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                                                    England v Australia

This is surely one of the most inconsequential England v Australia sequence in history, but it did not lack for intensity or amusement for all that and long before the end the Lord's crowd was relishing the renewal of vintage rivalries. First body-fluid in the NatWest series went to England, but the match sensed nearer than the final 15-run margin would indicate.

Australia's chances gone away with their captain, Michael Clarke, who had made 61 from 67 globes when he walked over his stumps, not for the first time, and was aghast to fall plumb lbw to a swinging, low full toss from Tim Bresnan.

Todays agree

Pakistan v Sri Lanka
2nd check agree

West Indies v New Zealand
T20(15:00 localized | 19:00 GMT | 00:30 IST)

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          England v Australia

Alastair prepare food and Michael Clarke with the NatWest sequence trophy ahead of the first ODI at Lord's
If next year's Ashes are to be the supreme measure of how Australia have advanced since being humiliated by England last time round, then this ODI series makes for a decent midterm written test.



1st ODI: England v Australia at Lord's
Jun 29, 2012 (10:45 localizedized | 09:45 GMT | 15:15 IST)

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Australia

Australia's proposal for maintained supremacy in world cricket is being informed and motivated by the New Zealand All Blacks' enduring domination of international rugby. boosted by the rugby grounding of Cricket Australia's group presentation manager Pat Howard, Michael Clarke's group and the pathway beneath them are being formed with New Zealand's century-old dominance of the oval-ball game as a major leverage.








                           Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka have recalled fast bowler Dilhara Fernando to the squad for the second check against Pakistan, which begins at the SSC on June 30, as a replacement for the injured Chanaka Welegedara. The selectors were short of choices, with some back-up seamers nursing wounds.

Fernando's last check look was the Boxing Day agree against South Africa in Durban in 2011. His inclusion is the only change to the Sri Lanka squad that won the first Test in Galle by 209 runs.

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                                                                 Australia

Michael Clarke retired with Australia's peak tally as they routed Essex ahead of the NatWest sequence

Australia will wish for similarly short comes across with Alastair prepare food over the next two weeks. So dominant with the bat in his recent appearances as ODI captain of England, not to mention a 766-run Ashes jaunt down under in the last Ashes sequence, prepare food lasted only 15 globes for 5 as the tourists routed Essex at Chelmsford in their last warm-up for the threatening NatWest Series which starts at Lord's on Friday.

David Warner has promised to turn his savage switch-hit on England in the forthcoming ODI sequence, and believes Graeme Swann may not be the only fishing lure he will have the possibility to try it against. Following a sprightly 74 for the Australians in their unfastening trip agree against Leicestershire at Grace street, Warner predicted the inclusion of Samit Patel beside Swann in England's preferred XI for the five-match series.

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                                                      Sri Lanka v Pakistan

For a year and a 0.5 when Muttiah Muralitharan's retirement, each match Sri Lanka played was in the course of questions on their ability to be a high take a look at nation within the absence of the game's greatest wicket-taker. Those queries are less frequent when Sri Lanka completed their third take a look at victory in 5 matches, and their largest win over Pakistan on the fourth day in Galle. The result conjointly snapped Pakistan's winning streak, including a 3-0 blanking of world No. 1 England, at 5 Tests. 

South Africa to host Champions League

South Africa is ready to be the host of this year's Champions League T20, sources have told ESPNcricinfo. The tournament are held in October, with Cape city, Johannesburg, Centurion and Durban because the venues.

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                                                       Zimbabwe v South Africa

Half-centuries from Brendan Taylor and Hamilton Masakadza led Zimbabwe to a shocking nine-wicket victory over South Africa within the tri-series final at Harare Sports Club. Faced with the tough prospect of chasing South Africa's 146 for six, each batsmen showed exceptional poise and confidence to race to the win with seventeen balls to spare. Their efforts capped an outstanding day for Zimbabwe, who kept South Africa fraught with the ball throughout. The guests had been carried by Faf du Plessis' fighting fifty however his efforts went in vain, and also the South African bowling attack had no answers to a flawless batting show.

