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MIAMI, May 26 (Reuters) - The violent situation in Jamaica
has led cricket authorities to move a one-day international and
the first test against South Africa to Trinidad, the West Indies
Cricket Board said on Wednesday.
LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - Two English county cricketers
have reported approaches from bookmakers, the England and Wales
Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday.
LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - Tamim Iqbal gave Bangladesh a
glimmer of hope for the first test against England starting at
Lord's on Thursday by promising to take his place at the top of
the order despite a painful wrist injury.
KARACHI, May 25 (Reuters) - All-rounder Shahid Afridi will
captain Pakistan on their tour of England this year after
announcing at the weekend he was available again for test
cricket after a four-year absence.
MUMBAI, May 25 (Reuters) - On a recent Saturday afternoon,
the Celtics took on Magic, cheered on by raucous onlookers. The
pace was quick, the players committed and the rivalry intense.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua May 24 (Reuters) - South Africa
overcame a sizzling late innings blitz by Darren Sammy to take a
2-0 lead in the one-day international series against the West
Indies on Monday.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, May 24 (Reuters) - The final one-day
international and the first test between West Indies and South
Africa next month could be moved from Kingston to another
Caribbean island due to violence in the Jamaican capital.
LAUDERHILL, Florida, May 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka beat New
Zealand by seven wickets, with more than four overs to spare, in
a low-scoring Twenty20 international in Florida on Sunday.
LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Twenty20 World Cup winning
captain Paul Collingwood and bowler Stuart Broad will miss
England's test series with Bangladesh starting at Lord's on
Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.
LAUDERHILL, Florida, May 22 (Reuters) - New Zealand beat
Sri Lanka by 28 runs in a Twenty20 match on Saturday, the first
official international between two test playing nations in the
United States.
LAUDERHILL, Florida, May 22 (Reuters) - West Indies batsman
Marlon Samuels marked his return from a two-year suspension with
a half-century for Jamaica against the United States on Saturday
and said he was targeting a return to the international scene.
KARACHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has
threatened to sue former Pakistan coaches Intikhab Alam and
Aaqib Javed for defamation unless they apologise for suggesting
his performance in Australia may have been linked to bookmakers.
KARACHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Pakistan all-rounder and
Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi has ended a self-imposed exile
from test cricket and made himself available for this year's
tour to England.
VIRGINIA WATER, England, May 22 (Reuters) - Although James
Morrison played in England's youth cricket teams with Alastair
Cook, Ravi Bopara and Tim Bresnan, he has no regrets about
giving up cricket as a teenager for golf.
LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Floodlit day-night test cricket
receded further into the distance on Friday when the
International Cricket Council (ICC) said at least 18 months'
research needed to be done on different coloured balls.
LAUDERHILL, Florida, May 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka captain
Kumar Sangakkara has demanded 'equal opportunities' in the
playing of test cricket, saying chances for his country to play
the five-day game were being reduced.
