibul Hasan has retired from all forms of cricket ahead of the country's first Test match against England, an official said on Wednesday.

Hasan, 22, hit an unbeaten century and a half century in the three-day practice match against England and was a certainty against the visitors in the first Test match beginning in Chittagong on Friday.

"He wrote a letter to us this morning, withdrawing himself from the Test series against England. He also announced his retirement from all forms of cricket," Bangladesh Cricket Board director Jalal Yunus said.

"It has stunned us. He is a brilliant cricketer and played two superb knocks against England just days back. Coach Jamie Siddons and Raqibul's parents tried to change his mind. But he is adamant," he said.

Hasan made Test and One-day debuts in 2008 and has played seven Test matches and 41 One-Day Internationals. He is the only player in the Bangladeshi team to have hit a triple century in first class cricket.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Bangladeshs-Raqibul-Hasan-retires/articleshow/5668820.cms
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xx Lalit Modi targeted by Dawood Ibrahim
Today at 01:06:08 PM by ஓஓஓஓஓ
Missed this in the news when it transpired. Gathered from wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalit_Modi

Towards the end of March 2009 the Mumbai police were interrogating underworld don Chota Shakeel's arrested hit man Rashid Malabari and during the interrogation he had revealed that there were planning to assassinate cricket chief Lalit Modi, his wife Minal and son Ruchir. This was cross referenced by an government intelligence agency picked up a phone conversation between Chota Shakeel and his boss Dawood Ibrahim instructing him to hire 4 assassins to assassinate Modi and his family either in South Africa or in India. Also electronic surveillance records intercepted by Intelligence Bureau indicate that Chhota Shakeel has asked his shooters to target Modi in Mumbai or South Africa. "Usko khatam kar do India ya South Africa mein," is the diktat. The reason for this threat is that Modi banned Pakistani cricket players to take place in IPL 2. Lalit Modi has been provided with armed police men guarding his house whether or not he is at home, he has also been provided a non-category police security cover while he is out of the gates of his house which include multiple 24 hour armed cops and a government escort car following. But his wife Minal and Son Ruchir will only have 1 armed cop with them while they are out of their house. Modi also has his own personal security guarding his house 24 hours a day and has personal bodyguards who are employed by Modi himself guarding him, his wife and his son at all times. It is also known to be said that the IPL's security agency's have beefed up security around Modi at all times. Bob Nicholls co-owner of one of the IPL's security agency Nicholls and Styne has conformed that private security around Modi has been increased and tightened. He has also conformed that the Indian Government is providing high police protection around Modi even if he is out of India. It is also known that Lalit Modi's children, Ruchir and Aliya travel around with a convoy of 2-4 cars at a time, this has been noticed at the American School of Bombay in Bandra Kurla Complex. While Ruchir enters or exits his school a team of 5 bodyguards which of 2 are armed police officials, and 3 are private bodyguards - 2 of them are men in black suits and the other 1 is in different clothing follow him in. It is known that Lalit Modi's Bungalow in Juhu has extremely high security. According to sources he has around 10-15 security personal roaming around his house 24 hours a day. Outside Modi's front gate there are around 2-3 private security personal scanning the area and questioning every by passer 24 hours a day. On 19th Dec 2009 Modi's house in Mumbai caught fire and burnt down officially reported to be due to a short circuit. Police are still investigating to see if any foul play caused this major fire.
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xx PCB impose lifetime ban on Yousuf and Younis
Today at 07:20:04 AM by Blwe_torch
PCB impose lifetime ban on Yousuf and Younis


NEW DELHI: Taking action on the players' poor performance on the recent Australian tour, Pakistan Cricket Board imposed life bans on former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan.

Another former captain Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved were banned for a year and all-rounder Shahid Afridi has been fined for involvement in ball tampering.

The probe was carried out after open rebellion by several players during the Australian tour.

Both brothers Kamran and Umar Akmal have been put on probation for six months.

Earlier, the PCB inquiry committee had recommended disciplinary action against five players including former captain Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi.

The captain, coach and the manager on the Australian tour had reported Malik and Rana for misbehavior and not cooperating with the management.

