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Match-Fixing Haunts Cricket With Samuels Ban

MUMBAI, 16 May 2008 — The shady business of match-fixing, the biggest controversy to hit cricket after the Bodyline fracas of 1932, reared its ugly head again when Marlon Samuels of the West Indies was banned by his county’s governing body for two years.

Windies Samuels faces 2-yr ban

LONDON (AFP): West Indies star Marlon Samuels faces a two-year suspension after being found guilty of corruption. The West Indies Cricket Board’s decision to ban the batsman after finding he had illegally colluded with a bookmaker was rubber-stamped at an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting on Tuesday. Samuels, 27, was allegedly caught on tape by police passing match-related information on to a bookmaker during a series in India in February last year. After the matter was picked up by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, the world governing body asked the WICB to conduct a probe under the terms of their code of conduct.

PCB to set up cricket academy

HYDERABAD (APP): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will set up cricket academy in Hyderabad to polish the young and talented cricketers belonging to Sindh. PCB Chairman, Dr. Nasim Ashraf talking to journalists during his visit to review the ongoing work at the Sanghar cricket stadium on Friday said PCB has also planned to develop 30 new stadiums with objectives to provide opportunity to cricketers to prepare themselves for national and international level cricket. He said that PCB has already executed the work of the construction of 22 cricket stadiums in different cities of the country while completion of 30 new stadiums by next year will not only groom the talented cricketers but also promote cricket in these cities. The PCB has planned to set up cricket academy in Hyderabad, where under supervision of former test cricketer Mushtaq Muhammad,

Samuels to contest two-year ban

Marlon Samuels' attorneys, QC's Churchill Neita and Delano Harrison, have indicated that they will press for a judicial review against the two-year ban imposed on their client by the West Indies Cricket Board. On May 9, a disciplinary committee deemed that Samuels had breached section C4 (clause ix) of the ICC's Code of Conduct regulations, which involves receiving money, benefit or other reward which could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute.

County Cricket Betting: Sink or swim for England's domestic four day cricket

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Harbhajan Singh handed 11-match IPL ban

Harbhajan Singh has been handed an 11-match ban and fined his match fee for his role in a clash with Sri Sreesanth in the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab.

Cricket: Samuels receives two-year ban

DUBAI - West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels was banned from cricket for two years today for breaking rules intended to prevent players from betting on matches.

Cricket titans to clash on Friday at KOC's Ahmadi grounds

KOC Cricket Committee will be holding their annual mega event, the clash of the titans, eagerly awaited by the cricket loving fans which is scheduled on Friday, May 9 at the KOC’s Ahmadi Cricket ground. This 50 overs festival match includes the cream of cricketers resident in Kuwait, hailing from India and Pakistan. Shahid Mirza, CEO of KCA sponsors it in the fond memory of his father, late Mirza M. Bashirullah. The uniqueness of this event is that the two teams, Select India XI and Select Pakistan XI don the colours of their respective countries and the match is played with the same enthusiasm but in a very friendly and cordial atmosphere.

Cricket - English game

(Prudent Press Agency)--Cricket is the passion of all Brits. Playing cricket has been a well-known tradition in all English homes from the beginning of 18th century. English cricket was a part of leisure as well as English tea; playing it was considered a status of symbol, an exhibition of good taste. The announcements of cricket tournaments were often published in English newspapers: the pictures of the time depicted the players dressed in white shirts, white breeches and cylinders, elegantly leaning towards the cricket ball.

Cricket Clubs seek promotion of talented cricketers

HYDERABAD (Agencies): Office bearers of some cricket clubs, registered with Pakistan Cricket Board have strongly crticised the attitude of the Secretary and Treasurer of District Cricket Association Hyderabad. They alleged that talented cricketers were being neglected and were not included in the district teams resulting defeat of all four teams of Hyderabad, that took part in the District Nazim Inter-Districts Cricket Tournament. In a joint statement, Haji Karamat Ali Abbasi, Ghulam Mustafa Maher, Abdul Ghaffar Babu, Imran Soomro and Qazi Ali Raza said that both Secretary and Treasurer were misusing their powers and deliberately neglecting talented cricketers of Hyderabad, who belong to those registered cricket clubs, who did not poll votes in the elections in their favour.

