Phoenix Ogilvy Sri Lanka scored a major victory by beating leading global advertising agencies and international sports marketing companies to win the pitch for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Phoenix Ogilvy will be the official marketing

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By Manoj Ridimahaliyadda espncricinfo.com: Sidath Wettimuny, the former Sri Lanka batsman, has suggested a radical restructuring of the country’s domestic cricket structure, which involves promoting provinces over clubs. The financial uncertainty surrounding Sri Lankan cricket and the upcoming board elections could, however, overshadow Wettimuny’s proposal. As a member of Sri Lanka Cri...

Lahore (AFP): Pakistani skipper Misbah-ul Haq said Friday his high-flying team can beat England – the world’s leading Test side – when they meet next year, believing his side is unstoppable on current form. Pakistan returned home Friday after routing Bangladesh in two Twenty20s, three one-day internationals and two Tests, ending the year with five ...

Reuters: Australian Dav Whatmore is the front runner to be appointed Pakistan coach, a senior PCB official said on Saturday. Whatmore, who led Sri Lanka to victory at the 1996 World Cup, is currently in charge of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Twenty20 Indian Premier League. “Whatmore

Cowan says lack of review system cost Australia momentum Ponting, Cowan combine for 113-run stand; 277 for six on day one Siddle, Haddin frustrate India MELBOURNE (Reuters): Debutant Ed Cowan said the lack of a decision review system cost Australia two wickets and precious momentum after the hosts ended a controversial opening day of the ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) this week announced the schedule for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 which will take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 13 to 24 March, 2012. Sixteen sides from across the globe will feature in the 12-day tournament which will be played

Warne joins 10 other sporting statues at the MCG, including cricketers Don Bradman, Keith Miller and Dennis Lillee. Melbourne, December 22 (AFP): Newly-svelte Australian legspin legend Shane Warne joked that a hefty bronze statue of him unveiled at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday was a “lifelike” memento of his time in Test cricket. “It’s ...

MELBOURNE, Reuters: Ricky Ponting’s international future could be in doubt if he fails to make runs, regardless of the former captain’s standing in the game, Australia coach Mickey Arthur has said. Australia play the first of a four-test series against India in Melbourne on Dec. 26 and the debate over the out-of-form batsman’s place has ...

KARACHI (Reuters) : Pakistan players have been refused permission to play in the lucrative Bangladesh Twenty20 league by their cricket board (PCB) in order to concentrate on next month’s test series against England in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Nine Pakistani players have been offered contracts

Dhaka, (AFP): Ruthless Pakistan drubbed Bangladesh by 76 runs in the second one-day international in Dhaka on Saturday to take a decisive 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Umar Akmal scored 59 and Shahid Afridi hit 42 off 27 balls as Pakistan piled up 262-7 after they won the toss and elected to bat in ...

The Sri Lankan Cricketers’ Association (SLCA) has contacted the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) seeking assistance over the delay in the cricketers’ salaries for series following the World Cup this year. Sri Lanka have played three series since the end of the World Cup in April and the players are still awaiting payment, including ...

Maldives coach Mohammed Bazeeghzaka believes adju sting to the cold weather in Nepal will be the key to his side doing well in the upcoming ACC Twenty20 Cup. The ACC Twenty20 Cup runs from 3-11 December in Kathmandu with three sides having an opportunity to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 2012

Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister has told the nation’s cricket team to start talking to each other to help end their losing streak, saying a lack of communication was the main problem in the squad. Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage met the players, selectors and administrators on Tuesday to find a solution ahead of next month’s Test ...

Dhaka, November 29 (AFP): Resurgent Pakistan continued their winning form to defeat Bangladesh by 50 runs in the one-off Twenty20 international at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday in a low-scoring affair. Misbah-ul-Haq’s men, buoyant after a successful series against Sri Lanka

Reuters: Crowd-pleasing batsman Yuvraj Singh has told cricket fans it is simply a matter of time before he is back playing again after being diagnosed with a non-malignant lung tumour. A wave of sympathy swept the country when his mother said in a statement at the weekend that the left-hander, who turns 30 next month, ...

