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* USA blocks Cuba from participation in Stanford 20/20 Caribbean competition. Sponsor Stanford being a US citizen had to seek permission for any commercial involvement with Cuba.How utterly petty! How utterly Bush USA! More From BBC USACA remains suspended by ICC UN urges USA to end embargo of Cuba by 184 votes to 4 More * Critics urge rejection of new USACA constitution More * Sri Lanka’s domestic programme given long overdue facelift writesl CM-J Timesonline * Wash out at SCG with Kiwis reeling at 30-3:2nd LOI No result Scorecard Australia lead 1-0 * Windies thrash South Africa in 1st Twenty20.SA recover from 22-7 to 58-8 but Windies win by 5 wkts despite Steyne 4-9 at Port Elizabeth Scorecard * ICL 20/20 Championship Final Chennai Superstars beat Chandigarth Lions by 12 runs at Panchkula despite 8th wicket stand by Hall & Sarabjit Singh of 48,Shabbir Ahmed took 4-23 for Chennai Scorecard * Australia considers day-night Tests Timesonline * Giles Clarke anger at Zimbabwe over ‘offer’ to cancel tour writes Richard Hobson Timesonline * Ponting ton sees Australia home by comfortable margin in 1st one dayer:At Adelaide 1st LOI New Zealand 254-7,50 overs(McCullum 96,Taylor 50,Tait 3-55) v Australia 255-3,42.3 overs(Ponting 107*,Gilchrist 51) Scorecard * Mark Ramprakash (Middx,Surrey & England) with dance partner & coach Karen Hardy won rhe 2006 Strictly Ball Room Dancing crown More Hopefully England's current test batsmen can improve their footwork and bat England to victory in Melbourne as Warne strives to take his 700th test wicket or more * Jayasuriya strikes form with 51 off 23 balls as Sri Lanka wins rain reduced Twenty20:at Wellington New Zealand 162-8,20 overs v Sri Lanka 62-1,5.5 overs D/L Method Scorecard * India thrash Sri Lanka in Women's Asia Cup final:At Jaipur Sri Lanka Women 93,44.1 overs v India 95-2,27.2 overs Scorecard Jenny Thompson reports Cricinfo India made a clean sweep of victories in the Tri-Series with Sri Lanka and Pakistan and remain in a different league class wise. * ICC confirms Shabbir Ahmed can resume bowling in international cricket More * England name one day squad,Vaughan included,Harmison retires,Jones dropped, Nixon picked More England's One Day confusion writes Oliver Brett BBC Sport * Shane Warne to quit Australia cricket after 'Ashes 'Series' and concentrate on Hampshire CCC ? More and McGrath too More Warne seeking last star turn with swansong at Hampshire writes CM-J Timesonline Warne in pictures BBC Sport * An unrepentant Flintoff still backs his selection for the 1st two tests.What a shame ! More Geoff Boycott fears a 5-0 whitewash thrashing More at BBC Did Duncan Fletcher give away the Plot? Richard Hobson reports Timesonline * Shabbir's bowling suspension upheld by ICC Bowling review More * Kerry Packer,aged 68, the media magnate who single handedly transformed international cricket has died Tributes Pour in 'After WG the most influential person in cricket'writes CMJ 'Packer was cricket’s Luther' writes Simon Barnes. * South Africa suffer crushing defeat by 181 runs as only Pollock fights back with 67*. Hayden century assures Australia of formidable lead day4.Ntini injured.The tourists' strokeless batting back fires as they trail Australia 44 on 1st innings day 3. Hussey and McGrath add 107 for last wicket but South Africa reply strongly day 2.Tourists rue dropped catches.Ponting's century on day 1 seemed to have made it Australia's day then they collapsed putting South Africa right on top until Hussey's century:2nd Test at MCG Australia 355,89.1 overs(M Hussey 122,Ponting 117,Hayden 65,Nel 4-84) & 321-7 dec,83overs(Hayden 137,Symonds 72) v South Africa 311,111 overs(de Villiers 61,Gibbs 94,Nel 4-84) & 181,74 overs(Pollock 67*,Warne 4-74,McGrath 3-44) Scorecard Comment * England struggle to set Pakistan a total,Plunkett plunders final overs but Anderson and Bracewell wickets