ICC resolves World Cup hosting row with Pakistan
Reuters India
"This resolution is good for world cricket and provides an improved
platform for the World Cup as we now have a degree of certainty surrounding
the event ...
<http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-42024020090827>

No domestic 50-over game in 2010
The Press Association
They also claim that the International Cricket Council are set to review
"the future of 50-over cricket" after the 2011 World Cup but confirmed that
the ...
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hVkF_6rfAkEckTZU3xWhvW_7pNsQ>

Cricket's the game and Edgbaston the place for Bolt the younger
BirminghamMail.net
LIGHTNING-fast Usain Bolt may be dominating the athletics world, but his
younger brother is more interested in cricket and exploring Edgbaston. ...
<http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/08/27/cricket-s-the-game-and-edgbaston-the-place-for-bolt-the-younger-97319-24544471/>

Domestic limited-over cricket reduced to 40 overs, as ECB ...
guardian.co.uk
The chairman of the ECB, Giles Clarke, said: "Directors of cricket and
coaches reported through their county votes, that the leading one day team
in world ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/aug/27/england-cricket-county-championship-40-over>

Coaching West Indies cricket: what role should ...
By Stabroek staff
Due to technological advances and improved communication links development
in the game of cricket within one section of the world can positively
affect another part of the world. In simple societies communication and
other changes in ...
<http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/sports/08/27/coaching-west-indies-cricket-what-role-should-nationality-play-in-the-selection/>

Martin Crowe leaves RCB Jennings brought in Cricket Cricket and ...
Bangalore: Martin Crowe, Chief Cricket Officer of Royal Challengers
Bangalore has discontinued his association with the team, which has also
announced that ...
<http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3141001>

 Why The Milan Derby Is So Special
Goal.com
Milan Cricket and Football Club was established in December 1899 by English
immigrants. Initially it had a football section and a cricket section and
the ...
<http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2639/calcio-debate/2009/08/27/1464512/calcio-debate-why-the-milan-derby-is-so-special>

Bent lineup
Xtra.ca
The gorgeous Rani Mukherjee plays a woman who disguises herself as a man to
play cricket for the Indian team coached by stud-muffin Shahid Kapoor. ...
<http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Bent_lineup-7387.aspx>

Cricket: Trott's debut ton rewards England's selectors
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
... so badly needed to shore up its struggling middle order, few surely bet
on it. ... "He showed great composure," said Australian batsman Marcus
North, ...
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10592796>


England find South African diamond in Trott
Cricketnext.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India
... crowd that Jonathan Trott was born and learned his cricket in South
Africa. ... "He showed great composure," said Australian batsman Marcus
North, ...
<http://cricketnext.in.com/news/england-find-south-african-diamond-in-trott/43437-13.html>

In Trott, England unearths a South African diamond
eTaiwan News - Taipei,Taiwan
"He showed great composure," said Australian batsman Marcus North, ... both
to his sparkling form in English county cricket and to England's desperate
need ...
<http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1038740&lang=eng_news>

Duty calls
CricInfo.com - UK
It was only the intervention of WG Grace, allied to growing reports of
heavy casualties at the Battle of Mons, that brought a premature curtain
down on the ...
<http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/420981.html>


England v Australia – live! |
By admin
"I was going to say that with the Oval pitch trumping all there is really
nothing to say about beards today; but no, the English gamemanship involved
is fully in line with the worst traditions of the great hirsuteness himself
W G Grace" ...
<http://www.world-biggest-news.com/england-v-australia-live-21/>
WORLD-BIGGEST-NEWS.COM

Flintoff's final innings short-lived
Independent Online
His popularity with fans and team-mates alike may be out of proportion to
his place in cricket history - Flintoff's average of around the 32 mark
with both ...
<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=17&art_id=nw20090822163652923C407604>

Weekend Links with Jon Marthaler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Anyway, apparently Broward County in Florida built a shiny-brand-new
cricket ground, which is nice except nobody ever uses it for anything. ...
<http://www.startribune.com/blogs/54133262.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUgOy9cP3DieyckcUsI>

