Their World Cup build-up halted by West Indies team's sudden mid-series pullout, India would resume the preparations for the mega-event when they square off against under-cooked sub-continental rivals Sri Lanka in a hastily-arranged ODI series starting in Cuttack on Sunday.
Jodie Fields, captain of five-time winners Australia, on Saturday said her side has a slight edge over the West Indies in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup final even though the Caribbean team had shocked them in the Super League stage.
Stand-in skipper AB de Villiers knocked the stuffing out of England attack with a blistering 28-ball 69 before the bowlers chipped in with useful contributions to propel South Africa to a three-run win and a semifinal berth at the ICC World T20 in Chittagong on Saturday.
Kings XI Punjab skipper David Hussey was optimistic about his team's chances of qualifying for the playoffs after their stunning win over Deccan Chargers in an Indian Premier League match in Mohali on Sunday night.
India captain Mahendra Singh rates the visiting Pakistani side, especially its bowling, quite high but believes that the side which performs consistently will emerge as the winners in the three-match One-Day International series.
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni credited the fine show by his bowlers and superb fielding as the reason for his side's 13-run win over Pune Warriors in their IPL match in Chennai.
Owais Shah's wicket was key to their win, Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh said after his side beat Rajasthan Royals by 27 runs in their Indian Premier League match.
The South African all rounder Johan Botha has asserted that his team Rajasthan Royals would continue with its policy of supporting young players in the side when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL match in Jaipur on Sunday.
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Pakistan, led by an aggressive 97 from opening batsman Nasser Jamshed, cruised to a seven-wicket win in the second One-Day International against Australia.
Images from the opening match of the 2011 World Cup between India and Bangladesh in Dhaka, on Saturday.
The pacer feels that the new ICC rule from October 1 that different balls will be used from the two ends in the one-dayers, has helped swing bowlers like him to move the ball for longer periods.
The pacer feels that the new ICC rule from October 1 that different balls will be used from the two ends in the one-dayers, has helped swing bowlers like him to move the ball for longer periods.
The track at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack, the venue for the first One-dayer between India and the West Indies, will be tailor-made for batting with plenty of runs on offer, curator Pankaj Patnaik has said.
The last time an ODI was hosted at the Eden Gardens 632 runs were scored, with India chasing down Sri Lanka's huge total. This time it's no different as a lively pitch awaits India and England.
The Wankhede stadium, that was jam-packed when India defeated Sri Lanka to clinch the coveted World Cup earlier this year, was half-full on Sunday, when the hosts took on England in the fourth ODI, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni was not disappointed with the poor crowd response.
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England captain Alastair Cook credited India for their comprehensive 126-run win and said the home team completely outplayed the visitors in the first ODI in Hyderabad on Friday.
The curator has promised a good batting strip for the first One-day international between India and England in Hyderabad on Friday, saying the batsman could go for their shots on a 'sporting wicket'.
On his admission, Virat Kohli has never played such an exciting game of Twenty20 in his career.
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The world's highest run-getter in both Tests and ODIs, wants the ICC to make 'a radical switch' from 50-50 to four 25-over innings.
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India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni says "getting used to the pace and bounce" in South African conditions will be the biggest challenge for his young team, which will play three ODIs and two Tests on the current tour.
Sitharaman's nomination is a surprise because since long many RS vacancies from Gujarat are filled by non-Gujaratis like Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu. A senior Congress leader from Gujarat told rediff.com, "Considering that Narendra Modi is one of the strongest chief ministers that Gujarat has ever seen, the frequent nomination of non-Gujaratis to the Rajya Sabha shows that even in the BJP the party high command of New Delhi dominates in certain issues."
Kochi Tuskers Kerala skipper Mahela Jayawardene criticised his batsmen for putting up a sloppy show and said his team failed to adapt to the conditions in its eight-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur.
Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist criticised the Ferozeshah Kotla pitch for offering a lopsided contest between bat and ball, the ground having a very short boundary.
All eyes will be on the Eden Gardens strip when Kolkata Knight Riders take on Kochi Tuskers Kerala in their Indian Premier League Twenty20 match in Kolkata on Wednesday.
England spinner Graeme Swann has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee for using "obscene and offensive language" during his team's two-wicket loss to Bangladesh in a World Cup group match in Chittagong.
Rival captains Graeme Smith and Elton Chigumbura termed the wicket at the Chepauk as 'under-prepared' and hoped that the wickets will be better prepared in time for the World Cup.
India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most assured, relaxed and confident captain going into the forthcoming World Cup, according to former Pakistan captain Imran Khan.
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Pakistan will have to wait for some more time to bring international cricket back to the country as the International Cricket Council (ICC) believes that it needs to do more on the security front to win the confidence of the foreign teams.
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For a change, it was a complete team effort that won the match rather an individual or two. Chennai Super Kings halted Mumbai Indians' winning run with a convincing 24-run victory in the Indian Premier League in Chennai, on Tuesday.
The wickets in the World Cup have so far spun quite a bit, but Australia is a balanced side when it comes to the pace-spin equation, skipper Ricky Ponting said, ahead of their first match against Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad.
An Australian club cricket team, accused of racially abusing players of Indian descent during a match, has been cleared of the charge even though two of its members were banned for sledging.
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India Abroad's Bikash Mohapatra is at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Motera posting updates on the third ODI. Follow the latest on the match on Bikash's MyPage!.
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