secure England unlikely victory:5th LOI at Rawalpindi England 206-9,50 overs(Solanki 49) v Pakistan 200-9,50 overs(Y Hameed 57,M Yousuf 54,Anderson 4-48,Bracewell 3-27) Scorecard Report From BBC Pakistan win series 3-2 Tour * Stanford to invest 28 million dollars in Caribbean 20/20 More * Kabir Ali nearly pulls off unlikely victory.England rue substituting Bell. Earlier Inzaman holds Pakistan together as England's bowlers have better day but England's top order batting fails again:4th LOI Rawalpindi Pakistan 210,47.2 overs(Inzaman 81*) v England 197,48.1 overs(Flintoff 40,K Ali 39*,Shahid Afridi 3-34) Scorecard Pakistan win series lead 3-1 Tour * India win easily after having set Sri Lanka 509 to win after 'Terminator' takes 7.Laxman, Dhoni & Pathan restore India's fortunes after half side goes for 97.Dravid unwell,Sehwag captains:3rd Test at Ahmedabad India 398,122.4 overs(Laxman 104,Dhoni 49,Pathan 82) & 316-9,71 overs(Y Singh 75) v Sri Lanka 206,63.2 overs(Dilshan 65,H Singh 7-62) & 249,92.5 overs(Jayawardene 57,Dilshan 65, Kumble 5-89) Scorecard Kumble's 100th testMore * Hodge doubleton allows Australia to set South Africa 491 to win but rudolph ses tourists safely home for draw.Ntini rocks Oz after Ponting wins toss at Perth on day 1 but Australians bowlers restore parity day 2:1st Test Australia 258,75.2 overs(Ponting 71,Ntini 5-64) & 528-8 dec,146.4 overs(Hodge 203*,M Hussey 58,Ponting 53) v South Africa 296,81.2 overs(de villiers 68,Boucher 62,Lee 5-93) & 287-5,126 overs(Rudolph 102*,Kemp 55,Warne 3-83) Scorecard Warne breaks Lillee's Test record wickets in a calender year More * England's loss is Australia's gain.Troy Cooley tells BBC he blames ECB for his departure More * Skipper Dravid in health scare before 3rd test More * In a rather muddled thinking statement ICC's Mani & Speed reject criticisms of ICC's stance over Zimbabwe cricket More * European Cricket Council announces Euro Tournament progamme for 2006 starting with Indoor(6-a-side) Nations Championship at Lord's February Full Details * Totally out gunned England's feeble response to Pakistan's large total gives the hosts a 2-1 series lead. England won the toss and squandered the chance to post a big score instead Pakistan relished the opportunity as Kamran smashes century,however Collingwood runs out Afridi & Yousuf which slows things down a bit:3rd LOI at Karachi Pakistan 353-6,50 overs(Kamran 109,M Yousuf 68,Inzaman 45,A Razzaq 51*) v England 188,42 overs(Bell 37*) Scorecard Phil Long Barmy Reports * Pietersen forced home with rib injury,six weeks rest. More * BBC' Sports Personality Of the Year' goes to Andrew Flintoff and 'Team of the Year' to England's cricketers More * Wasim Akram's comments "ill informed and offensive" says ICC More * England struggle to modest total thanks to 100 run 9th wkt stand by Plunkett & Solanki but are now a bowler short.Pakistan reach target with 6 overs to spare:2nd LOI england 230,48.4 overs(Plunkett 56,Solanki 39*,Shoaib Akhtar 5-54) v Pakistan 233-3,44 overs(Kamran Akmal 102) Scorecard * India set Sri Lanka 436 runs to win and bowl them out 188 runs short to take 1-0 lead in series:2nd Test at Delhi India 290,96.3 overs(Tendulkar 109,Laxman 69,Ganguly 40,Muralitharan 7-100) & 375-6dec,105 overs(Pathan 93,Y Singh 77*,Dravid 53,Dhoni 51*) v Sri Lanka 230,83.3 overs(Atapattu 88,Jayawardene 60,Kumble 6-72) & 247,91.2 overs(Atapattu 67,Jayawardene 67) Scorecard Tendulkar's 35th test century * Pakistan reply with fire to England's largest LOI total overseas then wickets fall including Inzaman and the innings collapses to give England commanding victory:1st LOI at Lahore England 327-4,50 overs(Strauss 94,Flintoff 72*,Pietersen 56) v Pakistan 285,46.5 overs(S Butt 67,Y Khan 60) Scorecard * McCullum & Vettori lead Kiwis to exciting 2 wicket victory:3rd LOI at Christchurch Australia 331-7,50 overs(Hussey 88*,Ponting 75,Clark 71,Hodge 59,Martin 3-65) v New Zealand 332-8,49 