MUMBAI (Reuters): The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is under investigation for violating the country’s foreign exchange laws, sports minister Ajay Maken said on Tuesday. The government was looking into alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act amounting to some 10.77 billion rupees ($206.7 million), Maken told the Indian parliament. He said the investigation covered ...

Karachi(ANI): Interim Pakistan coach Mohsin Khan has warned his team against taking Bangladesh lightly in the upcoming tour. Khan says that the Bangladesh team will have home advantage, and insisted that his team must be careful. “I think it will be a very good series in Bangladesh. They always try hard and the upcoming series ...

Sri Lanka captain T. Dilshan on Saturday sought for patience from fans and time to come better after failing during the series with Pakistan in UAE. Sri Lanka had contrasting fortunes during the tour, but skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan hoped fans back home would show patience. “I know like us every cricket fan in Sri Lanka ...

Reuters) – Tests and Twenty20s are the future of international cricket and 50-overs matches should be scrapped, according to England spinner Graeme Swann. “I think one-day cricket will have to give at some point,” he told the BBC. “I don’t think that game should carry on for much longer. For me it’s not as enjoyable ...

In the second semi-final, at Khanshaheb Osman Ali Stadium (KSOAS), West Indies took on Sri Lanka for a place in the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier. West Indies took its time to get into the swing of things with the bat after winning the toss and electing to bat and it was ...

Abu Dhabi, November 24, 2011 (AFP) – Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq is hoping to win the Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka on Friday to lift their rankings and give them a clean sweep of the series after their Test and one-day victories. Pakistan, the 2009 World Twenty20 champions, have lost

Abu Dhabi, November 24 (AFP): Legendary Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya on Thursday backed his country’s team and captain Tillakaratne Dilshan, saying they needed time and space to recover after losing both Tests and the one-day series to Pakistan. Sri Lanka lost the fifth and final one-day by three wickets on Wednesday, which handed Pakistan ...

Chamara Silva, a middle-order batsman, has joined Sri Lanka’s squad in the UAE as back up for Mahela Jayawardene, who has an injured knee. Jayawardene has returned to Sri Lanka and will miss the fifth ODI and the Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.  “After Sunday

Dubai(AFP): Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq hopes his team can learn from its mistakes and show improvement in the third one-day international against Sri Lanka on Friday. Pakistan won the first of five matches by eight wickets last week but allowed Sri Lanka to level the series with a 25-run victory in the second, on Monday. ...

Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has called on Sri Lanka fans to sing and dance the team to victory at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday when his side faces Pakistan in the third One-Day International (ODI) of their five-match series. Sri Lanka’s fans were loud and proud in Monday’s second game, cheering Dilshan ...

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the owners of Lord’s and longstanding supporters of the Test Championship concept, said yesterday ICC”s decision to postpone the contest until 2017 was a “setback for Test cricket”. “It is disappointing to learn that the ICC has postponed the inaugural World Test Championship from 2013 until 2017,” MCC head of cricket ...

DUBAI: Sri Lanka’s win over Pakistan in their second one day international (ODI) has given them a badly-needed confidence boost for the rest of the five-match series, according to Tillakaratne Dilshan, the captain. T.M. Dilshan (third from right)celebrates with his teammates after Lasith Malinga (second from left) he dismissed Pakistan's cricketers Younis Khan (R) during ...

DUBAI  (Reuters) : Cricket’s world test championship will not begin until 2017, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat announced on Monday. “I am afraid that is no longer going to happen in 2013,” he told reporters at the Pakistan v Sri Lanka one-day international in Dubai. “At the last (ICC) board meeting we decided ...

Dubai: Shahid Afridi capped an excellent return to international cricket with three wickets as Pakistan thumped Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the first day-night match here on Friday. Afridi took 3-27 in his first match since returning from a six-month exile, helping Pakistan dismiss Sri Lanka for a paltry 131 in 40.3 overs before ...