Newton Pop carnival: history is made
Devon 24
The pair are following in their father's footsteps as both Tiffany and
Becca's dads, who are members of the village cricket club, stepped in as an
attendant ...
<http://www.devon24.co.uk/sidmouthherald/news/story.aspx?brand=SMHOnline&category=news&tBrand=devon24&tCategory=newsdevon24&itemid=DEED20%20Aug%202009%2016%3A37%3A49%3A263>

Shropshire cricket's Super Sunday
Shropshire Star
Shropshire cricket was today gearing up for its very own Super Sunday –
with two county teams pushing for national glory. Much of the attention
tomorrow ...
<http://www.shropshirestar.com/2009/08/22/shropshire-crickets-super-sunday/>

Broad's spell | The Corridor (a cricket blog)
By Will
After yesterday's play, he's suddenly an Ashes hero and, according to one
commentator, has produced one of the finest spells of fast bowling in the
history of cricket. That is overplaying it by an embarrassing margin, of
course,but he ...
<http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2009/08/22/broads-spell/>

Ashes series loss will end Australia's dominance of world cricket ...
By Geeta
A loss will leave Ricky Ponting, one of Australia's greatest players and
most successful leaders, just the second captain in 132 years of Ashes
history to lose two series in England. The other was Australia's first
touring captain, ...
<http://hamaraphotos.com/news/sports/ashes-series-loss-will-end-australias-dominance-of-world-cricket.html>
Hamara News covers Politics,...

Steel city not to hold Ranji Trophy matches - CRICKETNDTV.com
By Press Trust of India
"So we had to change the venue of the Ranji trophy matches to Ranchi and
Dhanbad," he said adding that "probably, it was the first time in the
history of state cricket that we will not be hosting a Ranji match in the
steel city." ...
<http://cricket.ndtv.com/cricket/ndtvcricket/storypage/ndtv/id/SPOEN20090106210/story.html>
CRICKETNDTV.COM -

Why Tendulkar is BEST?
By Career Consultant
Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in
international cricket 36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to
score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries ...
<http://www.fight-recession.com/2009/08/why-tendulkar-is-best.html>
Fight the Recession!

Local sporting highlights from this week in years gone by - 22/08 ...
CRICKET: Mick Bent's unbeaten 50 saw Coates to a two-wicket win over
Nenedale. Nenedale were all out for 126. POSH: The 1958-59 balance sheet of
Peterborough United showed a loss of £5200 - the biggest deficit in the
club's history. ...
<http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/Local-sporting-highlights-from-this.5577980.jp>
Peterborough Today - Sport

Lily Allen wears a beer mug hat while watching a cricket match at ...
By The Gossip Girls at (c) gossipgirls.com
Lily Allen wears a beer mug hat while watching a cricket match at The Oval
in London - Lily Allen: All Smiles at Cricket Match.
<http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/lily-allen-all-smiles-at-cricket-match-217021/>
Celebrity Scandals: The Gossip Girls
<http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/>

Lily Allen confirms new romance | Hollywood Bytes
By Geetha
The couple were spotted getting cosy publicly at the final Ashes cricket
test at the Kennington Oval in London. Recently Allen also put up posts on
her Twitter.com blog to clear that Cooper was a decorator and not a painter
as reported ...
<http://hamaraphotos.com/hollywood/ani-news/lily-allen-confirms-new-romance.html>
Hollywood Bytes

Australia v England day three of fifth Test at The Oval
Courier Mail
As Australia's Ashes hopes continued to disappear last night, Test legend
Steve Waugh blasted Australian selectors for repeatedly picking for the
wrong side ...
<http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25967430-10389,00.html>

"Four More to the Eng-er-land": Mixed emoticons
By Jonno Norman
But despite the 4-0 scoreline there was something riding on the contest for
the feeling within Australia was that this was to be the legendary Aussie
captain, Steve Waugh's last ever Test match. And on day one of the match,
.<http://fourmoretotheengland.blogspot.com/2009/08/mixed-emoticons.html>
"Four More to the Eng-er-land"


My thoughts!!: Excerpt from an article about Steve Waugh
By Raghavanmurari
After Steve Waugh, this is no longer a criticism levelled at touring first
world teams since he has demonstrated the benefits – both to one's game
and one's person – of actively seeking out new experiences in foreign
lands. ...
<http://raghavanmurari.blogspot.com/2009/08/excerpt-from-article-about-steve-waugh.html>
My thoughts!!