overs(Styris 101,McCullum 50*,Clark 4-55) Scorecard Australia win series 2-1 New world record chasing score to win * Revised India tour easier for team and supporters. Less time for Vaughan to recover. More * South Africa lose to Western Australia by an innings after following on Scorecard * Collingwood and Prior make runs in warm up match but England carry on losing just:England XI 236-7,45 overs v Pakistan 239-9,44.5 o 'A' Scorecard * Kiwis stage great run chase after Symonds helps Australia post huge total but lose by two runs in thriller:Australia 322-5,50 overs(Symonds 156,Clark 80*) v New Zealand 271-6,44.2 overs(Vincent 71,Cairns 60) Scorecard * Sialkot thrash Faisalabad in final:Quaid-e-Azam Trophy,2005-06Gold League, Final Faisalabad v Sialkot Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Faisalabad 111,32.3 overs(Safraz Ahmed 6-28) & 188,57 overs(M Hafeez 57,S Ahmed 4-77,Z Saeed 4-49) v Sialkot 343,92.5 overs(Shahid Yousuf 117) Scorecard * Sri Lanka U-19s beat England U-19s by 60 runs:Bangladesh Tri-Nations Tournament Match 5 Sri Lanka 281,50 overs(Fernando 119*,Karunaratne 56) v England 221,46.5 overs(Chopra 77) Scorecard Bangladesh have beaten England and Sri Lanka so far More * Play finally starts on 4th day after rain washes out three days of Test,India shot out and match drawn:1st Test at Chennai India India 167,73.2 overs (Vaas 4-20) v Sri Lanka 168-4,43 overs(Jayawardene 71) Scorecard * England collapse after lunch 5th day to give Pakistan overwhelming victory. Bell and Collingwood put on 175 but then England lose 8 wickets for 43 runs:3rd Test at Lahore England 288,94 overs(Collingwood 96, Vaughan 58,Trescothick 50,S Malik 3-58) & 246,77.1 overs(Bell 92,Collingwood 80,Shoaib Akhtar 5-71,Danish Kaneria 4-52)v Pakistan 636-8 dec,156.2 overs(M Yousuf 223,Kamran 154,Inzaman 97) Inzaman retired hurt day and run out day 4 Scorecard & Report * Sharad Pawar voted in as BCCI President 20-11 over Dalmyra's ally Mahendra the incumbent President More from Cricinfo size=2> * Warne and Lee re-establish Australian control as Lara fails to fire twice and make clean sweep,3-0 winning 3rd test by 7 wickets.Hussey ton gave Australia 1st innings lead then Sarwan strikes form but only Bravo gives support.Lara blossoms yet again and it is wonderful to behold another double century which takes him beyond Allan Border's test run aggregate:Frank Worrell Trophy 3rd test at Adelaide West Indies 405,111.2 overs(Lara 226,Lee 3-111,McGrath 3-106) & 204,81 overs(Sarwan 62,Bravo 64,Warne 6-80,Lee 4-46) v Australia 428,123.3 overs(Hussey 133,Langer 99,Ponting 56,Bravo 6-84) & 182-3,58 overs(Hayden 87*) Scorecard Chris Gayle undergoes corrective heart surgery and misses 3rd test. * Vaughan to open in Stauss's absence.No decision yet on final selection More Younis Khan to miss test because of brother's death More * ICC launch 2006 Under-19s World Cup in Colombo todayMore * India win toss and field first in crucial 5th LOI.Dravid leads India to victory and share in series.Pathan strikes early and India peg back South Africa to modest total:5th LOI South Africa 221-6,50 overs(Kallis 91,Pathan 3-20) v India 224-5,47.3 overs(Dravid 78*) Scorecard * Pollock takes out India's top order as home side struggle at Kolkata,Kaif & Yuvraj stage recovery but Smith smashes ton to give South Africa emphatic 10 wkt win:4th LOI India 188,45.5 overs(Yuvraj 53,Pollock 3-25) v South Africa 189-0,35.5 overs(Smith 134*,Hall 48*) Scorecard SA lead Series 2-1 * Ian Botham's 50th birthday today 24/11/2005 much celebrated by the crowd at Faisalabad Much More on Beefy Tributes worldwide flow in Interview with Richard Syddenham Half Century in pics at Cricinfo * England women faced stiff challenge to win or save test which ended as draw with 6 wkts down:At Delhi Only Test India 289,126 overs(M Raj 78,A Chopra 65,Harper 5-66) & 175-4 dec,61 overs v England 154,97.4 overs(Goswami 5-25) & 210-6,113 overs(Al