He said the inquiry committee had also advised the Board to make no compromise on discipline and not select any player who was found guilty of violating the code of conduct.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/PCB-impose-lifetime-ban-on-Yousuf-and-Younis/articleshow/5666768.cms
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xx New York waalon ...meet up?
Today at 07:15:08 AM by keep-it-cool
I'll be in NY on March 21, 22 & 23 and possibly on March 27, 28, 29 & 30 (flying out) as well. Anyone interested in meeting up?
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xx IPL 3 - predictions
Today at 06:13:18 AM by winningnow
My predicted (not necessarily the ones I am rooting for) semifinalists..

Bangalore
Delhi
Mumbai
KKR

Winner
Delhi


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Your predictions?
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xx Great Expectations for Cricket
Today at 03:23:33 AM by teamindia
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703936804575107864187977040.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter

At a time when some of Europe's leading football teams are on the brink of bankruptcy, when golf is battling to survive without its leading light, and the threat of a labor stoppage looms over the National Football League, sports administrators could be forgiven for doing their best to damp expectations.

Not so Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi.

Less than a week before the Deccan Chargers start the defense of their trophy against the Kolkatta Knight Riders in the third IPL season, the most powerful—and polarizing—figure in cricket has outlined his plan to make the tournament the most-watched sporting event on the planet. "Our objective is to be the single largest sporting league in the world, and we have an opportunity to get there," Mr. Modi says.

Such ambitious talk is at odds with the air of quiet reservation traditionally associated with this quintessential English game.

But then Mr. Modi, 46 years old, has shaken cricket from top to bottom since he and his colleagues took control of the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), the sport's national governing body, in 2005.

Reorganizing the sport along business lines, he negotiated record sponsorship and broadcast deals for the India national team. Three years later, he launched IPL: an enterprising league with deep pockets that has left the cricket establishment agog and has taken the commercialization of sport to a new level.

Bringing together Bollywood, big business and Twenty20—a short version of cricket in which each team bowls 20 overs (sets of six balls) and matches last about three hours—the IPL has drawn thousands of frenzied supporters, attracted millions of dollars of television advertising and handed an elite band of international players previously unheard-of riches.

In short, he has transformed the way cricket is played and watched around the world.

Fresh evidence of the IPL's money-spinning potential should have been provided in Mumbai yesterday with the proposed unveiling of two new franchises for the eight-team league, recently valued at $2 billion by Brand Finance UK.

Yet the star-studded event fell flat as organizers were forced to scrap the existing tender procedure after bidders objected to stringent financial demands—notably, a clause requiring each prospective owner to have a net worth of $1 billion.

After weeks of hype leading up to the announcement, the low-key response—under the demanding criteria, only three bidders showed interest—was something of a letdown. Yet Mr. Modi sees no let-up in cricket's commercial revolution.

"There are 1.2 billion people in India who eat, drink, live and breathe cricket, so we've got that advantage—the sheer numbers in our country.

"If those numbers of people are watching, then advertisers will follow, and [the IPL] will continue to grow. It will take us a few years to get to the level of the top sports leagues in the world—they've been there a long time and have built huge fan bases—but we've got numbers on our side."

If India's cricket-mad population lends a certain logic to Mr. Modi's global plans, that isn't the limit of his ambition.

In January, the IPL announced a deal with YouTube to stream live games free in every country except the U.S. (Willow TV holds the North America internet rights), making it the first major sporting event to be streamed across the globe.

Last week, Mr. Modi agreed to a deal with U.K. network-TV station ITV to air each of the six-week tournament's 60 matches, the first time live cricket has been broadcast on free-to-air TV in Britain since 2005.

Now he wants to knock soccer off its perch as the world's game.

"It's important for us to make sure that the product is available globally. Last year we were averaging 90-odd million eyeballs. But this year, we've got some great new partners, and we're hoping to hit 150 million eyeballs a day. With YouTube, it allows us to go in and make sure that anybody in the world is able to watch the game of cricket. We want to be the largest sporting event in the world."

Properly marketed, Mr. Modi believes Twenty20 cricket can take over the world—including the U.S.

"Obviously the U.S. market is more focused on American sports now, but I think Twenty20, with its three-hour format, lends itself to new markets," says Mr. Modi, who expects to stage IPL matches in the country by next year. "It's a very explosive game, there's always action all the time and the fortunes of a team change with every ball. That becomes extremely important from a viewership point of view and also from an excitement point of view."

The powerhouse franchises of U.S. sport aren't likely to be hit by cricket just yet. Though the sport has been played in the U.S. since the days of George Washington—himself a keen player—cricket has never managed to establish a significant foothold in the country.