Government denies leaving Barmy Army under-equipped
NewsBiscuit (satire)
As charities rush to supply the heroes with witty banners and decent rhymes
for 'Ponting', the grieving mother of a fallen Barmy Army soldier explained
why ...
<http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/08/22/government-denies-leaving-barmy-army-under-equipped/>

Clark key to solving lost trumpet case
The Australian
STUART Clark seems to have taken revenge on the Barmy Army of England
cricket fans for their endless taunts and trumpet-led mocking of the
Australian Test ...
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25964135-5001505,00.html>

The Nightwatchgirl™: The Greatest Day Since....Well....Ever
By The Nightwatchgirl
And Peter Siddle is pretty good at taking everything the Barmy Army were
yelling at him. Those that can take what the crowd throws are real men.
Posted by The Nightwatchgirl at 21:31. Labels: Ashes, Australia, England,
Nightwatchgirl, ...
<http://www.nightwatchgirl.com/2009/08/greatest-day-sincewellever.html>

England able to go easy on Andrew Flintoff before his operation
Times Online
That was interpreted as meaning an operation, although reports of
significant reconstructive surgery similar to that undergone by Michael
Vaughan are seen, ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article6805938.ece>
>

ECB quiet on Flintoff surgery report
CricInfo.com
According to the newspaper, Flintoff will undergo the same micro-fracture
procedure that Michael Vaughan had in 2006 after his knee gave way on the
tour of ...
<http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/current/story/420988.html>

Cric Infom: Watch Ashes England vs Australia 5th Test Day 3 Live ...
By Shankaran
He recalls pacing the floor at home when Kevin Pietersen was helping
Michael Vaughan's team close out the draw they needed here. Posted by
Shankaran at 4:44 PM. Labels: Watch Ashes England vs Australia 5th Test Day
3 Live Streaming ...
<http://cricketinform.blogspot.com/2009/08/watch-ashes-england-vs-australia-5th_21.html>

The Ashes: Ian Bell needs to score 'ugly runs' says Michael ...
By poster
The Ashes: Ian Bell needs to score 'ugly runs' says Michael Vaughan. Posted
on | August 22, 2009 | No Comments. By Telegraph staff. Published: 6:48PM
BST 28 Jul 2009. Vaughan said that Bell, who will step in for the injured
Kevin ...
<http://www.alanat.eu/sports/the-ashes-ian-bell-needs-to-score-ugly-runs-says-michael-vaughan/>
Alanat European News
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Cricket;A courageous stand to save Sehwags of future ...
By spoonfeedin
Delhi cricket is a world in itself. Here, laws are meant to be flouted, and
anyone who sticks to rules is considered a lunatic fit for an isolation
ward. Here, men stab each other in full public view and are not apologetic
about it. ...
<http://spoonfeedin.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/sport-cricketa-courageous-stand-to-save-sehwags-of-future/>
Good Read

Ashes: England v Australia - day three live!
guardian.co.uk - UK
You have to wonder how fit Flintoff is because he's bowling at what Richie
Benaud calls half ratpower, and Katich cover-drives him for four. ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/aug/22/ashes-england-australia-fifth-test-day-three>

Australians hypnotised - Ashes hopes turn to dust
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Richie Benaud was so infuriated with that deck that, according to The
Times, he took a fresh guard every ball and between deliveries took a close
interest ...
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/cricket/australians-hypnotised--ashes-hopes-turn-to-dust/2009/08/22/1250362255853.html>

Nintendo Life
I can't believe that anyone even watches cricket in North America....
amazing! This game probably has a bigger potential global audience than
Madden does. ...
<http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2009/08/ashes_cricket_2009_still_on_the_cards_for_an_ntsc_release>