Windies' Samuels to lodge appeal against ban

The West Indies Cricket Board found Samuels guilty of illegally colluding with a bookmaker, breaching section C4 of the International Cricket Council's Code of Conduct.

2-year ban for Samuels

The West Indies Cricket Board's decision to ban the batsman after finding he had illegally colluded with a bookmaker was rubber-stamped at an International Cricket Council meeting on Tuesday.

Australia plays cricket match at Maharaga boys home

A team from the Australian High Commission played a friendly cricket match against young cricketers from the Child Protection Society (CPS) Boys Home, Maharagama on Saturday 24 May 2008. The annual match was organised to encourage public support for the CPS boys and girls homes and foster friendship and development through sport.

Violence Mares Cricket Match

Windsor Park has been portrayed, as the new haven for cricket development in The Bahamas. Located in the heart of New Providence it has all the amenities conducive for great cricket, and clean family fun. That perspective quickly changed over the weekend, as chaos and violence broke out during a match between Castrol Commonwealth, and St. Agnes.

ICC backs Windies move to ban Samuels

The West Indies Cricket Board's decision to ban the batsman after finding he had illegally colluded with a bookmaker was rubber-stamped at an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting on Tuesday.

Pakistan court suspends Akhtar cricket ban

LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - A Pakistani court on Friday said Shoaib Akhtar was free to play cricket again after suspending an 18-month ban imposed on the paceman by the country's cricket authorities for indiscipline.

BCCI's Modi rebuts charge of pressurising Cricket Australia on Englsih county ban

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice-President Lalit Modi has rebutted the charge that he is putting pressure on Cricket Australia honchos not to include players from the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) and the English county teams that they represent in the forthcoming Twenty20 Champions League.

New ICC chief warns against Twenty20 overkill

LONDON (Agencies): New international cricket chief Haroon Lorgat said it was important that the expanding Twenty20 format did not begin to dominate the Test and 50-over game. South African Lorgat, who will become the International Cricket Council's (ICC) chief executive in July, said test cricket must remain the leading format in the sport. "I sat in on the ICC cricket committee meeting this month and they were very clear that Test cricket should remain the pinnacle of the game and I agree," Lorgat told Reuters in a telephone interview. Twenty20, which began in England in 2003, is making rapid progress as the game's most popular format and since the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup in September, a slew of Twenty20 events have surfaced. The unofficial Indian Cricket League began, the officially-backed Indian Premier League started last mon

Div III cricket

Matuail Cricket Academy crushed Tongi Cricket Academy by 104 runs in a relegation match of the Third Division Cricket League at the Jagannath Hall ground yesterday.

TCA youth cricket festival launched

The Technical Cricket Academy (TCA) has moved one step closer in its goal to make the game of cricket a favourite among the younger population of Antigua and Barbuda with the launching of its inaugural Youth Cricket Festival last Saturday at the Dredgers’ Cricket Ground.

PNA defeats Nepal national cricket team

The Pakistan National Cricket Academy (PNA) team defeated the Nepali national cricket team by 7 wickets in a rain-hit-friendly-match at TU Cricket Ground Thursday.

Don't punish cricket for Mugabe's sins

If the principal reason for the moves towards banning Zimbabwe Cricket is the political situation in the country, then I do not believe that a ban is justified. Cricket and politics should be kept separate as far as possible, unless politics interferes to such an extent that the cricketing body is not a good ICC cricket citizen.

Digicel Sponsors Vanuatu National Cricket Team

Digicel announced sponsorship today of the Vanuatu’s national cricket team, and a three year partnership with the Vanuatu Cricket Association (VCA). The Vanuatu national men’s cricket team will now be called the "Digicel Vanuatu Cricket Team."

B.C. remains unbeaten at national cricket tourney

Geoff Barnett, here playing for Canada in last year's world cup, and his teammates from British Columbia won their third straight match at the national cricket championships on Saturday. Geoff Barnett, here playing for Canada in last year's world cup, and his teammates from British Columbia won their third straight match at the national cricket championships on Saturday.

Fast start for B.C. as national cricket tourney begins

Geoff Barnett, here playing for Canada in last year's world cup, and his teammates from British Columbia won their third straight match at the national cricket championships on Saturday. Geoff Barnett, here playing for Canada in last year's world cup, and his teammates from British Columbia won their third straight match at the national cricket championships on Saturday.

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