                                                  England v West Indies T20

Alex Hales fell one run wanting England's 1st Twenty20 international hundred however his ninety nine, during a record 159-run partnership with Ravi Bopara, powered the house facet to a convincing seven-wicket victory against West Indies at Trent Bridge, with their highest successful T20I chase.

Hales' matchwinning innings, on his home ground, overtook Eoin Morgan's unbeaten eighty five against South Africa at Johannesburg as England's best during this format and secured his place for the globe Twenty20 title defence in Sri Lanka later this year. He fell to the last ball of penultimate over, bowled attempting to figure Ravi Rampaul to leg, and neither may Ravi Bopara keep to the top as he found long-off for fifty nine off forty four balls, however Eoin Morgan collected the winning runs (with the assistance of a misfield at mid-off) with 2

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                                                     Sri Lanka v Pakistan

 Nine months ago, the ICC had said a "better balance between bat and ball (needs to be) achieved" once a Galle dustbowl created life troublesome for batsmen. Today, on an unexpectedly sunny day in Galle, Sri Lanka reached stumps at a commanding three hundred for two.

                                                  Bangladesh v South Africa

Bangladesh achieved an exhilarating coup to remain alive within the tri-series, handing South Africa a second successive defeat in Harare. Their slew of spin bowlers restricted South Africa to a below-par total in virtually subcontinent conditions before Bangladesh's batsmen, led by Mohammad Ashraful and Mahmudullah, chased it down in nervy fashion.
Todays match

Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare
Jun 23, 2012 (13:00 native | 11:00 GMT | 16:30 IST)

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                                                                    Sri Lanka v Pakistan

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara played patient take a look at match cricket within the second session of the primary day in Galle to steadily push Sri Lanka towards an edge of strength against Pakistan. On a track that was giving slightly of help to Pakistan's spinners, Dilshan curbed his natural attacking instincts when lunch to achieve his thirteenth take a look at hundred whereas Sangakkara played a controlled innings against his favorite opposition because the combine placed on a 124-run partnership.

                                                                Zimbabwe v Bangladesh

Bangladesh kept themselves within the running for a spot within the final of the Zimbabwe tri-series, just, with a six-wicket win over Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. Nasir Hossain held Bangladesh's pursuit of one hundred fifty along, responding to Hamilton Masakadza's half-century with an unbeaten forty one to guide his facet home with fifteen balls to spare. the $64000 credit for the win should visit Bangladesh's bowlers, however, as they scuppered Zimbabwe's charge at the death of their innings to stay the target available.

Todays match

Bangladesh v South Africa at Harare
Jun 22, 2012 (13:00 native | 11:00 GMT | 16:30 IST)

England v West Indies
3rd ODI: at Leeds
Jun 22, 2012 (10:45 native | 09:45 GMT | 15:15 IST)

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                                                 South Africa vs Bangladesh

So-called small-fry groups tend to up to their game when doing battle against their
big brothers and Zimbabwe did it in an exceedingly huge approach. They turned a series that was expected to be utterly dominated by South Africa into a contest, with an unlikely but clinical victory over their neighbours.


Todays match

Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare
Jun 21, 2012 (13:00 native | 11:00 GMT | 16:30 IST)

Tomorrow's match

England v West Indies
3rd ODI:at Leeds
Jun 22, 2012 (10:45 native | 09:45 GMT | 15:15 IST)

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                                                            England v West Indies

So much for West Indies providing harder opposition within the one-day format. Even with Chris Gayle back within the facet, and within the runs, England cantered to victory by eight wickets at The Oval to seal the series. Alastair Cook struck his third ODI hundred in six matches, adding 122 for the primary wicket with Ian Bell, once another collective bowling effort kept the lid on West Indies once a quick onslaught by Gayle.

On each day overshadowed by the death of Surrey batsman Tom Maynard on Monday it absolutely was a largely subdued affair. The match was preceded by a minute's silence and therefore the players wore black armbands whereas a book of condolence was opened within the pavilion. England had wished to secure victory in memory of Maynard - a player tipped to graduate to the highest level - and once that they had ended Gayle's innings the house facet never lost management despite 100 stand between Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard.

