Lankan players in doubt for Oz Twenty20 assignments < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateSri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and fast bowler Lasith Malinga are doubtful starters for Victoria and Tasmania respectively in the forthcoming Australian Twenty20 competition.Sri Lanka's tour of India and an expected tri-series involving those two sides and Bangladesh, which had been in doubt but is now...
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South Australia have signed Shahid Afridi for the Twenty20 Big Bash this summer as a replacement for the spinner Ajantha Mendis. The Redbacks had announced"It is a big opportunity and will help me gear up for next year's one-day internationals against Australia and then in the World Twenty20 where we have to defend our title," Afridi told AFP. "I have heard that West Indian Kieron Pollard will also...
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Andrew Strauss isn't part of England's Twenty20 squad, but is an option of batting cover is neededEngland may yet need to call on the services of Andrew Strauss for their opening Twenty20 international against South Africa after Alastair Cook became doubtful with a sore throat.Strauss has opted out of the Twenty20 set-up, but with Kevin Pietersen not due to return to action until next week England...
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has reiterated his intent of not getting involved in Twenty20 cricket. Strauss had opted to stand down from England's Twenty20 squad earlier this year because the format didn't suit his accumulative style and he has said he has no plans to revisit his stance."Never say never. But at this stage, I've got no plans to play Twenty20 cricket," he was quoted as saying by. "My reasons for not playing Twenty20...
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Ernest Hilaire: "We are trying to ensure the team plays enough matches leading up to the World Twenty20"Ernest Hilaire, the newly elected chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), has said it won't be possible to conduct a regional Twenty20 tournament to give the West Indies players sufficient practice before the ICC World Twenty20 in April-May, in the Caribbean.Hilaire said West Indies'...
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Cricket Board chairman EjazButt feels national captain Younus Khan has done no wrong byexpressing his desire to make a Twenty20 comeback and thesenior batsman should not be criticised for it."If Younus has expressed the will to comeback to the T20team that is his right. He has every right to expresshimself," Butt said on Friday.Younus had announced his retirement from Twenty20 cricketafter winning...
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href=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/showsports.aspx?id=SPOEN20090116628>  World Twenty20 champion Pakistan bounced back from losing the one-day internationals series...
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Hampshire skipper Dimitri Mascarenhas has signed for the Tasmanian Tigers in the Australian domestic Twenty20 Big Bash competition.The 32-year-old signs as the Tigers' overseas player, replacing Sri Lanka bowler Lasith Malinga who is away on international duty.Mascarenhas played for New Zealand side Otago Volts in the Champions League Twenty20 last month.Cricket Tasmania operations general manager...
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Pollard joins Afridi in South Australia T20 squad < ');" class="size11 blue"> Rate: West Indies allrounder Kieron Pollard has been signed by South Australia for the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash tournament in December, joining Pakistan star Shahid Afridi in a powerful batting lineup.Pollard, whose signing was announced on Thursday, scored 54 off 18 balls in Trinidad and Tobago's preliminary round win...
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lead the one-day side as well. Afridi was named Twenty20 captain after Younis Khan retired from the format after leading Pakistan to the World Twenty20 title in June and has continued to excel as a match-winning allrounder.Afridi was instrumental in this summer's triumph, turning in Man-of-the-Match performances in both. "I think after becoming Twenty20 captain Shahid has shown that he has become more...
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