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Australia to play Japan at Melbourne Cricket Ground

MELBOURNE, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Australia will play Japan in their final 2010 World Cup qualifying match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground next June, Football Federation Australia (FFA) said on Monday.

Australia to play Japan at Melbourne Cricket Ground (Reuters)

MELBOURNE, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Australia will play Japan in their final 2010 World Cup qualifying match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground next June, Football Federation Australia (FFA) said on Monday.

Live Current Media: Global Cricket Ventures Launches Cricket.com Fantasy Cricket

VANCOUVER --(Business Wire)-- Live Current Media Inc. (OTCBB:LIVC), a media company built around content and commerce destinations, announces that Global Cricket Ventures ("GVC"), a joint venture between Live Current and NetlinkBlue Holding, launched Cricket.com Fantasy Cricket on Oct. 9, 2008 to coincide with the start of the 2008 India-Australia cricket series in India.

Aussies defeat makes cricket better: Gayle

ABU DHABI (APP): West Indian captain Chris Gayle Wednesday said Australia’s Test series defeat in India could be a turning point in international cricket that will make the game better. India beat Australia 2-0 in the four-match series, raising hopes that a team other than Australia could become world champions in the future. “India beating Australia is a turning point for us. Getting more wins over such an opponent will make cricket even better,� said Gayle who is here for a three-match series against Pakistan, which started here on Wednesday. Australia’s 2-0 loss to India has prompted experts to predict that the world champions’ dominance of the game is nearing an end, particularly after the retirement of the likes of Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist.

Play resumes in the first cricket Test in Bangalore

Bangalore, Oct 11 (PTI) Play resumed in the first cricket Test between India and Australia on the third day of the first cricket Test here today. India were 234 for seven in 80 overs when rain stopped play in the post-tea session.

India v Australia Cricket: Why Steve Waugh called touring India the "final frontier"

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Cricket Australia applauds Rajasthan hospitality

Cricket Australia has thanked the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) for the facilities offered to the Australian team at their academy in Jaipur. Australia are acclimatising to Indian conditions at the RCA Academy, where Greg Chappell, appointed the team's assistant coach for the tour, is an advisor.

Don't stage night cricket in Pakistan, says Zaheer

LAHORE: Former Pakistan cricket captain Zaheer Abbas has advised the government and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to discourage night cricket matches in the country because of the prevailing security situation in the country. Former batsman Zaheer made the suggestion at a meeting of the federal sports ministry held at the weekend to discuss cricket affairs. “Well, my views are simple and I have told the meeting that night cricket these days is not advisable because of the security problem,” Zaheer told a cricket website.

Bucknor makes a comeback to cricket

SYDNEY (Agencies): After being dumped by the International Cricket Council (ICC), following the controversial Sydney Test in January, umpire Steve Bucknor makes a comeback to cricket after 11 months and will stand in the two Tests between Australia and New Zealand. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the 62-year-old Bucknor would control the two Tests in Brisbane and Adelaide with fellow West Indian Billy Doctrove. ICC removed Bucknor after it felt that the Jamaican wasn't up to the task of controlling the controversial Australia-India Test match in Sydney in January. The match was marred with charges of racism on Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh and Australia's unsporting attitude. Indians threatened to abandon the series if the charges against Harbhajan were not dropped and if Bucknor, who also with Mark Benson gave some wro

Cricket lovers can anticipate competitive cricket

Senior Cricket Analyst and Statistician H. R. Gopalakrishna on Wednesday said that cricket lovers can witness a competitive cricket during the India-Australia test series starting from October 9th in Bangalore.

Australia defeat in India makes cricket better: Gayle

ABU DHABI: West Indian captain Chris Gayle Wednesday said Australia’s Test series defeat in India could be a turning point in international cricket that will make the game better. India beat Australia 2-0 in the four-match series, raising hopes that a team other than Australia could become world champions in the future.

CRICKET: Australia could play two allrounders

Australia will consider re-vamping their side to play allrounders Shane Watson and Andrew Symonds together for the first time in next week's first Test against New Zealand at the Gabba.