                                                           South Africa vs Bangladesh

Results generally do not tell the full story, and this one mustn't be scan into too deeply, if just for the rationale that South Africa and Bangladesh weren't enjoying against one another. Instead, they were enjoying against themselves. South Africa's goals - to accumulate runs quickly and guarantee their opposition was never in an exceedingly position to try to to identical - were in stark distinction to Bangladesh's, whose main task was to check out their twenty overs once being obliterated after they were bowling.


Todays match

Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare
Jun 20, 2012 (13:00 native | 11:00 GMT | 16:30 IST)

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                                                                      Sri Lanka v Pakistan

Pakistan's journey to defeat within the final game that set the series was an emotional ride, that had many moments of satisfaction and relief, however ultimately resulted in frustration and regret. The satisfaction was thanks to a considerably improved batting performance that forged aside reminiscences of a dispiriting collapse within the previous ODI, they experienced relief once wriggling out of adverse things they'd created, the brief-but costly-spells of wayward bowling were a supply of frustration, however the emotion which will linger are the regret of an insipid fielding show that undermined every forward step. Amid all this, Angelo Mathews was a figure of calm and assuredness, and not for the primary time he rescued Sri Lanka from hassle and fashioned an exhilarating victory with the tail.


todays match


England v West Indies
2nd ODI:at The Oval
Jun 19, 2012 (10:45 native | 09:45 GMT | 15:15 IST)

Bangladesh v South Africa
(13:00 native | 11:00 GMT | 16:30 IST)

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Sri Lanka v Pakistan

Pakistan - who have to be compelled to win to level the series - selected to bat in conditions within which Misbah-ul-Haq, their captain, believed a score of around 250 would be quite competitive, because it proved within the previous ODI. Misbah said Younis Khan had been "rested thanks to his form" - he had immeasurable five, four and one during this series. Imran Farhat took his place within the line-up. A surprise move was Pakistan's call to "rest" Saeed Ajmal, their best bowler. They went in with a further pace choice, selecting Mohammad Sami who has recovered from a thumb injury.

England v West Indies

Ian Bell won the battle of the replacement openers within the 1st one-day international as he marked his come to England's 50-over aspect along with his second ODI hundred - nearly 5 years when his previous one - to earn the house aspect an early series advantage with a 114-run victory. Initially West Indies threatened within the chase with Dwayne Smith filling the void left by Chris Gayle's late injury however England's quicks burst through either aspect of a rain delay.
Today's match

Tomorrows match

2nd ODI:at The Oval
Jun 19, 2012 (10:45 native | 09:45 GMT | 15:15 IST)

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                                                              Sri Lanka v Pakistan

Sri Lanka and Pakistan have alternated between taking punches and delivering them. They did that within the T20I series, that was tied 1-1. They split the primary 2 games within the five-match ODI series likewise, before rain determined to own its share within the third. a lot of of it's forecast for tomorrow, however with a reserve day in place currently, it might take plenty of water over 2 days to deny us a result.

Today's match

Sri Lanka v Pakistan
4th ODI at Colombo (RPS)
Jun 16, 2012
(14:30 native | 09:00 GMT | 14:30 IST)


                                                  England v West Indies

Captains Alastair Cook and Darren Sammy cause with the trophy prior the one-day series between England and West Indies

Few folks expect Ian Bell to assume Kevin Pietersen's one-day role for England with quite identical flamboyance as his predecessor, however his 1st audition for the role might hardly are a lot of disheartening as he took a blow on the chin in web follow that has left him a uncertain starter for the primary one-day international against West Indies at West finish.

Bell, who was in line to open the batting when Pietersen's premature retirement from England's one-day aspect, top-edged a pull whereas facing throw-downs within the indoor nets from the fielding coach, Richard Halsall.

