Hosts to play World Cup knockouts at home

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For India Virendar Sehwag Will Be One Of The Key Players In ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;}  Virendar Sehwag is the  one of the great players of all...

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Dravid's 191 puts India in winning position

Rahul Dravid struck a determined 191 on Monday to put India in a winning position on the third day of the third and final test against New Zealand. Dravid's performance helped India declare at 566 for eight in reply to New Zealand's 193, taking a first innings lead of 373 runs at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. New Zealand was 24 for one in its second innings, still 349 runs short of making India bat again. Brendon McCullum (15) and night-watchman Gareth Hopkins (1) were the not out batsmen at close after Harbhajan Singh claimed the early wicket of Tim McIntosh. India looked set to force an innings victory with plenty of time to...

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350 Crores ADS already Booked For world cup 2011

India’s Most Popular game ”Cricket” and its biggest tournament “World Cup 2011″ will be starting in just 90 days and for this big game booking of RS.350 crores ads has already done.There are very big companies engaged in this they are-Cold drink company Pepsi, Maruti Suzuki car, mobile company Nokia, Philips Audio Co., Sony, etc. If the tournament’s official broadcasters, ESPN and their advertising target of Rs 700 crore. It’s been tied up for half the money. The big event for ESPN television company now has raised its advertising rates. Now 10 seconds of a spot rate of Rs 4 lakh. IPL cricket tournament’s are also in danger so all the companies have concentrated on  World Cup.It is understandable that the consumer goods giant LG will cost most. 10 percent of its annual budget...

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PCB to select World Cup players without ICC assistance

DUBAI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will not send a list of potential players for the 2011 World Cup to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-corruption and Security Unit before selecting the final squad. This was decided at a meeting of the national cricket selection committee, headed by former Test player Mohsin Khan. The names of the players for the upcoming New Zealand tour and World Cup were also discussed in the meeting. The PCB had said earlier that it will seek guidance from the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit while finalising the preliminary 30-member squad for the World Cup. The Chief Executive of ICC Haroon Lorgat on Saturday categorically denied  impressions that the  cricket world’s governing...

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ICC-appointed tribunal biased, says Salman’s lawyer

KARACHI: Following the withdrawal of Aftab Gul, Salman Butt’s other lawyer Khalid Ranjha has called for a change in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) appointed three-man tribunal that would hear the spot-fixing case against the three suspended Pakistan players. Salman, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, who were suspended following spot-fixing allegations, are due to appear before the tribunal for the actual charges, led by the ICC code of conduct commissioner Michael Beloff, in January. However, Ranjha said Beloff, who also headed the ICC hearing against the players’ provisional suspension last month, should recuse himself because of an “obvious bias”. Salman’s legal team had already suffered a blow when Gul withdrew from the case saying that he doubted that players...

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MoneyGram International Sponsors ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

MINNEAPOLIS & MUMBAI, India, Oct 27, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MoneyGram International /quotes/comstock/13*!mgi/quotes/nls/mgi (MGI 2.46, +0.01, +0.41%) , a global leader in money transfers, announces that the company has signed a long-term sponsorship agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC). Per the agreement, MoneyGram will have a presence at all ICC cricket tournaments around the world during 2011-2015. More immediately, MoneyGram will be a local partner level sponsor of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, which takes place in Bangladesh, India and Sri...

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Pakistan drop five 'tainted' stars for 2011 World Cup

Salman Butt Pakistani Player LONDON: Pakistan has provisionally agreed not to select five players for next year's World Cup in the subcontinent as they seek to come clean on match-fixing charges against some stars. Former Test captain Salman Butt, fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria- who was involved in an alleged spot-fixing scandal on the English county scene - have been blacklisted in response to last month's ultimatum by the ICC, which gave the Pakistan board 30 days to take a action against corruption. According to the Daily Star, Akmal has been under investigation...

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ICC launches online initiative to connect fans to World Cup

With less than 100 days to go for the ICC World Cup, top cricketers are urging their supporters to send in good luck messages through twitter and other online media to inspire and cheer their favourite teams. Fans from across the globe are being asked to send in messages that will be posted on the dressing room walls of their favourite teams at the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) stated on Thursday. “The concept has already proved to be very popular with players and supporters at the ICC World Twenty20 2010.”  Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has led the call of leading players taking part at the event to encourage fans to send in messages. “The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 promises to be the biggest sports event ever to be played in Sri Lanka and I am...

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Sachin appointed ambassador for 2011 World Cup

Image Source : Cricinfo With exactly 100 days to go, the ICC on Thursday announced the appointment of Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar as the official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Throughout his long and successful career to date, Tendulkar has inspired hundreds of millions of cricket lovers around the world with his personality, skill, temperament and love for the game. Since making his debut for India in 1989 at the tender age of 16, on the field he has scored more international runs than anyone else in the history while also adhering faithfully to the spirit of cricket. Off the field he has always...

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PCB told to omit Kamran, Kaneria from 2011 World Cup squad: Sources

Image Source : Wikipedia KARACHI: Pakistan selectors are unlikely to pick experienced wicketkeeper  Kamran Akmal and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria in their provisional squad of 30 for the 2011 World Cup in the sub-continent. Sources said that Pakistan Cricket Board has been told in clear terms by the ICC to ensure the two players don't feature in any national team until the ongoing investigations into the spot-fixing allegations against Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif are completed. The ICC had given a list of players to the PCB making it clear they should not be playing for Pakistan till the investigations are completed,...

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Pakistan-South Africa teams attend ICC CWC 2011 Trophy ceremony

DUBAI, Nov. 09 (APP): South African pace duo of Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn to mark the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 performed shark dive in Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo located at Dubai Mall with the ICC Cricket World Cup trophy on Tuesday.Pakistan’s one-day captain Shahid Afridi described the ceremony as historic and said its going to be great event and he was looking forward to it. “Its definitely a unique ceremony. Its nice to see Dale and Morne performing the shark dive,” SA skipper Graeme Smith told reporters. He said his team was looking to the event. He refused to predict any favorite team for the World Cup but they know the past and fully ready for the coming event, reports APP Sports Correspondent Ehsan Qureshi. Graeme...

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