http://bigblog.com/cricket.html The latest in Cricket http://www.lccc.co.uk/index.php?p=news&id=2171 After the 50 overs per side and 20 overs per side competitions, the Lancashire Lightning team will have to adjust their game again for this big scoring, high quality competition where over 8 matches champions are made and poor form can mean relegation. http://www.lccc.co.uk/index.php?p=news&id=2174 Clive Lloyd, the former West Indies captain and Lancashire Committee Member, will take over from Sunil Gavaskar as the chairman of the ICC's Cricket Committee. http://www.supersport.co.za/cricket/article.aspx?headline=Bangladesh%20decide%20to%20bat%20in%20dead%20rubber&id=260185 Pakistan openers Salman Butt and Nasir Jamshed produced an unbroken century partnership to set up a comprehensive 10-wicket win over Bangladesh in the final Asia Cup super league match in Karachi on Friday. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/pakistan-court-lifts-shoaib-ban-860213.html The Lahore High Court on Friday lifted an 18-month ban on Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for indiscipline. http://www.turkishpress.com/nw.asp?s=s&i=080704112217.j4ar0yv8&t=Pakistan%20court%20suspends%20Akhtar%20cricket%20ban A Pakistani court has suspended an 18-month ban imposed on paceman Shoaib Akhtar (seen here in June 2008) by the country's cricket authorities for indiscipline. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7489908.stm Hashim Amla and Ashwell Prince showed their batting was in good order as both notched centuries on day one of South Africa's tour match at Uxbridge. http://www.dawn.com/2008/07/04/spt17.htm BASSETERRE (St Kitts), July 3: Ricky Ponting has played down talk of Australia sweeping the West Indies in a One-day International series for the first time in the Caribbean. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/cricket/s/1056868_england_wrong_to_snub_freddie WE ARE thrilled to announce our second fantastic competition with Ryanair to win flights to top European cities. Ryanair, Europes No 1 low fares airline is giving you the chance to win one of two pairs of free fare flights (excl. taxes and charges) to either Barcelona (Girona) or Milan (Bergamo)! http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/sport/improve-or-face-exodus-gayle-warns-windies-administrators/804862.aspx CHRIS GAYLE has warned the West Indies could face a mass player exodus unless local administrators improved their practices. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/04/sports/cricket.php Members of the International Cricket Council, from the left, Dave Richardson, acting chief executive, David Morgan, president elect, and Ray Mali, president, during a press conference in Dubai Friday. http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=35866 CAN we really claim to be making progress with West Indies cricket? Win a game when the pressure is off and there is the triumphant shout We are on our way. Where is the consistency? The opening paragraphs of the report on the 2nd ODI against the Australians sum up the story. http://itn.co.uk/news/3f0126e023a2e474b85f3e6230ff6295.html Zimbabwe have agreed to skip next year's World Twenty20 tournament in England, but will continue as one of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) ten full members. http://au.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/4761213/lloyd-named-icc-chairman Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has replaced Sunil Gavaskar as the cricket committee chairman at the International Cricket Council. http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/007200807041423.htm London (PTI): Star players Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff are likely to lead the English influx into the Indian Premier League with its cash-rich franchises lining up six-figure offers for them. http://www.iol.co.za/?set_id=6&click_id=17&art_id=nw20080704094459894C171199 Zimbabwe have agreed to skip next year's World Twenty20 in England to end a stalemate with the International Cricket Council (ICC), Zimbabwe Cricket chairperson Peter Chingoka told cricinfo website on Friday. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sportheadlines/article-23508106-details/Zimbabwe+%27out+of+World+Twenty20%27/article.do quoteFor a chain, Gaucho is startlingly expensive, the final bill ending up pretty close to one from much more stylish, individual restaurantsquote http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/51052 Home | Front Page MyEXPRESS Have Your Say News / Showbiz Scottish Sport - Latest Sport - Football - Cricket - Rugby Union - Rugby League - Golf - Tennis - Motorsport - Racing - Netball - Speedway http://in.reuters.com/article/cricketNews/idINIndia-34370720080704?feedType=RSS&feedName=cricketNews DUBAI (Reuters) - Zimbabwe have agreed to skip next year's World Twenty20 in England to end a deadlock over demands that the African nation be suspended because of Robert Mugabe's government, the International Cricket Council said on Friday. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,13239_3774733,00.html Obviously the country is in tatters and I feel so sorry for the actual cricketers because all they want to do is play cricket. Unfortunately politics and all those situations can get involved. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12345_3774717,00.html Former England all-rounder Dermot Reeve has been named as coach of first-class New Zealand side Central Districts. http://sportal.com.au/cricket-news-display/zimbabwe-to-sit-out-world-twenty20-51788 The International Cricket Council have confirmed Zimbabwe are set to pull out of the World Twenty20 in England next year. http://africa.reuters.com/sport/news/usnBAN428266.html DUBAI (Reuters) - Zimbabwe have agreed to skip next year's World Twenty20 in England to end a deadlock over demands that the African nation be suspended because of Robert Mugabe's government, the International Cricket Council said on Friday. http://www.supersport.co.za/cricket/article.aspx?headline=Zim%20retain%20ICC%20membership,%20out%20of%20T20&id=260169 Zimbabwe have agreed to skip next year's World Twenty20 in England to end a deadlock over demands that the African nation be suspended because of Robert Mugabe's government, the International Cricket Council said on Friday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/cricketNews/idUKSP5812320080704?feedType=RSS&feedName=cricketNews Feb 10 - Zimbabwe players Andy Flower and Henry Olonga wear black armbands in their opening 2003 World Cup game against Namibia in Harare to protest against what they call "death of democracy" in their country. http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378358/cs/1/ Zimbabwe has voluntarily offered to withdraw from the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup in England, it was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) here Friday.