But Mr. Modi is convinced the IPL can crack the American market —which includes roughly three million Asian Indians, according to the last census—and has a history of coming good on his ambitious pronouncements. Before he launched the IPL in 2008, Mr. Modi boldly claimed he could get $1 billion for 10 years' worth of TV rights for his new tournament—then did.

This aggressive brand of sports capitalism has drawn charges that Mr. Modi has sold the sport's soul. In particular, purists fear for the future of Test cricket, the longest, highest form of the game that unfolds over five days, which has seen a marked decline in TV viewing outside of the U.K. and Australia.

Commenting on these criticisms, Mr. Modi is adamant the IPL's success is "growing the pie" for the sport as a whole. He remains marketing director of the BCCI, which is responsible for India's Test and One-Day (a medium-length format comprising 50 overs a side) teams and says both have a future, although he expects Twenty20 to become the dominant format of the sport.

"I think Test cricket will always be the pinnacle of all forms of cricket in terms of skill, and people will continue to watch that, although we must tweak it to make it more convenient to watch," he says, adding that the introduction of day-night was behind the explosion of popularity in Twenty20.

Yet Mr. Modi is less certain about the future of club cricket outside the IPL. Now that India is firmly established as the most lucrative market, the world's top players—who can make up to $200,000 for a fortnight's work in the IPL, as opposed to roughly £40,000-a-year in England's County Championship—are likely to gravitate toward the sub-continent.

With sponsors and advertisers sure to follow, administrators in England especially are haunted by the prospect of the IPL becoming cricket's equivalent of the National Basketball Association—the only club league of consequence and the inevitable destination for all the world's top stars.

To be like the NBA "is our aim and that's what we hope to achieve," Mr. Modi says.
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xx Photo - Mitchell "Butt" Johnson
Yesterday at 06:27:30 PM by ruchir


from: cricinfo
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xx SRT : Most influential Sports Person in India
Yesterday at 03:58:28 PM by vincent

Sachin named most influential person in Indian sports________________________________________

Mumbai, Mar 9 (PTI) Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has been named as the most influential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated Power list.

The top 50 rates Tendulkar as the number one influencer in India, followed closely by IPL Chairman Lalit Modi at second spot and liquor baron Dr Vijay Mallya in third.

Union Agriculture Minister and President elect, ICC Sharad Pawar, Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and BCCI president Shashank Manohar are fourth, fifth and sixth on the list respectively.

Some of the names in 50 most influential people in Indian sports including Tendulkar, tennis ace Sania Mirza (50th on the list), Beijing Olympics gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra (41st), Churchill Brothers Team owner Churchill Alemao (48th), Dempo Sports Team owner Shrinivas Dempo (49) were felicitated during a function here late last night.

http://www.ptinews.com/news/555286_Sachin-named-most-influential-person-in-Indian-sports



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xx Kapil Dev inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
Yesterday at 02:35:57 PM by Blwe_torch
Kapil Dev inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
PTI, Mar 9, 2010, 03.05pm IST

DUBAI: Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev, who led India to their only ODI World Cup triumph in 1983, was on Tuesday inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame.

A commemorative cap was presented to Kapil by ICC President David Morgan, in front of fellow Hall of Famer Clive Lloyd, as well as an audience of ICC officials and other invited guests at the governing body's headquarters here.

The Hall of Fame, run in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), recognises some of the legends of the game.

"I am proud and happy to have been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame and it's amazing to think that I have been picked as one of the greats of Indian cricket," Kapil said.

"I am delighted to have been named alongside so many great players of the game but for me, when I was growing up, the man I always looked up to was Sunil Gavaskar from the moment I started playing cricket. Now to be named also alongside greats of the game such as Clive Lloyd, Richard Hadlee and Wasim Akram it truly fantastic," he said.