Today's match

England v West Indies
1st ODI at Southampton
Jun 16, 2012
(10:45 native | 09:45 GMT | 15:15 IST)

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                                         Sri Lanka v Pakistan

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has created a provision for reserve days for the 2 remaining ODIs against Pakistan in Colombo. Pakistan created the request once the third ODI on Wednesday was washed out. The matches are scheduled for Saturday and Monday and rain is forecast for each days. The five-match series stands at 1-1.


                                             England v West Indies

Chris Gayle was strolling around in Tino Best's shirt before West Indies' gap NatWest Series international against England. Best may need the surname however Gayle has the name. "BEST" communicated emphatically enough that, once a 15-month absence, West Indies' most domineering batsman is back within the fold.

                                                  Zimbabwe tri-series

The unofficial Twenty20 tri-series between Zimbabwe, South Africa and Bangladesh in Harare this month are going to be broadcast on tv, even supposing it absolutely was initially thought the series wouldn't be televised.

South African broadcaster SuperSport confirmed they might screen the seven-match event live, as a part of their commitment to each Cricket south Africa (CSA) and Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC). The rights have conjointly been sold to Bangladesh tv

Faf du Plessis has been selected within the South African squad for the triangular Twenty twenty tournament in Zimbabwe

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                                           International Cricket Council

The ICC won't think about making a political candidate window for the IPL in its Future Tours Programme, consistent with the outgoing ICC chief government Haroon Lorgat. the problem of clashing schedules has been apparent since the IPL began in 2008 and refuses to disappear, with this year's tournament forcing West Indies players to settle on between the IPL and their home check series against Australia.

Next year are going to be no completely different as New Zealand's cricketers, who will earn considerably additional as an IPL player than they are doing via their national contracts, are attributable to visit England for a check tour throughout the second 1/2 the IPL. England's cricketers frequently have national duties that stop them from taking part in a full IPL tournament.

                                                  Sri Lanka v Pakistan

The south-west monsoon allowed solely half dozen.2 overs of play within the third ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the R Premadasa Stadium, leaving the series level at 1-1.

There were early warning signs that the match can be a stop-start affair as a quick shower forced the groundstaff to originate the covers soon when the toss. The rain relented and therefore the match began on time, however only 1 ball was bowled when that the showers came back to carry up play for seventy five minutes.

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                                                       West Indies

Chris Gayle can have enough "hunger and desire" when he returns to West Indies colors for the primary time in fifteen months against England. that's the opinion of Gayle's West Indies team-mate Kieron Pollard, who said that Gayle's come back solely suggests that West Indies would be well-equipped to face England within the three-match ODI series followed by a solitary Twenty20.

"Obviously it's a lift. Chris could be a world-class. He has proven himself over the years," Pollard said on the eve of West Indies' tour match against Middlesex at Lord's. "I am a young adult and have seen Chris on tv and that i get the chance to play alongside him within the same team. it's fantastic. He has been out for a minute thus he are going to be hungry to travel out there and perform."


Sri Lanka v Pakistan
3rd ODI:  at Colombo
Jun 13, 2012
(14:30 native | 09:00 GMT | 14:30 IST)

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                                                 England v West Indies

The Edgbaston check met a watery finish because the final day was washed out, leaving England 2-0 winners against West Indies within the three-Test series.









Umpires Tony Hill and Kumar Dharmasena, who were widely criticised for taking the players off for dangerous light-weight on Sunday, delayed the abandonment till three.00pm as persistent rain got hold of Birmingham another time and any prospects of play appeared minimal. England were 221 for five in reply to West Indies' 426

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                                                       Srilanka v pakistan

Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford has said allrounder Thisara Perera may establish himself within the check aspect, if he will replicate the bowling type he showed in Saturday's ODI against Pakistan with additional consistency.


                                                    England v West Indies

Tino Best, whose career as a check batsman was previously encapsulated by Andrew Flintoff's "mind the windows" jibe at Lord's eight years ago, struck back with a world record innings by a check No. eleven on his come back to the West Indies check aspect, a fantastical affair that shattered England's faint probabilities of winning the Edgbaston check within the method.

