Cricket

ICC calls Broad, Jayawardene to give first hand account of Lahore attack

ICC calls Broad, Jayawardene to give first hand account of Lahore attackLahore, Mar 8 : The International Cricket Council has invited English match referee Chris Broad and Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene to present first hand account of the chilling experiences of Lahore terror attack at its executive board meeting in Dubai on April 17.

Pakistan captain Younis Khan would also attend the meeting, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Styris denies coming out of retirement for Test cricket

Styris denies coming out of retirement for Test cricketWelington, Mar. 8 : New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris has refuted speculations of staging a comeback in Test cricket.

Stryris, who retired from the longer version of the game a year ago to focus more on one-day internationals and Twenty-20 cricket said he has no plans of putting on the whites once again.

"I''m not interested in playing Test cricket. I''ve closed that door and now I''m just looking forward to playing for Auckland and the great bunch of guys we have here," Stuff. com quoted Styris, as saying.

Man Held For Sending Threatening Letters To MS Dhoni

Man Held For Sending Threatening Letters To MS DhoniIn a significant move, the police arrested a man suspected of sending two threat letters sent to the Indian cricket team skipper M S Dhoni last year.

Confirming the development, H K Lal, DCP, said, "We have detained a man and are interrogating him. His name is Taslim. But we have not yet arrived at any conclusion.”

It can be recalled that Taslim, who has been arrested here on Thursday, is wanted in over a dozen criminal cases in Jharkhand.

India thrashes Pakistan by 10 wickets in Women’s World Cup

India CricketSydney, Mar. 7: In the first match of the Women''s World Cup at Bradman, Indian bowlers displayed brilliant performance to thrash archrivals Pakistan, by ten wickets.

After winning the toss, India elected to field first and dismissed its neighbour for only 57 runs.

India then attained the target within ten overs without losing any wickets.

Following the triumphant show of their bowlers, Anagha Deshpande (26) and Anjum Chopra (17) comfortably led India towards victory.

Among the Indian bowlers, Rumeli Dhar was the leading wicket taker, with three wickets giving away only seven runs.

Vettori says up to players to decide whether to play in IPL

Vettori says up to players to decide whether to play in IPLWellington, Mar 7: New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori has said that players should make their own decisions whether to travel to India for next month’s Indian Premier League.

Speaking a day after teammate Jacob Oram expressed doubts over whether he would play in the lucrative Twenty20 competition in the wake of the Lahore terrorist attack this week, three months after the Mumbai killings, Vettori described it as “a very individual thing.”

Australia rules out hosting 2011 cricket world cup

Australia rules out hosting 2011 cricket world cupMelbourne, Mar 7 : Australia has ruled out hosting the 2011 world cup, which is due to be held in the sub continent, except in dire circumstances.

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland believes that the subcontinent will still hold the 2011 world cup despite this week's terrorist attack on Sri Lankan team in Lahore.

Joint 2015 hosts Australia and New Zealand are reserve nations for 2011, but Sutherland said Australia did not want the event and had not been approached to hold it.

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