Born on January 6, 1959 in Chandigarh, Kapil played in 131 Test matches and 225 ODIs in an international career that spanned 16 years.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Kapil-Dev-inducted-into-ICC-Hall-of-Fame/articleshow/5662978.cms
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xx Afridi eating and smelling the ball, and getting Hitler depressed !!!
March 08, 2010, 11:14:14 PM by ruchir
Eating:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/VOK0cEqgcQU&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/VOK0cEqgcQU&rel=0</a>


Smelling:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/gOQo36HENrM&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/gOQo36HENrM&rel=0</a>


As covered by Aaj-Tak:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSc8Mip0x80&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/zSc8Mip0x80&rel=0</a>


Even Hitler was depressed:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/-H-ChtMPA2w&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/-H-ChtMPA2w&rel=0</a>


PAK Fan is depressed:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Tf7gqtEqeI&rel=0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/2Tf7gqtEqeI&rel=0</a>
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  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/hampshire/8342467.stm" target="_blank"Jones starts Hants comeback bid/abr /b4 November 2009, 2:40 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Jones starts Hants comeback bidbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46156000/jpg/_46156298_simon_jones_get.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Jones was released by Worcestershire in July 2009br /br /New Hampshire signing Simon Jones has refused to set a domestic comeback date for his new county.The England bowler started a rehab programme this week after missing the 2009 season with a knee injury. br /br /Jones has undergone five operations on his knee and suffered two ...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=BhpIaZgGyME:ReF9ZHadT2M:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=BhpIaZgGyME:ReF9ZHadT2M:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=BhpIaZgGyME:ReF9ZHadT2M:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=BhpIaZgGyME:ReF9ZHadT2M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=BhpIaZgGyME:ReF9ZHadT2M:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=BhpIaZgGyME:ReF9ZHadT2M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=BhpIaZgGyME:ReF9ZHadT2M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=BhpIaZgGyME:ReF9ZHadT2M:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/BhpIaZgGyME" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/8342024.stm" target="_blank"India tries to defuse cricket row/abr /b4 November 2009, 11:19 am/bbr /br /br /br /India tries to defuse cricket rowbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46665000/jpg/_46665519_chidambaram_getty226.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Mr Chidambaram said he had raised the issue with the defence ministerbr /br /An apology from the armed forces for withdrawing from a cricket tournament in Indian-controlled Kashmir should be accepted, the home minister says.P Chidambaram said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should fix fresh dates for the matches. br /br /Off...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jmL5RMnBHVc:zliz3wOEqGU:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jmL5RMnBHVc:zliz3wOEqGU:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jmL5RMnBHVc:zliz3wOEqGU:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=jmL5RMnBHVc:zliz3wOEqGU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jmL5RMnBHVc:zliz3wOEqGU:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jmL5RMnBHVc:zliz3wOEqGU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=jmL5RMnBHVc:zliz3wOEqGU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=jmL5RMnBHVc:zliz3wOEqGU:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/jmL5RMnBHVc" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/8338389.stm" target="_blank"Pakistan make short work of Kiwis/abr /b3 November 2009, 6:37 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Pakistan make short work of Kiwisbr /br /First one-day international, Abu Dhabi (Sheikh Zahed Stadium): Pakistan 287-9 beat New Zealand 149 by 138 runsbr /br /Match scorecardbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46663000/jpg/_46663080_gul226i.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Gul's two wickets got the ball rolling for Pakistanbr /br /Explosive batting from Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal helped Pakistan establish a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand.Playing at their adop...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=qbYYLnog3Lk:BWgVJVmWZ34:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=qbYYLnog3Lk:BWgVJVmWZ34:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=qbYYLnog3Lk:BWgVJVmWZ34:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=qbYYLnog3Lk:BWgVJVmWZ34:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=qbYYLnog3Lk:BWgVJVmWZ34:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=qbYYLnog3Lk:BWgVJVmWZ34:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=qbYYLnog3Lk:BWgVJVmWZ34:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=qbYYLnog3Lk:BWgVJVmWZ34:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/qbYYLnog3Lk" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/8341206.stm" target="_blank"Ireland aiming to join ICC elite/abr /b3 November 2009, 5:53 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Ireland aiming to join ICC elitebr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46663000/jpg/_46663014_deutrom_226.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Warren Deutrom says Ireland face a lot of workbr /br /Ireland have revealed plans to apply to become full members of the International Cricket Council.If successful, they would be the 11th full member nation and the first to step up from associate status since Bangladesh in 2000. br /br /It could eventually pave the way for Ireland to play at Test mat...