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SRI LANKA vs PAkISTAN

today's match

2nd ODI: Sri Lanka v Pakistan
at Pallekele, Jun 9, 2012
(14:30 native | 09:00 GMT | 14:30 IST)

England v West Indies

For 1st|the primary} time since 1964 - at Lord's against Australia - the primary 2 days of an England home take a look at were washed out when the second day at Edgbaston went identical method because the first. Such had been the degree of rain in Birmingham that the umpires took the choice shortly when the scheduled lunch interval and nobody was shocked.








The forecast for the weekend is healthier - though showers stay seemingly - however the outfield has taken a battering over recent days and despite improved drainage there are variety of terribly soggy areas which will cause concern. With the series set none of the players can wish to require risks on a wet outfield.

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                                                     SRI LANKA vs PAkISTAN

                                                                  1st ODI

It angry out to be a acceptable bung to lose for Pakistan, as their seamers, led by Umar Gul, set up a adequate six-wicket win by befitting Sri Lanka to a paltry 135. The brawl nipped around, skidded, angry and bounced alarmingly and activated the address and backbone of the batsmen, with the blurred altitude giving the bowlers an cutting advantage. Three rain interruptions in the aboriginal innings did little to advice Sri Lanka's cause. They struggled to body drive and abundant partnerships, and afterward a diffuse rain interruption, the overs were adopted to 42, abrogation actual few overs in the end to accelerate.

Pakistan too were activated by a acid aperture spell by Sri Lanka's seamers, but they could allow to yield their time and bullwork it out. Subcontinent pitches aren't accepted to aftermath too abounding low-scoring games, and based on the affirmation so far in the three amateur on tour, watching the bowlers accept a say has been compelling.

Tommorow's match

2nd ODI: Sri Lanka v Pakistan

at Pallekele, Jun 9, 2012

(14:30 bounded | 09:00 GMT | 14:30 IST)

                                                           England v West Indies

England's ambitions to administer a 3-0 blanch aloft West Indies were balked by the acclimate as rain done out the aboriginal day of the third Test at Edgbaston. It was the aboriginal time a abounding day's play in a Test in England had been absent because of bad acclimate back the third day of the 2009 Ashes affray adjoin Australia, aswell at Edgbaston.

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                                                    SRI LANKA vs PAkISTAN

Mahela Jayawardene won the toss, and befitting with the arrangement in the few matches so far in the tour, autonomous to bat. The angle at Hambantota produced two low-scoring Twenty20 games, but the apparent at Pallekele is accepted to be added batsman-friendly.

Sri Lanka fielded a able line-up, bringing in the left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, who was adequate for the Asia Cup in March. Their seam-heavy advance includes the allrounders Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews. Lasith Malinga alternate afterwards missing the additional Twenty20.

                                                                ENG VS WI

Steven Finn has fabricated no abstruse of his annoyance at cat-and-mouse on the sidelines this division so it may be an abstraction to accord him some amplitude if Graham Onions beats him to replacing Anderson. Since accident his abode during the 2010-11 Ashes alternation Finn has alone fabricated two added appearances both adjoin Sri Lanka; at Lord's (when Anderson was injured) and in Colombo (when Broad was injured). If he does get addition befalling it could be addition abbreviate break in the aggregation but there charcoal affluence of time for him to coin the continued Test career absolutely accepted of him.

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1st ODI: Sri Lanka v Pakistan

at Pallekele, Jun 7, 2012

(14:30 bounded | 09:00 GMT | 14:30 IST)

                                                                       Sohail tanveer

Pakistan fast bowler Sohail Tanvir has been retained for the ODIs in Sri Lanka and will alter the afflicted aperture batsman Nasir Jamshed in the squad. Tanvir afflicted in the two Twenty20s in Hambantota, bowling economically and demography four wickets. He aswell best up the Man-of-the-Series award.

England v West Indies

3rd Test: at Birmingham, Jun 7-11, 2012

(11:00 bounded | 10:00 GMT | 15:30 IST)

                                                                        Adrian barath

Adrian Barath has alleged on his colleagues to advice restore the pride of West Indies' candid in the final bout of the Test alternation adjoin England at Edgbaston.