Aussies hope to play cricket again in Pak once security situation improves

Sydney, Sept 21: After yesterday's suicide attack on a hotel killing nearly 53 persons, Cricket Australia (CA), which had twice declined to play in Pakistan in the past six months citing "security reasons", has said that it hoped the security situation in Pakistan would calm down so that international cricket could again be played there.

Big brands vie for Twenty20 title sponsorship

When one is about to witness an event that will crown the champion of champions, it is only obvious that the best of the corporate giants will race to get associated with it. Industry sources disclose, brands including Nokia, Pepsi, LG and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) are in the race to win the title sponsorship for the upcoming cricket event Champions League Twenty20, which represents three cricket boards including the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa. Sources also disclose that brands including Videocon and Vodafone and other domestic brands could also contest for various sponsorship rights. The tournament which will be played in India between December 3-10 has already been tagged as the highest value cricket tournament on a per game basis.

CRICKET: New Cricket Australia chairman named

South Australian solicitor Jack Clarke has been elected by Cricket Australia (CA) to replace outgoing chairman Creagh O'Connor.

CRICKET: Australia win women's cricket series

Sarah Edwards capitalised on a colleague's exam and Lisa Sthalekar continued her extraordinary form as Australia clinched the five-match women's one-day international cricket series at North Sydney Oval.

CRICKET: Pakistan's Younis gets clearance to play in Australia

Pakistan batsman Younis Khan will leave early next month to play for South Australia in their domestic season.

Cricket-Pakistan's Younis gets clearance to play in Australia

KARACHI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Pakistan batsman Younis Khan will leave early next month to play for South Australia in their domestic season.

Cricket academy soon in all districts

KRISHNAGIRI: All the districts in Tamil Nadu will have cricket academy very soon, said Mr. N. Srinivasan, Honorary Secretary, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) here on Sunday. He was inaugurating the Adhiyaman Engineering Research Institute-Krishnagiri District Cricket Association Cricket ground at Hosur.

Cricket Australia thanks RCA

Cricket Australia has thanked the Rajasthan Cricket Association for the facilities provided to the visitors in Jaipur.

Cricket Australia CEO calls for harsher penalties

Melbourne, Nov.14 : Cricket Australia Chief Executive James Sutherland has called for the introduction of harsher penalties for slow over rates, including docking of championship or rankings points.

Sega Japan Passing On PS2 Sonic Unleashed

In North America and Europe Sonic Unleashed is exploding on every viable console on the market with a PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 2 version that Japan isn't getting. Sega of Japan plans to release Sonic: World Adventure (renamed to better fit Sonic's journey around the Earth and downplay the Werehog thing?) only on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. The PlayStation 2 port will be completed before Sonic: World Adventure launches in Japan so this begs the question why is Sega passing on it? It's not like Sega Japan is abandoning the PlayStation 2 entirely. Thunderforce VI comes out on Thursday in Japan and unless Sega has anything secretly planned it will be the final PlayStation 2 game published by Sega in the region.

Cricket Australia to decide on India tour following bombings in New Delhi

SYDNEY, Australia - Cricket Australia will be left to make the final decision about touring India following a series of bomb attacks in New Delhi, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Monday.

" The Day Ahead Japan and Australia: Japan Money Supply, Bank Lending...

(CEP News) - The week will end with a focus on Japanese money supply, bank lending and Bank of Japan minutes from its latest monetary policy meeting.The Bank of Japan will release its bank lending survey for September. In the previous month, bank lending including trusts grew 1.8% while bank lending excluding trusts rose 2.0%.

20 million dollar historic cricket match to be played today

The costliest match in the history of cricket is being played here at the Stanford cricket ground tonight between England and the West Indies All Stars XI as each player of the victorious team will get a prize money of one million dollars. In all, 20 million dollars have been reserved for the match but the losing team will not get any money. Months of publicity, planning, and preparation are expected to come to an exciting conclusion, when the two teams take to the field for what represents the richest team prize for a single sporting match. This brings to a close the Stanford Super Series which is the result of a cooperative agreement between Sir Allen Stanford, an American business tycoon, as well as the England and Wales Cricket Board, and the West Indies Cricket Board.

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