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ICC to examine final security plan in Zimbabwe
London: Security details in Zimbabwe for next month's cricket World Cup will be examined by ICC officials who are travelling to the Southern African country on Wednesday, the sport's world governing ...

ICC backs down on India; decides to withhold bounty
London: India's leading cricketers will be allowed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to play in next month's World Cup despite changing the terms of their contracts, a source close to ...

The winning edge could be in inspirational captaincy
Bangalore: With the World Cup a few days away the searching thoughts on most people's minds would be, "Who do you suppose will win, you can't write this team off, in ...

Warne to retire from One-dayers after World Cup
Sydney: Australian leg spin bowler Sharne Warne on Wednesday announced his retirement from One-day cricket after the end of next month's World Cup in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Warne, 33, made ...

HC blocks foreign exchange to ICC if India barred
New Delhi: Strengthening the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) case, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday ruled that no foreign exchange would be allowed to go to the ...

Honour for Aravinda, Lankan's adieu on Australia soil
Melbourne: Aravinda de Silva, the longest serving current player in international cricket, bowed out a loser on Tuesday in his farewell appearance on Australian soil before he retires in two months. ...

Australia not a certainty in series showdown: Hussain
Sydney: England faces a huge challenge when it takes on World Cup champion Australia on Thursday in the first final of the tri-nations One-day cricket series. But tourists' captain Nasser Hussain, ...