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=HJyfQlWCLGA:_qmFD0mD0Vs:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=HJyfQlWCLGA:_qmFD0mD0Vs:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=HJyfQlWCLGA:_qmFD0mD0Vs:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=HJyfQlWCLGA:_qmFD0mD0Vs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=HJyfQlWCLGA:_qmFD0mD0Vs:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=HJyfQlWCLGA:_qmFD0mD0Vs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=HJyfQlWCLGA:_qmFD0mD0Vs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=HJyfQlWCLGA:_qmFD0mD0Vs:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/HJyfQlWCLGA" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/worldservice/programmes/2009/11/091102_chiinese_cricket.shtml" target="_blank"Chinese women make cricket debut/abr /b3 November 2009, 4:22 pm/bbr /br /China are set to field a women's team at the Asian Gamesbr /br /bSource:/b a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/default.stm" target="_blank"BBC Sport | Cricket | World Edition/abr /br /div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=JWotuVB5ywI:5P9o3r1FlWM:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=JWotuVB5ywI:5P9o3r1FlWM:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=JWotuVB5ywI:5P9o3r1FlWM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=JWotuVB5ywI:5P9o3r1FlWM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=JWotuVB5ywI:5P9o3r1FlWM:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=JWotuVB5ywI:5P9o3r1FlWM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=JWotuVB5ywI:5P9o3r1FlWM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=JWotuVB5ywI:5P9o3r1FlWM:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/JWotuVB5ywI" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8340720.stm" target="_blank"England take look at Kieswetter/abr /b3 November 2009, 4:13 pm/bbr /br /br /br /England take look at Kieswetterbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46661000/jpg/_46661994_craig_282.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Kieswetter has impressed with bat and gloves for Somersetbr /br /Somerset wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter has been called into the England performance programme despite not being qualified for his adopted country.Kieswetter was born in South Africa and represented them at youth level, but joined Somerset in 2006 and has been touted as a poten...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9NPUosDivXo:t-P19dmd6TY:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9NPUosDivXo:t-P19dmd6TY:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9NPUosDivXo:t-P19dmd6TY:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=9NPUosDivXo:t-P19dmd6TY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9NPUosDivXo:t-P19dmd6TY:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9NPUosDivXo:t-P19dmd6TY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=9NPUosDivXo:t-P19dmd6TY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9NPUosDivXo:t-P19dmd6TY:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/9NPUosDivXo" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/yorkshire/8340405.stm" target="_blank"Vaughan questions Hoggard's exit/abr /b3 November 2009, 4:04 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Vaughan questions Hoggard's exitbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46532000/jpg/_46532714_hoggy_gettycredit226.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Leicestershire and Essex are both chasing Matthew Hoggard's signaturebr /br /Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes Yorkshire should have done more to keep hold of Matthew Hoggard.The fast bowler controversially left Headingley at the end of the season after failing to agree a new deal - and has been linked ...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9YJMPaHdtAw:54YkxkVROhM:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9YJMPaHdtAw:54YkxkVROhM:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9YJMPaHdtAw:54YkxkVROhM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=9YJMPaHdtAw:54YkxkVROhM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9YJMPaHdtAw:54YkxkVROhM:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9YJMPaHdtAw:54YkxkVROhM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=9YJMPaHdtAw:54YkxkVROhM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=9YJMPaHdtAw:54YkxkVROhM:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/9YJMPaHdtAw" height="1" width="1"/

  • a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/8340327.stm" target="_blank"Injured Siddle out of one-dayers/abr /b3 November 2009, 1:33 pm/bbr /br /br /br /Injured Siddle out of one-dayersbr /br /img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46660000/jpg/_46660606_siddle226getty.jpg" alt="" /br /br /Siddle is being taken home as a precaution, insist the Australian campbr /br /Australia's Peter Siddle will miss the last three games of the one-day series against India with a side injury.Paceman Siddle will be sent home after being injured in the series-levelling 24-run win on Monday, in which he bowled just f...div a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=y5zvJ7zx6b4:LpBWXqIckaM:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=y5zvJ7zx6b4:LpBWXqIckaM:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=y5zvJ7zx6b4:LpBWXqIckaM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=y5zvJ7zx6b4:LpBWXqIckaM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=y5zvJ7zx6b4:LpBWXqIckaM:l6gmwiTKsz0"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=y5zvJ7zx6b4:LpBWXqIckaM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?i=y5zvJ7zx6b4:LpBWXqIckaM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?a=y5zvJ7zx6b4:LpBWXqIckaM:TzevzKxY174"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/cricketvoice?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cricketvoice/~4/y5zvJ7zx6b4" height="1" width="1"/