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                                                     Gayle recalled to West Indies squad

Chris Gayle's 15-month international exile is over once he was formally recalled to the West Indies ODI squad for the forthcoming series against England, beginning in Southampton on June sixteen.

                                                                           Bngladesh

Richard Pybus speaks at his initial press conference as Bangladesh coach,

Bangladesh's laudable Asia Cup performance may be a issue of the past. come back mid-June, the team can begin a replacement chapter: they're going to leave to the unofficial Twenty20 tri-series in Zimbabwe with a replacement coach, Richard Pybus, and with September's World Twenty20 on their minds. And Pybus, at his initial press conference as coach, was clear regarding what his set up of action is - developing a fighting unit, while not focussing on reputations.

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SL vs PAK

2nd T20 match

Shahid Afridi rescued a limp Pakistan innings from despair and designed his team a middling total with an aggressive half-century that was pragmatically created. He then proceeded to tenaciously defend his labor, and by the time he was through together with his spell, Sri Lanka had severely depleted resources to finish an arduous task. The upshot was that Pakistan left Hambantota with the series level at 1-1, and Afridi together with his seventh Player-of-the-Match award, a Twenty20 record.

The second T20 played out in an exceedingly manner remarkably almost like the primary, 2 days ago, solely with roles reversed. On Friday, Sri Lanka had chosen to bat and then collapsed, before a hard-hitting cameo lifted them. Today, it had been Pakistan. On Friday, in pursuit of a modest total, Pakistan had been dismissed for fewer than one hundred. Today, it had been Sri Lanka.

sachin 1st active sportsperson MP

Sachin Tendulkar has officially become a Member of Parliament once taking oath at a ceremony in Delhi. He had been nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the higher house of Parliament, in April and has become the primary active India sportsperson to become an MP.

Tendulkar was named in concert of the twelve presidential nominees for Rajya Sabha membership that's reserved for those persons "having special data or sensible expertise in respect of such matters as literature, science, art and social service". A Rajya Sabha MP's tenure is six years.

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SL vs PAK

Sri Lanka threw their wickets away through reckless shots, conceded seventeen runs through wides and concerning ten through misfields, however because of the Josephian Mafia - a moniker Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews have earned from the varsity they shared - still won by a whopping thirty seven runs. it absolutely was an unremarkable night of cricket with most of the wickets owing neither to the bowling nor the pitch, however several can argue it is a trait which will be attributed to Twenty20 cricket generally due to the devaluation of a wicket.

Perera and Mathews, though, stood out. Perera initial scored a two-a-ball thirty two to offer Sri Lanka a fighting likelihood from eighty nine for seven. Mathews then bowled a testing spell of outswing for eight runs and 2 wickets. the 2 came along when Perera flew at third man to catch Shoaib Malik off the bowling of Mathews. Perera and Mathews were the highlight of the night, that featured plenty of inexplicable cricket otherwise.

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SL vs PAK

(19:00 native | 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST)

Till recently, Pakistan's full tour of Sri Lanka for a series of 2 Twenty20s, 5 ODIs and 3 Tests existed solely within the ICC's Future Tours Programme. The schedule was formally approved by the PCB a month ago and no matter build-up that existed was lost within the frenzy of the IPL. Despite its good positioning - the IPL is over, those from {the 2|the 2} sides in question are freed from different commitments and Sri Lanka is that the venue for the planet Twenty20 - the pre-series hype that sometimes accompanies a contest between two high-profile groups as Sri Lanka and Pakistan is missing.

One reason may well be the very fact that the tour gets underway in far-flung Hambantota, the country's newest cricketing venue; at the cricket board workplace in Colombo, though, there's very little or no activity at the price ticket counter.

ECB announces 2013 Ashes schedule

England can begin their 2013 defence of the Ashes with back-to-back Tests at Trent Bridge and Lord's in July, whereas Australia can play a primary check at Durham's Chester-le-Street ground within the fourth match of the series. The ECB has announced the schedules for Australia's tour next year, moreover because the visit of recent Zealand earlier within the summer and therefore the itinerary for the ICC Champions Trophy.