Khader 3-30) Scorecard & Report * Nepal qualify for ICC Under-19s World Cup 2006 in Sri Lanka More * Pakistan rip out England's top order after Inzaman hits 2nd century so England battle to save match and do so with 4 wkts remaining.Tons for Inzaman,Bell and Pietersen:England tail wags.2nd Test Pakistan 462,115.4 overs(Inzaman 109,M Yousuf 78,Afridi 92,Harmison 3-85) & 268-9dec, 93.1 overs(Inzaman 100*) v England 446,132.3 overs (Bell 115,Pietersen 100,G Jones 55,Trescothick 48,Afridi 4-95) & 164-6,48 overs Bad Light ended play Scorecard &Comment Afridi banned for 1 Test & 2 LOIsFull ICC Statement * Windies fight back and make Australia bat again,Bravo and Ramdin add 182 for 7th wkt on day 4 in Tasmania.Australia lose Hayden to win by 9 wickets :2nd Test at Hobart West Indies 149,68.3 overs(Gayle 56,McGrath 4-32,MacGill 3-18,Lee 3-32) & 334,122 overs(Bravo 115,Ramdin71,Warne 4-112) v Australia 406,109.4 overs(Hayden 110,M Hussey 137,Hodge 60) & 78-1,26.1 overs ScorecardAustralia retain Frank Worrell TrophyTour Hayden passed 100 test runs in year for 5th successive year More * The ICC and the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA) have reached an agreement on resolving the dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA). More * South Africa crawl to 169 at Bangalore and India win by 9 wkts with 14 overs to spare:2nd LOI South Africa 169,50 overs(Pathan 3-23) v India 171-1,35.4 overs(Sehwag 77*) to level series 1-1 Scorecard * Nepal and Malaysia in Regional Final for final place in Under-19s World Cup. Some astonishing mismatches in this competition with poor new comers Iran regularly losing by over 300 runs. The spirit of Darius needs stirring! Thailand beat Qatar in a shock result. Competition results * ICC 'drinks' ban maybe in conflict with UK 24 hour licensing and anyway shows a complete disregard for the civilised nature of cricket spectating More and From Wisden Cricketer * NSW beat Tasmania by an innings & 90 runs:Pura Cup 9th Match NSW 522-9dec(134 overs(Phelps 133,Thornely 123,Haddin 63,Katich 60,Griffiths 4-124) v Tasmania 294,91.1 overs(Clingeleffer 83,Birt 60) & 138,47.4(Birtt 50*)Scorecard * Pakistan win famous victory as England's batting collapses on last day.Salman Butt's fine century gives Pakistan precarious lead as home side succumb to new ball.England need 198 to win but lose Trescothick early. He missed out on double ton yesterday:1st Test at Multan Pakistan 274,98.2 overs(Salman Butt 74, Inzaman 53, Flintoff 4-68,Harmison 3-37) & 341,105.5 overs(Salman Butt 122,Inzaman 72, Flintoff 4-88,Harmison 3-52) v England 418,110.4 overs(Trescothick 193,Bell 71,Shabbir Butt 4-54) & 175,52.4 overs(Bell 31,G Jones 33,D Kaneria 4-62,S Akhtar 3-49 to go 1-0 up in 3 match series Scorecard 11 year old Noor-Ul Sadaquan adopted as England's mascot for Multan Test More Shabbir and Malik reported for suspect actions More * West Indies Woman Cricketer, the 1st to score a Test century, awarded MBE More * England women secure easy 2nd victory over Sri Lanka Scorecard Tour Details * India U-19s beat Australia by 31 runs to take series 4-1:5th Match at Delhi India U-19s 196,45.3 overs v Australia U-19s 165,38.1 overs(Warner 73*,Ojha 3-25,P Chawla 3-31) Scorecard * India comfortably win 7th LOI to take series 6-1 Scorecard * MCC confirms 2006 Village Final will be at Lord's sponsored by npower. Applications must be in by November 30th.Applicants must subscribe to Wisden Cricketer. More * Yuvraj Singh 4-35 & 79* sees India to 5th victory in unusually one sided series with Sri Lanka.India lead 5-1 Scorecard * Alastair Cook the young Essex batsman from Beford School is called up as cover for Michael Vaughan in Pakistan More * Last place in Under-19s World Cup to be decided in Nepal.Afghanistan and Iran among the contenders as 15 nations compete. More * Mohamed Asif routs England then Hoggard hits back but Pakistan'A' canter home to 6 wkt victory. | |||||||
