Cricket
Friday, 16 September 2011 04:40
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand paceman Hamish Bennett will miss the Black Caps' tour of Zimbabwe due to a back injury, New Zealand Cricket director John Buchanan said Friday.
Buchanan said Bennett pulled up sore at training and while scans had ruled out a stress fracture the 24-year-old was set to sit out the Zimbabwe tour, which begins next month.
He said Bennett should be available for New Zealand's tour of Australia in November.
The Black Caps will play three one-dayers, two Twenty20 internationals and one Test against Zimbabwe.
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LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook is hoping to complete a miserable tour for India on Friday by wrapping up a 3-0 one-day series victory over the tourists.
India are yet to taste victory over England this summer, having been whitewashed 4-0 in the Test series and trailing 2-0 ahead of Friday's final one-dayer in Cardiff.
However India came agonisingly close to pipping England at Lord's last weekend, and Cook remains wary of the threat posed by the ...
ISLAMABAD: Umpire International Cricket Council (ICC) Aleem Dar has said that he is determined to win more awards to enhance the honour of Pakistan in future.
Talking to a private news channle, he said its great honour to achieve David Sheperd Trophy award for his country and he will maintain performance further.
Aleem said that Pakistan has won the David Shepherd Trophy for the third time after he was named as the ICC Umpire for the year ...
HARARE: Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 28 runs in their third and final one day international at Harare Sports Club here on Wednesday to complete a 3-0 series cleansweep.
Pakistan scrambled to a five-run victory in Bulawayo on September 8 to edge the opening ODI, and then took an unassailable lead when trouncing the hosts by ten wickets in the second match in Harare last Saturday.
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COLOMBO: Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris looks unlikely to start in the upcoming third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka after scans revealed a hamstring strain.
Harris had complained of a stiff right hamstring on the last day of the drawn second Test in Pallekele on Monday and underwent scans when the team drove to Colombo on Tuesday afternoon.
Australia, leading 1-0 in the three-match series, are unlikely to risk Harris in the final Test starting ...
HARARE: Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl in the third One Day International at Harare Sports Club here Wednesday.
Zimbabwe made just one change from the side that was overwhelmed by Pakistan in the second ODI, with Kyle Jarvis replacing Chris Mpofu, whom skipper Brendan Taylor said needed a rest.
Pakistan make three changes, with Sohail Khan, Assaf Shafiq and Yasif Shah coming in for Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan and Umar Akmal.
Teams:
Zimbabwe - Brendan ...
COLOMBO: A hugely proud Kumar Sangakkara hopes Sri Lanka will celebrate his 100th Test appearance with a series-levelling victory over Australia in the final match in Colombo from Friday.
"It's a great honour to have represented my country for a period of time, and also a great honour to play 100 Test matches," Sangakkara told reporters ahead of his landmark match at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC).
"It's not often that a player gets that opportunity ...
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